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<p dir="ltr">"Damning” and “unforgivable failures” is how some papers headlines reacted to criticism of former UK prime minister Boris Johnson in the second of 10 reports from the UK Covid Inquiry.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Under pressure, in 2001 Boris Johnson announced a covid inquiry led by a former judge, Baroness Hallett. Each report is examining a different area of the pandemic's impact, and module 2 is about decision making and political governance.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The report describes inertia, toxic cultures, and an inability to learn lessons - disfunction that contributed to many extra deaths. </p>
<p dir="ltr">To dissect the report and discuss what needs to change, we're joined by;</p>
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<li>Rebecca Coombes - The BMJ’s head of journalism</li>
<li>Kevin Fong - anaesthetist and lead for major incident planning at University College Hospital </li>
<li> Matthew Flinders - Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Sheffield</li>
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