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United Kingdom: Boris Johnson's ex-adviser treats his management of Covid-19, which he described as "swine flu"

2021-05-28T00:21:48.930Z


British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused by his former adviser Dominic Cummings of having had a "disastrous" management


Dominic Cummings, political strategist and ex-adviser to the British Prime Minister has once again largely crushed Boris Johnson's management of the pandemic while taking responsibility for the “mistakes” made during the weeks of early 2020. “The truth is that ministers, senior officials and advisers like me have disastrously failed to live up to what the public expects from their government in a crisis like this, ”he admitted.

But past this mea culpa and his regrets for not having "raised the alarm bells" earlier, Boris Cummings painted a distressing picture of power in this period.

With according to him, a Downing Street more concerned by the anger of the companion of Boris Johnson against an article on their dog ... For his part, Boris Johnson, according to him, saw the Covid-19 as a "story to be afraid", a "swine flu" suggesting he had considered getting infected live on television to show that there was "nothing to fear".

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But above all, until March 2020, Boris Johnson believed that the real risk linked to the virus was above all economic rather than health, added Dominic Cummings, judging that "obviously" the United Kingdom should have confined itself from the first week of March 2020, two weeks before it was actually done, on the 23rd.

Johnson now benefits from the success of the vaccination campaign

Questioned in Parliament on these accusations, the Prime Minister declared to take "full responsibility" for the management of the pandemic, describing this crisis as "one of the most difficult" crossed by the country for a long time and affirming that he always had followed the advice of scientists. Six months after his departure against a backdrop of internal struggles, the mastermind of the victorious Brexit campaign in 2016 and architect of Boris Johnson's brilliant victory in the legislative elections of December 2019, is now ruthless towards the head of government.

But the most violent attacks by the ex-adviser were directed against the Minister of Health Matt Hancock, who in his eyes should have been "fired" for "at least 15, 20" reasons, "in particular for having lied to many occasions, meeting after meeting ”, but also“ publicly ”.

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In front of the deputies, Dominic Cummings also affirmed that, in spite of the denials of this one, the British government was aiming for “collective immunity”, an objective considered then “inevitable” consisting in letting a major part of the population develop resistance after having contracted the disease. This approach was not abandoned until early March 2020, after Downing Street warned it would lead to 'disaster'. But Boris Johnson, who is currently surfing the success of the vaccination campaign (72% of adults vaccinated) enjoys good public confidence.

Source: leparis

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