Johnson deliberately left out of key Covid meetings because he would undermine govt response
The PM thought Covid-19 was just a “scare story” and the “new swine flu”.
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‘Absolutely f*cked:’ Government focused on PM’s dog and potentially bombing Middle East instead of Covid
"The PM’s girlfriend wanted the press office to focus on that. She was 'going crackers about something completely trivial'."
Johnson offered to be injected with Covid live on TV before he caught the virus
The PM said "I'm going to get Chris Whitty to inject me with it so everyone can see it's nothing to be scared of."
UK records steep fall in trade – with Brexit having a bigger impact than Covid
"While no one could have predicted the pandemic, the end of the EU transition period was entirely foreseeable."
Watch: ‘Let these areas know!’ – Minister slammed for lack of Covid restriction information
“This is typical of this Government’s incompetence.”
Private hospitals provided handful of Covid beds despite taxpayer billions
The government paid around £200 million monthly to secure 8,000 beds from 26 private hospital groups during the coronavirus crisis, but they were barely used.
Government ‘tried to block’ Covid variant data for English schools
The report page on the spread of the India Covid variant had been removed.
Reactions: Johnson missed Covid meetings ‘to write Shakespeare biography funding divorce’
"No10 describes the claim that Boris Johnson missed coronavirus meetings to work on a biography of Shakespeare as “total nonsense” He was writing two books, one Pro and one Anti-Shakespeare."
Dominic Cummings: Tories planned Covid ‘herd immunity’
“Media generally abysmal on Covid but even I’ve been surprised by how many hacks have parroted Hancock’s ‘herd immunity wasn’t the plan’ when ‘herd immunity by September’ was literally the official plan in all documents/graphs/meetings."