UK News 10-11-2000 Dome Supremo Lied To Parliament who: `Dome supremo` Lord Falconer what: Laughs off call for resignation where: LONDON when: Yesterday snippet: "Tory leader William Hague last night accused Dome Minister Lord Falconer of lying to Parliament and called on him to resign," reports The Express today. "His attack came on the day a Government report found the £800million attraction had been crippled by incompetence, a lack of direction and `weak` financial management". The National Audit Office report found that Lord Falconer was told on numerous occasions this year that the attraction had been "effectively bankrupt" since February 2000, says The Guardian`s Westminster correspondent David Hencke. But it was not until the collapse of the Nomura sale this September that he finally admitted the scale of the problem to parliament. Lord Falconer, one of Tony Blair`s closest friends, dismissed Mr Hague`s demands as "gold-plated hypocrisy," says The Telegraph. Downing Street spokesman Alastair Campbell pointed out that "the previous Tory government had initiated the project, chosen the site and come up with the original visitor estimates". [... more]

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