Mr. Alan Gray:

So I wasn’t expecting a call in the sense there was no pre-arrangement to have a call but I wasn’t in any way surprised. I have given independent economic advice to governments for about 30 years and it’s known, I think by most governments, that because of the international nature of my work that I might have perspectives that other people don’t have. That is not to say, Deputy, those views are right but they are often somewhat different from other views and they are always independent and are never influenced by vested interests. And governments, I ... in my experience find it very hard to find independent economists who can give independent advice and are willing to do so.