LONDON: Former British prime minister Boris Johnson stated on Wednesday (Dec 6) he was deeply sorry for the lack of life throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as he appeared as a witness on the official inquiry into Britain’s dealing with of the pandemic.
Johnson stated at the beginning of the listening to how glad he was to offer proof and the way sorry he was for the struggling of victims and their households.
The listening to was disrupted by a protester, who was requested to depart by the inquiry’s chairwoman.
“Can I say that I perceive the sentiments of the victims and their households, and I’m deeply sorry for the ache and the loss and the struggling of these victims and their households,” Johnson stated.
Johnson, prime minister for three years between 2019 and 2022, resigned in shame after a collection of scandals together with stories that he, and different officers, had been present at alcohol-fuelled gatherings in Downing Street throughout 2020 and 2021 when most individuals in Britain have been pressured to remain at residence.
The inquiry has already heard damaging testimony about Johnson’s dealing with of the disaster, together with claims of presidency incompetence, backstabbing and misogyny, his reluctance to lock down, and the way he was confused by the science.
He was stated to have requested at one level if blowing a hair-dryer up his nostril may kill the virus.