LIVE: The Spectator’s Alternative Covid Inquiry

LIVE: The Spectator’s Alternative Covid Inquiry

Author: The Spectator March 1, 2026 Duration: 52:49

As the official Covid Inquiry comes to an end, the Spectator has convened a panel of our own experts to ask the questions that the Inquiry didn’t – or wouldn’t – answer. The Spectator’s commissioning editor Lara Brown is joined by science writer and Conservative peer Matt Ridley, Oxford professor of theoretical epidemiology Sunetra Gupta, former Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption, journalist Christopher Snowdon and science writer Tom Whipple. 


This is a condensed version of the event. Subscribers can access the full event via Spectator TV and you can find more events from the Spectator here.


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