The Covid inquiry has a crucial question to answer: Was Trump’s conspiracy actually right?

The Covid inquiry almost certainly won’t answer the only question that really matters, writes Tom Peck. Where did Covid-19 really come from? Whose fault was it? And who lied about it?

People said it was a conspiracy theory. And now, what do you know, the intelligence agencies agree with him (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Should the Covid inquiry get to see Boris Johnson’s personal WhatsApps? Who gets to decide? Is Rishi Sunak happy to pretend that all this is about Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps when it’s really about his own? Are they really going to go to court over it?

These are the questions that are dominating the public conscience and will do all week, in the slow drum roll to the Covid Inquiry, which most of the population are hoping will provide yet further damnation for a government led by a man who’s already had to resign anyway.

Is it possible, is it at all possible, that we are all angry about the wrong thing? The Covid Inquiry will almost certainly reach conclusions all of us already know.