James O'Brien's scathing reaction to Covid inquiry revelations | LBC

[@andrewbravery5114]

I am genuinely unsurprised by any of these slowly drip fed details. Can we all agree not to vote Tory ever again?

[@irenehenson4515]

NEVER ever voted Tory and I don't intend to start now x

[@BadgerBoy59]

Prepare yourself for the standard responses of "BUT THE OPPOSITION ARE NO BETTER", and "ANytHIng BuT LIeBOuR". Completely ignoring the travesty of the last 13 years of Conservative Governments gradually grinding-down the country 🙄

[@SpacenSpooks]

I've had these very same people blaming today's immigration numbers on Tony Blair, as if the Tories haven't been in power for the last 13 years to fix the problem they accuse him of making 🤷‍♂🤣@@BadgerBoy59

[@johnbale6343]

Never have, and you have my word that I never will !

[@ac-ss8ln]

Got my vote - bring Boris back 🎉🎉🎉

[@Lynnpjjbdndji]

People voted for Boris because he was funny ...NOT so funny now is he. Totally Incompetent ! Thank you Conservative Voter's and the Conservative MPs who kept quiet for this legacy !

[@FelixBat]

Boris gave the satarists a headache. He sunk the standards of government so low that it became beyond parody.

[@davidellis279]

Your quiet right of course,the only thing we’ve got to hope for now is that Liebour don’t take over where these clowns left off.

[@FelixBat]

@@davidellis279 They cant possibly be any worse. Even if they tried to be. There not as evil. Im quietly optimistic that things will get a lot better. Will take a lot of time to sort this mess.

[@canderson1955]

You are quite correct. What does that say about the electorate?

[@mickbrilliantfootballeroft327]

No. A lot were just Bigots, let us be honest.

[@section8s]

Johnson’s lifetime pension and expenses should be revoked. Manslaughter charges should be brought, to Johnson and his cohorts.

[@charanjitsidhu4733]

@section8s • HEAR ! HEAR !👏👏👏👏

[@annegoodridge8174]

And not just Johnson

[@kanedNunable]

and the lordships he made nullified.

[@thx1187]

Why do that when you can make him a presenter on GB news

[@malcolmrickeard6674]

I totally agree with that comment.

[@yazoo1973]

As an NHS staff member who worked every day of the pandemic, this is no surprise hopefully the public must have woken up to this shower of liars now.

[@limpethead]

Come on love. They are all liars. All politicians. Every single one of them. Who are we kidding here?

[@glenjaques5581]

Did you get chance to do any tik tok vids

[@louiseyvette2261]

How many people did you jab?

[@user-up4ff8uu9w]

Maybe you should of spoke out then instead of hiding and letting people suffer! Too busy doing tiktoks to speak out?

[@yazoo1973]

@glenjaques5581 nah I'm a grown adult, I don't do tik toks!

[@momo8200]

Perhaps, electing public school boys who are arrogant, egotistical and venal isn't the best route to take if you want a government that actually takes into account the safety and welfare of all people.

[@FM-in8pn]

Yeah but do you think these public school boys will let you? that is the million dollar question?

[@momo8200]

Not unless people demand change. The fact that 30 percent will still vote tory after all this beggars belief.

[@blazzz13]

@@FM-in8pn Not just them, but their media chums who make sure to brainwash the electorate.

[@user-xu5vl5th9n]

Lockdowns were never evaluated for safety or welfare on the people. Johnson's critics just wanted a bigger boot stamp on the human face.

[@Phatboino1]

​@@FM-in8pnnever in a million years they love the power too much

[@stanmiggins]

Couldn't agree more James, this is truly sickening and awful to listen to. How has he been allowed to just walk away without any consequences.

[@Caesar-3el]

It's never to late he CAN be dragged back to face charges the evidence is all there

[@Chris-oz9qx]

You are aware O'Brien voted for Johnson yes?

[@teddansonLA]

@@Chris-oz9qx Not for PM he didn't.

[@lawlessheart9810]

Coz he’s muthafkin rich!!

[@petefl1818]

@@Chris-oz9qx No!, how did you find out?

[@gtavmj-1852]

PRISON SENTENCES .... nothing else counts!

[@TheySavedSoldeedsBrain]

Do you want them longer or shorter?

[@Twy87]

@@TheySavedSoldeedsBrain I'll take indefinite, thanks.

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

​@@Twy87I'll take any form of punishment as nothing will happen to any of them

[@louisokeefe8307]

Facts period 5 yrs for each person that perished...

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

@@louisokeefe8307 over 100,000 dead

[@StephenUren-qb6ff]

Boris has never thought about anyone but himself! Always has and always will! How can people be surprised by the 'revalations' from the Covid inquiry?

[@davidowen7793]

Like all politicians

[@petefl1818]

@@davidowen7793 Really! or is that just the best you can do to try to excuse Johnson.

[@thepubquiz3198]

True

[@terryloftus8626]

Bozo is our Trump

[@joeduffy3309]

"What did you think was going to happen when you put this man in charge" Is what should be put on the side of every bus in the UK.

[@V4Now]

Nah, it should say "them" with every conservative PM who failed from Cameron to Sunak.

[@selenao4432]

I think what I find so particularly sickening about this enquiry is the callousness with which they treated the elderly ("nature's way of dealing with old people") whilst simultaneously lauding & revering that generation's courage and bravery during the VE BH in 2020 (because it provided an opportunity for a cheap PR stunt & boosted his popularity - the only thing BJ has ever cared about). We owe our very freedoms and lives to an entire generation that sacrificed & suffered so much and in return they were condemned to hideous, lonely deaths by a heartless, callous government that considered them irrelevant - and why? Because they were considered a drain on the economy rather than an asset. Their lives had value & meaning but to them they were worthless. Utterly repulsive, despicable and evil.

[@Parrotting]

It was the general public. Sure they gave the orders… but the general public did it! The general public’s behaviour was abhorrent

[@shagrat47]

Just remember this, when those politicians are old and need society to care about them, treat them accordingly. 😉

[@lindy-loumaddock5979]

Well said! Spot on.

[@kippertrace5808]

​@yerrisnorris yet people are still going for their jabs. Mental behaviour

[@jimrobin]

"Utterly repulsive, despicable and evil" ALMOST covers it. Truth is that there are too few words in our language at our disposal.

[@JoeD_95]

The worst thing is, is that nobody is surprised. Absolute scoundrels who should be behind bars for manslaughter.

[@PAFC1886]

People were always going to die. You can’t protect every single person in the country……

[@TheDom277]

Can ANYONE see an MP, aid, adviser or indeed the PM of the time facing any sort of punishment? The families that lost people through governmental negligence should have some sort of recompense. But I don’t see anything other than a long worded “Sorry” letter/statement unfortunately.

[@rde4017]

Yep, about 220,000 cases of manslaughter.

[@Loveit1552]

​@@rde4017Over 330,000 if you include Tory Austerity.

[@gyszabolcs]

In our bubble, we're not. There are people out there who think BoJo is one of the boys...

[@bobwatts5662]

Never saw my mother for 18 months. She had cancer and was shielding alone in her flat. When she finally died there were 11 people at her funeral which lasted 10 minutes. We couldn't even meet up with each other to comfort one another. If you voted for this you are culpable.

[@xxGraham1969xx]

Truly sorry for your loss, absolutely disgusting behaviour by this useless government when I read about personal stories like this What got me was ' 11 people attended the funeral (socially distanced of course) which lasted 10 minutes' ...that is this government spitting in our faces and letting you know that your life means nothing to them.

[@andrewlancefield3730]

Lucky we were allowed 6...

[@yahyahussein425]

Mr. Watts, may I ask who you voted for?

[@ScouseLegend]

At least she didnt get a cold.

[@RobertBoyle11]

Man, I am so sorry to read this I honestly am. It honestly enrages me so much. I truly hope you and your family and close one's are doing okay

[@susanmorgan3104]

Prison for Johnson, Sunack & Hancock. Also stripped of their Financial Assets.

[@steveturner6770]

that would be brilliant

[@brekerr]

What depresses me so much is 10s of thousands will still vote for them.

[@Coelacanth1]

If they still do

[@yetidodger6650]

Millions.

[@jamborino2940]

The best thing you can do is shun these people. If they've got to this point in 2023 and still vote for the Tory party whilst ignoring the damage they did before COVID let alone what they did during it then they are beyond all hope and deserve zero attention from anyone.

[@jameselliott8203]

The Labour Party as all others are equally culpable for supporting the Tories ,maybe that needs investigating too.

[@juliegregory3900]

@@jameselliott8203 that's a harsh assessment. Labour and other parties weren't privy to all the information from the different agencies and could only use what the govt fed them. Nor were they included in decision making. If only they had been.......

[@ThomasKing19933]

The government was and still is totally out of control.

[@planemad]

They've never been in control and we a seeing the results I'm not going to list them I'd run out of characters!!

[@TheDom277]

I’d say it’s a little more than being “out of control” at this point after seeing some of those WhatsApp messages.

[@celticsole7542]

Imagine how we feel 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

​@@celticsole7542Saor Alba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@anthonysteel6877]

Have they ever been "in control" ?

[@martynjones8560]

British politics, and Westminster in particular, is stuck so firmly in the "doff cap, tug forelock" deferential past, that the chance of mass-murdering political leaders facing any kind of just retribution is sickeningly remote. We need a complete re-set.

[@robertbolsover2397]

Perhaps joris bohnson was trying to eclipse his hero chinston wurchill in he apparently starved 3,000,000 Bengalis to death

[@LadyDiamondIsHereNow]

It's time for this kind of thing to go. It's unbelievable. A complete betrayal of the fundamental meaning of government - which is to care for the welfare of all of its citizens and to protect them.

[@benwilson6145]

English not British

[@limpethead]

4 words. " weapons of mass destruction!". I take it, you know what that means? And what retribution did Blair get? Zilch. Vote Reform.

[@robertbolsover2397]

Thanks for the update on the quip. Cheers Bob

[@Treehugging_Leftie]

Now will the entire Voting Public believe that Boris Johnson did say, “Let the bodies pile high”?

[@tonykitchenwoodturner7458]

Dream on

[@System-Update]

They won't care. The one thing that Boris was right about was the number of people who are bought into the idea that if it doesn't happen to them, it doesn't matter.

[@19rudy73]

All the evidence in the world will never change the mind of a gammon, innit?@@tonykitchenwoodturner7458

[@leroysimon5692]

👍🏾

[@GWJUK]

You are as bad as them with your Chinese lockdown desire. Happy to let workers deliver your Amazon deliveries whilst you hid away.

[@Markohyay]

Thank you James, it did feel very lonely, talking to other people, trying to point out how inept and disgraceful what was going on. he showed such an absentmined contempt for all other people. I am still in utter dispair, because he will get away with it. It is utterly shameless. Thank you for speaking up

[@korvain69]

It was a DELIBERATE contempt ...

[@jodders619]

Everybody who thought that Boris was a better alternative to Corbyn and voted for Boris, every media outlet who facilitated Boris' rise to power this is on you.

[@gillosborne9516]

At the very least, Corbyn would have cared. He is humble enough to have listened to the medics and scientists. Our country wouldn’t be the laughing stock ofEurope.

[@antonydandrea]

I voted for neither. I voted for my local MP

[@Sapper127]

Unfortunately a lot of the people responsible are Starmer and his supporters in the Labour party.

[@geeksworkshop]

Or it's on the men who did it.....

[@davidmcquillan6399]

Corbyn is also a bell end

[@geraldmonger1921]

It got worse today, Boris said, and to make sure that he was not misunderstood, he wrote down that anyone 60 years old and above should except death and make way for the young to live their lives. He's a monster!

[@wleon4068]

There would have been no hope for me then...according to Johnson.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

There needs to be severe prison sentences for this

[@PAFC1886]

No we need another lockdown forever! Permanent masks and no breathing outside Incase another person might die

[@planemad]

They won't tho. They are never held to account!!

[@WotsisFace]

This won’t even make mainstream news, never mind a court room 🙄

[@bigkdog5091]

"Lessons have been learned..."

[@stephenford5839]

What about those who developed covid? Prison or reparations?

[@TheGdel]

OMG, what a piece! Thank you for such a brilliant, inspired, authentic and healing piece of journalism. Thank you for putting this on air.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Everyone in the country needs to know this

[@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510]

They won't. Have you seen any of this on mainstream TV or newspapers? No, you haven't.

[@Loveit1552]

​@@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510Try reading 'The Guardian'.or watching 'Channel 4'

[@ozzie2612]

@@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510 only live coverage everyday on the bbc

[@normanchristie4524]

@@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510No, the Tory information machine will try to ensure that this is buried along with the dodgy PPE and the 200,000 poor souls who were sacrificed on the alter of Toryism. SAD!

[@donnalomax8776]

The whole system needs to be dismantled. Incompetent and corrupt

[@cameronclarkhull]

'let the bodies pile high'... no other words needed

[@2thre3]

Just your daily reminder that it's we the people that let this happen and are still letting it happen. They answer to the masses and the masses are as ignorant as they are. A government is a reflection of it's people.

[@vincentadika8562]

Indeed! ❤.

[@vietashroffoliver2521]

Exactly what an accurate statement

[@acrodave9287]

As the saying goes; "If you put the Crown on a Clown, the Palace becomes a Circus." It follows that if you put the Crown on a pirate, the country becomes a pirate ship. 13 years is all it took.

[@kanedNunable]

yup. ISIS sat watching thinking 'wow, we didnt have to do anything, they did it themselves'

[@paulhammond6978]

I've heard the term "bed blocker" used before in talk about the NHS. That's usually referring to a person in the hospital who is actually well enough to be discharged, but cannot be discharged because there is no safe place to release them to - either the person has no-one who can help care for them at home, or there is no available place in social care, and it's not possible for that person to safely care for themselves at home.

[@fabpeter9764]

Why are they STILL in Government when they should be in jail? Crimes against humanity!!!

[@frankjaffray8148]

They won’t do that because they are they are better than the rest. What’s the point of the inquiry cause nothing is going to happen to them. He will still get his pension.

[@tommygunn1887]

The main players are no longer in government. They robbed the country then left their positions. Yes they should be jailed.

[@annmonica2253]

​@@frankjaffray8148and we, the tax payers, will be footing the enormous bill for the enquiry too.

[@garybrooks5296]

​@@annmonica2253don't lose sight of the fact it was the tax payer that pushed for this enquiry so we can't moan when we have to pay for it can we?

[@robscillitoe]

Because there are no feasible alternatives and haven't been for a number of years.

[@mariannelindsell6042]

I am SO sorry to everyone who lost loved ones to the pandemic. This must be searing news, even if you already suspected it. I learned my lesson about the Tories during Thatcher's 2nd term when they were selling off the utilities to people who already had money, bombarding us all with ads about it. I voted Labour at Thatcher's 3rd election, and every one since. We each have our own journey to reach the voting decisions we make. I am just sorry that it has been so painful and so fateful for so many.

[@teddansonLA]

@@chrimbus71 I don't recall labour saying, in March 2020, that they agreed the lockdown should be delayed. That's one of the the key decisions, and it was Johnson alone who bears responsibility for messing it up. Almost everyone in his team wanted more decisive action.

[@chrism415]

There has to be something more useful to the population than a broken, corrupted system. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― Buckminster Fuller

[@stephenmartin563]

Anyone who voted tory, for whatever reason, is to blame for this.

[@steveg4334]

Yes, but Labour would have done the same, if not worse. They are all puppets of the same regime. If you think you'd be better off with one than the other, you don't have a clue whats going on. Other western countries are in the same boat.

[@jonmoore873]

I don’t entirely agree as your average Tory voter may be selfish or greedy but even they couldn’t expect this level of contempt. They can shut up about patriotism though.

[@kenmay1572]

And Conservative MP's in equal measure

[@mohsdef]

Labour will be no better. All cut from the same cloth

[@ozzie2612]

@@mohsdef troll

[@estherpage2107]

James, James James, ,YOU and people like you put this man in charge.

[@Markfarrar60]

We were clearly expendable, the only thing that matters to these criminals, is money

[@Markfarrar60]

@@rightmeduck liz truss crashed the economy without the threat of losing your life,you are utterly deluded

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

We continue to be expendable. If they could get away with it, we would be as expendable as innocent people in Palestine or Israel.

[@bluesunquake]

We still are

[@mickeyfrancismcdaid]

They are confirming Johnson is a gormless monster.

[@PaulK-ve1pu]

I used to live in posh Chichester, surrounded by Tories who thought Johnson would be a jolly wheeze as PM. I told them there would be a terrible price for this glibness, but I never saw Covid coming. Three of those Tories died of it.

[@Lynnefromlyn]

And I cannot shed any tears for them either.

[@petegonad]

And their families are no doubt still tories

[@justinquinn5780]

Anybody that cared to study Johnsons carer would realise making him leader of the Conservative party then PM it was never going to end well

[@Twy87]

Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

[@marciawalters7528]

Terrible 😮

[@prideofdurham4776]

I can remember the first thing people asked you was "Have you had the jab?" not "How are you?" Those that said no were shunned like the plague.Johnson should be imprisoned without trial , how can a person openly and repeatedly lie on TV and embezzle billions without trial is beyond me.

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

This is Trumpian politics. Boris has his cult following that would likely vote him back into office

[@jackoh991]

Not sure how the two are related

[@dolly22215]

I don’t listen to JOB as I can’t stand him, but I’m prepared to bet my life savings that he never once went against the narrative during the entire pandemic, and never once stuck his head above the parapet and stood up for those who questioned lockdowns, or taking the jab!

[@timaustin2000]

​@@dolly22215because,... Those people are nuts? Sorry: both WERE necessary. They just were.

[@bluesunquake]

Right?

[@robertfmorton]

And of course, there is a practical media blackout on this issue!

[@gjaxx]

Just as a very convenient war arrived to delay johnson's ousting, so it is with events in Gaza keeping the Covid Inquiry revelations off the front pages... Dead Cats'R'Us

[@ianchisholm5756]

My dad (80-something) has been saying for years 'I love Boris because he makes me chuckle' and 'You can't criticise Boris for doing his best'. Interested to see how those views are holding up today.

[@wellwell7950]

They should be on the front of all newspapers

[@acewhisper38272]

Or maybe we should just drop the whole thing and move on to try correct things, instead of making it worse and running the country into the ground.

[@wellwell7950]

​@@acewhisper38272 how are you meant to correct things, if you hide them

[@Alex-cw3rz]

​@@acewhisper38272 how can you correct thing, is you don't tell people what went wrong?

[@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510]

​@@acewhisper38272Ace. When your mum dropped you on your head as a baby. She should have swept you under the cupboard and got on with something valuable.

[@Twy87]

@@acewhisper38272the Tories have already run the country so far into the ground it's about to enter the rhetorical equivalent of the Earth's Inner core.

[@kearseymorton2078]

There absolutely needs to be consequences for those awful incompetent people making those terrible decisions that resulted in the deaths of thousands. if there are none, we need to change the whole system because it is completely rotten

[@MantisEnergy]

The only surprising thing is that we all watched it happen but since then we've been drip fed what we already knew for years

[@simplelife6827]

Boris and Co should have their assets seized, donated to charity, and then be imprisoned for a considerable amount of time.

[@FelixBat]

They are too wealthy to go to prison. They have armies of the best lawyers.

[@clivedavies5618]

Rory Stewart challenged one of his Tory MP friends who had voted for Johnson in his failed bid for the Tory leadership. "You know he'll be a disaster don't you?" asked Rory. "I know he will, but he's an election winner!"

[@jamesprice4647]

Party before country, as ever.

[@steveg4334]

Stewart is another Mason/WEF puppet, they are all in on it. Have to be, or get booted off the gravy train.

[@andymcdonald8922]

​@@HydraulicJackhe didnt do anything. Ever

[@ray-wm7yd]

​@@HydraulicJack Hopeless Boris couldn't run a bath. Stop fooling yourself

[@tarlochankaliroy1030]

​@HydraulicJack hindsight?? Our TV screens were full images of hospitals in Italy, Spain, etc, with patients lying on the floor corridors . Governments in the Europe were stopping travel inbound ; what was boris advocating? Take a test if you want. No travel ban lessons learned from other countries who were hit first. No there's no need for hindsight we saw the disaster being allowed to happen in real time; same as the cover up. 🤔🤔😠

[@benji.B-side]

Johnson went against scientific advice and told families they could meet up for Christmas. I never went to my family meeting at Christmas, in which 5 member caught Covid. My beautiful, health sister was admitted to hospital a few days later and never came back home. Johnson, Rishi and some of the others, have caused families like mine so much pain and grief. When this contempt and callous party get voted out of power, I will feel a little justice has been done. But sadly, we'll never get full justice and these people will go on to make millions and not care one bit.

[@piranhaofserengheti4878]

You totally forgot that "scientific advice" was 10x off in their predictions?

[@bluesunquake]

I'm so sorry

[@lorenzobianchini4415]

The supporters of Boris have indeed got blood on their hands!! Yes you mate!!!!

[@charanjitsidhu4733]

@lorenzo ianchini4415 • WELL SAID.👏👏👏👏👏

[@lorenzobianchini4415]

@@chrimbus71 Earlier lockdown and not being encouraged to congregate in large groups to rescue the economy over the health of the nation by Sunak encouraging people to flock to restaurants for reduced meals .He was especially guilty of putting the economy before people's lived only to be Unelected Prime Minister today referred to as Dr Death!!

[@JerzyFeliksKlein]

To be honest I'm starting to appreciate the Orwell' "ignorance is bliss". I suspected they were dumb and incompetent. Now I'm learning how much worse than my expectatios they were and I don't feel happier or safer for it. It's actually terrifying.

[@annemoncrieff3875]

A local fish salesman said that overnight sending fish to france trebled in price and the paperwork, well even worse. Yet today little england govmt announces 6k businesses close down this year in little engkand and wales but never mentioned brexit. Only cost of electric, rates etc. They r the lowest of the low.

[@paulgibbon5991]

But the Brexiteers got their blue passports!

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

This entire enquiry is pointless if there aren't repercussions to the behaviour of this appalling government.

[@brusselssprouts560]

Disgusting and disgraceful. All of those involved should be interred and prevented from coming anywhere near real people. They are feral to their core.

[@FM-in8pn]

Money over human life

[@marilynvallance]

Thank you James. I was following you throughout and I knew you were right then but I fear nothing will happen to these charlatans.

[@markwarren848]

If anyone says they're surprised about the government's behaviour during the pandemic are tories . Everyone else knew what was going on ⚒️

[@helenswan705]

Astonishingly, the Covid inquiry isn't making the headlines every day! I thank you for expressing our anger. For me, and I lost my Dad during lockdowns although not to Covid, for me I don't imagine we could have saved everyone. What I hate is that they DID NOT DO THEIR BEST. If they had done their jobs, done their best, i could forgive.

[@christinacramsie5646]

The media are on their side that's why. All cowtowing to those at the top in Government. They will only show what they have to. Lost my Dad to Covid, I'm just waiting for Johnson to give evidence. Wonder if he will lock himself in a fridge this time.

[@WVislandia]

But isn't it the calling card of the Tory Party that none of them feels obliged to look at what any of the rest of them are doing? It seems like Sunak didn't bother himself to consider whether any of this was going to come out or not because he didn't bother himself to look at what BoJo or any of the government were doing. That way he didn't have to stick his head above the wall to say 'wait? why are you doing that? have you thought about what it will cause?' He didn't bother to ask himself that either. The entire bunch of them consider that they can quite happily go on doing whatever they want without a thought for anyone else. Why allow them anywhere near a government position?

[@hanfleet]

You are absolutely correct. The situation is insane. :(

[@problemsolverthinktank859]

We must bring more attention to this inquiry.

[@simonwatson2399]

Unfortunately the same media that promoted brexit and promoted Johnson are also burying the enquiry as much as they can.

[@malcolmturner214]

I thought exactly this would happen unfortunately , he was a clown as London mayor and I couldn’t believe the stupidly of the English to vote him in as P M he’s a child and being P M was this child’s dream job , even he couldn’t believe it , 2 papers for brexit one for in and one for out then go with the flow even though he knew it was madness

[@happinesstan]

But Corbyn was the danger because he wouldn't destroy the world without trying peace first.

[@VoidDragon82]

You gave too much credit, or held too much hope, for common sense and decency to still hold sway in the English voters.

[@bluesunquake]

Yup

[@Ominousheat]

And right before the inquiry began he joined GBN🤔The typical narcissists response to criminal accountability is to try and promote their image in a positive light in true Big Brother fashion.

[@thomaswitten8129]

I’m South African (45) married to UK citizen (though not living in uk, never have). Grew up (as did many SA citizens) with an admiration for uk politics and their apparent integrity and other virtues. This genuinely makes me sick to my stomach- like a hollowness inside. Worst still is that so many would have him back! Huh?!? What’s happened?! Or have I always been deluded??

[@datingdave1310]

As usual, James is 'spot on' with his tongue-in-cheek analysis of BloJo and his inept government...

[@Alsushi.]

So glad I didn't fall for the whole scam and remained pure blood human.

[@shaunwoods8482]

To Give a Platform to a Proven Liar or Liars is as Dangerous as it comes !

[@doloreswilliams6826]

It's not just B Johnson are the people who did nothing about it. Talking between themselves made no difference. Too many people died because of Johnson and the people who did nothing. they all should be made accountable.

[@celticsole7542]

Scotland has only been warning the english elecorate about cruel tory callousness forever…but NOW they are been treated with the same contempt by tories they voted for and don’t like it very much…imagine how we feel having them imposed on us despite never having voted for them…go ahead england let them off with it and vote tory again all but assuring independence for us in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@MrEpicwizard]

Really? you are going to blame all of England? I'm a scouser and i have a few choice words if you believe Liverpool wanted this cease pool

[@celticsole7542]

@@MrEpicwizard not ALL just the vast majority that vote them in time and time again

[@celticsole7542]

@@MrEpicwizard does Liverpool have its own government?

[@kanedNunable]

@@celticsole7542 no but scousers dont vote tory. its their best quality.

[@Paul-eb4jp]

Some of Scotland has been warning some of England.

[@rogermurphy1154]

Anyone with a braincell knew he was demonstrably unfit for office.

[@bodybalanceU2]

obviously they were in the minority

[@simonwatson2399]

Even in 2019 less than half the country voted for the Tories. We don't even have the tyranny of the majority, it's the tyranny of the minority.

[@LordBillington42]

What's astounding is that his position didn't change at all after being hospitalised with COVID himself! Sign of a true sociopath.

[@kanedNunable]

he locked down finally after he got sick and the country was infested with it. which was too late and pointless then.

[@frankieelen7238]

I'm not convinced, in the slightest, that Boris actually had Covid. I remember reading that he was sitting up in bed reading magazines.... in Intensive Care ?!?!? Talk about being a "Bed Blocker". 🤬🤬🤬

[@slipperydouglas8263]

⁠​⁠@@frankieelen7238I was an intensive care nurse during the pandemic and this isn’t as unlikely as it seems, he was probably a very soft admission because of who he was and only needed high flow oxygen overnight. Having said that, I wouldn’t put much past this absolute shambles of a government at this point.

[@snowiecat456]

@LordBillington42. No not simply a sociopath... a nasty Malignant Narcissist. See my earlier comment.

[@malcolmrickeard6674]

Thats if ! He had covid?? Their all liers.

[@rhonddalesley]

It makes me wonder what was said that isn't on record as if this isn't despicable enough.

[@peterharris1672]

No accountability means freedom to be reckless has priority over the rights and reasonable expectations of a population. There needs to be a rethink about political responsibility.

[@marcjay3959]

"I wonder who's lives they thought were worth saving?' ... That hit harder than I expected it to.

[@bluesunquake]

Theirs

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

These revelations come as a surprise to absolutely no one.

[@andrewhulson4000]

I for one was shouting " do not put Boris Johnson in Downing Street" from day 1. The majority was fooled by his 'Emperor's new clothes' to really see what sort of a leader he was...... WE SHOULD NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE AGAIN....

[@happinesstan]

I've been saying it since his first appearance on HIGNFY. It was patently clear he had designs on it, back then.

[@vickyking3408]

My brother died in hospital from Covid, never even got to go to his funeral through Covid

[@gtavmj-1852]

Jesus.... I'm so sorry for you. This lot deserve to be in Jail.

[@captain007x]

​@@gtavmj-1852And Boris partied. Sorry for your loss of final goodbyes.

[@marktony9737]

No matter what comes out of this enquiry, they will all walk away with new titles and pockets full of cash. There will be no punishment what so ever.

[@davide8741]

When someone reacts with 'surprise' to a horror in the recent past, it's a deliberate attempt to avoid complicity...

[@mikedavis-kp1sx]

I have always thought that Jonson did not get ill. It was to shift the narrative.

[@lynnezabek]

You are so correct. He done stunts like this all the time.

[@alanbeaumont4848]

If it were a wartime situation some callousness is understandable and many protagonists go through agonies of conscience . But when all you are fighting for is the money it is beyond contemptible. See also the blood transfusion and Post Office prosecution scandals.

[@crazyman8472]

They thought they’d get off scot-free no matter what…and so far, they have. 🤦‍♀️

[@johnjephcote7636]

"A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic." - Josef Stalin.

[@benammiswift]

It's hard to listen to this when you were one of the standard Corbyn sneerers at the time. You can't attack and ridicule Johnson's opposition constantly and then point the finger at everyone else for electing him without without a modicum of shame for having some part in it

[@omenoftheundead7099]

This isn't a 2 party system.

[@teddansonLA]

Corbyn was not electable, and to point that out was completely fine.

[@benammiswift]

@@teddansonLA it was people in the media sneering that he was unelectable that made him unelectable

[@simonwatson2399]

No, it was Corbyn's policies that made him unelectable, just like Foot and Kinnock. The difference between though was that Corbyn was honest about his true beliefs, whereas it has taken this public enquiry and forced publication of government communication to reveal Johnson's true beliefs and opinions.

[@user-mg3xr9tz7m]

Nothing of this would have been possible if 99% of the media was not complicit and James needs to start including the mainstream media as one of the key responsible not only on this but on almost everything that is wrong currently. They are not holding power to account. They are power’s PR/marketing team

[@Danielb4737]

Boris and all those around him should be charged with criminal negligence at the very least. I am disgusted by the lack of empathy and responsibility that they exude. I knew who he was from the very start and tried to warn others, i do not take any pleasure in saying 'i told you so'.

[@maryjanewarren4369]

OMG I lost my last family member to covid I can't understand how this is ffs just wow 💔

[@bluesunquake]

That's tragic. I'm so sorry.

[@eddiekelly3224]

What gets my goat is the fact the dodgy ppe dealings carried out by their mates won’t serve a sentence, and they will all get off with a slap on the wrist. Their contempt and arrogance will just grow.

[@swp12]

It seems to me that the stuff that is coming out of the enquiry is being downplayed and somewhat hushed up. Am I right? Why aren't people outside screaming at Johnson and Cummings and Sunak and Handcock et al?? Why?? Keep shouting James...

[@bob23301]

I use to say in a joke like fashion that a tory was so devolved of humanity that while in government they would sit around the cabinet table discussing and plotting how the country could happily afford to lose all the sick, disabled, unemployed and elderly............and here we are finding out it was actually true.

[@1flinns]

Some of us knew how bad this man was. It's not like he hid what kind of man he is. Hope the people that gave him power learn something from this. I think It's worse than that. The delay had purpose, They had to get there duck's in a row so they can find a way to rake it in, can't open a PPE firm in 24 hours.

[@davidcollins9335]

Not a man

[@tersecwalsingham5778]

The missing messages are pure criminality and a slap in the face to what most poeple went through. That there will be no justice is increadbly sad.

[@lmg7503]

Sunack and Johnson what a scam.

[@neilclay5835]

For me, it's always been the memory of the day when Italian hospitals were struggling, and our government were clearly still of the belief that it might not make it over here. I'll never forget that day.

[@dolly22215]

Only the Italian hospital system wasn’t over-run. You were shown nothing but fear mongering propaganda!

[@bluesunquake]

I remember that. I was going mad.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Also keep in mind how economically illiterate Boris is. The economy is made up of people, to save the economy you need to save people. The countries that did the best economically in the pandemic had quick lockdowns which meant short because their were less cases to go through the population. They could then open up when there were 0 cases and consumption would go back up to close to pre-pandemic levels as people would feel safe. Whereas in the UK we had 2 years of people feeling unsafe, as numbers never dropped to 0, we had long lockdowns because they had left them too late. The economy was left in tatters and over 100,000 people d ying, 18th highest d eath toll per capita on the planet and highest island nation on the planet per capita.

[@acewhisper38272]

Pretty sure other countries had higher death tolls than Britain did mate

[@wellwell7950]

​@@acewhisper38272 they said 18th highest per capita and highest per capita of any island. Do you understand what that means?

[@Alex-cw3rz]

​@@acewhisper38272 I literally said 18 countries had higher rates.

[@johnwhalley8270]

​@@Alex-cw3rzYeah, but our country is an island. We kept the Germans out with that, how couldn't we keep a virus after we 'took our borders back'?

[@datingdave1310]

... 200,000+ deaths attributed to Covid-19, not 100,000!

[@anthonysmith8800]

Is this what voters wanted when they repeatedly said, "Boris is a character "; "Boris is Boris"; "He'll get things done" etc. Are those people pleased with their choice? Did any of them lose family or friends? Do they have anything to say to those who did?

[@DavidFerriday]

As someone who lost someone during the pandemic it's beyond anger. We might need to create a new word for it. Did they not care for the elderly because they wouldn't be around to vote for them in the future so they didn't matter?

[@chrisserna5763]

Feel the same that i have for the past 10-15 years if im honest. The government has had no shame for so long, i honestly just feel numb to them now. Our government rotted from within years ago

[@Hensh11567]

Such a pity Lucy Letby and Beverley Allitt wasn't Johnson's nurses when he was in hospital with Covid.

[@annem5899]

Well said James ,this lot are beyond contempt ,utterly disgraceful ,and what is going to happen will they face charges no just brushed under the carpet as always so so wrong .

[@railworker8058]

In October 2020, as the pandemic chewed down on humanity, my employer refused to rescue my coworker and I when he became seriously ill with covid. At the time, we were in a safety critical situation while operating a train in a remote location, his condition and my exposure to him endangering tens of thousands of people as well as a sensitive environment. People like Johnson and Sunak run rail companies too. This is why we strike.

[@CoreyCarrington-g6h]

The phrases used by cabinet ministers and staff ring loudly of mismanagement at the least, and manslaughter at the worst.

[@AcademyMike]

Sadly, these revelations aren't surprising.

[@acewhisper38272]

I mean so what if there's death in a country it's bound to happen, if there's a pandemic and it kills people don't expect no deaths. Yeah sure it's sad people died but it happens everyday, so why should the gov be blamed for a natural thing.

[@wellwell7950]

They may not be suprising, but we need to give as much condemnation as possible and prison

[@andrewrobinson2565]

"money, treated with ... reverance".

[@paulandhisguitars]

You helped put him in power James. You were more interested in a small amount of antisemitism in the labour party than who was going to be PM. Corbyn put together a shadow response team to covid when china announced its existence, and sent ashworth over to the health ministry to see what the pandemic plans were, just incase it became one. Boris missed 6 cobra meetings in a row.

[@lindy-loumaddock5979]

There should be CONSEQUENCES for these abhorrent people!! WHO in their right mind wants ANYTHING more to do with him!! It boils my blood!!