The headlines write themselves: man dressed in a Dominic Cummings costume, with full hair and make-up, returns to blow up the Government. Happy Halloween, Prime Minister.
The revelations emanating from the Covid-19 Inquiry are frequently stunning, if not always wholly surprising. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case suggesting that Boris Johnson “cannot lead”, or former senior aide to the ex-MP Martin Reynolds speaking of a “systemic failure” to prepare for the pandemic. It seems that what was happening in Government was as bad as much of the reporting at the time suggested it was — that is, total chaos.
