Won't anyone spare a thought for poor Boris, trying to remember all his Covid indecisions?

Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven. Just not if you happened to be a schoolkid during the pandemic. Then you were being asked to make the biggest sacrifices to protect the elderly even though you were the least at risk. Still, I suppose there was a lesson in there somewhere. Almost everyone who comes into contact - however indirectly - with Boris Johnson generally finds they have been done over at some point. So you might as well get your disappointment in early. Things can only improve after that.

- John Crace

The Covid inquiry has now moved on to its children and young people module and yesterday Johnson was back to give evidence. As ever, he looked as if he really did not give a shit. The hair was its trademark mess. His face unshaven. The smirk. Always the smirk. At times he looked almost bored. At others irritated that people were asking him so many questions.

Why now? Hell, it was all a long time ago. How was he supposed to remember all the details? Yes, he could admit that it must have been difficult for kids. He should know: he's father to at least nine of them. But they should stop to think about how much more difficult it had been for him. Would no one stop to think about poor Boris?