If you’re wondering why your government is keeping the fake pandemic rolling along nicely look no further than those sweet Covid contracts made out to corporate cronies.
Fear, shame, embarrassment: these brakes no longer apply. The government has discovered that it can bluster through any scandal. No minister need resign. No one need apologise. No one need explain. As public outrage grows over the billions of pounds of coronavirus contracts issued by the government without competition, it seems determined only to award more of them.