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Boris Johnson denies deleting Whatsapp messages ahead of Covid inquiry
During his first day of testimony, Mr Johnson’s apology to the nation was interrupted by four people who staged a protest in the hearing room.
Mr Johnson arrived three hours early on Wednesday morning to dodge the protesters waiting outside. During the day he admitted the pandemic’s impact on the NHS had “bewildered” him. He also acknowledged the government’s policy appeared “incoherent” on the timing of actions in light of the graph in March 2020 suggesting the NHS could be overwhelmed.
Mr Johnson stumbled over his words as the inquiry heard he lost 5,000 WhatsApp messages between January 2020 and June 2020.
He also implied the mad cow disease crisis in Britain made him sceptical of the threat of coronavirus as it “wasn’t nearly as fatal as people had originally believed”.
Boris Johnson: ‘Five metre rule would have been epidemiologically safer’
Boris Johnson has said implementing a five-metre social distancing rule, in defence of his decision to cut the restriction to one-metre during the pandemic.
Asked whether he made the decision to move from two-metre social distancing to one based on the wishes of business, the former PM said: “Three metres would have been better, four metres, five metres would have been epidemiologically more effective than two metres.”
“It was a question of where to draw the line,” he said.
Archie Mitchell, Political Correspondent7 December 2023 10:09
Watch live: Johnson faces grilling on second day of giving evidence to Covid inquiry
Tara Cobham7 December 2023 10:08
Ex-PM grilled for second day as angry bereaved families protest outside
Boris Johnson is being grilled for a second day at the UK Covid inquiry as angry bereaved families protest outside.
The former prime minister returned to the hearing on Thursday after being booed by crowds of Covid victim’s families on Wednesday.
Tara Cobham7 December 2023 10:05
Watch: Boris Johnson heckled as he arrives at Covid Inquiry for second day
Boris Johnson heckled as he arrives at Covid Inquiry for second day
Tara Cobham7 December 2023 09:49
Where is Boris Johnson now and is he still MP?
Speaking outside Downing Street at the time before stepping down as PM, Mr Johnson thanked those who voted Conservative and said the reason he fought so long to remain in office was because he thought it was “my job, my duty and my obligation to you”.
Tara Cobham7 December 2023 09:48
Johnson again arrives hours early to UK Covid inquiry for second day of grilling
Former prime minister Boris Johnson arrives at Dorland House in London
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The former prime minister is giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry for a second day
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Tara Cobham7 December 2023 09:47
Sunak will give evidence at UK Covid inquiry on Monday
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will give evidence at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Monday, the inquiry said.
Tara Cobham7 December 2023 09:42
Ask John Rentoul anything as Johnson gives bombshell evidence
Boris Johnson faces a mammoth task to salvage his reputation as he finally appears before Covid inquiry this week.
The former prime minister is expected to apologise for “unquestionably” making mistakes in his government’s handling of the pandemic in two marathon evidence sessions on Wednesday and Thursday.
However, Mr Johnson is also set to argue that his controversial decisions ended up saving “tens if not hundreds of thousands of lives”.
Tara Cobham7 December 2023 09:41
Four protesters kicked out of Johnson’s Covid inquiry speak out
The four women, who staged a silent protest during the inquiry on Wednesday (6 December), said Mr Johnson’s “words are cheap”.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Thursday (7 December) they said the former prime minister’s apology is “pointless” and “just doesn’t cut it”.
Kathryn Butcher, 59, who lost her sister-in-law in the pandemic, said government parties were “such a slap in the face when we had all suffered.”
Four protesters kicked out of Boris Johnson Covid inquiry speak out
Four protesters who were removed from Britain’s Covid inquiry as Boris Johnson began his evidence, claim victims have not been at the heart of the hearing. The four women, who staged a silent protest during the inquiry on Wednesday (6 December), said Mr Johnson’s “words are cheap”. Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Thursday (7 December) they said the former prime minister’s apology is “pointless” and “just doesn’t cut it”. Kathryn Butcher, 59, who lost her sister-in-law in the pandemic, said government parties were “such a slap in the face when we had all suffered.”
Tara Cobham7 December 2023 09:22
Bereaved covid families’ condemn ‘orgy of narcissism’
Boris Johnson’s claim that his government saved thousands of lives during the pandemic is a “gross distortion of the truth”, bereaved families have said in a scathing statement outside the UK’s covid inquiry.
Sam Rkaina7 December 2023 08:00
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