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Hancock, hypocrisy and the need for CCTV

In May, Boris Johnson told the Commons that the inquiry into how his government dealt with the coronavirus pandemic wouldn’t start before spring 2022. Johnson said: “We must not inadvertently divert or distract the people on whom we depend in the heat of our struggle against this disease”.

What a contrast with the announcement that the Department of Health and Social Care is to launch an investigation (UK reports, 2 July) into

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