Thread by @GeorgeMonbiot

A massive scandal.
How the govt's obsession with privatisation destroyed Test and Trace.
How this caused the resurgence of Covid-19.
How the official "Anti-Corruption Champion" is in the thick of the disaster he should be investigating.
This week's column
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is such an extraordinary story, and so outrageous when you draw all the threads together, that the Guardian let me have almost twice the usual word count.

I defy you to read to the end of it without gasping with rage and grief.

One thing that wasn't clear to me before is the role of the horse racing industry as an entrepot of power. Dominated by immensely rich and influential people, it seems to have fingers everywhere. I suspect more high level deals are done at the race course than the golf course.

Take a look at the board of the Jockey Club, to give just one example. Sloshing with blue blood and City money. thejockeyclub.co.uk/about-us/our-s…

.@bluenicks_99 has been making further, important links (see his responses in the thread).

I reckon my column has merely scratched the surface of what's been going on.

Several people have been asking what we can do about this scandal. A good start is to help crowdfund the excellent legal actions by @GoodLawProject, challenging some of the contracts the government has been issuing.
Also, follow and support @We_OwnIt and @CHPIthinktank

Subscribe to @openDemocracy, @BylineTimes, @DoubleDownNews and the Guardian, all of whom are trying to hold these scoundrels to account. Support the BMA's efforts. Join a union. Join the Green Party. Join Labour and press it to make more noise.

I have a nagging sense that I'm missing out other, crucial organisations. Please jog my memory.
Let's build a big, diverse, visible and effective coalition against this daylight robbery and in favour of public services run for the public good.

Needless to say, my phone has been ringing off the hook all morning, with BBC programmes keen to discuss this massive scandal.

Yeah, right.