Wry & Dry #12 FY-24: Albo channels Sir Humphrey. Crisis. What crisis? Net-zero delayed.

“No Minister, I beg you,” replies Sir Humphrey. “A basic rule of government is never look into anything you don’t have to, and never set up an inquiry unless you know in advance what its findings will be.”

And with this exemplar of responsible government at the forefront of his mind, Albo has set up an inquiry into Covid that is without teeth, ears and eyes.