Boris being profligate with 'our' money !!!

The scumbag-in-chief has managed to spend £150Million of 'our' money on a company to provide face masks and PPE gowns. Notwithstanding this amount of money not one face or protective gown has been supplied by this particular company - they just happen to be friends with Boris.



Keir Starmer accuses government of spending £150m on zero face masks

Yahoo Staff Writer
Nov 11th 2020 11:15AM
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has hit out at the government for spending £150m on zero face masks.

In his latest Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) clash with Boris Johnson, Starmer rounded on the government's partnership with the private sector during the coronavirus pandemic.

Starmer accused Johnson's government's of preferring to "spray money at companies who don't deliver" rather than people and businesses who are struggling because of the crisis.

He pointed to a £150m contact given to Ayanda Capital to "deliver face masks" and asked Johnson "how many usable face masks were actually provided to NHS workers on the frontline under that contract".

The PM, while not answering the question, nonetheless appeared to preempt it as he admitted some companies had provided personal protective equipment (PPE) "more effectively than others".

Starmer then answered his own question.

"The answer is none. Not a single face mask. At a cost of £150m. That's not an isolated example."

He then attacked the government for providing a £347m contact to Randox, "The same company that had to recall 750,000 unused Covid tests earlier this summer on safety grounds."

The government has come under fire for its reliance on private sector companies during the pandemic, such as Serco's controversial involvement with the struggling NHS Test and Trace system.

In his attack, Starmer said: "There's a sharp contrast between the way the government sprays money at companies who don't deliver and their reluctance to provide long-term support to businesses and working people at the sharp end of this crisis."

Johnson, however, was steadfast in his defence of the private sector, pointing to Monday's coronavirus vaccine breakthrough by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, with early studies showing its jab is 90% effective.

He said: "It's the private sector, no matter how much the party opposite [Labour] may hate them, that provides the scientific breakthroughs."

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The government's private sector spending has once again been under scrutiny after it emerged vaccines tsar Kate Bingham awarded a reported £670,000 contract to PR consultants Admiral Associates.

The deal with the private company raised questions given the availability of Downing Street's own extensive media operation.