More lies and incompetence (non County)Archived Message
Posted by Red Hatter on 21/4/2020, 3:36 pm
Government claims PPE is on the way from Turkey.
Turkey state order not even placed with them until Sunday.
COVID-19: Government lied about consignment of PPE from Turkey
FIRST CASUALTY WAS THE TRUTH. NOW, LIES ARE KILLING US.
This, just now, from SKY NEWS: ‘Britain only made a formal request to Turkey over a consignment of personal protective equipment on Sunday - the day after a cabinet minister announced the "very significant additional shipment" was already heading to the UK, Turkish sources have told Sky News.’
Their report continues: ‘Robert Jenrick, the housing secretary, said at the daily Downing Street press briefing on Saturday that 84 tonnes of the gear, including 400,000 urgently needed clinical gowns, would arrive in the UK from Turkey the following day.
‘It failed to materialise, but no explanation for the delay was given.’
Now we know the explanation. The order hadn’t yet even been placed, if the Sky report is correct. The government was once again caught blustering with deception and dishonesty.