Boris Johnson spent much of Thursday apologising again, but the one time he actually looked embarrassed was when it was revealed he told a meeting: “F*** YOU Daily Mail”. Lead counsel Hugo Keith suggested Johnson had “secretly held views” that the virus should “let rip”. Someone in the public seats hissed out: “Shame on you!” Keith continued probing, citing evidence …
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LONDON — A mammoth three-year public inquiry into the U.K. government’s handling of the response to COVID-19 opened Tuesday by asking if some suffering and death could have been avoided with better planning — and whether Britain’s complex, protracted exit from the European Union distracted authorities from preparing for potential threats. Lawyer Hugo Keith, who is counsel to the inquiry, …
A 'dignified vigil' was also held outside the Inquiry by bereaved relatives The collateral consequences of shutting down society to fight Covid were barely considered, the inquiry's chief lawyer claimed today. Hugo Keith KC told the Inquiry this morning that the nation was 'taken by surprise' by 'significant aspects' of the disease that has been recorded on 226,977 death certificates …
