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Boris Johnson advertising all the things he hasn’t done.

Back in May 2020 Boris Johnson promised the UK a “World beating track & trace system”.

8 months later, £22billion pounds have been handed to the private sector, with NOTHING to show for it, Johnson and his Government have quietly shelved that idea.

England's test and trace repeatedly failed to hit goals despite £22bn cost

The Track & Trace contract was handed to SERCO, a professional services company set up to run what was once run by the Government and public services. SERCO had ZERO experience in delivering anything like this. SERCO sub-let the call centre element of this system to amongst others, Ventrica, a call centre in Essex, England. I happened to be working at Ventrica at the time and was told by a colleague who was employed to answer phones, that she was paid to effectively sit at home and paint her house.