{"id":120685,"date":"2023-11-02T22:29:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T22:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=120685"},"modified":"2023-11-02T22:29:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T22:29:41","slug":"question-time-audience-member-hits-out-at-farce-3-year-covid-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/politics\/question-time-audience-member-hits-out-at-farce-3-year-covid-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Question Time audience member hits out at ‘farce’ 3-year Covid inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question Time: Audience member on Covid Inquiry farce<\/h3>\n

A Question Time audience member fears the UK will not be ready for the next pandemic because of the time taken to complete the Covid-19 inquiry.<\/p>\n

He raised the issue on the programme because the probe into the UK\u2019s handling of the health crisis will not be complete until 2026.<\/p>\n

The man said: \u201cSweden managed to get through an interim review quite quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019d like to know is did lockdown work? What parts of it did work and what parts of it didn\u2019t work?<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat would we change next time? We\u2019d been running furlough. Did it work or didn\u2019t it? There was also the Eat Out to Help Out.<\/p>\n

\u201cLord Frost called it the closest thing to a war a couple of days ago. We weren\u2019t prepared. People were running around. People have got to get rid of this blame because if this blame is going to go on for the next three and a half years, we\u2019ll get nothing out of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chilcot Inquiry took six years. The Saville Report took 12 years. We\u2019ve got to get to the point where people understand if it happens again, we\u2019re ready. The way it\u2019s going on, that ain\u2019t gonna happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Labour\u2019s Nick Thomas-Symonds told the programme that the Covid Inquiry highlights a \u201cshameful episode\u201d in history<\/p>\n

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He said: \u201cThe Prime Minister at the time was making comments almost recklessly, carelessly about the lives of older people\u201d.<\/p>\n

The inquiry will be split into six areas, with the first looking at whether the UK was adequately prepared for the pandemic.<\/p>\n

This phase of the Covid inquiry is looking at Government decision-making, with more witnesses scheduled to appear next week.<\/p>\n

Boris Johnson blamed \u201cbed blocking\u201d in the NHS for locking down the country as Covid took hold, the public inquiry heard on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Lady Hallett\u2019s probe also heard claims that former health secretary Matt Hancock wanted to decide who should live and who should die if hospitals became overwhelmed by coronavirus patients.<\/p>\n

Interim reports are scheduled to be published before public hearings conclude by summer 2026.<\/p>\n