UK PM Johnson dismissed COVID-19 lockdown as only elderly would die, ex-aide says

Reading Time: < 1 minute British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was not prepared to impose lockdown restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19 to save the elderly and denied the National Health Service would be overwhelmed, his former top adviser said in an interview aired on Monday. In his first TV interview since leaving his job last year, excerpts

Johnson put political interests ahead of people's lives - former aide

Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, was not prepared to lock down the country to save people in their 80s, his former adviser Dominic Cummings has told the BBC. Cummings said Johnson resisted the reimposition of COVID-19 restrictions because “the people who are dying are essentially all over 80.” He sent WhatsApp messages to aides in mid-October

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UK PM Johnson dismissed COVID-19 lockdown as only elderly would die, ex-aide says

Johnson put political interests ahead of people's lives - former aide

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