Number Crunching0.7%
Proportion of companies pitching for PPE contracts through ordinary channels that were successful
10%
Proportion of companies pitching via links to ministers, MPs, peers or senior NHS staff who were successful in winning contracts
In This Issue
Topshops to be shut 24/7... Drama at Red Riding Hood Granny Cottage… Can Turkey Pardon Himself?… Strict new bullying guidelines for ministers … Furious man furious about Christmas … Conspiracy Update: Vaccine Special… Sir Roy Strong’s Diary, as told to Craig Brown
Amazon Bungle Literary Review reads the works of Jeff Bezos
Gag Reflex Staggering level of secrecy orders made over HS2
- Christmas Stock-Pil-Ing
MD, AKA Phil Hammond, gives a roundup of the year’s Covid news, Richard Brooks and Solomon Hughes look under the bonnet of the government’s latest outsourcing disasters, we speak to Sarah Shannon about Farmed Salmon, and say farewell to the Eye’s friend John Sessions. Free (glass of) port with every download!