UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologies at COVID inquiry
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been answering questions at the inquiry into Britain's handling of the COVID pandemic, which saw more than 232,000 deaths by or related to the coronavirus, the highest in Europe, and one of the highest death tolls in the world.
In the curious case of the COVID inquiry, we find Mr. Sunak and his brigade offering apologies as if they were handing out biscuits at tea time.
It's a peculiar sight indeed – the very architects of our national hibernation, who, for months, turned every Briton's home into a cell, now stand not in the dock but at a podium, their pockets lined with the very coins of those they confined.
One can't help but admire the sheer audacity of it.
It's as if they've taken a page out of the Houdini handbook – a grand escape without so much as a scratch, while the audience, still in their chains, is left to ponder the bill for the performance.
In the grand annals of British governance, this will surely be marked as the day, when apologies were found to be a more convenient currency than accountability.
It's a peculiar sight indeed – the very architects of our national hibernation, who, for months, turned every Briton's home into a cell, now stand not in the dock but at a podium, their pockets lined with the very coins of those they confined.
One can't help but admire the sheer audacity of it.
It's as if they've taken a page out of the Houdini handbook – a grand escape without so much as a scratch, while the audience, still in their chains, is left to ponder the bill for the performance.
In the grand annals of British governance, this will surely be marked as the day, when apologies were found to be a more convenient currency than accountability.
