National reckonings and public inquiries: what scandals come next?

Asylum accommodation such as that at the Wethersfield military base in Essex has come under scrutiny. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Reckonings with shocking national scandals have lately become a defining feature of British public life.

Some, like the Post Office and infected blood scandals, have erupted from cases of wrongdoing hidden in plain sight. Again and again, whistleblowers are shown to have been sidelined, ignored and dismissed.