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Yep, seems more like a way to keep scandals like Cummings no-bid contract to his friends from coming to light. If it can be used as a slush fund, it probably will be, and eventually probably exclusively.

https://www.theweek.co.uk/951989/what-next-for-dominic-cummi...

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The data visualisation exercise My Little Crony [1] was featured in some UK media in November. It is described on the site as: A visualization of the connections between Tory politicians and companies being awarded government contracts during the pandemic based on a wide range of investigative reporting.

Perhaps it hit a raw nerve or two.

[1] https://www.sophie-e-hill.com/post/my-little-crony/

>My Little Crony [1] was featured in some UK media in November.

It wasn't widely reported in the mainstream media, but it drew attention via Byline Times. Similarly, the Tufton Street gang, with the same cast of characters, whose tentacles also reach across the Atlantic, will never be featured as comprehensively by the MSM; far too many incestuous relationships.

https://www.desmog.co.uk/2020/02/13/mapped-boris-johnson-s-g...

It seems unreasonably charitable to assume that it’ll be used exclusively as a personal slush fund “eventually” and not “immediately”.

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