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Disgraced Conservative peer Michelle Mone has launched a furious attack on party leader Kemi Badenoch, accusing her of using “reckless” and “false” language in calling for her resignation from the House of Lords, but her outburst has been met with scepticism, given her admission that she previously lied to journalists about her involvement in a controversial PPE deal.
In a lengthy social media post, Mone insisted she had “done NOTHING wrong” and claimed she was being made a “scapegoat” for wider government failures during the pandemic. Mone, who had already admitted to lying about the contract to journalists, accused the Conservative Party of “wasting £9.1 billion” on failed PPE contracts, alleging a political cover-up and vowing to “expose the lot of them.”
However, critics note that Mone’s credibility has been severely undermined by her own admission that she misled the press about her ties to PPE Medpro, a company awarded over £200 million in government contracts, now the subject of legal action by the Department of Health. Her attempt to portray herself as a victim has been widely dismissed, with many pointing out that Badenoch’s call for her resignation reflects a growing consensus that her position in the Lords is untenable and that Mone’s presence in the Upper Chamber undermines the democratic process.