It's more likely that this mess was created by Tory incompetence and petty corruption than by any planned action. Putin was probably laughing his head off and saying "I wish I'd thought of that."
It's more likely that this mess was created by Tory incompetence and petty corruption than by any planned action. Putin was probably laughing his head off and saying "I wish I'd thought of that."
The whole of the Covid PPE scandal was exactly this sort of "petty corruption". The family-and-friends fast-track channel was vivid demonstration of how Tories think the public purse is available to their thieving hands.