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    Nick Macpherson‏ @nickmacpherson2 Mar 9

    The wins the prize for the most wasteful and inept public spending programme of all time. The extraordinary thing is that nobody in the government seems surprised or shocked. No matter: the BoE will just print more money. #soundmoneyhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56340831 …

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      2. Prof Colin TALBOT‏ @colinrtalbot Mar 9
        Replying to @nickmacpherson2

        Some of us did point out it was a bad model before the money was spent.... this is from April 2020https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/government-has-centralised-the-coronavirus-response-but-theres-a-role-for-the-local-too …

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      3. carnivalist‏ @carnivalist2 Mar 10
        Replying to @colinrtalbot @nickmacpherson2

        It's a bad idea in general when a virus is widespread, never mind the model.https://inference-review.com/article/on-the-futility-of-contact-tracing …

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      1. Mr Coup‏ @coups_left_peg Mar 9
        Replying to @nickmacpherson2

        Was it actually meant to work? Or was it just gas lighting the public to allow billions to go missing?

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      1. John Aitken‏ @johnaitken69 Mar 10
        Replying to @nickmacpherson2

        If he were still with us I think Anthony King would be writing another chapter of ‘The Blunders of our Governments’. Perhaps Ivor Crewe will take it up on his own.

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      2. Jo Ingram  💙 NHS  🇪🇺 🇪🇺 #RejoinEU #FBPE‏ @JosephineIngra1 Mar 10
        Replying to @nickmacpherson2 @TeresaC123

        Is there now way they can get the company to repay the money? Surely they must have had some sort of Key Performance Indicators built into the contract?

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      3.  ✨ 🦄 - kx -  🌈 🌱‏ @unicornkx Mar 10
        Replying to @JosephineIngra1 @nickmacpherson2 @TeresaC123

        The model we bought was flawed and never going to work, and the Government bought into it anyway.

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      1. Alan Sewell‏ @Alan_Sewell013 Mar 10
        Replying to @nickmacpherson2

        The amount wasted is just beyond comprehension. And it is carrying on.

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      1. Angela  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Time2Deliver  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿‏ @AngGallacher Mar 10
        Replying to @nickmacpherson2 @pddavies1965

        I notice that it’s still being falsely reported as *NHS* Test and Trace.

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      2. Pete #Think32‏ @peterdarragh78 Mar 10
        Replying to @LevayJulian @nickmacpherson2

        Like Serco cares

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