A Channel 4 news special will focus on the former prime minister, it has been announced. <\/p>
Boris Johnson goes before the ongoing Covid inquiry today (Wednesday 6th December), and while the events of the day have already started, tonight will see a Channel 4 news special air to recap the key moments.<\/p>\n
Showing tonight on Channel 4<\/a> at 7pm, Boris Johnson Covid Inquiry: Channel 4 News Special will be a one-off instalment covering the day\u2019s events.<\/p>\n As per the short synopsis: \u201cAs the former PM goes before the Covid inquiry, a Channel 4 News special has all the coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n The former prime minister is speaking at the UK Covid inquiry today, with the session set to be the first of two days of questioning, with Baroness Heather Hallett as the inquiry chair.<\/p>\n The inquiry will not lead to anyone being found guilty or innocent; the point of it is to find potential lessons that can be learned.<\/p> Today\u2019s questioning started with Johnson issuing an apology, saying: \u201cCan I say that I understand the feelings of the victims and their families, and I am deeply sorry for the pain and the loss and the suffering of those victims and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n In this anticipated inquiry, Johnson will face questions over his handling of the events throughout 2020 and the resulting nationwide lockdowns.<\/p>\n Early on in proceedings, Johnson said<\/a>: \u201cCovid kept coming at us in wave after wave and it was very, very hard to fight it. People were doing their level best.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n In an earlier session at the inquiry, former health secretary Matt Hancock recalled<\/a> phoning Johnson four times in January 2020 to discuss Covid-19.<\/p>\n In today\u2019s session, lead counsel Hugo Keith KC asked Johnson whether he remembered Hancock trying to \u201calert\u201d him.<\/p>\n\n