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Gasps were heard in the public gallery at the Covid inquiry on Thursday (7 December) as Boris Johnson snapped at a lawyer over coronavirus death toll figures.Pete Weatherby KC, representing Covid Bereaved Families for Justice, asked questions about the former prime minister’s statement in which he said the UK “ended the pandemic, or the most serious phases of it, well down the global league tables for excess mortality.”Mr Weatherby described the statement as a “sweeping assertion” before Mr Johnson snapped: “I don’t believe that your evidence stacks up,” which was met with gasps. More

Boris Johnson was heckled as he arrived to give further evidence at the Covid inquiry on Thursday morning (7 December).The former Prime Minister walked into Dorland House shortly after 7am, almost three hours before he faces a second day of grilling on his handling of the pandemic.“Do you regret the Downing Street parties, Mr Johnson?” shouted one person as he entered the building.“Shame on you,” exclaimed another.Protesters arrived earlier on Thursday after Mr Johnson appeared early on Wednesday morning to avoid families who later gathered outside the building. More

Boris Johnson did not deny questioning why his government was “destroying everything for people who will die anyway soon” during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.Giving evidence to the Covid inquiry on Wednesday, 6 December, the former prime minister suggested the comment was not “designed to be publicly broadcast”.A note from Mr Johnson’s private secretary recorded the former Tory leader’s comments on 19 March 2020, claiming he said: “Why are we destroying everything for people who will die anyway soon? Bed blockers.” More

Boris Johnson was booed by protesters as he left the Covid inquiry in London after giving evidence on Wednesday, 6 December.It came after four people were removed from the hearing room after they held up signs reading: “The Dead can’t hear your apologies.”As he gave evidence, the former prime minister said he was sorry for the loss and the pain suffered by Covid victims.He also appeared to choke up as he described 2020 as a “tragic, tragic” year. More

Boris Johnson appeared to choke up as he spoke about the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 at the Covid inquiry on Wednesday, 6 December.The former prime minister gave evidence in which he admitted his government “underestimated” the threat in the early days of the pandemic.Mr Johnson appeared to choke up after describing 2020 as a “tragic year.”It came after the former Tory leader, in opening remarks to the inquiry, said he was sorry for the loss and the pain suffered by Covid victims.Four people were removed from the hearing room after they held up signs reading: “The Dead can’t hear your apologies.” More

Boris Johnson has claimed that he could not remember Matt Hancock calling for an immediate lockdown in mid-March 2020, before it was officially implemented.The former prime minister appeared to give evidence before the Covid inquiry on Wednesday (6 December).His evidence came after the former health secretary claimed he told Mr Johnson the country should go into lockdown on 13 March 2020, 10 days before it was officially in place.Asked if he remembered that call, Mr Johnson said: “I’m afraid I don’t, but it’s been a long time.” More

Suella Braverman has warned the Conservatives face “electoral oblivion in a matter of months” if they introduce emergency Rwanda legislation which is “destined to fail”.The former home secretary delivered the warning in a personal statement to the Commons on Wednesday (6 December).Her statement focused on what she called “mass, uncontrolled, illegal immigration” involving thousands of “mostly young men, many with values and social mores at odds with our own”.Mrs Braverman, who was sacked from her Cabinet job last month, questioned if the Government understands the “unsustainable pressure” placed on public finances and services, and the impact on community cohesion and national security. More

Sir Keir Starmer mocked Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda treaty during Wednesday’s PMQs (6 December).“I would say that this treaty’s got more holes in it than Swiss cheese, but I don’t want to wind up the prime minister by talking about a European country again,” said the Labour leader.Sir Keir also responded to the report that the government may pay Rwanda more money after the new deal was signed on Tuesday.“You can only imagine their delight, their sheer disbelief when having already banked £140 million of British taxpayer money without housing a single asylum seeker, the prime minister appears again with another offer they can’t refuse,” he added. More