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Interested to know how people can make loads of money on the back of an epidemic which has killed more than 40000 people in the UK?
Then you'll love this sordid little thread
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Then you'll love this sordid little thread
#Coronagrifters /1
https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/09/1586418034000/Leading--UK--start-ups-want-a-handout-too/
April 2020. R Sunak asked to help out high-growth UK tech companies, by CEOs including M Warner of Faculty (Vote Leave ally of D Cummings, brother Ben attended SAGE meetings with same D Cummings). Also some “UK” CEOs not based in the UK
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April 2020. R Sunak asked to help out high-growth UK tech companies, by CEOs including M Warner of Faculty (Vote Leave ally of D Cummings, brother Ben attended SAGE meetings with same D Cummings). Also some “UK” CEOs not based in the UK
#Coronagrifters
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/04/vote-leave-ai-firm-wins-seven-government-contracts-in-18-months
March 2020 Faculty win contract (extension of existing contract, no tendering) to help mine NHS patient data for COVID-19 response. Minister of State in charge of Government Digital Service AND shareholder in Faculty Theodore Agnew
#Coronagrifters /3
March 2020 Faculty win contract (extension of existing contract, no tendering) to help mine NHS patient data for COVID-19 response. Minister of State in charge of Government Digital Service AND shareholder in Faculty Theodore Agnew
#Coronagrifters /3
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8599473/Ministers-wasted-150million-buying-face-masks-dont-work-investment-firm.html
August 2020 revealed that Andrew Mills, advisor to Board of Trade and Liz Truss, was paid £150 million via Ayanda Capital, where he is senior board advisor, for supplying defective PPE, contract signed “fast track” ie no tendering
#Coronagrifters /4
August 2020 revealed that Andrew Mills, advisor to Board of Trade and Liz Truss, was paid £150 million via Ayanda Capital, where he is senior board advisor, for supplying defective PPE, contract signed “fast track” ie no tendering
#Coronagrifters /4
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/gushing-matt-hancock-tells-private-22540268
18th August. Speaking to his friends at Policy Exchange in relation to the NHS, Matt Hancock tells private companies “my message to everyone in the private sector is - join us in the mission”
#Coronagrifters /5
18th August. Speaking to his friends at Policy Exchange in relation to the NHS, Matt Hancock tells private companies “my message to everyone in the private sector is - join us in the mission”
#Coronagrifters /5
https://www.ft.com/content/3cc76ad4-4d75-4e07-9f6d-476611fbb28f
19th August. McKinsey (former employers of Dido Harding) are paid over half a million quid to come up with a load of bullshit for new agency
#Coronagrifters /6
19th August. McKinsey (former employers of Dido Harding) are paid over half a million quid to come up with a load of bullshit for new agency
#Coronagrifters /6
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/aug/20/firm-linked-to-gove-and-cummings-hired-to-work-with-ofqual-on-a-levels
20.8.20 Revealed that outfit called Public First run by J Frayne and R Wolf, old pals of Michael Gove, given contract to help Ofqual by “single tender justification process” just like with two other COVID-related contracts they “won”
#Coronagrifters /7
20.8.20 Revealed that outfit called Public First run by J Frayne and R Wolf, old pals of Michael Gove, given contract to help Ofqual by “single tender justification process” just like with two other COVID-related contracts they “won”
#Coronagrifters /7
