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Boris's Billions

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Sarnia Tue 14-Jul-26 21:37:29

The Covid inquiry has slated Boris Johnson and his Government for the huge waste of taxpayers money that was squandered on poor quality PPE. £15b was spent with £10b wasted on so called protective clothing that wasn't fit for purpose. Baroness Hallett did not hold back for criticising Boris for what she calls The VIP Route. Powerful friends of the Government handed very lucrative contracts without any checking of the quality and efficiency of those products. She slammed it as wrong and that it must never happen again. When asked for his opinion this afternoon, Boris said he was proud of how it had been handled.
How is Michelle Mone getting on with paying back her millions to the British taxpayer, I wonder?

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ruthiek Wed 15-Jul-26 20:34:26

I agree there was waste BUT we were in a Pandemic which we had never prepared for previously so blame Jeremy Hunt for that . When it hit us the scammers came out of the woodwork and we just bought anything to try and help. We must learn from that yes but we also shouldn’t blame the government of the time , it wax the previous lot who ignored the findings of the emergency exercise , and yes it was a conservative government I know

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