that still some masks have not been able to be used in the nhs and other pieces of equipment. where it did come down in favour of the government, it said that even though these vip lanes should not have been used, the companies would still have got these contracts even if they had not gone —— gone down the vip route because they were offering so much in terms of volume of ppe equipment. but it's not a great result for the government and itagain i guess feeds into this idea that if you knew or if you are well connected to the government then you could get your offers scene quicker by those who are deciding on these multi—million pound deals. the prime minister will be hoping his apology today has been enough to buy him some time. he says we should