Boris Johnson hits back at Truss and Sunak saying he got Covid lockdown calls okay

The two aspiring PMs have been accused of rewriting history to impress right-wing conservative members, claiming they weren't in the game. comfortable with the restrictions at the time

Boris Johnson has defended lockdown decisions as Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak try to impress right-wing Tories (

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Boris Johnson pushed back on comments from would-be prime ministers Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak - saying the lockdown decisions during the Covid crisis were correct.

Both aspiring Prime Ministers have been accused of rewriting history to impress right-wing Conservative members, saying they were uncomfortable with the restrictions at the time.

Former Chancellor Mr Sunak claimed independent experts had too much power, while Foreign Secretary Ms Truss last night questioned 'draconian' measures put in place to save lives.

An investigation into the response to the Covid crisis is underway, with bereaved families sharply criticizing the government's failure to protect their loved ones.

Today the Prime Minister said that if the government does not lock down the country during the pandemic, "heart delays, hip delays, cancer treatment delays or other procedures that people care" would have been "even bigger".

Rishi Sunak said independent experts have too much power (

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He added: "I'm just giving you my perspective, which is that...about the decision to try to stop the spread of Covid, and with all the things we've done.

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"Of course the inquest will have to look at those decisions. I'm very confident that they were the right ones. I just want to remind people of the logic because I think there's a bit...