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The hashtag #BorisHasFailedTheNation was trending on Twitter this evening after the Prime Minister addressed the nation to give the horrifying news that the UK’s Covid-19 death toll has now reached 100,000.
Johnson offered his “deepest condolences” to those who have lost relatives to coronavirus and pledged to ensure their loved ones are remembered during the press conference.
He said: “I’m sorry to have to tell you that today the number of deaths recorded from Covid in the UK has surpassed 100,000…
“I offer my deepest condolences to everyone who’s lost a loved one: fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, and the many grandparents who have been taken.”
He then added: “What I can tell you is that we truly did everything we could, and continue to do everything that we can, to minimise loss of life and to minimise suffering in what has been a very, very difficult stage, and a very, very difficult crisis for our country.”
But not everyone was convinced on social media, with people pointing to late lockdowns, lack of border controls and schemes such as Eat Out to Help Out as evidence that this government did not do enough.
Elsewhere the comments came in thick and fast. We have picked out a small selection below:
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