Re the ongoing Covid inquiry, my father died of heart and kidney failure in May 2020, and we had his funeral in early June. He was a popular person and gave a lot back to his community. He was the volunteer warden of a nature reserve for more than 30 years. Whenever I asked him why, he said it was important to preserve nature for the next generation.
Due to the Covid rules, we were only allowed 10 people at his funeral. I couldn’t see any of my support network other than my partner because those were the rules. I could not spend Christmas with my mother and brother after my father’s death. I stayed local because those were the rules.
What I cannot accept is the disregard that members of this government had for their own rules and the life-changing difficulties their constituents were facing. I find it so hard to reconcile that while I was having one of the worst times in my life, I still made decisions based on the public good – but they did not. It is unforgivable.
Sarah Hollingdale
Brighton, East Sussex
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