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Lingerie millionaire Lady Mone attacks ministers over PPE deals, keeping spotlight on Tory sleaze
Michelle Mone ahead of the State Opening of Parliament by Elizabeth II, in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London, June 2017

LINGERIE millionaire Michelle Mone kept the spotlight on Tory sleaze today as she stepped up her attack on government ministers. 

Lady Mone, who has now admitted profiting massively from personal protective equipment (PPE) deals during the Covid-19 pandemic after years of denial, hit out at former health minister Lord Bethell, who had questioned her honesty. 

Drawing attention to the fact that Lord Bethell is one of several government high-ups whose messages sent during the pandemic have inexplicably gone missing, her ladyship tweeted: “You seem to have mysteriously discovered access to your text messages from 2020. Now you’ve finally found them, will you be sending them all to the Covid inquiry?”   

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