This is a massive scandal, perhaps the biggest so far under this government.
The secret, under-the-counter contracts given to really weird companies to deliver PPE and other pandemic services.
It needs more exposure.
Please RT and circulate. Thanks. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/15/coronavirus-contracts-government-transparency-pandemic

And please support the crowdfunded legal case by the
@GoodLawProject, that seeks to discover how these contracts were awarded, and to establish that they are unlawful. https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/a-river-to-my-people/

In writing this column, I was reminded of something, but couldn't quite place it.
It came to me this morning: military contracting during the reign of George I.
Extremely lucrative government monopolies, granted to intermediaries, who merely placed orders with manufacturers.

Some of the richest families in England made their fortunes this way. Now, under Boris Johnson, the practice seems to have been revived.