‘We must make sure nothing like this happens again’, Rishi Sunak exclaimed. Except it will
Mon 20 May 2024 20.05 CESTemember Hillsborough? Remember Grenfell? Remember the Post Office Horizon scandal? Of course you do. So you probably don’t have much faith in organisations and government to tell the truth. Because on every occasion, what you get from politicians is a lot of hand-wringing. Bucketfuls of faux piety. Verging on the lachrymose. Not forgetting the sincerity. Always the sincerity.
Something must be done. But no one’s really bothered enough to do it. Let it drop and leave it to someone else. It’s all a bit difficult. Embarrassing even. And what’s missing is the sense of shame. The acknowledgment that government or public institutions might in some way be complicit. Might bear some responsibility. The political class lives to fight another day.
to fuel righteous anger. Nothing like being talked down to and dismissed by politicians who you knew were lying through their teeth to turn you into a caped crusader. Give him a beard and he could be a Dumbledore for a new generation. The voice of ancient truths. “You’re applauding the wrong man,” said Langstaff, with a bashful smile. You don’t get to have spent a career as a barrister without knowing how to work a crowd. “This report comes from you and your stories. Look to your right. To your left. In front of you and behind you. These are the people who have written this report. So please stand up to applaud yourselves.
And most of it had been entirely avoidable. The dangers of passing on infections in blood products had been well known since the 1940s and 50s.. Hospitals had covered up their errors and misconduct. As had all governments from the 1980s onwards.
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