"If the outcome is that Johnson and his cronies are finally brought to book for wilful ignorance and inaction leading to thousands of needless deaths, and the extended periods of lockdown we have had to suffer, then it is all for the good of society."

No no no no no no no, what absolute rubbish, to what are you comparing them ??? Answer nothing, because nothing like this pandemic has ever been experienced in recent history. Ignorance of what - the unknown??? You are talking absolute bollocks.