Carol Vorderman has hit out at a former friend who has been accused of profiting from the Covid pandemic. The Loose Women and Countdown star said she can offer some “free advice” to former friend Michelle Mone.
Carol, claiming that Lady Mone's PR company has now dumped her, said the entrepreneur should pay back money she allegedly made from PPE contracts during the Covid pandemic, should apologise and should make a donation to an NHS charity - according to BirminghamLive.
Carol Tweeted: "Cos only that could even begin to rescue your image," linking to a report into the affair by the Evening Standard.
Carol recently slammed her former friend on Have I Got News For You where she said the allegations against Lady Mone are: "...just the very worst thing that anyone can do."
The Baroness has taken a leave of absence from the House of Lords while the allegations are investigated.
Lady Mone’s spokesman said she was taking a leave of absence from the House of Lords “in order to clear her name of the allegations that have been unjustly levelled against her”.
Downing Street said her decision meant she automatically lost the Tory whip.
Ministers have committed to release documents to MPs surrounding the award of contracts to her PPE Medpro firm.
Reports – denied by Lady Mone – have suggested the peer may have profited from the firm winning contracts worth more than £200million to supply equipment after she recommended it to ministers in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
In a reference to an investigation by the Guardian, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asked: “How did his colleague Baroness Mone end up with nearly £30 million of taxpayers’ money in her bank account?”
Mr Sunak told him: “The one thing we know about him is he is a lawyer, he should know there is a process in place. It is right that that process concludes. I hope that it is resolved promptly.”
The Lords’ standards watchdog is investigating Lady Mone over her alleged involvement in procuring contracts for PPE Medpro, although this has been paused “while the matter is under investigation by the police or another agency as part of a criminal investigation”.
Lady Mone has consistently denied any “role or function” in the company, and her lawyers have previously said she is “not connected to PPE Medpro in any capacity”.
