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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.

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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.

Boris Johnson's voting record is getting in the way

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