16 men: a team of 11 players, 5 managers.

3 Lords, one Sir, and 12 men who, combined, have had major govt. or Tory jobs. In total, they’ve donated at least £7.3m to the Conservatives, and won 37 Covid19 contracts worth £2.1bn. @allthecitizens presents: GREEDS UNITED

Over £2.1bn has been awarded to friends and donors of the Tory party since the start of this pandemic. Of some £15bn worth of Covid contracts reviewed by @allthecitizens at least 15% have gone to Tory advisors/donors/MPs/personal connections… KICK OFF!

The Manager is Lord Ashcroft. A £350m contract to “support medical & clinical services" was scored by Medacs Healthcare, whose parent company, Impellam, is owned by Conservative grandee. Through companies etc. he’s donated £5.8m to the party. NO LIMIT! https://twitter.com/allthecitizens/status/1351943500523311105?s=20

Next is David Meller. Meller Designs netted £154.7m from 7 PPE deals ranging from hanitiser to face masks via the rapid procurement process. The company’s owned by David Meller, who’s donated almost £60,000 to the Conservative party since 2009. YES! https://bylinetimes.com/2020/09/18/firm-meller-designs-conservative-donor-nets-millions-government-ppe-deals/

Haraldur Agustsson. Globus Shetland and Alpha Solway, companies run by Conservative Leaders’ Group member Agustsson, won £104m in PPE supply deals. Globus Shetland contract was more than the company's total turnover for previous 2 years. FOUL!
https://twitter.com/allthecitizens/status/1319639871129063424?s=20

Steven Parkin: Another Leaders Group member, he’s donated £725,000 to the party over the last five years, and owns haulage company Clipper Logistics. Clipper was awarded a £1.3m deal to oversee the NHS PPE supply chain. SCORE!
https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/02/disaster-capitalism-conservative-party-donor-cashes-in-on-uk-government-made-ppe-shortages-amidst-covid19-crisis/

Sir Philip Hulme: Computacenter Ltd won contracts worth £198m from Dep for Education to deliver 230,000 laptops to vulnerable pupils after school lockdowns. Sir Philip and wife have donated tens of thousands to Conservative Party. BACK OF THE NET! https://goodlawproject.org/update/computacenter-laptops/

Anthony Page: ex-employee of Tory peer Baroness Mone, Page set up PPE Medpro on same day he left a company that manages her brand. After existing for just 44 days, the company won £202m with 2 contracts for facemasks. YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE!
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/seven-week-old-firm-with-links-to-tory-peer-lands-122-million-ppe-contract/08/10/

Lord Feldman: Tulchan, a PR firm run by Dept of Health advisor Lord Feldman, began work for Oxford Nanopore weeks after it won a £28m testing contract. It then secured over £100m more…GOAL!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54975507

Steve Dechan: P14 Medical won £276.5m across 3 deals for the supply of face masks and isolation gowns. P14 Medical is co-owned by ex-Conservative councillor Steve Dechan. It declared a loss of £486,000 in 2019. HAT-TRICK!
https://bylinetimes.com/2020/10/25/500-million-government-ppe-deals-conservative-companies-donors/

Paul Stephenson: Lobby firm Hanbury Strategy won 2 contracts worth £640k. Hanbury has a number of Tories, including co-founder Stephenson who worked with Dominic Cummings on Vote Leave, and Ameet Gill, ex-strategy director for Cameron. OFFSIDE! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/04/dominic-cummings-allys-pr-firm-hanbury-strategy-given-covid-19-contracts-without-tenders

James Frayne: Public First, another PR firm based in London’s Tufton St, is run by Cummings ally, James Frayne, who’s worked with the ex-SPAD for 20 years. Public First were awarded £840,000 to research public opinion. KICK IT! https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/revealed-key-cummings-ally-given-840000-covid-contract-without-competition/

Tom Guerin: founded by two New Zealanders, the Tory-linked PR firm won £3m for Covid-19 government messaging campaign. Firm’s previous activities inc changing CCHQ Twitter to “fact check UK”, and setting up a website to mimic Labour’s manifesto. STUCK IN! https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/03/topham-guerin-pr-firm-covid-19-contract-conservative-party

Alex Bourne: ex-neighbour of Matt Hancock, Bourne’s company Hinpack won £30m to make test tubes, despite having no history in making them. The deal was initially considered after a Whatsapp conversation between Bourne and the Health Secretary. ON-SIDE! https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/01/matt-hancock-under-pressure-to-explain-30m-test-tube-work-for-ex-neighbour

Owen Paterson: Randox won two contracts for £467m to support testing measures, with some kits issued by the company recalled in July last year. Tory MP Owen Paterson is a consultant for the firm, earning £100,000 per year. PENALTY!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/11/healthcare-firm-advised-by-owen-paterson-won-133m-coronavirus-testing-contract-unopposed

Lord Agnew: as 2020 NAO report into govt procurement highlighted, Lord Agnew was still in possession of £90,000 worth of shares in Vote Leave affiliated AI company Faculty when it was awarded over £900,000 for work on the Covid-19 data store. OLE-OLE-OLE! https://www.digitalhealth.net/2020/11/cabinet-minister-owned-90000-shares-in-faculty-at-time-of-nhsx-contract/

Andrew Mills: as an advisor to Ayanda, he brokered a £253m deal while sitting on the board of trade under Minister Liz Truss. The agreement was through a fast-track procurement lane, with NAO highlighting it's irregular nature. COME ON! https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/fury-over-1billion-coronavirus-deals-22885550

Finally, Former Tory minister George Freeman failed to seek official approval before giving “commercial advice” to a company producing protective equipment used by the NHS. He broke the Ministerial Code for his actions. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/tory-mp-broke-ministerial-code-over-paid-consulting-covid-19-tech-firm/

Greeds United Lawyers would like to stress no player or manager did anything wrong in winning these Covid19-related contracts.Despite the open-tendering procurement process being suspended in the pandemic, all of its team won on a level playing field.
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