Russell Scott

Crypto investor and former Tory donor Christopher Harborne has just given a record-breaking £9 million donation to Reform.

Nigel Farage has spent recent months publicly calling for deregulation of the crypto industry, telling an industry conference that "I am your champion"

🚨No other country in the world set up an unlawful VIP lane to buy PPE during the pandemic.

£10billion+ of tax payers money wasted.

1million pallets of PPE incinerated.

🎥Watch the film here ⤵️

www.itv.com/watch/the-co...

📖 And why not treat yourself to the book that inspired the documentary ⤵️

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🚨No other country in the world set up an unlawful VIP lane to buy PPE during the pandemic.

£10billion+ of tax payers money wasted.

1million pallets of PPE incinerated.

🎥Watch the film here ⤵️

www.itv.com/watch/the-co...

VIP Lane – Byline Times Shop Shipping 1 October Now a major TV documentary This is the story of cronyism that reached the heart of government—how Conservative Party donors and politicians gamed the system during the pandemic to t...

Both of the controversial VIP Lane deals awarded to Ayanda and Luxe Lifestyle are discussed in detail in my book ⤵️

Viplanebook.com

Woman Arrested in Fraud Investigation Linked to £25m 'VIP' Covid PPE Deal Referred by Conservative Minister The director of the company awarded a multimillion pound Government contract was arrested on suspicion of fraud, conspiracy to cheat the public revenue and fraudulent evasion of income tax

🚨Last year I revealed in @bylinetimes.bsky.social that HMRC were investigating upto 4 PPE firms.

We now know the names of two of those firms:- Luxe Lifestyle and Ayanda.

💥Both were awarded deals via VIP Lane and both had Conservative Party ties. 🤦🏻‍♂️

bylinetimes.com/2025/04/09/w...

Financier’s £8.5m flat frozen amid tax investigation over PPE deal Tim Horlick bought the Pimlico property shortly after his company was awarded the now-contentious £255m contract by the government

🚨 Financier’s £8.5m flat frozen amid tax investigation over PPE deal

Horlick ‘bought an £8.5m London flat after supplying 50m faulty PPE masks during pandemic has had a criminal restraint order imposed on the property’ 💥

(Of course it was a VIP Lane deal 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️)

www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

…And here’s how Michael Gove’s Spectator reported on Homelessness this Month.

(Gove is now a Judge for the Orwell Prize on “Reporting Homelessness” )

🤷‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social 👀⤵️

Covid Inquiry: The Conservative Peers Named in the VIP Lane Scandal As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's Government's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response

🔴Covid Inquiry: The Conservative Peers Named in the VIP Lane Scandal

As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/covid-inqu...

They missed opportunities to save lives….

But, didn’t miss opportunities for political friends to make £billions from VIP Lane PPE and Covid Testing deals..

Viplanebook.com

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Dominic Cummings ‘poisoned the atmosphere’ of Boris Johnson’s No 10, Covid inquiry finds Report from inquiry’s second module also says Johnson as PM ‘at times actively encouraged’ chaotic culture

Gosh. What a shock.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

My book viplanebook.com goes into detail about some of the horrendous decisions made by the previous government during the pandemic.

Time for some accountabilty?

@bylinetimes.bsky.social

VIP Lane – Byline Times Shop Shipping 1 October Now a major TV documentary This is the story of cronyism that reached the heart of government—how Conservative Party donors and politicians gamed the system during the pandemic to t...

My book - VIP Lane: Cronyism and the Pandemic goes into detail about the previous governments shambolic response to the pandemic.

viplanebook.com

@bylinetimes.bsky.social @goodlawproject.bsky.social @mrjamesob.bsky.social

‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10

🚨 Covid Inquiry findings on Boris Johnsons government:

‘Too little, too late’

‘toxic and chaotic’

"culture of fear"

It's no wonder the unlawful PPE VIP Lane was able to flourish.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations

🚨🚨 Huge revelations about Farage from those who knew him in his youth. On the record.

"He would be sort of singing these kind of ‘gas ’em all’ sort of songs”

“I have a very strong memory of him using the W-word...and the P-word for those of south Asian origin"

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

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🚨Since the pandemic 1million+ pallets of unused PPE have been incinerated costing the taxpayer £8.6billion!

Pallets would stretch from Lands End to John O'Groats - Up in smoke 🤯

My book VIP Lane exposes the shocking scandal. viplanebook.com

🎥ITV: The Covid Contracts

Thank you. 👍

A huge thank you to everyone buying the book. It genuinely means a lot.

Please do also follow and subscribe to @bylinetimes.bsky.social and be the first to read any new investigations on the VIP Lane scandal 🙏

Thanks mate 🙏

Huge congratulations on the Wainwright prize too - well deserved.

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A really special moment seeing my book on display in my local book shop. Thank you Pickering Book Tree.

Made better by being surrounded by some incredible authors. Including my friend @guyshrubsole.bsky.social and his brilliant book Who owns England.

🗣️One week to go…

If you want to hear more about the VIP Lane scandal come join me in Pickering, North Yorkshire on the 21st November…

Tickets free. More info here:

@bylinetimes.bsky.social @yorkpress.bsky.social @yorkshirepost.co.uk

More details here 🙏: www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/russel...

🗣️One week to go…

If you want to hear more about the VIP Lane scandal come join me in Pickering, North Yorkshire on the 21st November…

Tickets free. More info here:

@bylinetimes.bsky.social @yorkpress.bsky.social @yorkshirepost.co.uk

ICYMI from last week ⤵️

A really interesting discussion with @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social about @thenerve.news.

Worth a listen ⤵️

💥The PPE VIP Lane scandal isn’t going away…

Despite the previous government hoping it would.

A reminder the Covid Contracts scandal cost the tax-payer £15billion.

So far over 1million pallets of unused/unusable PPE have been incinerated

Some headlines this week ⤵️