
Disgraced businessman Alexander Greensill – Lex to you and me – has had some problems working with vegetables of late. No, not lobbying MPs – I mean the crop-growing business he runs.
The Mail reported last year he was involved in a “bitter planning dispute” over the “eco farm” in his enormous 500-acre Cheshire estate, battling with Cheshire West and Chester Council over plans to plant a mixture of crops including broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and kale.