Domshell: PM was happy to let Covid rip as it’s ‘only over 80s who will die’
“There are max 3 million in this country aged over 80," he said. “It shows we don’t go for nationwide lockdown.”
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016-2018 and Mayor of London 2008-2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
“There are max 3 million in this country aged over 80," he said. “It shows we don’t go for nationwide lockdown.”
"If you can lie and not be tired by lying, And pretend you act for the public good, Yours is this land and everything in it, And - as you wished - you'll be PM, Johnson."
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, are among the hundreds of thousands of people currently self-isolating.
"Comb your hair. Take the knee. And f*ck off out of our lives," Alastair Campbell tweeted in response to the video.
What is the scheme, who - beyond the Cabinet - is actually eligible for it, and when will the rest of us be able to use it?
“This is more of the same Conservative cronyism. This Prime Minister does not even care to hide it,” Labour said.
The government is on the wrong side of a culture war they stoked up - now people are beginning to notice.
He said the programme is not a “jam-spreading operation” that will make “rich” areas poorer in order to benefit the more deprived.
Sir John because the second former to hit out at the move, after Theresa May voted against a three-line Tory whip for the first time in 25 years.
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