How consulting giant McKinsey has become a magnet for criticism over France’s bungled Covid response

Consulting giant McKinsey has been blamed for France’s slow vaccine rollout after Emmanuel Macron gave the firm £2.83 million to handle logistics. The president signed contracts totalling £9.46 million with four large consulting firms, despite France’s traditional pride for the quality of its vast civil service.  Within weeks of those deals, Macron was receiving flak … Read more

How the EU bungled its vaccine drive

Europe’s vaccine drive has been thrown off course by a shortage of supplies that has left member states reeling and leaders in Brussels thrashing out at big pharma. Constant comparisons between Britain’s well-oiled rollout and the bloc’s own sluggish delivery has stoked frustrations on the Continent, which reached a crescendo last night when the Commission … Read more

Ministers blew £10 BILLION on bungled Trace and Trace system

Ministers blew £10 BILLION on bungled Trace and Trace system – and an ‘eyewatering’ £15bn on PPE for frontline health staff due to huge demand and exorbitant cost charged by some suppliers The Government spent an extra £48 billion on public services over the pandemic £31.9 billion went to the NHS including £10billion on test … Read more

Coronavirus originated in bungled experiments at Wuhan lab, bombshell report claims

A bombshell new report has claimed that coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory, not as a bioweapon, but as part of bungling experiments to prove Chinese scientists were superior to Americans in identifying emerging virus threats. Coronavirus first crossed to humans during experiments with bats at the Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab, multiple sources who have … Read more

How Sir Philip Rutnam’s name has become a byword for bungled advice

Paid more than the PM, it was a miracle he was still in his job: How Sir Philip Rutnam’s name has become a byword for bungled advice and toxic clashes with Ministers Top civil servant Sir Philip Rutnam, 54, sensationally quit Home Office yesterday  Rutnam was paid £175,000 with gold-plated pension as Permanent Secretary However, … Read more