Boris Johnson sat “head in hands” and said “we are too shit to get our act together” during a meeting as Covid spiked in September 2020, according to Patrick Vallance.
In his evidence session at the Covid inquiry this morning, more diary entries from the former chief scientific adviser were shown highlighting the government’s indecision at the height of the pandemic.
“5 hrs of meetings with the PM. He came back from Battle of Britain memorial service and was distressed by seeing everyone separated and in masks – ‘mad and spooky, we have got to end it’,” an entry from 20 September 2020 stated.
