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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Blewett

Dithering Johnson suggested Covid was nature dealing with elderly, inquiry hears

PA Wire

Boris Johnson’s chaotic indecisiveness delayed lockdown measures, two of his top advisers have said, as it was alleged he believed coronavirus was “nature’s way of dealing with old people”.

Dominic Cummings told the Covid inquiry on Tuesday how the “dysfunctional system” during a “meltdown of the British state” failed to deal with the crisis, as the former prime minister downplayed the pandemic.

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