Richard Holden, transport minister, defends government’s handling of Covid, claiming Churchill was criticised in private too
Lee Cain is now giving evidence to the Covid inquiry. He is being questioned by Andrew O’Connor KC, counsel for the inquiry.
Cain starts by confirming details of his career. He worked as head of broadcasting for Vote Leave, before working as an adviser for Boris Johnson when he was foreign secretary.
I was aware that during the early days of the pandemic, it was extremely difficult to get any response from Downing Street, and we could see this train coming down the tracks at us.
It was put to us there were other priorities including Brexit. I personally found that completely unexplainable and baffling.
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