Andy Spriggs

@andyspriggs

Brummie project manager (bluenose, obvs); diehard Brooooce fan; politically homeless; hate Brexit; I want my open, tolerant, forward-looking country back again.

Leafy Berkshire
Joined November 2009
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  1. Retweeted
    Nov 26

    Matt Hancock’s former neighbour was given a Covid test kit contract after a WhatsApp message Alex Bourne’s company is producing millions of Covid vials despite no prior experience in medical supplies Please RT if you think everyone should be aware

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  2. Nov 18

    The NAO on the case.

    The report found £10.5 billion contracts were awarded without any competition process, with a "high-priority lane established for firms referred by officials, MPs and peers
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  3. Nov 17

    And another...

    The more you learn the more it stinks. David Meller is a Tory donor who has given the Tory Party more than £63,000. Meller Designs has secured £163m in PPE contracts. This is important. Please retweet.
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  4. Nov 9

    What a story!

    Let me tell you just two* stories which might have wider resonance about a special person who we were saying bye to today... Dadu, Mukul, Chow to some, to me... Dad. A few years ago, I spoke at the 500th anniversary of my old school. trying to capture spirit of Manchester...
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  5. Nov 4

    Really very good.

    Biden will win this, but there are sobering lessons for the opponents of national populism. Thread.
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  6. Nov 3

    The behaviour of the Minister is quite obscene.

    The situation we find ourselves in should not be about party politics Many NHS staff are desperate for additional mental health support, and it shouldn’t matter who helps provide it Please RT if you agree and help remind of the importance of working together
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    Oct 31

    Wait a minute

    EXC: The chair of the UK's vaccine task force showed “official sensitive” government documents to a $200-a-head event for elite US venture capitalists last week Kate Bingham, a Boris Johnson appointee, showed guests a list of products which the government is set to invest in 1/
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    Oct 27

    ⚡WIN Bruce Springsteen’s “Letter to You” vinyl album signed by , courtesy of ⚡ For a chance to win, simply RT this tweet and follow before 12pm UK time Thurs 29 Oct. Full T and Cs:

    ⚡WIN Bruce Springsteen’s “Letter to You” vinyl album signed by @springsteen, courtesy of @sonymusicuk⚡
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    Oct 26

    Thank you - Petitions

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  10. Retweeted
    Oct 19

    This morning Government published details of a further £81m contract awarded to PPE Medpro Limited (it had already received a £112m contract) a new £100 company with no obvious qualification to supply PPE beyond an association with big Tory donors.

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    Oct 11

    Cost of track and trace system: Ireland £773,000 UK £12,000,000,000 Guess which one works? Where did the money go? Go figure.

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    Oct 8

    PPE Medpro formed on 12 May 2020, run by ex associate of a Tory peer, £100 share capital (unpaid as per Companies House) got £122m govt contract to supply 25m gowns. Two directors resident in the Isle of Man. The company has no history of delivering PPE.

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    Oct 8

    Bruce Springsteen hosts a new episode of From My Home To Yours, Volume 13: My Kingdom For a Car, featuring songs about the automobile and the open road. Hear it on E Street Radio, SiriusXM Channel 20, or anytime on demand with the app. 

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  14. Retweeted
    Sep 24

    A reminder from a different time and a different century

    The defeated George H.W. Bush’s letter to Bill Clinton on the day of their peaceful transfer of power, 1993:
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    Sep 15

    The Godmother of Rock n' Roll everybody...

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    Before there was rock & roll, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
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    Aug 29

    Facebook is a malignant global power destroying liberal democracy - when I said this at TED, it seemed to genuinely shock Silicon Valley. 16 months on, everyone now sees it. But we’re frozen in the headlights. Of what feels like an oncoming freight train

    How Facebook Broke Democracy
    In an unmissable talk, journalist Carole Cadwalladr digs into one of the most perplexing events in recent times: the UK's super-close 2016 vote to leave the European Union.
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  17. Aug 28

    A light-bulb moment.

    Absolutely spot-on by - remote work changes how you are measured at work for the better.
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    Aug 23

    Swinson was a disaster. I knew that she would be and she was. Immature, vain and stupid, and, as a Lib Dem, I’m ashamed of the part she played in pushing for the last general election.

    Replying to @ThatTimWalker @EdwardJDavey @LaylaMoran
    I’m not a Lib Dem but I really hope whoever wins will work with the other parties to get these wretched Tories out!
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    Aug 18

    Croneyism is just a posh form of corruption.

    A casual browse through Dido Harding’s tweets & oh look. Here she is pointing out the links between her, her husband, the health secretary who appointed her to Test&Trace & the CEO of Serco who got £10bn Test&Trace contract. The connection? No, not health. It’s horse racing
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    Aug 13

    1) I'm going to try and do a fair and balanced summary thread on what's gone on today with A-levels. It is more complicated than the headlines (as ever) so please bear with me.

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