Sky News host Paul Murray says it became absolutely clear at the inquiry into hotel quarantine last week that “no one was in charge”.
Mr Murray said "one of the counsels assisting the inquiry made it very clear, last week it became absolutely clear, that no one was in charge.” “Either the incompetence was so bad that no one could be held responsible, or everyone is covering their backside,” he said.
“Either way, accountability must be there. “While I understand the human shields that will be there for Chairman Dan on twitter, but the reality is millions of people are locked in their house, given false hope that things are going to get better, but by his own roadmap, even if you hit the average, nothing really changes again, for another month.”
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