Tory donor lobbied minister to speed up his PPE deal1 Apr 2021 20:08
Donate 60k to the Tory party and get £160m ppe contract in return (this may explain DHSC lack of interest in p2f mask SO FAR). Good investment strategy, hey.
Shall we all ship in few £1000 and donate to the tories to get them to purchase our mask? What increase to the sp would £160m make, lol?
Incidentally my rant post about our corrupt political and financial system this morning has been deleted. Lse if you’re reading, you don’t believe in free speech, particularly to educate about how the real financial world operates, yet you’re a financial educating website? Are you going to delete the guardian article post too? I thought you were on the side of the PIs!!!
“Following the call between Meller and Lord Bethell, a hereditary peer turned health minister who oversees the award of contracts to combat the virus, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) recommended that the delays should be dealt with urgently, the documents show.
The documents raise questions about whether Meller, who has donated nearly £60,000 to the Conservative party since 2009, received preferential treatment or unusual access to ministers in the early days of the pandemic.
In total, Meller Designs, the firm he co-owned until January this year, has been given six contracts worth £160m by the DHSC to produce PPE during the pandemic. All were awarded without a competitive tender.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/01/tory-donor-lobbied-minister-to-speed-up-his-65m-ppe-deal