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8 Nov, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Venture capitalist Kate Bingham is married to a Tory minister & has *no* experience in healthcare.

So @BorisJohnson made her head of his “vaccines taskforce”.

She’s spent £670k of public money on PR consultants.

Grotesque cronyism.

Screenshots below.
thetimes.co.uk/article/vaccin…
Imagine choosing to squander £670k of public funds on your own PR when there are 400 people a day dying of Covid.

Imagine being the prime minister who allows this to happen.
Look at this grotesque conflict of interest. Venture capitalist woos other venture capitalists with insider information from her government role??? Way to go, @BorisJohnson.
Thank you @thesundaytimes & @Gabriel_Pogrund particularly for bringing all of this to light.

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Surely their contracts haven’t been cancelled? Clarification needed ASAP please, @NHSEmployers @MattHancock @NHS_HealthEdEng
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Not even @10DowningStreet can spin that fact away - it is utterly, irredeemably damning.
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Note how @matthancock is trying to reframe the 100k tests per day target.

Now he refers to 'testing capacity', citing 40k/day - despite only 18k actual tests yesterday.

But 'capacity' doesn't just mean lab space. It means people to do the tests. (1/3)

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But carers & NHS staff spread all over the country can't always drive to a testing centre that's many miles away.

So where is the testing workforce, @matthancock?

And why are you talking in magical & misleading 'capacity' terms? (3/3)
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Easter Sunday, a pandemic and a hospice. Surely an unspeakably grim day? (1/7)
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Then there’s the volunteer on the door herself – who chose to give up her Easter Sunday to help others, despite the risks of infection. Here are the donated eggs she’s stacked up for the staff today. (3/7)
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