Four years after we created the Covid Memorial Wall in a guerrilla action born out of grief and determination, the Government has now announced it will be made permanent. This is a powerful step towards ensuring our loved ones are never forgotten.

A company at the heart of the government’s PPE operation was paid about £1.4bn during the pandemic, after being steered into the VIP lane. PPE worth £178.5m from its contracts ended up on a “do not supply” list. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 🧵 1/7

Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included the supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment. They were introduced to the VIP-Lane by Tory Peer, Lord Agnew. Here he is at the Inquiry claiming not to know who Uniserve are, and asking what all the fuss was about:

💥The PPE VIP Lane scandal isn’t going away… Despite the previous government hoping it would. A reminder the Covid Contracts scandal cost the tax-payer £15billion. So far over 1million pallets of unused/unusable PPE have been incinerated Some headlines this week ⤵️

London has joined the Swimmable Rivers Alliance. Our rivers have been neglected and damaged for far too long, with shameful levels of pollution harming our waterways. I’m determined to clean them up.

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If you’re wondering what the Public Office (Accountability) Bill aka #HillsboroughLaw means, listen to one of its architects explain: making state cover ups of failures harder through cultural change 👇🏻 @hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social @cbffjuk.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

"The Inquiry, in its final module, must be able to look the bereaved in the eyes...to ask the most searching questions." In the last module examining the impact of Covid on people, the Inquiry plans to call only ONE bereaved witness. Bereaved families have been sidelined again.

In an article for @publicsectorfocus.bsky.social, experts reflect on the key questions for public sector leaders when implementing #AI tools ⚖️ Read the article from project leads @angusramsay.bsky.social and @profnaomifulop.bsky.social 👉 flickread.com/edition/html/index.php?pdf=6900e79403bc5#36

"Elon Musk is adamant that civil war in the UK is inevitable. Sorry, Elon, but not during The Celebrity Traitors it isn’t. We’re all too busy watching Celia Imrie screech into a well." www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

What can the public sector learn from #NHS experiences of implementing #AI at scale? See article by @angusramsay.bsky.social and me in @publicsectorfocus.bsky.social ⬇️ @uclnews.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social flickread.com/edition/html...

Not so much ‘ups & downs’ but complete chaos & appalling mismanagement of public money by #Reform #Kent County Council. Kent citizens: keep up to date with how your money is being spent & watch that council tax increase. Fear for #Kent citizens’ public services. @reformexposed.bsky.social

👀 Let’s improve public health: give everyone access to covid vaccine. UK eligibility criteria narrower than many other countries. Health & care workers not eligible (although they are for ‘flu vaccine). Plse sign & share petition 👇🏻 @cbffjuk.bsky.social @longcovidadvoc.com c.org/J6pFFKzgjF

Let’s keep asking this question….. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Even Paula Vennells handed hers back. We know Michelle Mone won’t so please write to your MP to demand her peerage & OBE removed 👇🏻👇🏻 I’ve signed: my mum died of covid because her wonderful carers had inadequate PPE. @cbffjuk.bsky.social @longcovidjustice.org

Worries about immigration are ‘manufactured panic’ says charity as poll shows issue not a local concern – UK politics live @theguardian.com

Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting. Important story from Byline Times. Handing out contracts to those with connections rather than to experts had deadly consequences for our loved ones. bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...

👀This is important. Covid vaccine eligibility criteria have been narrowed this Autumn/Winter. Health and care staff no longer eligible. Younger people in care homes no longer eligible. Please sign and share this petition 🔽 @cbffjuk.bsky.social @longcovidjustice.org @longcovidkids.bsky.social

Free access to COVID-19 vaccines is a moral and public health imperative. When governments restrict access based on income, they violate the right to health and expose entire populations to preventable harm. Support the petition to demand universal vaccine access. www.change.org/Make-Covid-V...

The path from abusing foreigners to abusing the disabled is well-trodden. I I hope this nugget is bright enough to reflect on who else has walked it.

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The latest study by the NIHR #RSET team explores how to best monitor and measure the effectiveness of peer-support schemes for social care in prisons in England and Wales. Read the paper and watch our video overview 👉 buff.ly/YaoIdCO

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

With an ally of Nigel Farage pleading guilty to taking bribes for making pro-Russian statements, it’s clear we need an in-depth investigation into Russian money in our politics. Today I asked the Prime Minister whether he would back an investigation.

Meanwhile the government continues to spend taxpayer money funding the X platform

🚨 The Covid Corruption Commissioner has referred additional PPE suppliers to the National Crime Agency for “Suspected Fraud”👀 Confirmed by James Murray HMT Minister ⤵️⤵️ www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20... @bylinetimes.bsky.social @goodlawproject.bsky.social @goodlawproject.org

COVID 💉age criteria: 💉65+ Of these 9 countries, 8 recommend COVID-19 vaccination for all aged 65 and above: ✔️United States ✔️France ✔️Canada ✔️Australia ✔️New Zealand ✔️Japan ✔️Germany (technically 60+) ✔️Italy (60+) 💉75+ Only one country of these 9 recommends COVID-19 vaccination for 75 and above: ❌UK

A man is judged by the company he keeps.

Funny how I don’t remember the Conservatives or Farage complaining when the government was wasting £billions on unusable PPE during the pandemic. 🤷‍♂️ The inquiry is not perfect, but it is important!

It's clear that Mone believes she is unaccountable. She has no place in the House of Lords or holding an OBE. If you agree, sign our petition: c.org/dyYH6hnydD Let's force the Government to listen. #CovidCrooks

I called out a Reform MP’s racist comments in Parliament today. I withdrew calling her a racist for her racist comments. But let’s be clear - racism has no place in Parliament or our politics.

The cost of the Covid Inquiry so far amounts to 0.01% of annual Gov spending. The likes of Nigel Farage and Ian Duncan Smith are now saying this is too expensive, and it should be wound up. That's 0.01% for an inquiry into the worst public health crisis in a generation. 1/4

Interviewed by Nick Ferrari on LBC on covid inquiry costs. Duty to assist - key measure of #hillsboroughlaw - will ensure public authorities reveal all evidence & make inquiries faster & cheaper. @cbffjuk.bsky.social @hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social

This is “billionaire island” fyi ⤵️

She's laughing in the face of everyone who has lost a family member to Covid. Yet she sits in the Lords and still holds an OBE. If you think the Government should act, sign our petition: c.org/XbVkG7Jrw4 www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Labour have a new video clipping together Pochin, Streeting and Philp: Philp had 6 opportunities to condemn the Reform MP's racist comments. He refused. The Tory party has become too weak to stand up to Reform. Labour is clear - there is no place for this politics in Britain.

"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr

'She's only sorry she got caught and called out'

#NHS #covidvaccine policy EXCLUDES health & care workers, & younger people in long term care. Has not taken #longcovid into account. #Canada INCLUDES these groups (& others). Policy takes #longcovid into account. @cbffjuk.bsky.social @longcovidjustice.org www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

Unrepresentative advert.

How’s that for a rainbow…. #rainbow #nature #weather

Beer boss claims need alcohol to socialise. Anything to do with falling sales? And no, alcohol not needed as ‘social lubricant’.

🚨Michael Gove Lobbied Government Officials to Hand Conservative Donor Multimillion Pound Covid Contract 👀Private emails seen by @bylinetimes.bsky.social reveals that Ciga Healthcare’s Brexit-supporting owner had pushed Gove to “take control” of the process bylinetimes.com/2025/10/23/m...

Millions of surgical gowns from PPE Medpro were not just unusable; a court heard they could seriously harm or kill patients. Michelle Mone approached the Cabinet Office for the £122m deal. Why has the Government not removed her OBE? www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

👀 We’ve written to Honours Forfeiture Committee setting out why they should remove #MichelleMone OBE 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 @cbffjuk.bsky.social www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

We’ve formally written to the Honours Committee calling for Baroness Mone to be stripped of her OBE. No one who profited from unusable PPE while people died without protection should hold an honour. It's in the Government's power to make this happen. They must act now.

At the Inquiry yesterday, Boris Johnson was asked if the Government prioritised the economy over vulnerable children with Eat Out to Help Out. He dodged the question, claiming nobody knows what impact social contact had on the spread of Covid. As shameless as ever.

People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home. I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.

Today at the Inquiry, Boris Johnson was confronted with overwhelming evidence that his government failed to plan for school closures prior to March 2020. He refused to accept it, claiming the issue ‘cropped up’. He’s still incapable of accepting the facts.

Boris Johnson accuses unions of "chuntering" about the safety of opening schools during the pandemic. But the Government’s failure to close schools turned classrooms into hotbeds of infection. The results were deadly for children and their families.