16-05-2021, 02:48 PM
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Perfectly reasonable for me to forward on PPE offer - Hancock
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57134060The Sunday Times reported Mr Hancock "personally intervened" to help Brooks Newmark in getting the £180m deal.
The Sunday Times published a series of emails between Mr Hancock and Mr Newmark, the former civil society minister who resigned in 2014 after sending sexually explicit photographs of himself to an undercover journalist.
The paper reported that in May 2020 Mr Newmark teamed up with Zoe Ley, the owner of a dog food company who had set up a firm, Life Partners, to broker PPE deals for international supplies.
It said Mr Newmark first emailed the health secretary on 27 May, detailing a proposal explaining he had links to a "well connected and powerful" person in China but that he needed government help in accelerating deals.
The Sunday Times said Mr Hancock replied: "Thanks. Definitely one for the PPE team who are firing on all cylinders now."
The newspaper said the Department of Health awarded a £178m contract for protective goggles to the firm on 1 June.
But Mr Hancock denied that any special treatment was given.
The programme revealed Ms Ley was likely to have been paid at last £1m by the firm for her work in securing the deals last spring when the UK was short of PPE.
16-05-2021, 04:20 PM
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Re: Perfectly reasonable for me to forward on PPE offer - Hancock
What Mr. Hancock did was perfectly reasonable in my opinion. During this pandemic, Labour, it's political allies and supporters have poured scorn and a tirade of abuse towards the government over it's handling and preparation of PPE. Now we see reports coming from the tabloid press of ex ministers and ex party members contacting current minsters regarding PPE and the companies they are associated with and again we see Labour, it's political allies and supporters pouring scorn on the government.Just what exactly is it that the Labour party want the government to actually do? In a time of crisis only use PPE businesses that have no links to any past or present conservative party member? and we all know what would have happened if the government ignored these business, Labour would have jumped on it and complained that the government is causing a PPE crisis by not using these companies.
All Labour is doing is trying to score political points, if the government use the PPE companies, they are accused of impropriety and if they ignored the PPE companies, they would be accused of causing the PPE crisis.
16-05-2021, 04:23 PM
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Re: Perfectly reasonable for me to forward on PPE offer - Hancock
Originally Posted by Dodge
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What Mr. Hancock did was perfectly reasonable in my opinion. During this pandemic, Labour, it's political allies and supporters have poured scorn and a tirade of abuse towards the government over it's handling and preparation of PPE. Now we see reports coming from the tabloid press of ex ministers and ex party members contacting current minsters regarding PPE and the companies they are associated with and again we see Labour, it's political allies and supporters pouring scorn on the government.Just what exactly is it that the Labour party want the government to actually do? In a time of crisis only use PPE businesses that have no links to any past or present conservative party member? and we all know what would have happened if the government ignored these business, Labour would have jumped on it and complained that the government is causing a PPE crisis by not using these companies.
All Labour is doing is trying to score political points, if the government use the PPE companies, they are accused of impropriety and if they ignored the PPE companies, they would be accused of causing the PPE crisis.
16-05-2021, 04:35 PM
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Re: Perfectly reasonable for me to forward on PPE offer - Hancock
Originally Posted by Percy Vere
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I think they're just pissed off because none of THEIR friends and relations got a look in as far as PPE contracts were concerned.
I have no doubt that during Blair and Brown's term in office they never gave any government contracts to anyone connected to or associated with the conservative party. Labour will think outing the government over links to PPE will score them political points. It wont because both of the major parties have failed to realise that a lot of the voting public just do not care over this persistent political grandstanding.
16-05-2021, 05:15 PM
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Re: Perfectly reasonable for me to forward on PPE offer - Hancock
As far as I can see in the reports, no Labour Party connection is mentioned, apart from, possibly comments. The initial investigation was by the BBC and the Sunday Times has followed it up.The scale of cronyism and corruption within the Tory government is almost beyond belief - in just over one year, BJ and his cohorts have distributed £30,200,000,000 in COVID contracts, mostly, it now appears, to cronies or friends of cronies. 63% of this value has been awarded for products and supplies, while 36% was dedicated to procuring services.
Hancock has already been found guilty of acting unlawfully over pandemic contracts:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56125462
"There is also no dispute that the secretary of state failed to publish redacted contracts in accordance with the transparency policy."
The judge said the health secretary had spent "vast quantities" of public money on Covid-related goods and services during 2020.
"The public were entitled see who this money was going to, what it was being spent on and how the relevant contracts were awarded," he added.
16-05-2021, 06:07 PM
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Re: Perfectly reasonable for me to forward on PPE offer - Hancock
More detail:https://news.sky.com/story/perfectly...ncock-12308062
After a reply from Mr Newmark, in which he asked for someone to "lead the charge" in exploring his proposal, an aide to Mr Hancock is then said to have forwarded the proposal to Lord Deighton, the government's PPE tsar.
"Please see below from former MP Brooks Newmark... an excellent PPE proposal that the health secretary and I would be very grateful if Lord Deighton could look into urgently," the 28 May (Thursday) email said.
The Sunday Times said, on 1 June (Monday), the Department of Health then directly awarded a £178m contract for protective goggles to the firm, invoking emergency procurement rules to avoid a tender.
In fact, just about time to "rubber-stamp" it .....
18-05-2021, 11:33 AM
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Re: Perfectly reasonable for me to forward on PPE offer - Hancock
Originally Posted by Omah
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More detail:https://news.sky.com/story/perfectly...ncock-12308062
Not much time taken there then to "look into" Newmark's proposal .....
In fact, just about time to "rubber-stamp" it .....
What would you have done under the circumstances then Captain Hindsight ?
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