Criticizes efforts to honor pandemic victims as sentimental, counterproductive, and politically motivated
The article dismisses emotional testimony and commemorative projects (like tapestries and 'Every Story Matters') as fostering 'sloppy sentimentalism' rather than objective analysis.
“The Hallett inquiry is very much a rainbow-poster affair, recording the personal misfortune of 58,000 Covid sufferers under its ‘Every Story Matters’ programme.”
