Covid inquiry: What did Johnson say about underestimated risks, excess deaths, and his missing WhatsApps?

Whether it was his alleged reluctance to impose lockdowns, his oversight of a supposedly “toxic” atmosphere in Downing Street, or being bamboozled by science,12 Boris Johnson has already been discussed at length during the UK’s covid inquiry. This week the former UK prime minister had his say as he faced questions on 6 and 7 December.What was Johnson’s message to bereaved families?“I understand the feelings of these victims and their families, and I am deeply sorry for the pain and the loss and suffering of those victims and their families,” Johnson said as he began his verbal testimony.The former PM was briefly interrupted by protesters from bereaved families at the start of his evidence session. In a statement issued in response to Johnson’s evidence, Aamer Anwar, lead solicitor for the Scottish Covid Bereaved group, said that the apology was “not accepted by many of the bereaved because he also claimed…
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