I worked in NHS for years after Nurse training in 1970's....I worked in PPE packing prior my training, when it was All packed and sterilised for use 'in-house '....More recently I worked in Community Rehab teams for the elderly, As a former Nurse, I had responsibility for Ordering PPE kits and passing on current training on Infection control. We Had HUNDREDS of Companies who supplied equipment....Many of Whom contacted the Tory Government to offer supplies many of whom were IGNORED in favour of the Contracts handed to 'preferred suppliers ' i.e....Their MATES and themselves......££££££££££
Dido Harding lost £28 billion quid like she'd lost sixpence. If Labour did this, the British press would have demanded their members of Parliament be hung. But since they are Tories, both the press and the electorate just shrug their shoulders and say Boris tried his best. Just as an aside, what happened to the other £9billion.
How disgusting was the Tories ,I cannot comprehend how they can get away with this it must be investigated and charges brought against them they are utterly despicable ,they wasted so much and we where on our knees the NHS schools prisons water boards you could go on and on thank you Michael .
It's absolutely disgusting that the Tories enabled this - it's theft pure and simple. This sum equates to just under £10,000 for each and every taxpayer in the UK.
Four Hundred and Twenty Pounds Stirling for every MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD, in the entire United Kingdom. And every penny has disappeared. HOW PHYSICALLY CAN YOU SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY ON "NOWT"
Dido Harding took HS2 from the north of England. I think that Labour should tally up all of these wasted funds and link them to lack of hospitals, schools, the NHS , social care and show the clear link between the Tories' corruption and our public services. Finally they should say - the Tories want us to blame this 3 year old child coming over on a small boat.
The Irish government when it realised it needed a covid track and trace system asked the computer department of University College Dublin if they could design one. Ten days later they gave the government a system that worked so well that it was used by eight other countries. The Irish government told everyone that they could use it free of charge. How much did the Irish government pay UCD??? -------- €20,000. The British government spent a mind bending £37,000,000,000 on their system and got one that never worked properly.
@@mattsandilands6380 Was it guys? Was it REALLY???... Cos I guess you need to be alive to be that profound with 20/20 hindsight!... cos millions around the world are now dead because of NOT erring on the side of caution!!!... But, as I said, WE need to be alive to engage in that winging 'bitch session'!!!
As others have said this was not waste, it was theft pure and simple, it is not all in the past and with the change in government, there should be a full and thorough investigation, conducted in the public domain. Those guilty of theft and corruption should have their assets seized to recover the money stolen and face lengthy prison sentences. Any company found to be complicit should have its assets seized, its directors arrested and imprisoned and be banned from ever bidding for government contracts again. I won't hold my breath though
@@roibot1122 she has just begun a new post as chief steward of the jockey club, the elite always get protected , another well paid post utterly disgusting
@@roibot1122 think my post has been removed so i will repost and see if the U Tube deletes it so here we go Dido Harding has just got a new post, the chief steward of the Jockey Club , the elite always get protected utterly disgusting
A lot of that money was spent on lateral flow tests which were essential. A single Commission initiative- the Covid fund- would have been a £100 billion net liability for the UK (given the Netherlands are paying 40 Billion Euro net and Ireland 17 Billion Euro net with populations a third and a tenth of the UK respectively). That's nearly 4 times this bill.
30 seconds in and test and trace wasn't a waste of money Michael (well for us it was), It was the great privilege rip off. Once in a life time opportunity to run away with billions. And wasn't it done well.... not a receipt in sight. No repercussions, no questions,.... just tax payers money siphoned off. I reckon it would take Columbo two seconds to find it really.
I spent the first 3-4 months of the pandemic making PPE (face shields) using a 3D printer that I bought specially. I asked friends and family to nominate a care home and buy the filament. I spent day after day, sometimes 16 hours a day making PPE. The PPE was specifically made to be both reusable and, when it did finally reach the final use, fully recyclable. The cost of the filament increased by more than 50% during this period, showing that companies like Amazon were profiteering from the increased demand. When the homes I supplied received their face shields, the staff were extremely grateful and would tell me that it was the first new PPE they had seen for sometimes weeks. Even then, the cost of the PPE they could order have, on occasion, quadrupled in price. the whole period was a free-for-all. I understand that the Western world likes to promote capitalism as the primary force for market pricing, but every Government has the power to freeze prices in the case of an emergency. Boris et al just chose to make a profit for themselves and their pals.
Great video Michael. We do need to keep reminding people of all the money that’s been siphoned off to Tory donors and mates of those that were in power. The irony of the Conservative Party as being thought of as the one that’s fiscally responsible. When you think of what public services all this would have paid for and, particularly during the pandemic, what lives could have been saved. When greed is king, nothing else matters. I hope there is at least a little justice and at least a little of the public money returned to where it belongs.
I absolutely agree with you, Michael. It really grinds my gears as well. I sincerely hope Labour goes after them and, where possible, puts them in prison .
@@glenmason1876 what were Johnson's 2 favourite words? World Beating. Yes he certainly is himself in criminality and got away with it. So far. Untold damage. You could ask yourself "how can he sleep at night". Easy. He is amoral and has no conscience. The prisons are full with people like that.
Michael, you say waste, I prefer to say stolen. The Conservatives profess to love small government but interestingly no one loves to benefit from the taxpayer than the Tory who hates to pay their taxes. When the rest of us receive money from the government we’re called benefit scroungers. I returned to the UK the during the test and trace fiasco spending hundreds of pounds, not to mention the over overcharging and time spent trying to recover the money but the British will do the same thing they always do, forget after five years and want to elect another Tory government. Good luck 👍🏿
"but the British will do the same thing they always do, forget after five years and want to elect another Tory government" This has ironically been much the same in the US for the last few decades. That being said, this last 14 years has been an epic disaster for the history books. Of coruse it's all there for Labour to lose, but as long as they actually perform to some degree it's going to be better than 5 PMs and a tanked economy.
He's failing children right now with stubbornly refusing to end the two child benefit cap, another 'pledge' hes turned his back on. Poverty is due to get much worse for people. Urge those in power now by signing a petition, calling your local mp for him to lift families out of this mess. So so cruel.
The disappearance of the test and trace and ppe money with nothing to show for it really makes me angry. Its not good enough to let it go. it should be pursued until every last penny is accounted for. I think it was six hundred thousand went missing in Scotland and no stone was left unturned. Watching the news at that time, you could believe mass murders had been committed. Why should Westminster be excused the same scrutiny. I think it's an absolute disgrace. People can't pay their bills, children are going hungry and the richest in the land have been lining their pockets and ensuring their children's future with our money. That's not okay
Sadly our Nation are more concerned about our National football team and soap operas. I've been called a Corbynite, Leftie, conspiracy theorist etc for my views on FaceBook. One of my work colleagues stated he wasn't working class "Bus driver" This country has gone to pot to put it mildly and it's so frustrating knowing what's going off in this crazy country and world for that matter. Thanks Michael for sticking to your principles in trying to get some form of justice by keeping us informed of events past and present.
Divide the £28 Billion by the population of the country - say 70 million. So that's £400 paid, on average, by each man, woman, and child in the country.
I fled ✈️✈️✈️ Broke Babylon Brexit UK 🇬🇧 😅. I refused to get sucked into paying £3 trillion pounds sovereign debt that I did not spend or benefit from. Hell nooooo. The Tory politricksian crooks should all be in prison.
04:40 - When a question of "where did billions of pounds go?" is asked, criminal investigations are not disproportionate - they are necessary! And the government that doesn't investigate must be held to account.
One of the biggest concerns was bypassing reliable, approved and long-standing known PPE suppliers in favour of the buddy, buddy VIP lane, most of whom knew nothing about PPE provision. Would anyone run a business like this? Such an enormous amount of public money stolen and pocketed by the Tory politicians and their pals. I am still so angry about this criminal fiasco. What could £37bn do today for the NHS, for example? We need to find out exactly where this money went, all of it. Thanks for sharing.
Great video, Michael. The arrival of the pandemic on these shores highlighted to perfection what the Tories are all about. For, their initial thoughts weren't 'What do we do to stop this thing spreading? How do we protect the vulnerable? How do we minimise the risk to human life?' No. their first thought was: 'How do we make a shed load of money out of this for our friends, families and donors?' And for that reason alone, they should never be allowed back in power again.
The Irish Track, Trace and Test system was developed for 500K, was made open source globally and worked automatically in the UK due to the amount of travel between both islands. And it worked like a dream.
Aside from the blatant frauds upon the public, it is the childish meaningless "positive" language they used to justify these frauds that is so offensive; language without tether to reality or ethical awareness, e.g. "just the cherry on the top."
When I look back at the hoops companies like mine used to have to jump through, under EU rules, to win ANY government contract worth more than £50k ('OJEC', and later 'OJEU'), I'm staggered at the corner-cutting, lack of scrutiny and nepotism that is coming to light. Yes, there was an emergency, but really. Appalling dereliction, and apparently no consequences.
I am sure there was very little waste. A Scottish estate in the Highlands, a nice villa in Tuscany, with staff of course. Fleet of luxury motors, nice yacht for the weekend, golf course for hubby. Decent designer clothes in the nicest fabrics, expensive perfumes and not forgetting the best accessories your money can buy . Might have a few thousand ISAS , in the cat 's name of course. This kind of corruption will never be prosecuted.
Well done all you billionaires, your business expertise is second to none, and we hope you've enjoyed yourselves. Unfortunately though, the party is now over, and we need the money back.
i can tell you why she's still in the HoL, michael - simply because she represents Conservatismfor that it is: blatant criminal actions without consequences of any kind
The short answer is that it almost certainly went to private call centers and Serco. I worked for one of the call centers based in Preston and unhappy murmurs about Serco from supervisors continued throughout the months I worked on the T&T contract.
A traditional British billion (a million million) is therefore obviously bigger than an American billion (a thousand million), but it seems that the smaller American billion is being used in this case.
We also need is a Police enquiry into which bent Conservative Ministers received bribes from bent Rwandan Ministers! Over the last 12 months of 2022, 29.10% of Rwandans directly or indirectly demanded or offered a bribe in an interaction with an institution!!!!
Michael, thank you for another thoughtful video. £28,000,000,000 is a shocking amount of money to have spent with seemingly so little to show for it. When, however, you say "the government were just crewed" I cannot believe they were innocent of deliberate participation in the affair. The tories look as though they participated in the governmental version of the oldest profession in the world, receiving payments before providing the opportunities to 'service' their donors.
Those who might recall the Sars outbreak in 2003, the NHS created a test and trace system for this, that sadly was not used. It was kept for future use / need. Come the pandemic this was forgot about, even though a test and trace system was on the shelf.
Youre so right to keep reminding us Micheal. Im not sure why we forget these scandals but its true we do ! Keep banging your drum people need their eyes opening or we will sleepwalk into the next trick. Cheers to you Michael
I was working the in the diagnostics industry in the UK during covid and I was on several calls with Deloitte consultants who were supposed to be managing things in the NHS that healthcare professionals supposedly did not know how to manage. Each call there was a new crop of consultants whom obviously hadn’t the foggiest clue what they were doing and they probably billed out their time at £1000 a day. Don’t even get me started on the Randox contract.
It's so painful to hear this. The culture of money greed depresses me so much. It's so baked in these days, I don't think it can be dealt with properly. I blame Thatcher and the rampant materialism in US culture that Thatcher so aspired to when she was young...the root of so many evils.
Another financial disaster (unless you are a shareholder) is the privatisation & profit-squandering of North Sea Oil revenues. When you think Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is over a £trillion (derived from a tax on every barrel). British fields & reserves are larger than Norway so where did all the largesse from our oil industry end up? You guessed it. If you’re a large share-holder in BP (such as an MP or an aristocrat), you took all that money & didn’t give a glance backwards…… Another, the ‘Golden visas’ given to Russian oligarchs so they could launder money here without any fuss. All those Tory grandees did very well thank you for all ‘services-rendered’. Yeah, meanwhile the working people get sweet FA. Ironic really when you consider where all the value in society is derived. Free Palestine
£35 BILLION I will say that again £35 Billion You can build a city for that. To all you people waiting for a council flat that's where it is gone. Demand an inquiry
@@nickynicky5485 so what makes up the rest of the national debt. Don't tell me it's furlough, paying non key workers instead of giving payrises to doctors and nurses during a manufactured pandemic?
@@nickynicky5485 what you think it came from a pangolin or a bat? Wuhan has a contagious diseases centre researching altered coronations strains funded by BlackRock and the US government. Must be some coincidence.
Michael, the way I remember it there was a functioning but "home-made" NHS tracing app that was up and running, and this was deactivated in order to clear the way for Dido's massive project of corruption and plunder. The ideology (odiology?) from Downing Street was as much to deliberately, politically sideline the NHS because it was a public service, as it was to give enormous sums to the private sector. Which means that it cost much more than the 28bn you are rightly incandescent about. It brought about deaths among NHS staff and the general public. It cost lives, directly and deliberately.
The app - Ireland developed a good app and launched it much earlier than the UK's one. They then offered it, for free, to other countries and it was used by Scotland, Northern Ireland and some other countries and several US states. It cost €950,000 so not even £1 million. So why the Tories thought they'd spend £37,000 million is a bit of a mystery. Apart from the opportunity to hoof billions into friends and donors' offshore bank accounts.
Having worked in the public sector all my life, (both in local authorities and running schools), I know the rules about procurement of services or equipment using public money are very strict and supposed to be carefully monitored by accountable politicians. I know this was an emergency but it looks like all accountability was chucked out of the window in favour of passing our money onto the tories' donors and friends. It MUST be followed up!
Hopefully once Labour sort out the current emergencies there will be investigations I am sure especially knowing our PM's background in law....it's in his DNA it is who he is.
Companies Tax. Forgot to mention that one. Basically a profits tax on large companies, successive governments chose to ‘ignore’ its existence. No tax taken from booming profits over decades even though it is British tax law, backed up by statute. Tens of billions handed over to rich corporates & bloated shareholders, instead of in the treasury where, by law it should’ve been collected.
Stepping back at thinking about this £28 billion and the £30 billion that Truss lost, combined it is greater then the entire UK military budget. Just think about it, the UK military costs less and people are saying we need to cut back on defense spending. Another perspective is the UK in 2023 spent slightly over £15 billion on foreign aid, which gets entire segments on TV channels/programmes. The public should be horrified at the sheer incompetence of the previous government and their perceived priorities.
I worked in NHS for years after Nurse training in 1970's....I worked in PPE packing prior my training, when it was All packed and sterilised for use 'in-house '....More recently I worked in Community Rehab teams for the elderly, As a former Nurse, I had responsibility for Ordering PPE kits and passing on current training on Infection control. We Had HUNDREDS of Companies who supplied equipment....Many of Whom contacted the Tory Government to offer supplies many of whom were IGNORED in favour of the Contracts handed to 'preferred suppliers ' i.e....Their MATES and themselves......££££££££££
That's our money, and we want it back.
Dido Harding lost £28 billion quid like she'd lost sixpence. If Labour did this, the British press would have demanded their members of Parliament be hung. But since they are Tories, both the press and the electorate just shrug their shoulders and say Boris tried his best. Just as an aside, what happened to the other £9billion.
How disgusting was the Tories ,I cannot comprehend how they can get away with this it must be investigated and charges brought against them they are utterly despicable ,they wasted so much and we where on our knees the NHS schools prisons water boards you could go on and on thank you Michael .
Exactly, How dare any Brit complain about immigration, when they don't ask the important questions, Where is our money?
It's absolutely disgusting that the Tories enabled this - it's theft pure and simple. This sum equates to just under £10,000 for each and every taxpayer in the UK.
@@pierrewilliams1533 didn't furlough pay that for all those non key-workers?
@@pierrewilliams1533 Not to worry, not enough tax so they will borrow it as usual.
Four Hundred and Twenty Pounds Stirling for every MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD, in the entire United Kingdom. And every penny has disappeared. HOW PHYSICALLY CAN YOU SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY ON "NOWT"
Despite all the glaring examples of incompetence, the Tories always manage to do corruption well.
Indeed, the UK Finances were raped in plain sight.
Investigate, charge, prosecute, Jail.
It is not that difficult.
Good job creator!
My question is, was it raped from the outside? Inside? Or both?
@@SirKeefyKeef Over , under , sideways , down !
@@korolev-musictodriveby6583wait for it, not from the Kid Starver, but. of us who paid up😊
The stink of 14 years of tory corruption and greed should never be forgotten so well said Michael
Lets not forget the other £28bn that the idiots Truss, Philp and Kamiquazi Kwarteng cost us with their 'lets make the rich richer' budget.
Johnson should be investigated for this
@@userfile007 He’s bought his way out of it with knighthoods and lack of memory, this whole deal is the “men in grey suits” taking a payday!!!!
The tax payers money went in there off shore bank accounts. The whole lot should be in prison..
Dido Harding took HS2 from the north of England. I think that Labour should tally up all of these wasted funds and link them to lack of hospitals, schools, the NHS , social care and show the clear link between the Tories' corruption and our public services. Finally they should say - the Tories want us to blame this 3 year old child coming over on a small boat.
About time Brevermans financial connections to Rwanda was scrutinized too
Consultant: someone who borrows your watch then charges you thousands of pounds to tell you what time it is.
The Irish government when it realised it needed a covid track and trace system asked the computer department of University College Dublin if they could design one. Ten days later they gave the government a system that worked so well that it was used by eight other countries. The Irish government told everyone that they could use it free of charge. How much did the Irish government pay UCD??? -------- €20,000. The British government spent a mind bending £37,000,000,000 on their system and got one that never worked properly.
It was onky little engkish and maybe Welsh system. Scottish govmt gave it to nhd to link in with their recording system. It worked and was cheaper.
False ppe firms, fake consultants, buy shares in firms who they gave contracts, ect, ect, isn't that fraud,,, check mp"s involved, bank accounts,
Hear, hear! Rule of law must be upheld. This is a criminal incompetence that must be brought to justice. Thank Michael
Reasons to be cheerful? Part 4.
It wasn’t waste it was theft.
Correct. In broad daylight… with glee.
@@mattsandilands6380 yes off course it was.
@@mattsandilands6380 Was it guys? Was it REALLY???... Cos I guess you need to be alive to be that profound with 20/20 hindsight!... cos millions around the world are now dead because of NOT erring on the side of caution!!!... But, as I said, WE need to be alive to engage in that winging 'bitch session'!!!
remember how they claimed the system would be world class !!!
A complete disgrace. The VIP lane must be investigated and criminals like Gove held to account.
As others have said this was not waste, it was theft pure and simple, it is not all in the past and with the change in government, there should be a full and thorough investigation, conducted in the public domain. Those guilty of theft and corruption should have their assets seized to recover the money stolen and face lengthy prison sentences. Any company found to be complicit should have its assets seized, its directors arrested and imprisoned and be banned from ever bidding for government contracts again. I won't hold my breath though
Dido Harding should be in prison
If there's room??
That money could have built a super max prison
@@JMHM3170 there would be if they just took prisoners out for petty crimes
@@roibot1122 she has just begun a new post as chief steward of the jockey club, the elite always get protected , another well paid post utterly disgusting
@@roibot1122 think my post has been removed so i will repost and see if the U Tube deletes it so here we go Dido Harding has just got a new post, the chief steward of the Jockey Club , the elite always get protected utterly disgusting
Well said, Michael. A grotesque scandal that really should be blown open.
Not so much a waste of money as outright thieving from the public purse.
28 billion for an app...............YOU CANT WASTE THAT MUCH MONEY....................IT WAS STOLEN.
A lot of that money was spent on lateral flow tests which were essential.
A single Commission initiative- the Covid fund- would have been a £100 billion net liability for the UK (given the Netherlands are paying 40 Billion Euro net and Ireland 17 Billion Euro net with populations a third and a tenth of the UK respectively).
That's nearly 4 times this bill.
@@catinthehat906 essential fake tests?? Yeah right......THE PLANDEMIC was fuelled by a fake test....YOU are deluded............ GROW UP.....
I’ve long held a similar opinion of the 37bn spree. The vip lane was just blatant. A cocky, overconfident and corrupt government.
A decent, well informed individual providing an objective commentary on the behaviour of absolute scoundrels. Thank you.
‘World beating’ my arse. Johnson should be in jail.
30 seconds in and test and trace wasn't a waste of money Michael (well for us it was), It was the great privilege rip off. Once in a life time opportunity to run away with billions. And wasn't it done well.... not a receipt in sight. No repercussions, no questions,.... just tax payers money siphoned off. I reckon it would take Columbo two seconds to find it really.
I spent the first 3-4 months of the pandemic making PPE (face shields) using a 3D printer that I bought specially. I asked friends and family to nominate a care home and buy the filament. I spent day after day, sometimes 16 hours a day making PPE. The PPE was specifically made to be both reusable and, when it did finally reach the final use, fully recyclable. The cost of the filament increased by more than 50% during this period, showing that companies like Amazon were profiteering from the increased demand. When the homes I supplied received their face shields, the staff were extremely grateful and would tell me that it was the first new PPE they had seen for sometimes weeks. Even then, the cost of the PPE they could order have, on occasion, quadrupled in price. the whole period was a free-for-all. I understand that the Western world likes to promote capitalism as the primary force for market pricing, but every Government has the power to freeze prices in the case of an emergency. Boris et al just chose to make a profit for themselves and their pals.
Germany spend 220mio Euros on a Corona app. Everyone thought it was too expensive, but it was indeed used in neighboring countries.
Great video Michael. We do need to keep reminding people of all the money that’s been siphoned off to Tory donors and mates of those that were in power. The irony of the Conservative Party as being thought of as the one that’s fiscally responsible. When you think of what public services all this would have paid for and, particularly during the pandemic, what lives could have been saved. When greed is king, nothing else matters. I hope there is at least a little justice and at least a little of the public money returned to where it belongs.
In any other Country it's called Corruption.
I absolutely agree with you, Michael. It really grinds my gears as well. I sincerely hope Labour goes after them and, where possible, puts them in prison .
Labour wanted more always remember
The only thing the Tories did well was spend everybody else’s money.
Absolutely and what will Liebor do
@@6160panda They’ll spend it on us. They won’t give it all to their friends in return for payback later.
@@peterrat100 The tax payer is like Daddies, look to them when money becomes short.
No accountability. No project management. No financial control. My Consevative candidate had no answers.
Keep banging on about this Michael . We want our money back !
And who was in charge of the country? Boris Johnson. What happened was purely criminal.
That man wants prosecuting for the damage he did, this country has never been the same, and probably will never be
@@glenmason1876 what were Johnson's 2 favourite words? World Beating. Yes he certainly is himself in criminality and got away with it. So far. Untold damage. You could ask yourself "how can he sleep at night". Easy. He is amoral and has no conscience. The prisons are full with people like that.
@@glenmason1876 true
People still missunderstand : Lady Harding had the task to privatize a huge pile of public money without fuss, and that she did remarkably efficently.
Where did you land from, Mars? You can’t just give people money and then just let them spend it Willy Nilly without monitoring unless you are a Tory!
Truth to power, followed by yourself, Saturday morning complete 😊
The Treasury need to be taken to task for this loose spending of public money .
If the money has been spent and the companies have gone bust, JAIL THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, every last one of them. 😮
Michael, you say waste, I prefer to say stolen. The Conservatives profess to love small government but interestingly no one loves to benefit from the taxpayer than the Tory who hates to pay their taxes. When the rest of us receive money from the government we’re called benefit scroungers. I returned to the UK the during the test and trace fiasco spending hundreds of pounds, not to mention the over overcharging and time spent trying to recover the money but the British will do the same thing they always do, forget after five years and want to elect another Tory government. Good luck 👍🏿
"but the British will do the same thing they always do, forget after five years and want to elect another Tory government"
This has ironically been much the same in the US for the last few decades.
That being said, this last 14 years has been an epic disaster for the history books.
Of coruse it's all there for Labour to lose, but as long as they actually perform to some degree it's going to be better than 5 PMs and a tanked economy.
Gangsters masquerading as government.
PROFITEERING is illegal under chapter 1 of the competition act 1998.
So they have no excuse not to prosecute these grifters.
If they get away with it, then Starmer will have failed us all.
He failed the victims of Saville & the Rochdale grooming gangs, good ole beer n curry.
@@jonathanlake6053 is that you Boris?
He's failing children right now with stubbornly refusing to end the two child benefit cap, another 'pledge' hes turned his back on. Poverty is due to get much worse for people. Urge those in power now by signing a petition, calling your local mp for him to lift families out of this mess. So so cruel.
The money was NOT wasted, it bought some very nice villas and yachts.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That tory who went on the jungle thingy, stole 10 million, and paid it into sisters bank account, hardly mentioned by any media, dirty thief, 😮
Great analysis and reporting as usual. The corrupt Tories should not get away with their crimes.
The disappearance of the test and trace and ppe money with nothing to show for it really makes me angry. Its not good enough to let it go. it should be pursued until every last penny is accounted for. I think it was six hundred thousand went missing in Scotland and no stone was left unturned. Watching the news at that time, you could believe mass murders had been committed. Why should Westminster be excused the same scrutiny. I think it's an absolute disgrace. People can't pay their bills, children are going hungry and the richest in the land have been lining their pockets and ensuring their children's future with our money. That's not okay
Sadly our Nation are more concerned about our National football team and soap operas. I've been called a Corbynite, Leftie, conspiracy theorist etc for my views on FaceBook. One of my work colleagues stated he wasn't working class "Bus driver" This country has gone to pot to put it mildly and it's so frustrating knowing what's going off in this crazy country and world for that matter. Thanks Michael for sticking to your principles in trying to get some form of justice by keeping us informed of events past and present.
Divide the £28 Billion by the population of the country - say 70 million. So that's £400 paid, on average, by each man, woman, and child in the country.
Or £2500 per worker…..
Fraudulent!!!!!! and nothing less than treasury theft and money laundering.
they should be in prison
Astonishing the amount of money 💰 that was given to members of the party that was in charge beggars believe.
For what it’s worth Michael that is your best video yet.The numbers are truly staggering.
Thank you very much Simon 😊
Test and Trace, PPE scandals and the failed app are all England specific. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland had their own systems in place.
Dido Harding - who's biggest accomplishment, was to ride a horse !
Well instead of accountability Dido has now been hit a position in charge of the Jockey Club 😂😂 The corrupting effects of honours system.😩
Not waste it was corruption
Exactly!
*THIS IS MORE THEN WAS SPEND BUILDING THE METAVERSE* which is considered the biggest waste of money in US corporate history
I fled ✈️✈️✈️ Broke Babylon Brexit UK 🇬🇧 😅. I refused to get sucked into paying £3 trillion pounds sovereign debt that I did not spend or benefit from. Hell nooooo. The Tory politricksian crooks should all be in prison.
04:40 - When a question of "where did billions of pounds go?" is asked, criminal investigations are not disproportionate - they are necessary! And the government that doesn't investigate must be held to account.
Of course all that money wasn't wasted,friends and donors to the Tories benefited and walked away with a fortune.
Consultants have bled this country dry.
Absolute vupltures
Thanks Michael, people need to be brought to account for this terrible scandal
as an Italian , I know we have corruption, but the Track & Trace was incredible , kudos to you guys
One of the biggest concerns was bypassing reliable, approved and long-standing known PPE suppliers in favour of the buddy, buddy VIP lane, most of whom knew nothing about PPE provision. Would anyone run a business like this? Such an enormous amount of public money stolen and pocketed by the Tory politicians and their pals. I am still so angry about this criminal fiasco. What could £37bn do today for the NHS, for example? We need to find out exactly where this money went, all of it. Thanks for sharing.
A national scandal and a tory disgrace. Keep banging the drum Michael. Your work is appreciated
Great video, Michael. The arrival of the pandemic on these shores highlighted to perfection what the Tories are all about. For, their initial thoughts weren't 'What do we do to stop this thing spreading? How do we protect the vulnerable? How do we minimise the risk to human life?' No. their first thought was: 'How do we make a shed load of money out of this for our friends, families and donors?' And for that reason alone, they should never be allowed back in power again.
The Irish Track, Trace and Test system was developed for 500K, was made open source globally and worked automatically in the UK due to the amount of travel between both islands. And it worked like a dream.
Aside from the blatant frauds upon the public, it is the childish meaningless "positive" language they used to justify these frauds that is so offensive; language without tether to reality or ethical awareness, e.g. "just the cherry on the top."
THE MONEY GOT EMBEZZLED AWAY BY THE POWERS THAT SHOULDN'T BE....
Didn't Dido also fail miserably at talk talk.
How do these people go from disaster to disaster??
It's not what you know It's who you know!!!!! And she is a friend of Johnsons!!!!
When I look back at the hoops companies like mine used to have to jump through, under EU rules, to win ANY government contract worth more than £50k ('OJEC', and later 'OJEU'), I'm staggered at the corner-cutting, lack of scrutiny and nepotism that is coming to light. Yes, there was an emergency, but really. Appalling dereliction, and apparently no consequences.
I am sure there was very little waste. A Scottish estate in the Highlands, a nice villa in Tuscany, with staff of course. Fleet of luxury motors, nice yacht for the weekend, golf course for hubby. Decent designer clothes in the nicest fabrics, expensive perfumes and not forgetting the best accessories your money can buy . Might have a few thousand ISAS , in the cat 's name of course. This kind of corruption will never be prosecuted.
Great vid! I'd like a book to be written about this scandal. Unbelievably shocking!
the tories wouldnt want that!!
Well done all you billionaires, your business expertise is second to none, and we hope you've enjoyed yourselves. Unfortunately though, the party is now over, and we need the money back.
Its great to hear you say "asylum seekers" not 'immigrants'! Excellent series of videos. Please continue to keep us informed with the truth!!👍'👍👍
The correct term is actually economic parasites !
The correct term is Illegal immigrants. Section 40 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 applies.
Thanks @brianc5788 😊
i can tell you why she's still in the HoL, michael - simply because she represents Conservatismfor that it is: blatant criminal actions without consequences of any kind
This money must be tracked down and recovered. Dido Harding surely may enjoy some time at His Majesty's pleasure...
The short answer is that it almost certainly went to private call centers and Serco.
I worked for one of the call centers based in Preston and unhappy murmurs about Serco from supervisors continued throughout the months I worked on the T&T contract.
I don't think most people realise how much a Billion is
A traditional British billion (a million million) is therefore obviously bigger than an American billion (a thousand million), but it seems that the smaller American billion is being used in this case.
We also need is a Police enquiry into which bent Conservative Ministers received bribes from bent Rwandan Ministers! Over the last 12 months of 2022, 29.10% of Rwandans directly or indirectly demanded or offered a bribe in an interaction with an institution!!!!
Michael, thank you for another thoughtful video. £28,000,000,000 is a shocking amount of money to have spent with seemingly so little to show for it. When, however, you say "the government were just crewed" I cannot believe they were innocent of deliberate participation in the affair. The tories look as though they participated in the governmental version of the oldest profession in the world, receiving payments before providing the opportunities to 'service' their donors.
These my immediate thoughts as well. The tory crooks knew exactly what they were doing.
Those who might recall the Sars outbreak in 2003, the NHS created a test and trace system for this, that sadly was not used. It was kept for future use / need. Come the pandemic this was forgot about, even though a test and trace system was on the shelf.
Youre so right to keep reminding us Micheal. Im not sure why we forget these scandals but its true we do ! Keep banging your drum people need their eyes opening or we will sleepwalk into the next trick. Cheers to you Michael
Fraod is fraud however one tries to hide it. All guilty should be broughtb to account.
I was working the in the diagnostics industry in the UK during covid and I was on several calls with Deloitte consultants who were supposed to be managing things in the NHS that healthcare professionals supposedly did not know how to manage. Each call there was a new crop of consultants whom obviously hadn’t the foggiest clue what they were doing and they probably billed out their time at £1000 a day. Don’t even get me started on the Randox contract.
It's so painful to hear this. The culture of money greed depresses me so much. It's so baked in these days, I don't think it can be dealt with properly. I blame Thatcher and the rampant materialism in US culture that Thatcher so aspired to when she was young...the root of so many evils.
You make it sound like the government was an unwitting victim, but I feel sure the main players were absolutely complicit.
Another financial disaster (unless you are a shareholder) is the privatisation & profit-squandering of North Sea Oil revenues. When you think Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is over a £trillion (derived from a tax on every barrel). British fields & reserves are larger than Norway so where did all the largesse from our oil industry end up?
You guessed it. If you’re a large share-holder in BP (such as an MP or an aristocrat), you took all that money & didn’t give a glance backwards……
Another, the ‘Golden visas’ given to Russian oligarchs so they could launder money here without any fuss. All those Tory grandees did very well thank you for all ‘services-rendered’.
Yeah, meanwhile the working people get sweet FA. Ironic really when you consider where all the value in society is derived.
Free Palestine
£35 BILLION I will say that again £35 Billion You can build a city for that. To all you people waiting for a council flat that's where it is gone. Demand an inquiry
@@nickynicky5485 so what makes up the rest of the national debt. Don't tell me it's furlough, paying non key workers instead of giving payrises to doctors and nurses during a manufactured pandemic?
@@Dhoggy What can I say "manufactured pandemic?" It say's it all
@@nickynicky5485 what you think it came from a pangolin or a bat? Wuhan has a contagious diseases centre researching altered coronations strains funded by BlackRock and the US government. Must be some coincidence.
@@nickynicky5485 thise waiting for a council flat.... all those those Labour councils that sold their housing stocks in 2015.
@@nickynicky5485 come on try another bs attempt.
Michael, the way I remember it there was a functioning but "home-made" NHS tracing app that was up and running, and this was deactivated in order to clear the way for Dido's massive project of corruption and plunder. The ideology (odiology?) from Downing Street was as much to deliberately, politically sideline the NHS because it was a public service, as it was to give enormous sums to the private sector.
Which means that it cost much more than the 28bn you are rightly incandescent about. It brought about deaths among NHS staff and the general public. It cost lives, directly and deliberately.
I think that test and trace has some tough competition from HS2 as far as a waste of money is concerned.
So many crooks Michael ....thanks for this enlightening clip....😮
Have a good weekend xx😊
The app - Ireland developed a good app and launched it much earlier than the UK's one. They then offered it, for free, to other countries and it was used by Scotland, Northern Ireland and some other countries and several US states. It cost €950,000 so not even £1 million. So why the Tories thought they'd spend £37,000 million is a bit of a mystery. Apart from the opportunity to hoof billions into friends and donors' offshore bank accounts.
Having worked in the public sector all my life, (both in local authorities and running schools), I know the rules about procurement of services or equipment using public money are very strict and supposed to be carefully monitored by accountable politicians. I know this was an emergency but it looks like all accountability was chucked out of the window in favour of passing our money onto the tories' donors and friends. It MUST be followed up!
It isn't possible to spend this much money on IT in such a short amount of time. Fraud is the only explanation.
Hopefully once Labour sort out the current emergencies there will be investigations I am sure especially knowing our PM's background in law....it's in his DNA it is who he is.
Companies Tax. Forgot to mention that one.
Basically a profits tax on large companies, successive governments chose to ‘ignore’ its existence.
No tax taken from booming profits over decades even though it is British tax law, backed up by statute.
Tens of billions handed over to rich corporates & bloated shareholders, instead of in the treasury where, by law it should’ve been collected.
Me to think how many lives you could save with 33billon
People can’t forget what happened
Stepping back at thinking about this £28 billion and the £30 billion that Truss lost, combined it is greater then the entire UK military budget. Just think about it, the UK military costs less and people are saying we need to cut back on defense spending.
Another perspective is the UK in 2023 spent slightly over £15 billion on foreign aid, which gets entire segments on TV channels/programmes. The public should be horrified at the sheer incompetence of the previous government and their perceived priorities.