ncumbent PM made joke about Rishi Sunak’s department because of its focus on lifting restrictions, according to diary entries
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.
Emperor@feddit.uk 11 months ago
If I accidentally killed someone and was remorseful about it, I could still be convicted of manslaughter. If I kill thousands and “joke” about it in a callous manner I can expect to get… what? A slap on the wrist?
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Only in fairly limited circumstances. Where your own choices lead to an accident you should have known was likely to lead to an accident.
Being a dumb idiot with the brains of a rhubarb plant. Would be a valid defence. Even if folks were dumb enough to vote that plant for PM.
Emperor@feddit.uk 11 months ago
No rhubarb was harmed in the making of this post.