Scientists and other experts are being questioned under oath. I swear by almighty god. Sincerely and truly. Declare and affirm. That the evidence i shall give. Should be the truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. Coming up are the key things we learned from the first part of the inquiry that asks when covid hit, was the uk properly prepared . The inquiry is set to last for years but is broken down into different sections. There are so many different ways to express different opinions. Why do we have to have personal abuse . Baroness hallett, a former high courtjudge, is chairing this inquiry. Throughout, the questioning is led by senior counsel hugo keith kc. But if ijust may say, mr hancock, will you allow me, please, in this forum . It is vital for planning. Thats the point. I ask the questions. Of course. That crucialjob is shared by another senior barrister, Kate Blackwell kc. Do you accept, mr cameron, that the Health Budgets over the time of your government were inade
Scientists and other experts are being questioned under oath. I swear by almighty god. Sincerely and truly. Declare and affirm. That the evidence i shall give. Should be the truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. Coming up are the key things we learned from the first part of the inquiry that asks when covid hit, was the uk properly prepared . The inquiry is set to last for years but is broken down into different sections. There are so many different ways to express different opinions. Why do we have to have personal abuse . Baroness hallett, a former high courtjudge, is chairing this inquiry. Throughout, the questioning is led by senior counsel hugo keith kc. But if ijust may say, mr hancock, will you allow me, please, in this forum . It is vital for planning. Thats the point. I ask the questions. Of course. That crucialjob is shared by another senior barrister, Kate Blackwell kc. Do you accept, mr cameron, that the Health Budgets over the time of your government were inade
welcome to the programme. israel says it s rescued a female solider who d been held since october the 7th. three other hostages appear in a video released by hamas. all that as the situation on the ground in gaza continues to escalate, as israeli tanks are seen on a key highway outside gaza city. tonight we will bring you the latest on the situation. we also will have the latest from westminster, after home secretary suella braverman described pro palestinian demonstrations as hate marches . and to discuss all this i m joined by my panel, from washington, stefanie bolzen, the north america editor of die welt and from bridgend, carwynjones, the former first minister of wales. israel says its ground offensive has led to the rescue of one of its soldiers who was held in gaza by hamas. these pictures show private ori megidish back with her family again. she has had medical checks and said to be doing well. word of her rescue comes as israeli forces have seemingly cut off one of
There has always been a difficult relationship between power and truth. Autocrats understand that their ability to control official narratives maintains their authority. In times of war, democratic governments monitor and censor news. Even in peacetime, political debate is often a battle to determine “the story”: how events unfold, who caused them to happen, and who was right and wrong.
A curious revisionism occurred at the Covid Inquiry on Wednesday when Hugo Keith KC claimed that Britain’s pandemic death rate was the second worst in Europe.