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Russell Scott
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Investigative Journalist: Good Law Project. Guardian. Byline. The Pitch Inspection

Book ➡️VIP LANE: viplanebook.com

Film ➡️ https://www.itv.com/watch/the-covid-contracts-follow-the-money/10a6572a0001B/10a6572a0001

Portfolio ➡️ russellscott.contently.com
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📣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.

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💥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 ⤵️
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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🚨 I write about all of these characters in my new book: VIP Lane: Cronyism and the Pandemic

Buy it here: Viplanebook.com

Published by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
💥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 ⤵️
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
🚨🚨 Boss behind £255m PPE deal arrested over missing tax millions

Tim Horlick’s Ayanda Capital won the contract in 2020 despite having no history of manufacturing protective gear

Belter from Gabriel Pogrund 💥⤵️

www.thetimes.com/article/9604...
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts

Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨 Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site

Great report by David Conn.

We now know that former Conservative minister Julia Lopez was in contact with Uniserve prior to its huge VIP lane deal💥

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Hi @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social more on Michael Gove and the VIP Lane here ⤵️
🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts

Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social ⤵️
🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts

Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A busy few weeks..

Thank you to everyone who has supported my work and brought my new book: VIP Lane 🙏

open.substack.com/pub/russells...
Get ‘VIP LANE’: An Award-Nominated Chronicle of COVID Catastrophe
Russell Scott’s unparalleled reporting on COVID cronyism just got him shortlisted for the 2025 British Journalism Awards. Get Scott’s full scoop in ‘VIP Lane.’
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🚨 Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes ⤵️

👀Great report by David Conn 🗞️ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A reminder that Mone/Barrowman admitted in recent interview they have £60m from the botched deal stashed in family trust funds ⤵️🤦🏻‍♂️
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Agreed. We should have pursued that
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Half way through @russellscott1.bsky.social #VIPLane & can't believe the scale of the corruption, cronyism and blatant nepotism displayed by the government awarding so many contracts to 'mates'. If they hadn't given our money away they wouldn't need to raise so much tax. @bylinetimes.bsky.social 📚💙
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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🚨 Great to speak with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social at Democracy for Sale about my new book - VIP Lane: Cronyism and the Pandemic.

Watch the interview here: youtu.be/QkXu3-RanEo?...

Book available here: viplanebook.com
Covid Contracts Scandal: Tory Burned Billions That Could Have Funded 200,000 NHS Nurses
YouTube video by Democracy for Sale
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
An interesting interview with Michael Gove.

A shame his role in the PPE VIP Lane wasn’t discussed.

However, I found Gove comments on SpAd’s revealing. Instantly reminded me of decisions made by ministers/advisors who referred VIP firms - including Gove.

A reminder of Gove’s involvement:

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November 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Interesting Panorama documentary on BBC about Trump and the Palantir founder Peter Thiel.

A very politically connected tech billionaire in the US and here in the UK.

Here’s my latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on Thiel’s ties to the previous UK government
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November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🚨 Great to speak with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social at Democracy for Sale about my new book - VIP Lane: Cronyism and the Pandemic.

Watch the interview here: youtu.be/QkXu3-RanEo?...

Book available here: viplanebook.com
Covid Contracts Scandal: Tory Burned Billions That Could Have Funded 200,000 NHS Nurses
YouTube video by Democracy for Sale
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
👀”We watched supposed orders, including even ones where we’d sign contracts and sent cash - vanish in the PPE crisis - companies welched on deals, and govts stopped planes flying.” 🤦🏻‍♂️

Dominic Cummings view on PPE procurement during COVID

Read more here; bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...
November 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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🚨My new book VIP Lane: Croynism and the Pandemic is out now.

Available to buy here: viplanebook.com

It was great to chat about this with @mrjamesob.bsky.social a few weeks ago. Full interview here ⤵️

@bylinetimes.bsky.social youtu.be/uB58NJi63Co?...
Firm linked to Tory peer must pay back £122m for breaching Covid contract
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🚨My new book VIP Lane: Croynism and the Pandemic is out now.

Available to buy here: viplanebook.com

It was great to chat about this with @mrjamesob.bsky.social a few weeks ago. Full interview here ⤵️

@bylinetimes.bsky.social youtu.be/uB58NJi63Co?...
Firm linked to Tory peer must pay back £122m for breaching Covid contract
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🚨Two years+ after @GoodLawProject revealed Luxe Lifestyle were on PPE Vip Lane thanks to the help of a former minister, the government finally corrects the record.

But, as I detail in my book Viplanebook.com this is still the tip of the iceberg.

It’s likely that 70 firms were on VIP Lane not 52
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October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Dominic Cummings pushed for Covid tech contracts to be handed to a company run by a Trump-supporting billionaire after holding a secret meeting with him alongside Boris Johnson.

Officials were lobbied to ignore official procedures and bypass ministers in order to get the contracts signed
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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🔴Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel

Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🚨 Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel

+ New emails released to Byline reveal Cummings involvement in VIP Lane deals.

Read my latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social report here: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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🚨🚨🚨

Up to $99,792 USD.

This is the price determined by FIFA for a category 1 ticket for a group stage game on the resale market controlled by FIFA.

FIFA’s greed is diabolical, a stain on World football.
October 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM