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
i had to overrule the initial advice not to quarantine people being brought back from wuhan. i mean, it s madness. in his first appearance at the inquiry, sir chris whitty, england s chief medical officer and one of the most recognisable faces of the pandemic, is repeatedly asked to slow down for the stenographer taking notes. given the importance of the answer, i please keep it as slow as you can. i i apologise. the very big new idea was the idea of a lockdown. sir chris says it was almost impossible for scientists to plan for the idea of a national lockdown. it s a very radical thing to do. mandatory quarantine. really big thing. i would have thought it would be very surprising without this being requested by a senior politician or similar that a scientific committee would venture in between emergencies into that kind of extraordinarily major social intervention with huge economic
shielding. social restrictions. yes. border controls. yes. there was, as you say, - a complete lack of imagination. yes. i had to overrule the initial advice not to quarantine people being brought back from wuhan. i mean, it s madness. in his first appearance at the inquiry, sir chris whitty, england s chief medical officer and one of the most recognisable faces of the pandemic, is repeatedly asked to slow down for the stenographer taking notes. given the importance of the answer, i please keep it as slow as you can. i i apologise. the very big new idea was the idea of a lockdown. sir chris says it was almost impossible for scientists to plan for the idea of a national lockdown. it s a very radical thing to do. mandatory quarantine. really big thing. i would have thought it would be very surprising without this being requested by a senior politician or similar that a scientific committee would venture in between emergencies into that