The messaging on this PPE row is a mess from both Scottish and UK governments
@JeaneF1MSP& #39;s now saying she only read Gompels& #39; site *after* talking to @MattHancock at ~3pm, 15 hours after it emerged in @thetimesscot
Today, she claims the site "contradicts" Hancock
THREAD
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@JeaneF1MSP& #39;s now saying she only read Gompels& #39; site *after* talking to @MattHancock at ~3pm, 15 hours after it emerged in @thetimesscot
Today, she claims the site "contradicts" Hancock
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TUESDAY
0001 @thetimesscot reveals Gompels now only selling kit to England.
0730 Picture of the Gompels site confirming The Times& #39; story goes viral
0820 @jasonleitch says the story is “rubbish”
<1200 @JeaneF1MSP calls Scottish Care
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0001 @thetimesscot reveals Gompels now only selling kit to England.
0730 Picture of the Gompels site confirming The Times& #39; story goes viral
0820 @jasonleitch says the story is “rubbish”
<1200 @JeaneF1MSP calls Scottish Care
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1230 @NicolaSturgeon says @jasonleitch was not apprised of the full facts at 0810 and says she is now investigating reports
1240 @JeaneF1MSP says @MattHancock cancelled her phone call
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1240 @JeaneF1MSP says @MattHancock cancelled her phone call
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1450 @JeaneF1MSP says @MattHancock rearranged the call and gave her an assurance “that neither NHS England nor Public Health England asked suppliers to divert PPE orders from Scotland”
1720 @RishiSunak resurrects @jasonleitch& #39;s “rubbish” quote as gospel
4/6
1720 @RishiSunak resurrects @jasonleitch& #39;s “rubbish” quote as gospel
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1750 @JeaneF1MSP writes to @MattHancock pointing out the @gompelshc website "contradicts" his 3pm call.
This is 18 hours after the website clause was reported in @thetimesscot - and 4 hours after a briefing with journalists that was dominated by The Times& #39; PPE story
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This is 18 hours after the website clause was reported in @thetimesscot - and 4 hours after a briefing with journalists that was dominated by The Times& #39; PPE story
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WEDNESDAY
0810 @JeaneF1MSP said: “After that call [with @MattHancock at 3pm] journalists in the BBC and others reported a company had on its site a statement that there is an instruction from Public Health England that it can only supply the care home sector... in England"
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0810 @JeaneF1MSP said: “After that call [with @MattHancock at 3pm] journalists in the BBC and others reported a company had on its site a statement that there is an instruction from Public Health England that it can only supply the care home sector... in England"
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