@mikegalsworthy I take it that despite being despicable, this is legal and there's nothing we can do about it?

@mikegalsworthy Is it asking too much to hope there is jail time for these pricks?

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The Tories are nothing more than a criminal syndicate.

@mikegalsworthy folk need to wake up to the Tory cover up on all this ! Since summer they have been incinerating scrap PPE at rate of full articulated lorry load every hour , 24hrs 5days a week ! Lesser of two evils versus paying port demurrage/storage and shipping container rentals on storing the defective PPE bought from Crony VIP donors at silly £, without competitive tender or quality spec. failure returns clauses in contracts ! Burn the evidence! Lose embarrassment!

@mikegalsworthy I refer the honourable gentleman to my (slightly) earlier toot on tho matter: https://mastodon.online/@Lovespend/109394897097706062

@mikegalsworthy surely prison sentences would be likely in the event of a successful prosecution? #corruption #PPE

@mikegalsworthy I've been highlighting this to everyone who got bent out of shape at the prospect of Joe Lycett shredding £10k of *his own* money.

@mikegalsworthy If memory serves right, I thought a few individuals tried to bring this point up in late 2020. Sadly, media never pursued it & the trail went silent - I certainly did not hear more until now.

@mikegalsworthy But this will go the way of the #russianreport and #partygate and every other scandal - #furloughfraud #40newhospitals - depressingly.

@mikegalsworthy Profits offshored, naturally. Heaven forbid the taxpayer should get any of this back.

@mikegalsworthy robbed us all in broad daylight with the backing of the Tory party and went on a shopping spree for yachts and houses with it. I wonder how many others we're able to get away with doing the same. I hope they go to jail.

@mikegalsworthy There are too many change stories, positions that have changed to warrant a more serious and in depth investigation here. At the absolute least the British taxpayer should get back the money if the PPE didn’t meet the spec and was unusable. Those involved - where it is appropriate should be brought to account and Michelle Mone brought before the Standards Committee if that applies to the HoL.

@mikegalsworthy this surely is criminal?

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It’s absolutely mind blowing. There are going to be some big bills to pay in Hell.

@mikegalsworthy Too true - and these vast contracts were awarded without competition to a company only incorporated six weeks earlier. If this were an African state it would be called corruption. Here it’s just business as usual for the Tories. #GTTO

@mikegalsworthy the speed that they can move when there is blood, a sniff of a chance of a feast. The fabled money tree in full bloom, plenty pickers appeared for the harvest.

@mikegalsworthy andI bet this is just the tip of the iceberg….

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But will they ever be held to account? I think not.

@mikegalsworthy she gets to apologise and walk away with a wrap on the knuckles. We are the most corrupt country in the west now.

@mikegalsworthy doesn't appear to much of a #scandal as far as the #BBC is concerned right now

@mikegalsworthy and we’re still paying for the privilege of storing it. 🤬

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Surely a quick action the govt can take immediately is to set a rule that no govt contract can be awarded to any company which does not have clearly identifiable owners?
We still need major reform on how companies can be set up with impenetrable trails of shell companies and who owns what etc, but in the immediate storm over PPE Medpro and others, we need govt or opposition to demand that all govt contracts are transparent and honest.