Ex-High Court judge Baroness Hallett to chair Covid Inquiry.

[rjfp1962]

Ex-High Court judge Baroness Hallett to chair Covid inquiry...

[Lotobear]

rjfp1962 said:

Ex-High Court judge Baroness Hallett to chair Covid inquiry...

What are the terms of reference?

[Panamax]

Lotobear said:

What are the terms of reference?

She has said, "I want to assure the British public that, once the terms of reference are finalised, I shall do my utmost to ensure the inquiry answers as many questions as possible about the UK’s response to the pandemic so that we can all learn lessons for the future.”

I could suggest a couple,

• Why has Covid been more lethal in UK than in other countries?
• Why did so many deaths occur in care homes?

[rjfp1962]

They might want to consider, how many died who tested positive for Covid-19 at 28 days and beyond....!

[richardxjr]

I wonder if collateral damage will be part of the remit?

I thought not.

[bitchstewie]

Lotobear said:

What are the terms of reference?

"Will you resign if Boris Johnson disagrees with your findings?" probably.

More seriously a former appeal court judge and led the 7/7 inquiry apparently so hopefully a sensible choice with lots of experience.

[Lotobear]

It should be considering the collateral impact on inter alia matters such as mental health, disruption to education, wider health impacts (undiagnosed cancer etc), and civil liberties if the findings are to be of any benefit in deciding how to set policy for dealing with future pandemics.

I rather suspect it won't though

[frisbee]

I can save them £260 million.

Whatever the outcome of the inquiry the government's response will be:

"Lessons can be learned..." but absolutely nothing will be changed.

[anonymous-user]

Lotobear said:

rjfp1962 said:

Ex-High Court judge Baroness Hallett to chair Covid inquiry...

What are the terms of reference?

Is that code for 'How long can i string out a well paid cushty number with no real outcome?'

[trev540]

I expect she is a friend of a friend of a cousin of a horse racing pal or something similar of the Johnsons

[rjfp1962]

One of the longest inquiries, probably, has begun today......

[tangerine_sedge]

Canwe expect a day-by-day blow-by-blow account, or should we all just re-convene in 12 months 3 years time?

[Panamax]

tangerine_sedge said:

Canwe expect a day-by-day blow-by-blow account, or should we all just re-convene in 12 months 3 years time?

I fear the latter. From what she's said today it sounds as though this gravy train will run and run.

To my mind the Grenfell situation shows just how bad UK is at dealing with these things in anything resembling an effective fashion. Grenfell Tower still stands there today as a monument to bureaucratic delay and prevarication - the fire was more than five years ago.

[rjfp1962]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62250899

[gotoPzero]

How much is this going to cost then?

Sounds like another gigantic waste of money.

[grumbledoak]

gotoPzero said:

Sounds like another gigantic waste of money.

There is absolutely no chance of anyone being found responsible for anything.