It’s being claimed that the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson didn't believe the country's health system could be overwhelmed by Covid-19, according to his former aide.
Dominic Cummings gave his first TV interview to the BBC overnight, and revealed Mr Johnson held out on re-imposing restrictions last Autumn as the people who were dying were "essentially all over 80".
Mr Cummings also said the British Prime Minister said in meetings that he should never have agreed to the first lockdown in spring 2020.
He said Boris Johnson was very against the idea of restrictions
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