Andrew Grech Interview, page-53

Grech gave a wishy-washy answer that implied he would not be buying shares at this price

Alternatively, he could have elected to give a wishy-washing answer implying that he might be buying them

As you say, he obviously wasn't concerned about the appropriateness of answering one way or the other, for if he had been he would have refused to answer the question

And so the question was a good one. It tossed a crumb of information at the feet of starving shareholders.