Comments by "Helen Trope" (@heliotropezzz333) on "James O'Brien caller who sells ventilators criticises Government purchasing | LBC" video.

Why, Because it's not what you want to hear?
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But she can't understand why the government went for Chinese overpriced ventilators that were poor quality and didn't last. Sounds like incompetence to me at the very least.
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@bigpants6121 Yes, it's not exactly supporting British industry. The only 'excuse' I can think of is if the Chinese could guarantee a sufficient supply and the British firm could not, and then the Chinese firm said to the government 'we will guarantee to supply the UK in the numbers it requires, if we are the sole supplier and have a monopoly', and at that point the government was desperate. All of this could have been avoided if the government acted on previous reports as far back as 2019 that warned them to prepare for a pandemic and recommended what actions to take.
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@bigpants6121 Yes there were a couple of reports the government received on the need to prepare for a pandemic, both of which they ignored.
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Many contracts went to cronies of the Conservative Party, those who were able to ring Boris and suchlike or who could cough up some moolah for the Conservative Party
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@davidwarnes5158 I never read the Sun or any other similar rag. I don't employ anyone and have not invented anything commercially, but I pay my taxes and don't try to avoid them. Dyson employs people mainly abroad because he moved his factory from the UK to Asia. I don't buy his products now, having bought them in the past. I've found better ones ( a USA brand) that are cheaper, easier to maintain and just as effective. I don't know why the government couldn't buy from existing British Companies that made ventilators, rather than going for an uncertain untested product from Dyson.
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