The central problem was that Government pandemic plans didn't prepare us to lock down hard enough and fast enough, ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told the Covid Inquiry.
The Standard covered the first performance of the Lockdown Files Live on Saturday, with Isabel Oakeshott interviewed on stage about the WhatsApp messages Hancock handed to her. Highlight was actors reading out excerpts.
The Covid Inquiry hopes to rebrand lockdown as a noble cause, led astray by guilty men. In this way it seeks to revive the moral case for restrictions, and, still more, the moral case for the civil service.
A Telegraph investigation has laid bare the extent to which shadowy, 'counter-disinformation' units within Whitehall were used to suppress dissent during the pandemic.
Tickets are still available to see Isabel Oakeshott interviewed live on stage on June 13th at the Hippodrome about the Lockdown Files. The show will include actors reading out some of the messages. Only £25!
Matt Hancock has tried to torpedo the Lockdown Files Live in which I'll be interviewing Isabel Oakeshott live on stage, persuading the venue to pull the plug. But the show will go on!
Ex-Tory MP Andrew Bridgen, who was expelled for criticising the Covid vaccines, has announced he’s joining the Reclaim Party and confirmed he is suing ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock for defamation.
The NHS Covid app was a typical government IT project – it cost the taxpayer billions and didn't work properly. The evidence it saved any lives is threadbare, but it did catastrophic damage to the British economy.
Tickets to the Lockdown Files Live, featuring Isabel Oakeshott, Laurence Fox, Tim Hudson and me, are now on sale. It will be at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster on June 10th. For more details, click on the link.
In an original piece for the Daily Sceptic, Professor David Livermore draws attention to all the questions about the Government's pandemic response that haven't been answered by the Lockdown Files.
