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Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid to show ‘it didn’t pose a threat’

The then-prime minister later said he would rather ‘let the bodies pile high’ than impose a second lockdown, a top aide told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

The Independent UK

Top officials called Johnson’s No 10 ‘mad’ and ‘poisonous’, Covid inquiry hears

Cabinet Office’s Simon Case told cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill: ‘I’ve never seen people less well-equipped to run a country’

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson and Liz Truss subject to jokes in Commons after King’s Speech

Both former prime ministers were the butt of quips in the chamber

Evening Standard

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Boris Johnson did offered to be injected with Covid live on TV, former chief of staff tells inquiry

Mr Johnson later caught Covid organically during the course of the pandemic and was at one point in intensive care

Evening Standard

In his speech, King Charles spoke of ‘my government’. Well, it certainly isn’t ours

The shabby state of British democracy was made plain by a king’s speech tailored not for the country’s needs, but the Tories’ own grubby ends, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Johnson spoke of ‘whisky and revolver’ at Covid meeting in October 2020

The former prime minister spoke about ‘medieval measures’ to tackle the pandemic, the Covid-19 Inquiry has heard.

The Independent UK

OPINION - We’re all trapped in an internet re-education camp and it’s melting our brains

Does Brexit make you sick to your stomach, did you secretly love lockdown, while using your extra time on performative dissertations on social media, imagining yourself as an expert epidemiologist while delighting in shaming anyone you perceived to be questioning social distancing or masks? Do you despise Boris Johnson for…

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Rishi Sunak's Eat Out to Help Out ‘blindsided’ top officials, Covid inquiry told

Former head of the Cabinet Office Covid-19 taskforce Simon Ridley became the latest top official to appear before Lady Hallett’s probe this week

Evening Standard

Eat Out to Help Out ‘blindsided’ top officials, Covid inquiry is told

Former head of the Cabinet Office Covid-19 taskforce Simon Ridley became the latest top official to appear before Lady Hallett’s probe this week.

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries' anti-Boris conspiracy theory has one tiny flaw

Boris Johnson's voting record is getting in the way

Evening Standard

Covid inquiry live: Priti Patel admits policing of Sarah Everard vigil was ‘totally inappropriate’

Ex-home secretary says police generally struck right balance between protest and Covid restrictions

The Independent UK

There are new scientific insights into long Covid – but political will is waning

For many people, Covid is not a thing of the past. A renewed effort is needed to find out exactly what it is, and how to treat it, says immunologist Danny Altmann

The Guardian - UK

Morrison’s Israel trip was ‘showboating’ and PM should focus on domestic affairs, Turnbull says

Former PM dismisses suggestions Anthony Albanese should visit Israel and says he must advance interests of Australians

The Guardian - AU

Turnbull warns Albanese against making Israel visit

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says Anthony Albanese should not make a solidarity visit to Israel, arguing it would not achieve anything.

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The Independent UK

King’s Speech to unveil government’s plans at first State Opening for Parliament - live

The speech will commence at 11.30am following the Royal Procession

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson called Treasury the ‘pro-death squad’ during Covid pandemic, inquiry told

No 10 took no advice on ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ and Treasury had no estimated cost of lockdown, inquiry hears

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson called Treasury ‘the pro-death squad’, Covid inquiry told

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

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson referred to Treasury as ‘pro-death squad’, Covid inquiry hears

The former prime minister reportedly used the phrase at a meeting in January 2021, when he wanted a path to eased restrictions

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The Independent UK

Boris Johnson referred to Treasury as ‘pro-death squad’, inquiry hears

The former prime minister reportedly used the phrase at a meeting in January 2021, when he wanted a path to eased restrictions.

Evening Standard

Former Boris Johnson aide Cleo Watson teases sex and scandal in new 'bonkbuster' novel

Cleavage is Cleo Watson's second novel

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson wades into row over pro-Palestine Armistice march as pressure grows on Met chief

During a visit to Israel, Boris Johnson, said weekly demonstrations since Hamas’s October 7 terror attacks represent support for ‘an anti-semitic pogrom’

The Independent UK

US top diplomat visits West Bank in bid for future peace as airstrikes kill dozens in Gaza

More than 9,700 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since 7 October, according to the Hamas-run health ministry

The Guardian - UK

The Covid inquiry must look at facts as well as guilt

Letters: David Hughes hopes the inquiry will correct the lurch towards a presidential style of government. Plus letters from Peter Slessenger, Michael Lavin, June Findlater and Susan Mahoney

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson jets to Israel to ‘express solidarity’ after Hamas attacks

Boris Johnson will meet relatives of hostages being held by Hamas during the unannounced visit

The Guardian - UK

In Boris Johnson’s Lord of the Flies fraternity, women were there to be talked over or banished

It’s little wonder that No 10’s misogyny had fatal consequences for the female population

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