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OPINION - Forget Rishi Sunak at the Covid Inquiry, this exercise is chocolate teapot levels of useless

Source: UK Covid-19 Inquiry/AFP via Gett

And so it’s over — nearly. For what has seemed like an eternity, beleaguered and formerly famous TV stars have been subjected to intense scrutiny and forced to perform unimaginable acts, sometimes obliged to chew a lot more than humble pie, in front of an audience which is probably left wondering what it was really all for.

In order to win the competition — and never let anyone tell you this hasn’t been a competition — they have

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