On 31 October 2020 Johnson ordered a second national lockdown in England, although he did not accept that decision was made "too late".Īnd with a round of questions from Brian Stanton, representing the British Medical Association, Boris Johnson's two-day hearing is brought to a close. Covid cases kept rising though and he realised he was "running out of road". Instead he was "full of hope" that the tier system of regional restrictions would "save us". He was worried the country would end up being bounced into more mini lockdowns with no end in sight. He then appeared to fight back tears when he brought up his own time in intensive care with Covid.Įarlier Johnson provided a robust defence of his decision not to impose a circuit-breaker lockdown in September 2020. "Rubbish" - interupted Johnson - who accused Mr Keith of "culling accounts" from other people's "jotting in meetings". Sir Patrick Vallace, in his private notes, said Johnson had at times wanted to "let the virus rip" and was "obsessed with older people accepting their fate". This morning though the former PM was clearly angry at the approach taken by the lead counsel, Hugo Keith KC.Īt one point, diary entries written by his former chief scientific adviser were read out in quick succession. That, perhaps, is to be expected after ten hours on the witness stand. It felt like we saw a more subdued Boris Johnson in this final afternoon of questioning. Sunak will answer the inquiry's questions. That's it for this week - from 10:30 on Monday, former chancellor and current Prime Minister Rishi Long Covid: And - on Wednesday and today - he regretted suggesting long Covid was "bollocks" in a handwritten note on a document from October 2020. ![]() Tragic 2020: He fought back tears as he recalled “tragic, tragic 2020” - and apologised to the victims of Covid for his government's mistakes.Recognised the seriousness of Covid sooner - though he defended not chairing five Cobra meetings in early 2020 Late to twig: Johnson said he should have.Emotions peaked: Johnson also opened up about his time in hospital with Covid in April 2020, where he realised some middle-aged men “quite like me” would not survive.Partygate: But he said the idea of mass rule-breaking in Downing Street was a "million miles" from the truth - even if he could, in hindsight, have been stricter with his team.Barnard Castle revisited: Dominic Cummings' trip from London to County Durham was a “bad moment”, the ex-PM accepted.Schools: And he insisted the government was “desperate” to keep schools open in January 2021, but that schools were a "reservoir" of infection. ![]()
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