Before we move on from Covid-19, we must learn the lessons of it. Tens of thousands of leaked WhatsApp messages only underline the importance of getting to the facts of the matter as quickly and thoroughly as possible. That is what the independent public inquiry must do.
Labour has called for it to report by the end of this year. Speed is of the essence, but it is not clear that such an expedited timeline is possible or desirable. Covid, and the enormous, all-Government response to it, will invariably take time and care to untangle. We must get it right.
