H UGO KEITH KC , the chief lawyer to Britain’s covid-19 inquiry, took a defensive turn. “We’ve proceeded at a remarkable pace,” he told a preliminary hearing on June 6th. “There is simply no justification for any complaint that the inquiry has been slow or dilatory.” Yes, commissions in other countries had already finished their reports. But they lacked legal powers to compel witnesses to appear and evidence to be produced. “They did not, of course, address these issues with anything like the same degree of scope and width.” That much is true. It will be the inquiry’s great virtue. And its great weakness.
H Ugo Keith KC是英国Covid-19调查的首席律师，他进行了防御转变。他在6月6日举行的初步听证会上说：“我们已经以惊人的速度进行了。”“根本没有任何辩解，即调查是缓慢或扩张的。”是的，其他国家的委员会已经完成了报告。但是他们缺乏法律权力，无法强迫证人出现，并产生了证据。“当然，他们没有以相同程度的范围和宽度来解决这些问题。”那是真的。这将是查询的伟大美德。及其巨大的弱点。
