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Boris Johnson called Treasury ‘the pro-death squad’, Covid inquiry told (www.theguardian.com)

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ncumbent PM made joke about Rishi Sunak’s department because of its focus on lifting restrictions, according to diary entries

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[–] 0x815@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Boris Johnson asked if £37bn NHS Test and Trace was ‘achieving anything’

The former prime minister made the comment in handwritten notes on a report from the Cabinet Office’s Covid taskforce on 28 October 2020, which were today shown to the Covid inquiry.

Witness Edward Udny-Lister also claimed Johnson did make the infamous comment that he’d rather “let the bodies pile high” than enforce another lockdown. Dominic Cummings first alleged the then-PM had said this in 2021, but Johnson denied it.