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Nov 30 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
In a controversial move, the House of Lords has decided that Tory Peer Michelle #Mone will retain her whip until the outcome of two separate investigations into how her firm PPE MedPro obtained government contracts during the pandemic
We have covered the story from the start
The top of the Tory party is allegedly involved
But Mone is just one character in an even bigger story, involving Tory donors and loads of public money.

And we have been relentlessly keeping the receipts

The pandemic opened the door to cronyism and corruption on a scale not seen before in the UK.

We have tracked millions of pounds worth of Covid contracts handed out to associates of the Conservative Party

Dive in 🔎🔎🔎
the-citizens.com/investigation/…

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