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Slowly but surely the Covid Inquiry is unearthing the true story of the Government’s response to the pandemic.
Unsurprisingly, the narrative is very different from the picture painted in Matt Hancock’s self-serving diaries. At yesterday’s hearing the disgraced former Health Secretary was forced to admit his claim to have thrown a protective ring around care homes was misleading. He also admitted that the failure to lock down fast enough cost lives and that he helped cover up the damage caused by Rishi Sunak’s disastrous Eat Out to Help Out fiasco.
These confessions will make for painful listening to those who lost loved ones. The inquiry has shone a light on a squalid administration more interested in burying negative headlines than keeping people safe. Those responsible should be made to pay for their actions.
Now or never
World leaders will gather in Dubai on Friday for the COP28 summit on the climate crisis. It is essential that this latest round of negotiations is not just a talking shop. This year is on track to be the hottest on record and without immediate action global warming will reach a tipping point from which damage is irreversible. Climate change is already worsening wildfires, droughts, floods and rising sea levels. As more regions become uninhabitable more people will be forced to leave their homes, causing an increase in migration. This is not the time for Rishi Sunak to water down Net Zero pledges. It’s the moment to show leadership in the fight to save the planet.
We’re all poorer
Today we mark the deaths of Henry Kissinger, Alistair Darling, Shane MacGowan and Dean Sullivan. These were four very different lives – some well lived, others were more controversial. But all added to the myriad tapestry which shapes our world for better or worse.
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