The PPE Rich List: Covid firms unmasked

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  1. Also, for his absolute roaring success in heading the development of the Test-and-Trace App which we all know was worth the £35B+ that went in (and out) of it, Simon Thompson was awarded the job of CEO of Royal Mail. So we can all trust in what he says when he lays out his plans for Royal Mail. He knows better than the other board members and 120k workers. His intentions are obviously in the interest of the workers and the country at large.

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  2. Government is a corrupt mess and the reality is no one will be punished for this and it will all be swept under the rug

  3. The further you rise up the social ladder in this country the more that you realise that benefit fraud is chicken feed compared to what a lot of the people at the top are doing

  4. Why do we need austerity 2.0?
    Why is there no money for NHS pay rises?
    Why are taxes going up?
    Why is the government reneging on energy bill promises?

    Because the govt of 2020 blew BILLIONS on this PPE project and need to cut everything now is to make good their waste.

    Sack the idiots and prosecute the fraud and everyone involved.
    Only way to send a message that this can never happen again.

  5. Was it really needed to outsource the procurement of PPE to a middle man in the first place? Is the burgeoning bureaucratic class within the NHS entirely unable to procure medical supplies for itself?

  6. Private Eye has been documenting this for years now, known as Profits of Doom in the magazine. Those who have received massive windfalls has been known for a long time but no action has been taken as those who benefited only did so because of close government connections. MPs are not about to stitch their friends and family up. As with Test & Trace and the COVID bounce-back scheme, nothing will be done but billions will have been lost to greed.

  7. This is easily the biggest corruption scandal in post-war British history.

    Labour need to go big on this and attack fucking everyone involved.

  8. No money to pay decent wages for the heroic key workers that keep this country safe and moving.

    They’ve stolen it all.

  9. Biggest wealth transfer in history, “fraud” through the roof (fraud in quotes because for it to apply properly, the people being defrauded i.e. supposedly the government, normally wouldn’t be in on it), implementation of control laws and regulations which will never be revoked. Intentional exponential inflation of deaths CAUSED by Covid, government ministers (i.e. those most in the know about the figures and outcome data) flaunting the rules left, right and centre. Countless leaked emails from those in power and influence within the government talking about how far they can push it with lockdowns and how much they can get away with.

    Yet some people still believe the financial aspect of Covid was the only fraud carried out and would happily partake in all the lockdown shit again.

    The whole thing was a fraud. Some people would rather believe a lie than admit to being fooled.

  10. It’s good some audit is being done and figures made public, but I don’t gather any of this is extra measures and not just the compulsory reporting.

    At least the figures that are released will give a some clarity of companies with overseas-parents. And if not, and even if income is recorded as pass-through, their parent will be audited on it. So the info will come out eventually if someone is willing to search for it.

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