Johnson flounders defending his claim long Covid was "b*llcks" | Covid Inquiry UK

[@chrisd924]

His only regret is that he got caught....

[@molybdomancer195]

He not only regrets being found out, he is realising how he will be reported in history books.

[@lindaengland6521]

They all regret being found out. They thought it amusing when it was happening, but I think this is a smoke screen for something deeper.

[@Lee_303]

​@@lindaengland6521you could be right. Most of them I've never heard of until they got in the news. It's like they've been lined up as the fall guys for this. And after finding out how horrific & incompetent they all are, rightly so.

[@chrispalmer7893]

I don't think we're seeing genuine regret here. What we're seeing the is "naught schoolboy" act which is what he defaults to when cornered. It is designed to try and make him appear to the be the victim and, historically at least, it has worked on a suprising number of people. I'm not sure there are many left on whom it genuinely works, but sadly there are leader writers in several papers who are least prepared to pretend it does.

[@god1971b]

@@chrispalmer7893 James O Brien agreed with your statement.. He said as a private school boy he recognised the mind set.

[@clintonthompson8030]

He dusnot care he's earned 5 million in 6 months greed corruption call it what you like . I scratch your back you make money you scratch my back i make money WHERE DI ALL THE MONEY GO .sum of comes back

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

This is the man who was in charge of the country. People voted for this funny character. My parents think he’s hilarious. Happily ignoring the damage he’s done. Too many think like them and would take him back if they could. The world’s full of ignorance.

[@keepitreal1547]

I don't feel good saying this, but in my experience of people thinking as your parents do, they really are ignorant & lacking in brain cells. Please don't take this offensively, it's only my opinion in what I've witnessed.

[@andydudley1775]

this is not bliss is it

[@G0Lg0Th4N]

It's like talking to a brick wall with these people that think this way. I'll never understand why people are so willfully ignorant.

[@sphinx1017]

Britain is full of ignorant British people unfortunately. Boris makes them laugh and politics is boring anyway so who cares.

[@janeday9148]

CHINA is laughing at all this plus the millions for Lawyers & officials, Johnson did not cause Covid is that hard to understand

[@emmacollett2629]

He has no shame. How can he try to defend this?

[@S.Trades]

There's nothing he won't sink to. There's a reason his own MPs booted him out.

[@b62boom1]

A lifetime of practice.

[@craigmorson]

I agree with you that he has no shame i feel sorry for the other families that lost loved I lost my mother and sister and grandfather in the first lockdown

[@aleccap5946]

Explain the support he still has, and from MP's, explain what law has been broken ? Stop reading the sun and mirror and start using your brain

[@MichaelSmith-ns8ow]

There’s no excuse for missing messages. Especially as even if they were wiped out of His phone the messages are still on the phones that sent them? Unless he’s sold them to the newspapers. They know where they buried the bodies?

[@TheHookahSmokingCaterpillar]

Boris and science go together about as well as Tory and empathy.

[@nl5828]

or all tories and science! michael gove: “people have had enough of experts”

[@nigelhopkinson6614]

The poor cleaner is still looking for the mop head has anyone seen it?

[@isabellewhite3505]

The PM of the UK, during a serious virus, writes Bullocks on a report given to him! He simply wasn't intelligent enough to receive information in a way a PM should digest it, and make serious mature and professional decisions. He was always in, way over his head even before the pandemic.

[@TheHookahSmokingCaterpillar]

@@nigelhopkinson6614 I think Bozo lent it to Trump, something about ketchup on a wall.

[@keepitreal1547]

Get this evil corrupt oxygen thief behind bars asap.

[@sharonramsey715]

Well said.

[@deang5622]

Ain't gonna happen. It has already been established (with Tony Blair) that prime ministers cannot be prosecuted for decisions they make when in power that are part of their job. That's how Blair avoided prosecution for his lies and consequential deaths of thousands in the Iraq war.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

With Hancock, Gove and Sunak.

[@sharonramsey715]

@@petyrkowalski9887 and the list does go on.

[@stevieb6368]

The real shame is upon those who voted his government into power!

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

The blame lies firmly oop north

[@stevieb6368]

@@malcolmmitchell6529 Rubbish!

[@pipins3616]

@@malcolmmitchell6529so it’s BJ fault that Long Covid exists as well. Remember Yuppi flu so who believed in that then in the 90s. This is all a waste of money and time. Let’s move forward and get the country back on track.

[@pipins3616]

The Majority you mean the same who voted Brexit. Bet you parents let you win games to keep you happy as you are obviously a bad loser

[@denisebrown4735]

​@@malcolmmitchell6529The blame lies in an antiquated political fptp system & the establishment which fights tooth and nail to keep the workers in their place barely meeting living costs & the poor subjugated by sanctions - generation after generation masses duped into supporting the status quo - whilst every party when they are in power maintains the wealth & power of the class, economic and political elites. Populism works that's how this buffoon and his cabal got into power. BREXIT & the next big lie Stop the boats.... repeat things over & over again prompted by a right wing media channels and it is gradually believed. Next GE is not the walk over people think. There are pockets all over the UK who still would vote against their own best interests.

[@NSW-ye3xw]

I don’t see the point of this inquiry. No one is going to do anything to Boris. A waste of time and hot air.

[@tomvandersteen5880]

It’s not a trial, it’s an inquiry. Nothing’s supposed to happen to anyone. The point is to issue a report afterwards with recommendations to put in place in case we get another pandemic in future. Wether anyone does put anything in place or not is another question. Don’t get me wrong Johnson should be behind bars for criminal negligence at least, but no point expecting the inquiry to do something it’s not actually designed for.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Yes and it is going to take YEARS supposedly! One country has done theirs in 1 year. This long time is the result of having Tories in power.

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

And vast amounts of tax payers money.

[@macjim]

He regrets getting found out

[@kimpetersen358]

20 years in prison..minimum !!!!!!

[@mima0151]

Isn't it treasonous to try to kill your own people? What is generally done to people who commit treason?

[@mikem9309]

For what crime? Scribbling notes that upset people and turned out to be dumb?

[@mikem9309]

@@user-lr2sm3dm6s haha yeah- instead of exclaiming about my rights and searching for a conspiracy?

[@JoButterwick]

Johnson claiming he was trying to get to the TRUTH about long covid 😂😂😂😂😂

[@frank-r5f8j]

Using his own expression: Bollocks

[@davidfoster9890]

Perhaps it wasn't long covid he was trying to get the truth of. Maybe civic itself. Flu disappeared for 2 years. Total deaths were average(ONS) Pandemic was redefined. Etc. Etc.

[@Ace48239]

How about a ''long flu''?? A ''long syphilis''?? Wake up!

[@iahmedmr]

Long covid host auto manufacturing in reality. Poor us

[@Validifyed]

Im a lot less worried about how he managed covid, than I am shocked at how confidently he lies and bullshits. Being an incompetent leader is one thing, having someone that is so naturally dishonest in any position of power is an entierly different danger.

[@chrispalmer7893]

It's mostly laziness, but it's also a deep-rooted sense that he's entitled to get anything he wants and to do anything he wants.

[@mikem9309]

Tell me it isn’t exactly what we always get. It basically comes down to how convincingly they lie. This isn’t. A great revelation here

[@AlexanderLane-x2p]

All political bodies are professional liar's... Fact

[@kevbrown2532]

As is normal for Johnson he regrets leaving evidence of his thoughts and actions rather than regret of the harm those thoughts and actions did.

[@machman261063]

An unfit individual who was unfit for the office of PM in my opinion. If you don't understand something keep asking questions until you do. Absolutely disgusted by his use of the word B@@@@@k$ and reference to Gulf War Syndrome. Shows complete disregard for the value of human life. My partner who is a health visitor has been diagnosed with long covid. Whilst she was on the front line serving her local community what exactly was he doing?

[@richardmaynard4942]

Respect and good luck to your wife☘️❤️

[@machman261063]

@@richardmaynard4942 Thank you. I wish you and yours every health and happiness too.

[@noramartin96]

He's not giving a fugg as per usual

[@KittyVentura]

He should he jailed for murder and fraud...

[@bigbinji6145]

hee hee ha ha

[@richardmaynard4942]

Very true, however, immoral, lying hypocrites such as Johnson are always protected by the Establishment. When have we seen any senior political figure or corporate CEO charged with illegality which has seriously damaged the general public?

[@sharonramsey715]

Well said. I will second that.

[@michaelstapelberg7751]

a proper rposion not a white colour holiday resort!

[@seanusmcmaximus]

watch him smile behind all his words..just like an incolent school boy being scolded. HE AND LIZ NEED TO BE PUNISHED FOR THEIR ACTIONS

[@karenillingworth4937]

The Duchenne smile. Or ‘Duping Delight’.

[@ferretfriend5458]

Insolent Billy Bunter, god I had forgotten just how false a human being he really is. He is obviously still not accepting any fault 😠

[@volpeverde6441]

the boris grin.... dupers delight....

[@mrdaveythebaby]

I think, if anything, Johnson has put paid to the idea that he is an intelligent man. Even now, with the help of experts and personal briefings, he still doesn't understand ideas that have been assimilated by 15 year olds across the country quute easily.

[@aleccap5946]

People have a brain. Stop listening to the ridiculous media and think for yourself. No law has been broken, seen this in any paper ? How about the mail giving Bojo a 10 million pound deal ? He is money better off now then when he was PM, he gets as an ex PM £2600 a week for life, i have worked 50 years for a pissy £200 a week is this in any paper ? Wake up

[@mrdaveythebaby]

@aleccap5946 What law are you talking about? I'm not sure how your comment relates to what I said...

[@aleccap5946]

@@mrdaveythebaby What law has Boris Johnson broken ? Obviously English is not your first language as i wrote it in clear English 🙄

[@mrdaveythebaby]

@aleccap5946 I didn't say anything about him breaking laws in my comment. Specifically, he broke covid regulations on multiple occasions and brkoe perjury laws repeatedly during his statement to 1. The select committe and 2. To the Covid inquiry. But what's the point in discussing that? You're going to start going on about cake and birthdays. I'm sure he broke the law on misappropriation of public funds to get his gf Arcuri on public finded trips, too. But that has nothing to do with what I said, which is that he is not an intelligent man and that he has trouble understanding stuff that isn't that complicated. Remind you of anyone else? Maybe someone who is a bit aggressive in KZbin comments for no reason?

[@aleccap5946]

@@mrdaveythebaby So, this 3rd enquiry is a complete waste of taxpayers money then, there is nothing this will tell us, that the anti British media withheld from us, or what we don't already know, covid rules were never law as you know, Bojo paid the fine with our tax money 🙄 so full circle No law has been broken 😉

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

Never trust any tory

[@ericharding9866]

Don't think Johnson understands very much at all...😂

[@havennewbowtow8835]

His demeanor is all you need to look at, he is annoyed at being held to account. Typical narcissist.

[@TheHonestPeanut]

0:54 he didn't apologize for being wrong. He regrets people finding out what he said. What an absolute monster. I hope he's stripped if everything and locked up for the rest of his life.

[@seankelly3774]

Boy this complete muppet is something else! I have no words.

[@BritishRosie-es3zr]

"Boris sometimes seems affronted when criticised for what amounts to a gross failure of responsibility (and surprised at the same time ). I think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation that binds everyone else." Written in 1982 about the 17 year old Johnson, from his tutor.

[@mattwright2964]

He is despicable. He's not a scientist, not a clinician and admits he doesn't understand much of the debate but says long covid was "bollocks". That isn't a responsible thoughtful leader weighing up and considering evidence. Just yet another example of his insuitability.

[@Afe.j.69]

The only time blojo has spoken the truth! They knew it was a lie as they wouldn't have been partying during lockdowns! It's adverse reactions causing this! Wake up! 🤬

[@AntGeezer]

Who does he think he’s kidding??

[@mikegartland2953]

Nothing but a lying SCUMBAG!.

[@Me-ie8gl]

How about forgiving Johnson for being an idiot but charging him for the deaths of innocent people and giving him 120 years hard labour or death as a get out!

[@chrislaurenceleo]

If he was not reading the reports from the experts of course he would not have the knowledge required to make correct decisions.

[@garymoore7226]

Too lazy and disinterested to read reports and do his job properly

[@vooveks]

If this isn't a corporate manslaughter-level case, I don't know what is.

[@MrScaramoosh]

Exsperts!, corrupt pseudoscientists.

[@thedoctor4084]

The smirking criminal.

[@verystripeyzebra]

Look how long he has to think about what he says when he is under oath. Not his usual guff, bluster, and bollocks. Though its still bollocks, ges just got to tread so carefully.

[@keithfowler2013]

And now we know what he thinks about our Veteran's, too !

[@brianreaney3626]

Tarred and featered

[@hariowen3840]

Don't everyone and his dog know BoJo well enough to know that it would be an absolute waste of time asking him any questions about anything!

[@archiemitchell8426]

There was and is an awful lot he didn't understand, including how to tell the TRUTH and GOVERN THE COUNTRY. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@MrPetetm]

If you believe any of this is real, you are still being played

[@Afe.j.69]

Well said 👍

[@Bazrad68]

Can we just employ this new rule? Never trust a politician with bad hair. 😂😂😂 What an appallingly inadequate leader Boris was

[@TheCrimsonAvenger]

Well , Boris somehow managed to anul his previous marriages and become engaged whilst celebrating his position. Pity that he found being Prime Minister was a little inconvenient to his lifestyle.

[@kanedNunable]

he was too busy divorcing his dying wife and writing a book. we were in such good hands.

[@kenmay1572]

He wanted the job of PM but didn't want to do the job

[@TheCrimsonAvenger]

@@kenmay1572 I agree.

[@IanMartin-vb3im]

It's all a massive waste of money none of them will go to prison they made their money a we the tax payers were played like suckers

[@dannyw7479]

Spot on.

[@zimmer651]

Boris, talking bollocks and lying, nothing changes.

[@milesgreen9705]

FFS never his fault - always someone else in the wrong. Some leader he is, if any of those misinformed scenarios, has a modicum of truth in it.

[@christopheraaron1255]

1:12 he's sorry he got caught. He just said he is sorry he got caught.

[@RD94389]

Clearly still bollocks 😂

[@kamcg1049]

Johnson did a very difficult job badly. His fellow MP's knew he was never suitable to be Prime Minister, but their desire for power at any cost elected him. The country has and continues to pay a high price for that decision.

[@davidrees570]

What an absolutely despicable person he is .

[@nigelalanwood6781]

Cut the guy some slack, at least he got 40 hospitals built and all the free ports.

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

Please be joking

[@FRANCISJPERIERASANTOS]

As you would/will be told in court, "ignorance is no defence" particularly when surrounded by a multitude of expensive expert/advisors. No conscience at all..

[@paulbarton1738]

Excess deaths are not going away I wonder what could be causing it

[@Lee_303]

He still pushed the eugenics aspect of it in care homes & hospitals though.

[@danieljacobs4200]

It's a shambles

[@JD-ph2jm]

Disgusting what he said. I can explain what it is . I live with it everyday. Really he was trying to stop COVID. Is he for real. What about all the health and social care staff, and care workers that were exposed to it every day, shop workers, were was the Duty of care for them. Alot of us ended up seriously ill, hospitilized. Because of government guidelines. Were is our help now

[@bigbinji6145]

and the same people will fall ill every winter , because most of them drink , smoke, eat bags of sugar and fat and are 5 stone overweight.

[@patphelan5824]

Lock him up he has blood on his hands

[@Wabsy1]

Anyone think he was as ill as he said when he was apparently hospitalised, i remember him hiding in a fridge

[@TonyLee-r6k]

He is a walking Little Britain character

[@johngovus2734]

He should be serving a life sentence.

[@Funnybonesuk22]

Liar, liar 😮

[@Anigmama]

Our lives in his hands 😢

[@paulcarter6146]

Far too many lockdowns a closing the pubs for 7 months was a disgrace 😮

[@paulcarter6146]

@@Borderman47 I haven't got a drink problem but would rather have a drink problem than virtually being locked in your own house.....

[@PDCRed]

Pathological liar.

[@annegoodridge8174]

Totally unrepentant. Squirming like a worm, trying to get off a fish hook.

[@nevg2067]

A narcissist wont ever admit theyre wrong but will double down, get angry and tyen play the victim. Everybody is picking on me !

[@AalexDuthie]

Can I come back about that.Can I tell more lies.

[@Afe.j.69]

Long coof is adverse reactions! 🤬🤬🤬

[@The8224sm]

The captain of the ship, along with his acolytes, who has steered us to where we are today. His name, along with his government, will live in infamy for the rest of history. Alas, he will be financially rewarded for his crimes by those who admire a man of that ilk. Mendacidy was his Modus Operandi. A man who loved to persecute the poor and powerless because he knew they couldn't fight back. They teach you that sort of thing at Eton.

[@jeanmitchell5834]

Yes indeed well put

[@johncolburn6734]

So, you must think everything is bollocks then Boris.

[@rosehill9537]

Boris is now trying to rewrite his own history.

[@SagarPatel-oz3lb]

'they've had a good innings.' - let that sink in readers.

[@fizzedupslade4082]

Only humbled by potential publication of his ignorant remark. Gulf syndrome is a real thing and I imagine his dinings with those in military of his ilk contributed to his mindset about illnesses. At the time we didn't know how long long would be, now of course he has egg on his face because long turned out for many to be lifelong. Shocking he thinks his answer in anyway assuaged us.

[@orchidhouse297]

A master class in how to appear to be a liar and making things up on the fly, and not doing very well.

[@isabellewhite3505]

Let's see what the mainstream press has to say about this habitual liar tomorrow

[@frank-r5f8j]

Well why not ASK for an explanation rather than scrawling BOLLOCKS! After all you were PM! But then that would have required some effort on Bunter's part rather than going on another jolly or photo op.

[@jonibz1456]

"The way you can stop long covid is to stop covid." well that was not on his list of priority's either by the looks of things.

[@rafbarkway5280]

I thought long covid was caused by the Humanized spike thing,. Just remind me... what does the vaccn produce?

[@mima0151]

​@@rafbarkway5280My thoughts exactly😮

[@funbarsolaris2822]

​​@@rafbarkway5280funny that millions upon millions of people got long covid before vaccines had even started production then isn't it? Use your brain

[@jonibz1456]

Long covid was a thing before the vaccine, there is a paper about the spike protein and long covid on the national library of medicine, maybe go and read that and not listen to conspiracy theory's@@rafbarkway5280

[@andrewatherton6166]

"I regret it very much" isn't really saying sorry is it?

[@dannyw7479]

It is not saying sorry and he is not accepting accountability. His pathetic, mumbling and stumbling retort about how he regrets it is solely because he is being called out and rightly so.

[@andrewatherton6166]

@dannyw7479 yes, he knows exactly what he's saying and how he is saying it. Some people will be taken by it and others will see straight through it.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Rather like Not-so-Cleverly claiming he called an MP « a shithole », we all know calling something « bollocks » means « that is nonesense or not true » and not « I dont understand ». Johnson is lying as usual

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

His constituency not him, to call a person a "shithole" is incorrect, it refers to a place.

[@denisesiddon317]

He scted ignorantly throughout this pandemic and should pay. Too many lives were lost throughout due to his negligence

[@liamonconlocha4898]

His language betrays his thinking

[@Edward-uf8mi]

Let's hope Johnson regrets his period of time in office very much indeed. He should regret that the negotiations of his divorce settlement from Chequers took priority over the outbreak of Covid. And he should regret, and should be burdened with regret for the rest of his vain, arrogant and narcissistic life.

[@timothyabraham13]

Disgraceful

[@Lionfish-Hunting]

A liar and a murderer!

[@CAL-zq3dk]

So nothing will happen to him ...got it.

[@Sradders]

Anyone in role of pm needs to have more humility and if they dont understand clinical issues they need to defer to those who do! This arrogant ignorant man has been so negligent in his attitude it makes my blood boil. 😤 not fit for office..and no system to ensure quality or accountability in real time during global crisis! It makes me feel very unsafe .. people who dont understand the consequences of all this really concern me

[@sailormanoyster1849]

His government caused the finance problems we now have😢

[@keepitreal1547]

JOHNSON, read these comments. The country wants you behind bars ASAP.

[@direnova6284]

The crimes against the people of this country just keep coming, why don't these people have to pay for their crimes?

[@gb2827]

Worst PM ever.

[@nicholasbarrell4885]

it is like a lying child being confronted .. the bloke is a car crash!!

[@mikkelclemmensen381]

"Well, I mean...As of course you would in a situation like this, we did consider, at some point, whether the best and most effective action for us to take wouldn't simply be to kill the poor, sell off their belongings and transfer the profits to one of my personal bank accounts...Now, I am of course aware that discussions like these may shock people with insufficient knowledge and experience with how Conservative governments work, but...I, I, I... You know that's just, that's just how it works...Still, and I'm confident that you'll recognize this, we did, ultimately, decide not to go through with the it, as the communication of it might bring undesirable headlines, should the press begin reporting on it...I mean, you know, obviously, I couldn't be seen to, I mean..."

[@davidcoleman3661]

In fairness to Johnson he should never have been PM. It was well known for example through his TV and media work he was totally unsuited for the PM job both intellectually and morally. Those who voted for him bear responsibility for this mess. We elect the Government we deserve. It will take at least a generation to recover from his PM ship.

[@derekwhite2929]

Of course he didn't understand it we've never seen a bioweapon quite like this before!

[@monkeyface6139]

It makes me sad that normal people think that this will make any difference to anything. It won't affect Johnston in any meaningful way, and everyone else is getting paid bucketloads. Enquiry after enquiry...endless bullshit. Sue Gray...anyone remember her...yeah she was gonna sort it all out. It's just a meaningless circus

[@TheOriginalGR8Bob]

To understand long covid Boris should drink a bowl of soup full of it.

[@MotoHikes]

Lock him up for treason.

[@MrDiddyDee]

He truly does regret saying the things he has, not because he has changed his mind or gained any shred of empathy, but because he made the mistake of expressing his own personal views in words that have now been revealed to the public. He did his damndest to cover his tracks in his Whatsapp messages, so what we are hearing is only the tip of the iceberg that he was not been able to hide.

[@roseannemelvin8501]

Blundering, bluffing, manipulating Narcissist

[@johnwalkley6746]

He says bollocks a lot.

[@S.RMarigold]

OMG. Vicky pollock little Britain comes to mind “no but, yeah but, no but”!

[@JimmyTimmy-wh8dz]

Long bollox more like

[@elkezieb3559]

Sad is that as Blair he will walk free and laugh at us

[@nick1065]

But long Covid is bollox

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Nah it's real I keep getting mini versions of it. Purebloob👍

[@nick1065]

@@edmundblackaddercoc8522 Weird this long Covid malarkey. Only seems to affect those that work in the public sector….

[@davidfoster9890]

Affects those who get paid to be off work. Or have had the jibby jabby?

[@rishispewcack5745]

@@davidfoster9890 Looks like the long stupid is still causing you problems.

[@Afe.j.69]

Its adverse reactions to the medical intervention! Wake up people! They never isolated said new novel anything! Many bots also pushing the narrative on this video. It's the only time blojo told the truth 😂

[@aeonparker-white9306]

Long Covid 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@adamd.5919]

Jesus. He doesn't even believe himself.

[@banditalley9592]

Outside of Classical Greek literature, is there anything he understands?

[@bmxerqf882]

Yeah. He understands classical Latin literature too.