BBC link for those who partake - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy08xg226l1t
Honestly glad this isn’t being forgotten about. When Reeves announced this I was certain they would only go for the small fry.
Firm linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone breached £122m PPE contract, High Court rules
Submitted 3 weeks ago by G4Z@feddit.uk to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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biscuit@lemdro.id 3 weeks ago
G4Z@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
They are just scapegoating Mone, and it will amount to a slap on the wrist in any case. She should be in prison with all her assets seized, imo. The fact the law is okay with destroying poor people’s lives over vastly smaller sums just says everything about this society.
Mone’s PPE Medpro was given about £200m in govt contracts. Ayanda was given £252m in contracts. It’s the family office of a Tory advisor. They had no history in PPE and were given the contract because of politics links.
We paid a quarter of a billion for masks that were found to be defective and had to be burnt, also at taxpayer expense. Ayanda is not in court.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg, that VIP lane was just legalised corruption and they have already gotten away with it.
baggins@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Strip her, her mates that were in on it and her family of everything they possess, all rank and privileges. Ensure they never have more than a service job again.
Denjin@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
WHY IS SHE NOT IN JAIL. How can someone defraud the public to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds, pocket the money and not only get away scot free but get made a life peer.
This sort of thing is what people should be marching in the streets against, not asylum seekers and fReE sPeAcH.
G4Z@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Man, I feel the exact same way.
If it was just some non connected peon stealing a few quid off the social they would have them in the dock quicker than you can say ‘proceeds of crime’.
The real 2 tier justice, sickening.
shath@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
philip green has a knighthood - rules for the upper classes dictate stealing is good and if you can get away with it you should
Naich@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
Exactly. These bastards are the ones with all our money, not the poor sods trying to escape from some hell hole.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I know France is bad, but that’s a bit harsh
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
As bad as that is. VIP Lane is used like it is totally acceptable.
How the fuck is it acceptable for MPs to recommend family owned businesses and ones paying them in advantages etc.
Even if the company had for filled the contract perfectly. This is basically stealing money from tax payers etc. That alone should ban her from holding any government political or civil service positions.