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Great Britain: Boris Johnson massively criticized by ex

2021-05-28T02:56:12.661Z


It was a reckoning: Dominic Cummings, formerly Boris Johnson's most important advisor, has now unpacked in front of MPs through the ex-boss. There was no shortage of caustic tips.


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Dominic Cummings: "The truth is, ministers, high-ranking officials and senior advisors like me have fallen far short of the standards that the people can expect from a government in such a crisis. When the people needed us most, the government failed . And I tell all the families of those who died needlessly how sorry I am for their mistakes and my own mistakes. "

Dominic Cummings did not let his own work as a former chief adviser to Boris Johnson on corona politics.

He criticized Johnson's behavior at the beginning of the pandemic even more sharply.

Dominic Cummings: "In February the Prime Minister simply saw this as a scary story and described it as the new swine flu."

Inquiry: "Did you tell him it wasn't?"

Dominic Cummings: "Of course, but various government officials said that if the prime minister told government meetings that it was swine flu, there was no need to worry. Johnson said, '

I'm going to get Chris Whitty, chief medical advisor, to get me the coronavirus Injecting live on TV so everyone can see that it's not something to be afraid of

. '”

Cummings also gave the elitist British political system a damning testimony.

Dominic Cummings: "It is completely crazy that someone like me had this government responsibility. It is just as crazy that Boris Johnson had it and that Jeremy Corbyn was a candidate in the last election. There are wonderful people in the civil service, brilliant officials everywhere The problem with this crisis was: lions were being led by donkeys, time and time again. Great people were doing grassroots things. "

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps did not attach much importance to the questioning of Dominic Cummings.

It is a "sideline".

Since his resignation in November 2020, he has been giving up alleged government affairs in order to get revenge on Boris Johnson.

Johnson himself rejected the criticism in parliament - and sought responsibility with the national health service NHS.

Boris Johnson: "Nobody can credibly accuse this government of being complacent about the virus threat at any time. We have worked flat out to minimize loss of life and protect the health service. It has constantly changed its position. One day they supported the curfew, on the other they refused it, as did the lockdown. One day they wanted tighter border controls, then they said quarantine was a hollow instrument.

In Great Britain, most people in Europe have died of Covid-19 with currently more than 128,000.

Source: spiegel

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