Great to final say after five years of investigating the previous governments VIP lanes my book is out. Thanks to everyone at @bylinetimes.bsky.social @goodlawproject.bsky.social @goodlawproject.org @peterjukes.bsky.social and others who helped me get this over the line. Further details here ⤵️

Don’t worry if you missed the Covid Contracts documentary last night.. Currently ITV’s Top Pick.. Watch it here on ITVX here: www.itv.com/watch/the-co...

This is an extraordinary piece of telly. Utterly damming of the corruption of the last Conservative Government - and of our political and legal systems which have failed even to aspire to holding those chancers to account. Available to watch on ITVX. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money, which aired last night on ITV, is a shocking and important film. It exposes the extent of the corruption and profiteering during the pandemic and shows how the rich and powerful saw the crisis as an opportunity to profit and took it. 1/2

Must see: The Covid Contracts, ITV. Exposes corruption & profiteering that led to 1000’s of deaths, including my mum who died of covid because her wonderful carers had inadequate PPE. Thank you @russellscott1.bsky.social et al. @cbffjuk.bsky.social @longcovidjustice.org

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Guardian “The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Guardian “The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever” Watch the film here: www.itv.com/watch/the-co...

This should have been a moment of profound national learning - about the corruption that serves our elite - but the Cabinet Office which ran the VIP Lane sought to close the discussion down and Labour unaccountably let them. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Guardian “The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

If you’ve just watched our documentary on ITV “The Covid Contracts” and want to read more about the governments unlawful VIP lane do consider buying my latest book 👇 @bylinetimes.bsky.social @goodlawproject.bsky.social

🚨TV tonight: an essential record of the Covid contracts scandal An investigation into the extent of greed and deception in PPE provision. 🎥More detail on our ITV documentary here 👇 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

📺 TONIGHT 📺 🚨UK's Covid PPE contracts scandal exposed on @itvx.com Don't miss this new documentary exposing the chaos behind COVID contracts. Public money wasted, lives lost, and private companies profiting from this crisis. Watch tonight, 10.20pm on ITV1 📷 ⤵️

Proud to contribute frontline testimony to tonight's enraging @itvx.com documentary "The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money". Boris Johnson's govt squandered £8.7 billion on unusable PPE, while grifters like Michelle Mone made millions. Tonight, 10.15pm, ITV1. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Catch Eye hack Richard Brooks tonight on ITV1 in The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money. The documentary tells the story of how some companies with little or no track record in supplying PPE or medical tests were given massive contracts - and made a killing from Covid. 🕙 10:15pm on ITV1 / ITVX

TV tonight: an essential record of the Covid contracts scandal

🚨TV tonight: an essential record of the Covid contracts scandal An investigation into the extent of greed and deception in PPE provision. 🎥More detail on our ITV documentary here 👇 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

🎥The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money ITV1 Sunday 21st September @ 10.15pm www.truevisiontv.com/films/covid-...

🚨Our upcoming documentary on the VIP Lane made the ITV news this evening. “Waste of taxpayers' money': Whistleblower says billions wasted on unfit PPE during Covid pandemic”. 🎥Tune in to ITV Sunday 10.15pm to watch the rest of “The Covid Contracts” www.itv.com/news/2025-09...

🚨Our upcoming documentary on the VIP Lane made the ITV news this evening. “Waste of taxpayers' money': Whistleblower says billions wasted on unfit PPE during Covid pandemic”. 🎥Tune in to ITV Sunday 10.15pm to watch the rest of “The Covid Contracts” www.itv.com/news/2025-09...

**New from Byline Books** VIP LANE: Cronyism and the Pandemic “A formidable book.” – @carolvorders.bsky.social “Forensic, meticulous.” – @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Buy it here: Viplanebook.com @bylinetimes.bsky.social

🔴VIP Lane: The Real Story of the Epidemic of Cronyism and Corruption During Covid In his explosive forthcoming book @russellscott1.bsky.social reveals the full story of how Britain's political elite turned a global crisis into a lucrative business opportunity

Russ did an amazing job as our investigative journalist, uncovering the untold abuses of the PPE scandal. A book based on his investigations his now being published – and a documentary about the revelations will be broadcast on ITV this Sunday 📅

👀 Viplanebook.com

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore. So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism. From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved: guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...

It’s on days like today that I feel very grateful for the brave and vital work carried out by @hopenothate.org.uk Do follow and support them 👏👇

📣I am very pleased to announce my book "VIP Lane" which covers 5 years of investigation uncovering the previous governments PPE procurement scandal + much more is now on sale. 👀 Buy a copy here: viplanebook.com 🚨Now the subject of a major ITV documentary hitting the screen next week. 🧵

📣I am very pleased to announce my book "VIP Lane" which covers 5 years of investigation uncovering the previous governments PPE procurement scandal + much more is now on sale. 👀 Buy a copy here: viplanebook.com 🚨Now the subject of a major ITV documentary hitting the screen next week. 🧵

Global press freedom has suffered its sharpest fall in 50 years, according to a Stockholm-based report by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance www.idea.int/news/global-...

"Money buys influence in British democracy" My evidence from Parliament yesterday on threats from foreign influence in British politics. Full video on the Democracy for Sale YouTube channel (Do subscribe!!) www.youtube.com/@Democracy_f...

Countdown to this being dismissed as an AI fake.

I suppose Rayner can now sell her posh flats in Glasgow, her Chelsea mews house and £19m London townhouse, plus her yacht, while she works out how to get the National Crime Agency to unfreeze £75m of her assets. My bad, that's Michelle Mone.

Overwhelmed by the love this show is getting. ❤️ #IFoughtTheLaw continues this Sunday, 9pm, ITV Or you can binge all 4 eps on @itvx.com

We’ve signed the @nujofficial.bsky.social letter ✅ Condemning targeted killing of journalists in Gaza & calls for the UK Gov to exert pressure for international journalist to be allowed in, and calls for urgent action to uphold press freedom & human rights. 👀👇 www.warchild.org.uk/protecting-j...

The same Gold Bullion company that has paid Farage around £280,000 in recent months 🤦🏻‍♂️ bylinetimes.com/2025/02/26/n... @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Who funds Reform UK? And could these wealthy individuals influence the party’s platform—and, perhaps one day, the policies of a Farage-led government? @petergeoghegan.bsky.social joins Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social to discuss: prospectmagazine.sub...

Great report by @karimzidan.com 👇 Features @thepitchinspection.bsky.social 🎥 on Gaza which you can watch here: youtu.be/cfjDXFif8Yw?...

‘The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war’ The Guardian is printing the names of all the Palestinian journalists listed by the CPJ as having died as a result of Israeli military action since October 2023 The CPJ list stands at 189!!! www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The NUJ has renewed calls for global action to end the Israeli government’s war on journalism and truth after at least 20 people, including five journalists, were killed in strikes on Nasser hospital on Monday. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/pal...

Over the last two days, NUJ members across the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe organised further solidarity action to commemorate colleagues killed in Gaza and to highlight the vital importance of press freedom. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

FIFA has multiple obvious grounds to suspend or expel the Israel Football Association and in doing so apply meaningful pressure to stop the slaughter in Gaza. It has done nothing. Great piece of work here from @thepitchinspection.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfjD...

🚨The latest investigation by @thepitchinspection.bsky.social is out now. 🎥Gaza’s Vanishing Stadiums Watch our latest film here 👇

🎥 Gaza’s Vanishing Stadiums The football story that is being ignored. Hundred’s of footballers killed, stadiums destroyed, illegal matches in occupied territories and almost complete silence from FIFA. Please watch and share our latest film here 👇 youtu.be/cfjDXFif8Yw?...

🚨The latest investigation by @thepitchinspection.bsky.social is out now. 🎥Gaza’s Vanishing Stadiums Watch our latest film here 👇

Five Al Jazeera journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, with the broadcaster calling it a "targeted assassination" and "yet another blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom"

Another journalist killed by the IDF in a “deliberate attack”👇 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

🚨 How a VIP contract introduced by Tory peer left government owed £24m DHSC rejected as ‘unusable’ PPE supplied by company linked to Lord Chadlington, which later went bust www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Some highlights from Day 2 of @bylinefestival.bsky.social with @carolvorders.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social @rosieisaholt.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social

To busy making 💵 as the “brand ambassador” for a Mayfair registered gold bullion firm… bylinetimes.com/2025/02/26/n... Another interesting report by @writesbright.bsky.social ⤵️

🤦🏻‍♂️ www.reuters.com/business/for...