PM’s Covid inquiry delay shows No 10 already eyeing next general election

Analysis: delay all but guarantees that few conclusions will have been reached by 2023 Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen Boris Johnson let slip to the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, on Tuesday that he would kick-off a Covid inquiry in the current session of parliament, it initially appeared to be an off-the-cuff remark.But as he prepared to give MPs a “Covid update” on Wednesday, it became clear No 10 has made the calculation that now was the