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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?

Chocolatelovinggran Tue 14-Jul-26 21:47:19

Sadly, Sarnia, Ms Mone has felt unable to return any of the remarkable profit that she made from defective products.
Unfortunately, the company she formed to protect herself from any losses has ended, and the money is in the bank accounts of her children, and simply can't be accessed.
I'm sure that she's terribly upset about this .

Luckygirl3 Wed 15-Jul-26 00:00:44

This was the level of government that we were suffering. We do well to remember this and ponder the ritual disposal of Starmer.

paddyann54 Wed 15-Jul-26 00:23:04

No mention of Dido Harding who had over 30 billion for a track and trace system that didn,t workI haven,t heard her mentioned ot Matt Hancock who gave his brothers company 20odd million and forgot to mention he was a shareholder.
Plus many ,many more who made a fortune just because they knew the right Corrupt membersoftheTory government.
I think the Mone aseis a farce there was plenty of time to get that money back but they let her sail the media her new yacht instead of taking her and her dodgy husband into custody.
The failures of that government were epic.