On the surface, it seems so blatant, so obvious, that a great many people not only saw an opportunity to profit from Covid, but were ready and waiting. Companies set up in a morning, or existing on bits of paper in desk drawers. The entire VIP lane. The sidelining of reputable companies in favour of these blank entities. But at the crucial point, a missing connection. Nobody saying anything on record. Reminds me of a quote from the film JFK:
There's been no vote. Nothing's on paper. There's no one to blame. It's as old as the crucifixion. A military firing squad: five bullets, one blank. No one's guilty, because everyone in the power structure who knows anything has a plausible deniability. There are no compromising connections except at the most secret point. But what's paramount is that it must succeed. No matter how many die, no matter how much it costs, the perpetrators must be on the winning side and never subject to prosecution for anything by anyone.
It also reminds me of the Brexit campaign - all meetings held under Chatham House rule - nothing directly attributed to any individual, everything being a group decision, united front, then when it all falls apart, everyone can claim that they weren't in the room, nothing to do with me, just following orders. And then, there's the defence - it was an emergency, normal rules had to be suspended, don't blame us, we were just doing our best, what would you have done differently,
yeah, well, you weren't in charge, were you, in fact what the fuck were you doing all that time?
Mone's the patsy - guilty as hell, but never really one of us, bit brash, bit obvious, couldn't keep her mouth shut.
Every one of the fuckers deserves a fucking awful fate.