We in the PPE business sat open mouthed watching it Unfold. There was no need for shortages, or fakes, or excess profits, or corrupt middlemen. That’s all a myth. I & others like me could get almost all the right stuff out of China within 7-14 days. But we weren’t asked
Peter hardwick
124K posts
Retweet means I pressed wrong button. socialist when there’s one worth it. Would prefer Anarchist but there’s never one to vote for. Missing a trick there, lads
North, England apparently
Joined November 2017
- Replying to @UnityNewsNetAs a teenager for 8 weeks in a unit unconnected with war crimes.
- Replying to @DamianHastieThe entire PPE trade (my trade) was up in arms at the time. We were the experts & weren’t even being asked to tender. It was absurd. Added to which the trade was awash with fake CE certificates. People like me who know how to read them could spot them a mile off, but these 1/
- Its not Starmer’s Labour. it wasn’t Corbyn’s Labout. It’s Labour. If you don’t understand that then you don’t understand politics. pass it on, if you’re brave enough.
- Replying to @PeterCampbe11It happened to us 36 yrs ago. There was such a feeling of unfairness on my partner, on me but mainly that our son never got a chance to live. I’d be a liar to say you get over it, but you learn to live with it & it fades from daily memory. But writing 36 yrs later I still weep.
- Replying to @judeinlondonIt’s been the capital of Israel since long before international law existed.
- Replying to @ChrisCorney1Yes except for one minor detail. The act of genocide was committed by Hamas.
- Replying to @MichaelRosenYesA client of mine had an ancient Chinese figurine with a mysterious inscription which intrigued him. He showed it to a Chinese visitor who said it read ‘Made in Hongkong’.
- Replying to @Thehuck_59 and @johnmcdonnellMPExactly. It was a bizarre tweet from John.
- Pretty well, thanks for asking.
- Replying to @Jean_deValette @broughton_colin and 2 othersEnglish is a nationality, not a race. Always has been. And all are either immigrants or descended from immigrants, the only question being how long ago. If Michael Rosen has a British passport, he is british.
- Replying to @TheMossadILYou don’t combat blind antisemitism with blind Islamophobia. Not funny. Unworthy of you.
- There you see the supreme advantage of having a top prosecuting barrister as leader - the art of making a hostile witness lose his temper. Classic Stuff. Sunak is massively out of his depth.
- Replying to @Peterhardwick17 and @DamianHastie3/ and some of these guys were working on astronomical markups even when they had the right product. We did a couple of contracts for NHS then walked away because we didn’t want to be part of the circus. Needless what we supplied was genuine at proper prices.

