They say 10,000, double, treble and then think of another number. It will be golden elephants next. They have got to stop this game. It is bad governance. It's hysterica scaremongering, which is whipping people up.
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Accusing the government of Monserrat (a British Overseas Territory) of "talking mad money" over payments for residents to locate following ongoing eruptions from the Soufrière Hills volcano which had begun in 1995.