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"Favouritism at its worst. With a side-helping of corruption and occasional cronyism. However if we really want to stamp out this behaviour, and not just at the ballot box, we need to as humans to practice what we preach at a lower level too. Ditch nepotism and favouritism within our own circles, be it friends or business associates. No special favours, no freebies, no "little considerations". No "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours." None of it. It's repugnant and encourages turpitude. If we can make that sort of behaviour socially unacceptable, it will filter upwards. " There is something to be said for your post so agree in principle. The Greek’s national pastime was avoiding tax. The result was the country went bust and had to be bailed out by Germany. There is however a more sinister angle to the U.K. The rich have far too much influence. Whether it’s controlling most of the media or funding the so called economic think tanks secretly hiding behind dodgy offshore trusts whilst their influence seeps through our society. The fact that they can secrete hundreds of billions away from the wealth of the U.K. unhindered over the last few decades shows how our society is now under their control. The above post exposes how people have been mislead into thinking it’s all good, when in fact the nation is getting in ever deeper debt while the billionaires get ever richer and take their cash away from these shores. Brexit enables yet more control of our society by the rich. We are no longer under the protection of the EU hard won rights system or even the hard won U.K. employment rights. Laws to stop strikes and to sue unions. Laws enabling the introduction of lower employment rights. How are they progressive? We are now back as the sick man of Europe. Forty years of progress and back where we stared in the space of six years. In conclusion , until we break the plutocracy of the U.K. it’s only going to get worse for most people. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. " . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . " Were only Conservative party members and donors able to help in in exchange for taxpayer money this time of national crisis? | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. " If true, this surprises me. There was a time when politics didn't prevent wider corruption amongst the rich as somewhere they were in the same network. This narrowing is return to prewar levels of "class" division. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Were only Conservative party members and donors able to help in in exchange for taxpayer money this time of national crisis?" . Anyone could help. Using logic and common sense most if not all companies in this line of businness would naturally support the Conservatives . By deduction any rational person would expect those supplying PPE to support the party . Regardless of whom you support you still have to abide by all the commercial guidelines. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . " Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. " I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility)." Great point on expiry dates, that is a point often over looked, and it wasn’t only the UK that caught out with PPE stock. The competition for available stock was world wide and with it cost increases, and I would suggest at the time it was encouraging to see our government do what was needed to ensure the NH`s and UK population get the PPE. If bad deals or underhand deals occurred those responsible will be discovered and punished accordingly, which I think this thread is highlighting. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Were only Conservative party members and donors able to help in in exchange for taxpayer money this time of national crisis?. Anyone could help. Using logic and common sense most if not all companies in this line of businness would naturally support the Conservatives . By deduction any rational person would expect those supplying PPE to support the party . Regardless of whom you support you still have to abide by all the commercial guidelines. " This is one of the most laughable responses you've ever written. It is ridden with prejudice and snobbery. There was no actual requirement or benefit to the country of a "high priority lane" because the only recommendation was that you happened to know somebody in Government. Nothing to do with experience or competence to deliver. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility)." The Government chose not to maintain stocks before the crisis arose. It is not new information that they need to be replenished. They cycle through to normal use in a well maintained process. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). The Government chose not to maintain stocks before the crisis arose. It is not new information that they need to be replenished. They cycle through to normal use in a well maintained process." By definition a stockpile will not cycle through to normal use. You're correct though, it's not new information. But I'm almost certain that the same people who like to point out the government fucked up are the same people who moan about money being wasted. Remember everyone complaining about PPE being out of date? | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). The Government chose not to maintain stocks before the crisis arose. It is not new information that they need to be replenished. They cycle through to normal use in a well maintained process. By definition a stockpile will not cycle through to normal use. You're correct though, it's not new information. But I'm almost certain that the same people who like to point out the government fucked up are the same people who moan about money being wasted. Remember everyone complaining about PPE being out of date?" Is that what manufacturing companies do? Stockpile or maintain stock as a cushion? There will be a cost for maintaining stocks to cover an emergency but it can be mitigated by active management into normal everyday use and use elsewhere in the world. It's not a complicated discussion and certainly not when you compare the risk vs reward. The fact that as a country we are unable to deal with this is another discussion. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). The Government chose not to maintain stocks before the crisis arose. It is not new information that they need to be replenished. They cycle through to normal use in a well maintained process. By definition a stockpile will not cycle through to normal use. You're correct though, it's not new information. But I'm almost certain that the same people who like to point out the government fucked up are the same people who moan about money being wasted. Remember everyone complaining about PPE being out of date? Is that what manufacturing companies do? Stockpile or maintain stock as a cushion? There will be a cost for maintaining stocks to cover an emergency but it can be mitigated by active management into normal everyday use and use elsewhere in the world. It's not a complicated discussion and certainly not when you compare the risk vs reward. The fact that as a country we are unable to deal with this is another discussion." If you stop for a second and take the time to understand. 'The UK were advised to 'stockpile' PPE. By definitin a stockpile would not be used to maintain regular stocks. Stockpiling would therefore have issues with expiration. Do I need to say it again,? I'm not arguing that the UK government didn't fuck up, they did, MASSIVELY. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). The Government chose not to maintain stocks before the crisis arose. It is not new information that they need to be replenished. They cycle through to normal use in a well maintained process. By definition a stockpile will not cycle through to normal use. You're correct though, it's not new information. But I'm almost certain that the same people who like to point out the government fucked up are the same people who moan about money being wasted. Remember everyone complaining about PPE being out of date? Is that what manufacturing companies do? Stockpile or maintain stock as a cushion? There will be a cost for maintaining stocks to cover an emergency but it can be mitigated by active management into normal everyday use and use elsewhere in the world. It's not a complicated discussion and certainly not when you compare the risk vs reward. The fact that as a country we are unable to deal with this is another discussion. If you stop for a second and take the time to understand. 'The UK were advised to 'stockpile' PPE. By definitin a stockpile would not be used to maintain regular stocks. Stockpiling would therefore have issues with expiration. Do I need to say it again,? I'm not arguing that the UK government didn't fuck up, they did, MASSIVELY." A stockpile can be actively managed with the total stock level maintained. It does not have to be static. It is still a stockpile. That is how a warehouse in a distribution centre works. Does that really not make any sense? | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Were only Conservative party members and donors able to help in in exchange for taxpayer money this time of national crisis?. Anyone could help. Using logic and common sense most if not all companies in this line of businness would naturally support the Conservatives . By deduction any rational person would expect those supplying PPE to support the party . Regardless of whom you support you still have to abide by all the commercial guidelines. " Not so! There are countless stories of British companies with EXACTLY the right experience and expertise who were not granted contracts while spurious businesses (some only registered in the days before applying, many registered in tax havens, all recommended via the VIP lane by Tory peers and MPs) won multi £million contracts. Some of those are now turning out to have been fraudulent. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). Great point on expiry dates, that is a point often over looked, and it wasn’t only the UK that caught out with PPE stock. The competition for available stock was world wide and with it cost increases, and I would suggest at the time it was encouraging to see our government do what was needed to ensure the NH`s and UK population get the PPE. If bad deals or underhand deals occurred those responsible will be discovered and punished accordingly, which I think this thread is highlighting. " The point is whether ALL those involved in dodgy underhand deals will be brought to justice? Why, for example, was Matt Hancock’s pub landlord best mate able to secure a £20m contract to supply glass test tubes? I mean, weren’t there any established British companies that already supply (kite marked) glass test tubes? Why are people trying to excuse the obvious corruption? British registered companies that specialised in PPE were overlooked in favour of these spurious companies with no expertise or track record because the former were not introduced via the VIP lane latter were! Companies introduced via the VIP lane had a 1 in 10 chance of successful award. Everyone else a 1 in 100 chance. Also why derail a topic focused on corruption by turning attention to stockpiles and expiry dates? | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). The Government chose not to maintain stocks before the crisis arose. It is not new information that they need to be replenished. They cycle through to normal use in a well maintained process. By definition a stockpile will not cycle through to normal use. You're correct though, it's not new information. But I'm almost certain that the same people who like to point out the government fucked up are the same people who moan about money being wasted. Remember everyone complaining about PPE being out of date? Is that what manufacturing companies do? Stockpile or maintain stock as a cushion? There will be a cost for maintaining stocks to cover an emergency but it can be mitigated by active management into normal everyday use and use elsewhere in the world. It's not a complicated discussion and certainly not when you compare the risk vs reward. The fact that as a country we are unable to deal with this is another discussion. If you stop for a second and take the time to understand. 'The UK were advised to 'stockpile' PPE. By definitin a stockpile would not be used to maintain regular stocks. Stockpiling would therefore have issues with expiration. Do I need to say it again,? I'm not arguing that the UK government didn't fuck up, they did, MASSIVELY. A stockpile can be actively managed with the total stock level maintained. It does not have to be static. It is still a stockpile. That is how a warehouse in a distribution centre works. Does that really not make any sense?" Was the PPE being managed on demand and distributed accordingly? That approach was in place for more or less everything else logistically and it caught out every other sector. Whatever the realities we have 20 /20 hindsight now and we should learn hard from this and ensure we do not expose ourselves in the future. The take away here is those that played the system are being exposed, which is good, however the real story will be what is done with those that are being exposed. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). The Government chose not to maintain stocks before the crisis arose. It is not new information that they need to be replenished. They cycle through to normal use in a well maintained process. By definition a stockpile will not cycle through to normal use. You're correct though, it's not new information. But I'm almost certain that the same people who like to point out the government fucked up are the same people who moan about money being wasted. Remember everyone complaining about PPE being out of date? Is that what manufacturing companies do? Stockpile or maintain stock as a cushion? There will be a cost for maintaining stocks to cover an emergency but it can be mitigated by active management into normal everyday use and use elsewhere in the world. It's not a complicated discussion and certainly not when you compare the risk vs reward. The fact that as a country we are unable to deal with this is another discussion. If you stop for a second and take the time to understand. 'The UK were advised to 'stockpile' PPE. By definitin a stockpile would not be used to maintain regular stocks. Stockpiling would therefore have issues with expiration. Do I need to say it again,? I'm not arguing that the UK government didn't fuck up, they did, MASSIVELY. A stockpile can be actively managed with the total stock level maintained. It does not have to be static. It is still a stockpile. That is how a warehouse in a distribution centre works. Does that really not make any sense?" AND if we are going down this path. Operation Cygnus in 2016 (for anyone who doesn’t know it was a “wargame” scenario undertaken by DoH (as was) to see how the UK could handle a pandemic. We pretty much failed on every metric. However, the Government decided to ignore ALL the recommendations anyway. One of the recommendations was about establishing supply contracts for PPE that could be invoked in an emergency to quickly scale up production and stocks. Ignored. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). The Government chose not to maintain stocks before the crisis arose. It is not new information that they need to be replenished. They cycle through to normal use in a well maintained process. By definition a stockpile will not cycle through to normal use. You're correct though, it's not new information. But I'm almost certain that the same people who like to point out the government fucked up are the same people who moan about money being wasted. Remember everyone complaining about PPE being out of date? Is that what manufacturing companies do? Stockpile or maintain stock as a cushion? There will be a cost for maintaining stocks to cover an emergency but it can be mitigated by active management into normal everyday use and use elsewhere in the world. It's not a complicated discussion and certainly not when you compare the risk vs reward. The fact that as a country we are unable to deal with this is another discussion. If you stop for a second and take the time to understand. 'The UK were advised to 'stockpile' PPE. By definitin a stockpile would not be used to maintain regular stocks. Stockpiling would therefore have issues with expiration. Do I need to say it again,? I'm not arguing that the UK government didn't fuck up, they did, MASSIVELY. A stockpile can be actively managed with the total stock level maintained. It does not have to be static. It is still a stockpile. That is how a warehouse in a distribution centre works. Does that really not make any sense? Was the PPE being managed on demand and distributed accordingly? That approach was in place for more or less everything else logistically and it caught out every other sector. Whatever the realities we have 20 /20 hindsight now and we should learn hard from this and ensure we do not expose ourselves in the future. The take away here is those that played the system are being exposed, which is good, however the real story will be what is done with those that are being exposed. " No. An actively managed stockpile is not the same as just in time delivery. The stockpile is intended to maintain a certain (relatively high) stock scaled for an emergency. Just in time deliveries, which is how most commercial enterprises work, are trying to maintain minimum (or zero) stock to minimise cost. Your last point is very much correct although the Government has to be dragged kicking and screaming to start these investigations. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility)." I agree you’re right they do expire. However in the four years between the warning and the pandemic no serious action was taken. That is incompetent government. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). I agree you’re right they do expire. However in the four years between the warning and the pandemic no serious action was taken. That is incompetent government. " I agree no action was taken. They definitely didn't follow the recommendations of creating a supply chain that could be quickly scaled. That's where they were grossly incompetent. I do not agree that they should have stockpiled though. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). The Government chose not to maintain stocks before the crisis arose. It is not new information that they need to be replenished. They cycle through to normal use in a well maintained process. By definition a stockpile will not cycle through to normal use. You're correct though, it's not new information. But I'm almost certain that the same people who like to point out the government fucked up are the same people who moan about money being wasted. Remember everyone complaining about PPE being out of date? Is that what manufacturing companies do? Stockpile or maintain stock as a cushion? There will be a cost for maintaining stocks to cover an emergency but it can be mitigated by active management into normal everyday use and use elsewhere in the world. It's not a complicated discussion and certainly not when you compare the risk vs reward. The fact that as a country we are unable to deal with this is another discussion. If you stop for a second and take the time to understand. 'The UK were advised to 'stockpile' PPE. By definitin a stockpile would not be used to maintain regular stocks. Stockpiling would therefore have issues with expiration. Do I need to say it again,? I'm not arguing that the UK government didn't fuck up, they did, MASSIVELY. A stockpile can be actively managed with the total stock level maintained. It does not have to be static. It is still a stockpile. That is how a warehouse in a distribution centre works. Does that really not make any sense? AND if we are going down this path. Operation Cygnus in 2016 (for anyone who doesn’t know it was a “wargame” scenario undertaken by DoH (as was) to see how the UK could handle a pandemic. We pretty much failed on every metric. However, the Government decided to ignore ALL the recommendations anyway. One of the recommendations was about establishing supply contracts for PPE that could be invoked in an emergency to quickly scale up production and stocks. Ignored." I'd love to know what other scenarios have been run. And for the interest of balance, the cost of taking precautionary action against all once in a life time issues. The question for me is what was the decision making in deciding to not take the actions. I suspect there was a school of though that said we had conquorrf pandemics. And that the fact we hadn't had one for 100 years was evidence of that. We may scoff now and say that made it more inevitable. But does that mean we are more likely to go to war with Germany today than in the 80s? (From where I am, there as a power law in decisions. An option with suppliers should be a cheap option with big payoff. Stock piling probably would have a higher over head that was less justifiable at the time) | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). Great point on expiry dates, that is a point often over looked, and it wasn’t only the UK that caught out with PPE stock. The competition for available stock was world wide and with it cost increases, and I would suggest at the time it was encouraging to see our government do what was needed to ensure the NH`s and UK population get the PPE. If bad deals or underhand deals occurred those responsible will be discovered and punished accordingly, which I think this thread is highlighting. " Don't assume that any wrongdoing will be 'discovered and punished accordingly', when there are forces in play that would prefer no information becomes available etc. Not to mention, that party donations are preferred, over donors going missing. Mone sums up the avaricious attitude towards public funds for connections. | |||
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"Whilst it would appear there may have been some elements of favouritism with the use of the VIP lane (and that needs much more detailed investigation and scrutiny for evidence of wrongdoing), never attribute to malice what good old incompetence can explain. ARCO were indeed well placed to provide PPE and in fact they did. From their own words, ARCO have said, "In the end, we dealt directly with over 290 NHS Trusts to supply urgently needed PPE and other protective equipment, as the central supply chains were oversubscribed with products not suitable for the job.” ARCO then go on to say, "Sourcing, allocation and fulfilment of PPE at a time of severe global shortages and exceptional demand represent a significant challenge for any Government. During the peak of the crisis there were too many reports of hospital and care workers left with insufficient masks, gloves and gowns – and often without any equipment at all. At the same time, suppliers holding stocks were unable to get an indication from the Government of where their PPE was most needed, and then non-compliant stock had to be identified, isolated and replaced - often by ourselves as our expertise was accessed too late". ARCO went on to source, procure and distribute over 140 million face masks, 18 million gloves, over 50,000 coveralls and five million hygiene products to the NHS, ambulance services, other public health bodies, local authorities and critical industries. What ARCO do not say is if they were invited to tender for the VIP Lane. One half of me thinks they were not invited because they already had a procurement and supply contract with the government, so they did not need to apply. The other half thinks they were not invited in favour of other "suppliers" and were brought in when everything went to rat shit, to bail out the other suppliers. I will try and find out more." Pretty sure it’s the latter given the generally low standard of ministerial competence and ideological inability to take on board the lessons of Operation Cygnus or accepting that some civil servants actually know what they are talking about | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). Great point on expiry dates, that is a point often over looked, and it wasn’t only the UK that caught out with PPE stock. The competition for available stock was world wide and with it cost increases, and I would suggest at the time it was encouraging to see our government do what was needed to ensure the NH`s and UK population get the PPE. If bad deals or underhand deals occurred those responsible will be discovered and punished accordingly, which I think this thread is highlighting. Don't assume that any wrongdoing will be 'discovered and punished accordingly', when there are forces in play that would prefer no information becomes available etc. Not to mention, that party donations are preferred, over donors going missing. Mone sums up the avaricious attitude towards public funds for connections. " I hope you are wrong, I mentioned in another post that the real story here will be how those that have been identified as making decisions for cash or favour are punished. It will not surprise me if a scapegoat is thrown under the bus for publicity purposes, however I don't think that is going to cut it this time. Slightly off topic, I would also like to see independent scrutiny of the HS2 bidding and contract awards. My gut feel is strong on that one..... | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). Great point on expiry dates, that is a point often over looked, and it wasn’t only the UK that caught out with PPE stock. The competition for available stock was world wide and with it cost increases, and I would suggest at the time it was encouraging to see our government do what was needed to ensure the NH`s and UK population get the PPE. If bad deals or underhand deals occurred those responsible will be discovered and punished accordingly, which I think this thread is highlighting. Don't assume that any wrongdoing will be 'discovered and punished accordingly', when there are forces in play that would prefer no information becomes available etc. Not to mention, that party donations are preferred, over donors going missing. Mone sums up the avaricious attitude towards public funds for connections. I hope you are wrong, I mentioned in another post that the real story here will be how those that have been identified as making decisions for cash or favour are punished. It will not surprise me if a scapegoat is thrown under the bus for publicity purposes, however I don't think that is going to cut it this time. Slightly off topic, I would also like to see independent scrutiny of the HS2 bidding and contract awards. My gut feel is strong on that one....." I don’t see that as the real story actually. First of all you are right, there will be a scapegoat(s) and I think Baroness Mone is one of those. Apparently she threatened Hancock and Gove with “blowing the lid on all this” if Barrowman’s company didn’t get the contract. I think her card was marked for that. Secondly, many others will get off scot free. The depth and level of corruption will likely never be known as there has been a massive coverup job. Third, IMO the “real story” is that the Civil Service, including the Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service strongly advised against the “VIP lane” approach and in fact devised an alternative, compliant (with fast track but still appropriate due diligence) approach that was rejected/dismissed by Ministers/Johnson. The ONLY reason to reject the proposed approach was the enrichment of self and cronies. ie corruption. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. . During a time of a national crisis the priorit of the government was to save lives How many people would you prefer to die while we waited for more competitive quotes ? That is the harsh reality of the situation. The government gave priority to saving lives and the VIP lanes achieved this objective. Sounds good to me . It is completely pointless trying to suggest better procedures two years after the event ? We were competing in a world market and had little choice but to pay the going rate for PPE . If any company were engaging in illegal activity or failing to follow procedures they would have either the police or the audit commission investigating. The government are to be commended for taking steps to save so many lives. Currently 170 companies are being investigated and so doubt they will pay a high price if they have abused the system. Lots of people criticising the government after the event. That is pointless. You can only make decisions based on information available at a specific point in time. The self righteous Good Law society have lost most cases to date . Yes it is the first role of government to keep their citizens safe. So why in 2016 did the same government not replenish the PPE stocks when they were warned by a review that the stocks were grossly insufficient? The price would have been very much cheaper. Also the only reason information of all the shady deals is being release is due to pressure in the courts from the Good Law Project . Boris and Co. have been trying to hide their disgraceful behaviour since the pandemic began. Why does the Good Law Project need to act if we have transparency rules in place for all governments when it comes to procurement? Something to hide perhaps ? It appears so. I'm not here to argue about the GLP because I truly believe they do good work. But... replenishing PPE stocks wasn't just as simple as you make it sound. These products do have expiry dates (sterility). Great point on expiry dates, that is a point often over looked, and it wasn’t only the UK that caught out with PPE stock. The competition for available stock was world wide and with it cost increases, and I would suggest at the time it was encouraging to see our government do what was needed to ensure the NH`s and UK population get the PPE. If bad deals or underhand deals occurred those responsible will be discovered and punished accordingly, which I think this thread is highlighting. Don't assume that any wrongdoing will be 'discovered and punished accordingly', when there are forces in play that would prefer no information becomes available etc. Not to mention, that party donations are preferred, over donors going missing. Mone sums up the avaricious attitude towards public funds for connections. I hope you are wrong, I mentioned in another post that the real story here will be how those that have been identified as making decisions for cash or favour are punished. It will not surprise me if a scapegoat is thrown under the bus for publicity purposes, however I don't think that is going to cut it this time. Slightly off topic, I would also like to see independent scrutiny of the HS2 bidding and contract awards. My gut feel is strong on that one..... I don’t see that as the real story actually. First of all you are right, there will be a scapegoat(s) and I think Baroness Mone is one of those. Apparently she threatened Hancock and Gove with “blowing the lid on all this” if Barrowman’s company didn’t get the contract. I think her card was marked for that. Secondly, many others will get off scot free. The depth and level of corruption will likely never be known as there has been a massive coverup job. Third, IMO the “real story” is that the Civil Service, including the Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service strongly advised against the “VIP lane” approach and in fact devised an alternative, compliant (with fast track but still appropriate due diligence) approach that was rejected/dismissed by Ministers/Johnson. The ONLY reason to reject the proposed approach was the enrichment of self and cronies. ie corruption. 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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. " This was reported two years ago by Sam Bright of the ByeLinetimes. The question we have to ask ourselves is why it’s taken so long to reach the public consciousness. | |||
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"It has been revealed... Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at £4 billion via the ‘VIP’ lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ‘Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings. Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox. Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work. Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million. Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits to £41m. Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accora onto the ‘VIP’ lane. Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane. This was reported two years ago by Sam Bright of the ByeLinetimes. The question we have to ask ourselves is why it’s taken so long to reach the public consciousness. " Indeed but the specifics around contracts has taken time and investigation (plus leaked info). If it doesn’t get suppressed there is more to come! | |||
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"I can imagine all the Tory supporters reading this then their mouths moving to bleat out a standard response but nothing coming out!! There is no comeback from such disgusting behaviour. This post sums up the sleaze and disgraceful depths to which our politicians have sunk. We need belt and braces reform, Enough is enough. " Never any sleaze from the Labour Party!!!!! From memory during the expenses scandal there were a lot of labour mp’s caught up in it | |||
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"I can imagine all the Tory supporters reading this then their mouths moving to bleat out a standard response but nothing coming out!! There is no comeback from such disgusting behaviour. This post sums up the sleaze and disgraceful depths to which our politicians have sunk. We need belt and braces reform, Enough is enough. Never any sleaze from the Labour Party!!!!! From memory during the expenses scandal there were a lot of labour mp’s caught up in it " You seem to be a bit concerned that Labour might win the next GE? I think most of us know that Boris’s ejection of as many traditional Tory MPs from the party and cabinet and his defenestration of the civil service has led to a bunch of frankly second rate cabinet ministers whose inability to run the country or cover up their own corruption does make me wonder if you feel that perhaps you are on a sticky wicket regarding the GE and so you feel that doubling down on all the old anarchic Tory nonsense instead of taking the blame for being behind these charlatans is your only option given the circumstances | |||
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"I can imagine all the Tory supporters reading this then their mouths moving to bleat out a standard response but nothing coming out!! There is no comeback from such disgusting behaviour. This post sums up the sleaze and disgraceful depths to which our politicians have sunk. We need belt and braces reform, Enough is enough. Never any sleaze from the Labour Party!!!!! From memory during the expenses scandal there were a lot of labour mp’s caught up in it " What relevance is what happened in 2009 to today? Did it even involve billions in public money being paid to friends and acquaintances for sub-standard products and services? | |||
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