‘Nature’s way of dealing with old people’: the damning messages revealed to Covid inquiry

Inquiry sees verbatim messages from Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and Patrick Vallance

Boris Johnson’s indecision over the Covid pandemic and his attitude to the fate of older people were laid bare in evidence to the Covid inquiry on Tuesday.

Verbatim messages from the prime minister and his key advisers, including very coarse language, and other written and verbal evidence represent the most damning testimony to have emerged so far.