Boris Johnson’s responses to situations from Covid to football’s European Super League idea are of huge public interest.
Truth matters in politics, where people’s lives and livelihoods are determined.
But this Prime Minister made poor decisions and followed them up with denials.
Dominic Cummings, an ally of the buffoonish PM who has become his mortal enemy, may on Wednesday embarrass Johnson yet further.
The enmity between the pair who masterminded the Brexit campaign and 2019 Tory election victory will become clear on Wednesday as Cummings gives evidence to a special joint meeting of two Commons committees.
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Let nobody forget that Johnson hailed Cummings as a hero and rewarded him with a position as the most powerful aide in No10.
He was effectively Deputy Prime Minister.
We must remember, too, that political figures are often more honest once out of high office than they were when in it.
Deadly chaos
Confusion over whether local lockdowns are supposed to be operating in eight hard-hit Covid areas is unforgivable.
Downing Street and the Cabinet Office should have been clearer from the start.
Instead they are blaming a communications error for spreading uncertainty and panic in Bolton, Blackburn, Kirklees, Bedford, Burnley, Leicester, North Tyneside and Hounslow.
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Local public health officials, councils and politicians play key roles in protecting people.
If mixing indoors and travel are to be restricted, they should be the first to know.
Expecting families to change their behaviour is ludicrous if no one told them they should.
Eur on the spot
The provisional squad England manager Gareth Southgate has picked for the Euros have a unique opportunity.
If they triumph, we will finally have something to celebrate amid the gloom.
But if they crash out of the contest, this pandemic-hit year will seem doubly dismal.
