Hugh Grant accuses government of ‘exploiting pandemic to enrich their friends’

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Actor has been a vocal critic of Conservatives for many years

The actor, who frequently uses Twitter to air his criticisms of Boris Johnson’s government, shared a report about an IT company that was allegedly paid millions across multiple coronavirus contracts and has “extensive links to theA tweet in the thread explains: “Softcat Plc are an IT Infrastructure / Services Company awarded £16.2m since Feb 2020 over 11 different Covid-related agreements. These range from work in the health service to supporting the Student Loans Company & DWP.

 

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This doesn't bode well. All candidates Hugh Grant canvassed with during the last election campaign failed to win their seat!

Shouldn't their be rules or something to stop this kind of thing from happening? The Gov should put the people first. That's what we pay them for.

He still killed Elena Alves though 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩

Sounds more like Labour that runs some of the most violent parts of the UK + The Welsh NHS and would blame Joseph Stalin for the UK problems if he was still around.

jmb1256 What’s the word for an accusation that’s already a well known and demonstrable fact? VIPLanes

Namegame Hugh Grant's giant Celtic cousin is moving to England '𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗲' 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁

Hugh Grant stating the obvious to remain relevant... Huge Rant.

He is not wrong 😁

Sorry, is this meant to be edgy? We've all known this since day one when they sold their stocks the day before the government announced the pandemic.

Just about everyone on twitter who has been pointing this out for months...

Gosh Hugh, how long did it take you to work that out?

It's the truth

He is not wrong

You misspelled 'states fact' as 'accuses'.

westonfront Well he's not wrong.

Who cares, we’ll have a flag on every building!

Well he needs to run all this evidence he has over to the SFO. Sounds like he’s got a dynamite scoop on his hands here. OR he could just be making it up in order to smear a political party he is not affiliated with. Wonder which it is?

LizWebsterLD Even their supporters don't deny it. They can't, it's just widely accepted with a British shrug of the shoulders and a 'Oh Well'.

westonfront Correctly.

What do you mean “accuses”. More like observes, points out the obvious or says the quiet part out loud.

LassLesley No shit Sherlock

ResistUK1

Good Grant!

ResistUK1 He is completely correct.

John Major thought Love Actually was witless bollocks

He's right.

he spilled

Hugh Grant there providing more opposition in one statement than the leader of the opposition has throughout his whole tenure.

Sounds familiar!! It's a Cons. way of doing things.

How does he know so much about Ontario politics eh fordnation , sflecce , celliottability , DrFullertonMPP DonorEnrichers Profiteers onpoli

DPersisted Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Is Tories the word for truck drivers or for politicians. I’m not big on Brit slang. Half the time I need the closed captions on when they speak.

Well they have. And they've got away with it too.

Its a fact

Poor little rich boy!!

And Hugh grant has only just realised this 🙄 its been going on for 1 year 😳

Accuses, should be factually states. Conservatives the globe over must have plotted to let the virus run wild and invest in businesses that would thrive in a pandemic.

BillieJoeMcAll1 Greed apparently.

demon_dave Next he'll be accusing the sun of rising

THemingford WELL SAID MR GRANT. We all think what you have said.

mellors_karen Of course it’s happening...

mellors_karen Yes and..

THemingford He's stating a fact.

I believe him.

He’s right.

And he can do so without impunity as the evidence is there to support these claims and all involved should be held to account for the theft of public funds.

True, Grant.

JustinTrudeau CanadianPM I don't believe it's just Tories...nationalpost

I like Hugh Grant.

Sounds like what's happening in Canada.

Prove him wrong. hughgrant

Hugh Grant is correct.

Humanity whispers - he’s not wrong.

Accurate

Hugh Grant is not f***ing around.

He’s so fucking right.

probably right

Hugh Grant States Obvious there fixed it for you

UncleRee1 'Accuses'? Don't ya mean 'correctly points out'?

100% It’s the same in USA by tRump & CONservatives If Amazon had lost 70 pts instead of gain them during this pandemic, America would be in full lockdown & 100% masks. Prolonging the crisis is on purpose! tRump & GQP’s are all guilty of crimes against humanity. COVIDIOTS

Sounds familiar.

good ole govt officials 🤬🤬🤬

Jail4COVIDprofiteers in every country I remember when profiteering was equivalent to treason in the public mind. Now we're supposed to lionize these bastards. US Senators are caught doing it & the press gives them a pass.

Not even sure what a Tory is (some sort of Conservative party?) but true that. I mean capitalism always exploited but it’s at extreme levels now. It’s so gross and corrupt and disheartening.

So it wasn't just the US.

it’s happening world wide! the rich profiting off death.

LttleGel Obviously. Good for him for speaking up. I never liked this guy, but now I respect him. All of these democrats are exploiting COVID. Look at what's happening at the border. It's a disgrace. I can't wait until Trumps social media app is released. Time for Change!

He's right. Again.

Accuses... fuck me the evidence has been all over the news... 🤷🏼‍♂️

morgfair Good headline, I don’t doubt it

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Can someone please do a story/investigation into the £27 per each testing kits that are being given out like sweeties at Halloween?

Sounds like the trump/Kushner administration.

Yep that is a good word, exploiting.

morgfair We know how he feels.

Aim it to labor and globalists and you got a lead

Hugh Grant is far more interesting since becoming a later in life, Dad.

morgfair I don't believe it hughgrant That middle class if you make 100,000 your making middle class Salary

morgfair Hugh Grant made an accurate observation NOT an accusation.

Coming up next: Is water wet? The answer just might surprise you.

It’s true. Rich business owners want poor people to die so they can move forward with automation. You think I’m wrong? Computer programs now examine closing docs for home loans, meaning fewer jobs for people.

Can Hugh be Prime Minister again?

EXERCISE CYGNUS - Why did David_Cameron theresa_may and BorisJohnson ignore the Conservatives Exercise Cygnus in 2016...... incompetence or yet more £ money saving? Covid_19 Covid19UK ToryCovidCatastrophe

Leftardation at its best

Someone exploiting a disaster to make themselves Rich?..... I don't believe it for a second..... In other obvious news 'Water found to be Wet'...

As it’s true.

spot on

Accuses? It's hardly an accusation when it's pretty much on the record.

He’s stating the bleeding obvious.

Well he’s not lying is he...

Well he’s not wrong

Too true.

And he is 1000 % fucking right

I am sure it is just a coincidence most of those given contracts are conservative party donors.

Second greatest prime minister!! Here's the greatest!

Hey Hugh Grant - USA has the Trademark on these Crimes

And he’s absolutely right... that’s exactly what they’ve done. And the press has let them get away with it - no scrutiny or holding to account.

Hugh can't wait to get back to kerb crawling around soho

Do they really think we can't see that is exactly what they have done 🤷‍♂️

Because they are.

100% Correct! Only an Irish Led Post CV19 Inquiry Will prove the Truth!!!

he's just bitter he can't go out kerb crawling during lockdown

Says he who banks offshore 🤣🤣🤣

Well he’s not wrong is he

Surely only a bunch of entitled, self-interested, cynical, Eton-educated c*nts would do that

He isn’t wrong, all true and open to see

Truth right there and then we have idiots like Dolly Parton altering her god awful song from Jolene to vaccine, just when I thought the song couldn't be any worse. But then she has a vested interest in Moderna.

Well said, absolutely right , along with brexit

Absolutely right.

Are the restrictions affecting you curb crawling . Go away you tedious ill informed bore.

Well done, Hugh! 👍👍

Our corrupted Tory government has been systemically dishing out millions pounds💷 worth of PPE contracts to their 'Friends & Families'(especially Hancock) & allowing their billionaires tax exiles chums to abuse the furlough scheme!

Oh no , one of those 😩

Cobblers

“We are sick of politicians acting like public money is their own private fund and giving development deals to their mates or grants to their political allies and in the worst cases are taking kickbacks to line their own pockets”. Comment made by Leigh Sales - journalist.

At this point he's simply stating a fact.

He's absolutely spot on! More people need to keep banging on about this until justice is served. It cannot be swept under the carpet!

Well blow me 😏

CalFerguson Surely this is fact now. £37 billion doesn't just disappear.

I think we can agree that someone is making a large profit off this one. How much is the government paying the pharmaceutical companies?

Wierd country that needs celebrities to get this out there.

And he'd be damn right!

Correcr

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Swamp water is very enriching

MrEklipse He’s absolutely righ He’s absolutely right.... what will be done about it? NOTHING... Luckily though, we have a new policing bill that infringes on our human rights... 😉

How long are we going to allow this pantomime to continue?

The more I learn about Hugh Grant, the more I like him. Can't say that about many 'celebrities'!

Boris here's to you

How much of tax payers money found its way into offshore tax haven accounts? How many such accounts does PM, ministers and MPs have?

Oh yeah, well, what evidence does he have? *rolls out detailed and multiple examples of this exact thing* Oh.

Uh, Hugh, have you met government? They're ALL corrupt af.

As if none of us had noticed.....

Odd that he isn’t paid to do bbclaurak job.

We have Rahul Gandhi in India.

Do a movie about it then

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