'I had a duty to consider harm of lockdown', Boris Johnson tells Covid Inquiry ... trends now
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Boris Johnson has told the Covid Inquiry he had a 'duty' to weigh up whether lockdowns would do more harm than good.
The former PM has come under fire for delaying decisions to impose draconian restrictions during the pandemic, and for constantly questioning the impact on the economy.
But, in written evidence to the inquiry, Mr Johnson said he had to balance the competing needs of the country at a time when there were 'no good choices'.
And he said it was 'highly unlikely' that earlier action by the Government could have prevented the need for a lockdown.
Mr Johnson brushed aside suggestions he had been 'pushed into' ordering the first lockdown in March 2020, but acknowledged it had weighed heavily on him.
In written evidence to the Covid Inquiry, Mr Johnson said he had to balance the competing needs of the country at a time when there were 'no good choices'
He brushed aside suggestions he had been 'pushed into' ordering the first lockdown in March 2020, but acknowledged it had weighed heavily on him
Mr Johnson's former chief aide Dominic Cummings savaged him this week, caricaturing him as an indecisive 'trolley'
'It is true that I have reflected (no doubt out loud and no doubt many times)
