that the BoJo government under Dominic Cummings rule is actually reviving a very old scam in skimming off public funds for its friends.

George Monbiot on Twitter

in an unusual development, Julian Lewis just stole the Intelligence and Security Committee vote from Chris Grayling. I don't know his form but he'd be hard pushed to be a worse choice than Grayling.

in a far more predictable manner, McKinsey (who have form for wasting huge amounts of money and being evil) have been appointed to do the test & trace cover-up for the government:

Alastair McLellan on Twitter

... and apparently Julian Lewis is another brexiteer anyway - so also evil. There really was very little chance of anyone decent being in the running.

more of the people on the take:

Peter Jukes on Twitter

meanwhile, the Tories don't like having to meet any sort of ethical standards at all:

Jo Maugham QC on Twitter

another reminder of the web of corruption:

Carole Cadwalladr on Twitter

that, judging by the BBC TV new coverage today, the real Russia etc election corruption report (on the fake news and lies influencing the Brexit referendum and subsequent election) has been replaced by a fake report into the leaking of the truthful and damning information against the Tories which still failed to stop them seizing power.

that the money the government is pretending will be big new spending is not only much smaller than their Rooseveltian lie but also merely redistribution of existing spending (from things which don't suit their purposes but might have been better for real people):

Up to £10 billion of the Chancellor's 'Plan for Jobs...

those Russian backed Tories again:

Carole Cadwalladr on Twitter

this particular piece of penny-pinching from the government is not a good look given how much money the quick response the various services in Salisbury saved them in cross-contamination and further deaths and hospitalisations:

Private Eye Magazine on Twitter

more on the Tories desperate attempt to find something else to replace any search engine attention on "Russian Report" (like the Boris toy red bus fake news story):

The Guardian on Twitter

just make sure you mention the real story every time you use the words or hashtag.

and all this insider corruption while "accidentally" neglecting both physical and data protection of the public is why the UK government's privatised test and trace has been incompetent and unlawful:

Coronavirus: Government admits its Test and Trace pr...

hence a recent CoViD-19 outbreak being within one of their own call centres!

Andrew Neil on Twitter

Outbreak of Covid-19 at contact tracing centre

they're also apparently in denial about breaking the law, despite it being an admission from their own lawyers, and lying on their official twitter stream:

Carole Cadwalladr on Twitter

that the same corrupt data-grabbers are also taking over the US track & trace:

Fionna O'Leary, 🕯 on Twitter

a reminder that chief nurse Ruth May was dropped from the press briefings after refusing to back Dominic Cummings in breaching lockdown (and the government had also lied by saying she might be held up in traffic):

Why was medic dropped from coronavirus briefing?

TV Dr Sarah Jarvis has also been speaking out, on Good Morning Britain, against the hypocritical UK government (Dominic Cummings for breaching lockdown and Michael Gove for not wearing a mask).