Boris Johnson apologized for the loss and pain of the pandemic stage as he was handling the health crisis through public inquiry into the government. The former Prime Minster who faced an outpouring of criticism during the pandemic as he was accused of lack of scientific understanding during the pandemic, is facing two days in the witness box.
“I understand the feeling of the victims and their families and I’m deeply sorry for the pain and the loss and the suffering to those victims and their families,” Johnson said.
“Inevitably we got some things wrong,” Johnson continued, before adding “we did our level best” and that he took personal responsibility for decisions made.
Nearly 130,000 people died with COVID-19 in the UK by mid-July 2021, one of the worst official per capita tolls among Western nations.
Boris Johnson’s right decisions
Boris Johnson stated that the decisions he made during Covid-19 were right and saved thousands of people. the Times newspaper reported, citing a lengthy written statement set to be published later Wednesday. The Times said he would argue he had a “basic confidence that things would turn out alright” on the “fallacious logic” that previous health threats had not proven as catastrophic as feared.
But he is expected to say that overall, the government succeeded in its main goal of preventing the state-run health service from being overwhelmed by making the “right decisions at the right time. Johnson, who was treated in hospital intensive care for COVID-19 early in the pandemic, is expected to say that shutting down the country went against all his personal and political instincts. But he had no choice because “ancient and hallowed freedoms conflicted with the health of the community.”
Comments on Boris Johnson’s era
Comments about lockdowns and the death toll, including a claim that Johnson suggested the elderly might be allowed to die because they had “had a good innings,” could also be raised.
Johnson has denied claims he said he would rather “let the bodies pile high” than impose another lockdown.
Johnson’s former top aide Dominic Cummings and communications chief Lee Cain both criticized their ex-boss when they gave evidence at the inquiry.
Cummings said a “low point” was when Johnson circulated a video to his scientific advisers of “a guy blowing a special hairdryer up his nose ‘to kill Covid’.”
Cain said COVID-19 was the “wrong crisis” for Johnson’s skill set, adding that he became “exhausted” by his alleged indecision and oscillation in dealing with the crisis.
“He’s somebody who would often delay making decisions, would often seek counsel from multiple sources, and change his mind on issues,” Cain said.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who was Johnson’s finance minister during the pandemic, is due to be questioned at the inquiry in the coming weeks.
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