The former high court judge Heather Hallett is chairing the independent public inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic. It has heard from key scientists, who have criticised the lockdowns as a “failure of public health policy” and claimed they were “used as human shields” by ministers. This week, Dominic Cummings and other members of Boris Johnson’s inner circle are due to give evidence.
On Monday, Martin Reynolds, a former adviser to Boris Johnson who was nicknamed Party Marty after an email showed he had invited more than 100 Downing Street staff to a “bring your own booze” event during the first lockdown, appeared at the inquiry.
