The general public inquiry into the UK’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic received beneath approach earlier this yr. To this point it has heard from politicians akin to David Cameron and George Osborne, who oversaw pandemic preparations and laid the circumstances for the well being service going into the disaster. It has heard from a few of the scientists who suggested the federal government and from the well being secretary in workplace when the pandemic broke, Matt Hancock.
However because the Guardian’s deputy political editor, Peter Walker, tells Michael Safi, a few of the most explosive moments have come not from witnesses themselves however from the mountain of fabric – a lot of it within the type of WhatsApp conversations – that they’ve handed over. In it, we are able to see the darkish humour, petty squabbling and outright chaos that was the each day actuality of the federal government response.
This week, the hearings will resume after a brief break with a few of the strongest former advisers in Downing Road referred to as in to present proof. In the present day, the previous communications director Lee Cain will face questions; tomorrow it’s the flip of the previous chief strategist Dominic Cummings.
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