[mattomac]

The inquiry will be a bonus for Labour. Instead of accepting Starmer's kind offer of a GE now, the Tories are clinging on to power, and will be fighting a General Election as their woeful mishandling of the COVID pandemic is dragged into the light for all to see. Too many deaths, too many people unable to say goodbye, or even attend a funeral. All the fault of Johnson and co. Even the swivel-eyed among the electorate will lose their trust in the Tories they love so much. Because of this, the Tories aren't just looking at bad election results. They're staring annihilation in the face.

Plus, of course, the possibility, no matter how slim, of some of those in power at the time facing criminal proceedings is something to be savoured.

Problem for Sunak is he seemed to be the keanest to carry on as normal.

I think he comes out of it poorly and he has a lot less friends who will take the fall than say Johnson.