Infected blood scandal prompts politicians to again say ‘never again’ | John Crace

We must make sure nothing like this happens again', Rishi Sunak exclaimed. Except it will

Remember Hillsborough? Remember Grenfell? Remember the Post Office Horizon scandal? Of course you do. So you probably don't have much faith in organisations and government to tell the truth. Because on every occasion, what you get from politicians is a lot of hand-wringing. Bucketfuls of faux piety. Verging on the lachrymose. Not forgetting the sincerity. Always the sincerity.

This. Must. Never. Be. Allowed. To. Happen. Again," they say. Talking extra slowly and over-emphasising each word. Because this time they think the public might be watching them. Because this time they expect to be believed. Read my lips. I'm an honest broker." Except we all know they're not. That every time they say this mustn't happen again, there's another thing coming just round the corner they had said must never happen again.