Reaction to Day One of Boris Johnson’s Covid Inquiry evidence | LBC
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- LBC reporter Charlotte Lynch has watched an entire day of Boris Johnson's evidence at the Covid Inquiry so you don't have to. She runs through the important bits with James O'Brien and Shelagh Fogarty.
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A guy who had so many extra marital affairs and undisclosed children definitely knows how to factory reset his phone.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
This country has a terrible problem with holding the rich and powerful to account. Sweeping change in how we deal with prosecutions has to be brought about. This despicable excuse for a man will walk away from this and set up his children to tread in his footsteps. We’ll never be free of Johnsonism until we hold men like this to account with jail time, fines and disqualification from holding public office.
"It's a big club, and you're not in it" George Carlin.
These mugs in the Media all played along with it.. they forget that some of us remember their propaganda they were told to spew
End of the day he accepted responsibility even decisions that he didn't make (eat out scheme). Also a valid point made about population density.
The French Revolution never made it to these shores.
@@Zakalwe76 not yet...
How can anyone believe a proven liar??
It’s okay he’s in the club
All the government was concerned about was how much money they could steel from the public purse, by handing out lucrative contracts!!
Bingo!.......and they still are.
yup. somehow after 13 years of austerity the tories have tripled the national debt.
Yes you are correct while they want to control us working middle class people with large fines
Notice as usual it isnt a real apology at all… he says he is « sorry for the loss and suffering… » but not for his utter contempt in which he held all of us.
He has zero empathy for anyone ....which puts him among psychopaths, narcissists....those creatures stripped of their humanity.....
How can he be sorry for what he still continues to display?
Indeed, pure non apology
It's always "I'm sorry for your feelings" or something along that line.
A version of 'I'm sorry if...'
Sick
'Let the bodies pile high' Remember that one Boris? Your apology comes from nothing and means even less!
...and he meant that literally...I would never say anything I didn't really mean.....and neither would you.
They did indeed pile high, and people still call it a failure.
Loads of their friends made millions too, and yet folk insist they’re inept.
@@stevendurrant1724 Oh, I love a bit of sarcasm! (it seems to be the only thing that fules me these days). But Yup, you're right! It's hard to believe they didn't know what they were doing. What a sham and what shame! I get exactly where you are coming from! x
@@stevendurrant1724 That made me wince. I won't say well done but.....well said
Boris Johnson and the rest of the Conservative government need to be brought to Justice.
If only
On that note, let's *not* use his words to describe the situation.
What for?
@@nizviz If you don't know I can not help you.
@@tonylloyd9285 what you mean is, you can't answer because you don't know.
A former (sacked) and current journalist who cannot operate a mobile phone? He lies and lies and lies.
When they were using Whatsapp messages, unless they deliberately switched off the auto back-up option, the App would automatically save a copy of any messages to a central server. That's exactly why Ministers should not be allowed use their personal phones. On Departmental issued smartphones the auto back-up function cannot be switched off and all messages would be saved to a secure governmental server.
They'll just have two phones then with lies on the one they show to us & the truth on the other one?@@petergaskin1811
Funny he ran London Successfully got it Right it for Eight Years ! Better than the Present Incumbent who is taxing you all to the Hilt. !!
He basically said " I am a terrible manager of a team, I encouraged a fractious, chaotic, foul-mouthed environment in the workplace, despite knowing of the intimidation it caused and the concerns raised by co workers. This 'positively' negative work environment caused us to drop the ball multiple times, led to an increased death toll, all while we didn't follow the rules we set for other people"
But it's not my fault. Don't forget its not my fault.
@@LoveProWrestlingbut don't forget I did accept responsibility, I just deny there was any
Boris knows he will never be held to account for his tyrannical behaviour
Tories know they will never be held to account too when they can lie through their teeth with pithy excuses.
And his attitude shows this knowledge is uppermost in his mind.
Johnson…
Johnson. He's not your mate
Black Eye club!
This man stood up in Parliament for months bragging about getting the big calls right, knowing he bolloxed up the whole time! People lost their lives because of this baffoon and his useless accomplices!
He got one right the day he left Downing Street.
tory's choice to inflict untold years of 'austerity' (AKA: cuts to a whole nation just so tax can be cut for corporations) has killed an estimated 400,000 so far. Source: British Medical Journal (NOV 2017 issue).
strangely NO uk news outlet reported the (oxford & cambridge uni) study's catastrophic findings ! i wonder why.
They're all in it together, and now we're all facing ruin...and STILL they carry on their scam!....'free market' / deregulation...my foot !
When I was in my 20’s / 30’s I was actually proud to be English/British now in my 50’s I’m ashamed, ashamed by what this government have turned us into. We need as a country to come together, rebuild and never ever let the Tory’s get in power again.
Yes it's a shame to be British but at least we are not Israeli.
In my 60s and was ashamed in 2016 and have never recovered a sense of pride in this xenophobic sewer which is now the UK
@@Farokudagelapyes. But sadly our government and opposition support Isreal.
just getting my head round- are you for or against lockdowns? as lockdowns are the antithesis of building.
We need far more than not letting the tortes in again.
We NEED criminal proceedings, prosecutions, imprisonment, stripping of Golden Pensions, second homes, all MP benefits to show those entering office the consequences.
The dignified protesters held up words saying “the dead can’t hear your apologies”
Johnson DOESN'T want to hear. He just does NOT care a jot.
Wine quaffing, pocket filling jollies, yes!
People and their livelihoods. No!
BJ - 'I don't remember' - 'I wasn't told' - 'I wasn't in that COBRA meeting' - 'It's the Scientists fault' - Summary of todays evidence.
Hate to defend him but let’s face it, he didn’t turn up to a lot of the Cobra meetings despite being PM! 😂
@@bluegold21...aren't there minutes he would have read?
@@minimalist279 Decisions concerning the literal lives of millions shouldn't just be left in the inbox. COBRA meetings are meant for quick decisive action. The PM has to be there to sign off on drastic actions. It's all part of being representative and accountable to the people.
Does he mention minutes during his testimony? Enquiring minds would like to know.
@@minimalist279They went with the WASSAP texts. To the local landfill.😊
That's not fake contrition on his face; it's irritation at being questioned. You see it every time people don't take his word at face value.
Boris should have a tattoo on his back,'kick me'.I'd prefer a bullseye 🎯.
Yes. He doesn’t care. Not one bit. This enquiry is a minor irritation to him. He should be facing criminal charges as far as I’m concerned.
is that wrong to be irritated
@@michaelwallden7261 strange question
and U cant answer the question...@@christopherwhittaker2620
He was smirking all the way through, he is a complete disgrace!!!!
I had to stop watching, disgusting.
Think he just suffers from a permanent case of resting smirk face.
...James is always smirking because he's always right!
I noticed that. He’s absolutely vile. He should face criminal charges in my book.
@Christopher...for the disastrous lockdown...absolutely agree...should have listened to Stalmer!
It's easy to spot when Johnson is lying. It's the smirk. He simply cannot hide the smirk when he is lying. It's an expression that says "I don't know how I get away with it, but somehow I do." Utterly contemptible.
He lies when he opens his mouth.
I've always thought that when he does the smirk, it should be called out. It would be a legitimate challenge. Something along the lines:
"This is a very serious matter, and you appear to be grinning. Why?"
I saw this the very first time he came to prominence and the fact that he was chosen by a party as their leader was the obvious final straw.
Yeah that slight smirk always gives it away
The hate, disgust, loathing, and anger I have toward that man thing. Nothing I think will ever match it.
He has apparently spent hours with lawyers going over things that will crop up in the sessions - looks like they worked overtime on his "don't know" and " I cant recall that" responses...
copied directly from the corporate criminal's play book. designed and rolled out in courts all across the 'west' from the early 80s.
I remember him standing up in parliament and taking full responsibility before, yet he did not resign and no consequences were imposed on him. His taking responsibility is just words reeled of to get through the immediate situation, in the expectation they won't come back to bite him, and he certainly won't voluntarily impose anything meaningful or honourable on himself.
PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE protects him from ever being held accountable for anything he says while he's in there and its in session. and that unspeakably wicked psychopath knows that all too well.
As with everything else, he didn't take anything seriously because he believes he's above it all.
...that's James and private schools for you!
@@chatham43 no, the clown who was chief clown, Bojo.
@@Human_Herbivore hes a bot, ignore him
...it speaks..so not a robot...😊
3 hours early? Always a coward....jail time
He was trying to find a fridge
Anyone that can still defend this character, really needs to think again and look at reality (not that they will of course).
Not only defend him , there are plenty within his cult that would be overjoyed if he was leader of this country again.
@@MarkStevens8899they are called Co.. s.c
Ke.rs.and are they being warned? Blackmailed, probably.
Guto Harri is a particularly smarmy defender
You’re absolutely right, but they will still support him
Caught scrumping the economy
...more like destroying the economy with the disastrous lockdown!
excellent
James is so accurate on Johnson
Spot on
The “lost” messages will be on the phones of the other people in the conversations unless they deleted them too
This is an absolute sham of a man giving the most unconvincing apology in the history of unconvincing apologies. The head judge Heather Hallet should order Johnson Hancock and the rest of these a**eholes face every relative and loved ones of those who died. The case for capital punishment is overwhelming.
They where in an appalling conundrum. Bump off the coffin dodgers and save loads of money ( pensions , heating payments , NHS etc ) , BUT that was their voting base . What is a politician to do ?fall back on incompetence
They couldn't care less. They will move abroad when they lose their seats.
Somehow they chose to bump off the coffin dodgers and to **lose** loads of money...
and housing freed up for the young tory types to inherit....tory always follows the money, not the science.
Couldn't agree more James. I can't even bear to think of the guy these days let alone bring myself to watch him in the inquiry. The guy makes me feel physical sick my friend
I was astonished that he admitted he only took us into lockdown only when warned by the Spectator journal the grief he would get if he didn’t. No officials, no staffers, no medics, crazy!
tory mantra:
"corporate profits first, lives last". the shareholder (work shy) class must be kept in clover no matter WHAT.
I remember watching the virus creep westwards on the worldometer covid tracker and regularly discussing it with my Korean friend through the early months of 2020. I remember my CEO holding out for guidance from the government once covid breached these shores, and he ultimately took a decision to send everyone remote before the government gave guidance.
If someone in IT support, and a graphic designer could see there was an oncoming problem, then the Prime Minister has absolutely no excuse.
profits are ALWAYS the ONLY concern for tory.
Does the Whatsapp messages not constitute "official government papers"? Will he just get away with not presenting those? His "explanation" for them missing is an obvious lie.
whatsapp doesnt use servers for messages. he either deleted them or swapped phones. only way to do it.
I've always found that I can download my WhatsApp messages when I change my phone, i had backed them up though. I think he's deleted them altogether
It's like looking at Worsel Gummidge sitting in court on a loitering charge !!
...James knows the feeling..😊
Or Matt Lucas with a tatty wig on! 😂😂😂
He’s almost holding back a smirk when the WhatsApp question is asked, he knows precisely why, they were erased and we all know it as the messages would be so damning
first Bozo let the bodies pile high.... and now he shi.s on them
"I take full personal responsibility". Even if it means jail time? Boris? Boris? Where's he gone?
How he can show his face in public comfortably is deeply unsettling!
I think that's why he arrived there 3 hours early for today's meeting
a level of arrogance built up from years of indoctrination as a child at the posh school. the pupils are indoctrinated to believe that their many, future defining privileges (including their place at the school) are the result of them being 'special' / 'better' than everyone else on earth. rather than the truth...luck of being born at a fortunate time to fortunate parents.
if not counteracted at home, the alienating/elitist nonsense they are fed likely causes the child to develop some distorted perceptions of the world they live in ...and the rest of the population
It’s the face a dog does when it’s just eaten your slipper.
no......the dog KNOWS it's done something wrong.
@@jesmarina Exactly, without the sorry eyes.
This is what happens under right wing, libertarian governments.
There is a couldn’t careless attitude to everything except money and training, planning, and preparedness are sacrificed to save pennies. The leaders are not at the wheel. They are disengaged, disinterested and very much think it is up to everyone else to make sure things are done properly.
That leads to disorganisation, a lack of direction and eventually, people pay with their lives.
Johnson never showed up to lead a day in his deceitful life. He showed up for adulation and ego advancement. A complete failure as a Prime Minister and the poster child for the rot, economic stasis and division that now blights this nation.
It's a classic indicator of psychopathy. Over inflated sense of their own ability, charm (yes, I know), and incompetence.
Correct.
Spot on
Perfectly put
Boris did as well as anyone in the world with such a huge population that was over 80 and had such a large number who were clinically obese.
'Why do you think we had the second from last worst death rate in Western Europe?".... Answer "Because I didn't care"
...and Sweden had the lowest...can't think why.😊
@@chatham43wrong Sweden is in the middle.
@@chatham43incorrect
...but much lower than ours...right?
@chatham43 only just and because of their demographics, fewer chances of transmission due to the population being more widely spread than ours.
Why are people forgetting that he didn’t attend the cobra meetings because he was at chequers, sorting out his divorce so he could announce his marriage and new baby
Is that when he was caught with the Conservative party head of communications on her knees?
@@alfsmith4936I fear that was another time.
Also we didn't lock down end of February because of
1) Cheltenham week and
2) His mistress wanted a baby shower at Chequers.
An this ladies and gentlemen is the best the Bullingdon club has to offer.
Surely that's the new Lord Chippy, isn't it? 🙂
It struck me, that he got to be prime minister, but he's a shocking waste of education, the money and the time.
If the purpose of the Enquiry is to decide what to do next then the answer is obvious - get rid of this incompetent crooked Government
and ferry it to prison for its 13 year unbroken stretch of 'crimes against humanity'
Accepts full responsibility whilst knowing there will not be any such thing.
One thing's for sure: whatever the outcome of this inquiry, it'll never amount to anything other than a finger-wagging exercise. No criminal proceedings will develop from its findings. And if those findings are too severe, then a hatchet job will be done upon the inquiry itself and the partiality of its chair held to question...
the actions of elected people while carrying out government business/policies are protected from prosecution.
that's one reason why no tory has been arrested, let alone jailed for life, for the approx 400,000 deaths that are calculated/estimated* to have resulted from tory cuts to just the 'health and social care' budget since 2011.
Study published in British Medical Journal (Nov 2017 issue)
NONE of the UK's news media outlets reported on the study's catastrophic findings.
If Botis arrived 3 hours early to avoid the other families, then his apologies are fake
By Law all government phones Must be backed up !!!!!!!
As if he doesn't know what a factory reset is. What trash.
I think someone said "the dead cannot hear you" the protesters in the room said to his "apology".
These words were written on pieces of A4 ending in your apology.
He didn’t say in words he accepted what happened in the care sector. He just sort of mmmd. No actual acceptance of responsibility in relation to the care sector.
We’ve already been told he can’t read statistics!
Ta Clare, I read it somewhere.@@clarecollins2547
My wife used to work in Essex County Care and we were gob smacked when They announced that Hospital bed blockers were going to Care Homes with no testing and no PPE. @@clarecollins2547
I 100% agree with your observations James…the fake schoolboy apology he’s been practicing for years…and the Michael Fabricant hair! I posted that on X as soon as I saw him.
Go James, dont stop.
In times past people like Johnson would have been called a « cad » (OED: The opposite of gentlemanly). The problem we have is that not only do many believe his lies, many others see it as a justification for their behaviour. It is a sad reflection on our society.
they also have zero understanding of how politics, economics and the media operate or why/how they all impact every aspect of their lives, every day.
This leads some/many to see him as 'one of the boys' rather than a pathological conman and serial fraud whose used some of the many powerful, unearned privileges (automatically bestowed upon him at birth through Britain's preposterous 'class' system) to shove himself into a position for which he knew he was always hopelessly incapable of carrying out with any degree of competence, service, duty etc. So, they fail to see that he's absolutely responsible for countless thousands of deaths....and could not care less about it. Boris survived, the dead were clearly not 'special' like him, so, it's their fault, not his !
I don't do violence, but if one of my loved ones died because of that entitled scumbags actions ?
Some of us will remember when he went to apologise to Liverpool from a motorway bridge.
He's had a heck of a lot of experience of apologising but he still hasn't learnt how to fake sincerity.
Lol, from a motorway bridge.🙄
7:45. "I take full responsibility"...but will suffer NO consequences for my lack of leadership, and corrupt, lying actions to enrich myself and my mates. Thanks, Boris.
The two comments on repeat (and used to not answer any questions) were: I don't remember and I'm sorry. That's all I took from today.
BJ - Doesn't know what a 'Factory Reset' is! Liar.
Why did Jimmy Saville just spring into my head?
A white haired serial liar with his hands in lots of pockets. Not a clue 😂
Yep, see what your getting at.
Why don’t they get computer/phone technical experts in to give the inquiry accurate information as to how the WhatsApp messages disappeared.
The messages are stored in the cloud (online) not in the phone.
How can they possibly disappear? unless they have been deleted on purpose.
Surely a 10 year old child could have recovered the messages.
WhatsApp is encrypted so unless someone had specifically turned on back up then they won't be in the cloud. However if they had been backed up that could easily be deleted.
The 'factory reset' babbling part was the verbal equivalent of OJ Simpson guiltily trying on a glove.
Don’t give Boris ideas! In a couple of years he will come out with a book entitled “How I would have killed all these people through my decisions but didn’t because I’m totally innocent” 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
He is disgraceful. He has no respect for any of us!
If there was a factory reset in Jan 2020 that deletes the messages before. You can’t do a reset and delete messages before they have been sent.
Saying it was then installed again in Jun 2020 would mean the last 5 months WhatsApp wasn’t installed which is false as there are 5,000 missing messages
Tears of joy, he is happy with himself.
The whole thing was like an episode of " Im sorry I haven't a clue" should have had jack Dee asking the questions? As for his hair, he likes to portray himself as a slapdash buffune - but in reality he is a self serving dangerous zealot.
Sat and watched his performance all day and I really believe he has taken acting lessons. He would win the world championship in lying.
He was coached 100 per cent.
The problem is that the current inquiry is pointless. Nothing more than posturing. By not discussing if the action taken was necessary, they are affirming that it was - and without question! It is then just a case of discussing if the action was hard and fast enough. The fake slapping of a few wrists for causing the deaths of thousands of people - and some poor amateur acting by the Oxford Boys. Many of us knew all that was happening was unnecessary and extremely contradictory - and definitely not following real science - or saving anyone's gran. Having worked in pharmaceutical research and on hospital emergency action plans, I knew it was not following any protocol. When do we get a proper inquiry where these clowns can face trial?
Bojo has never grown up since he was the class clown at Eton.
Besides bad hair Trump and Johnson have one thing in common they both are making a mockery of their respective countries legal systems.
elected government reps are protected from criminal prosecution for any damage/injury/death resulting from the policies they introduced. the house must vote to enact the policy which means over 300 MPs would be liable. most likely civil prosecution too.
I worked in a nursing home during the lock downs. It really irritates us care workers when people say this was nothing more than a flu. We lost 9 patients in 2 weeks when the virus got in our home. The death rate was normally 2-3 a year in that care home. It was a horrible time and so heartbreaking.
I don't normally agree with JOB, but on this occasion he is absolutely spot on - they're still indulging this creep, and his hair is actually a giveaway - he ruffles it, in off guard moments, I'm sure - he's uses it, childishly, to disarm people?!
yeah...look at me im a cuddly teddy bear when in reality its chucky !
It would be interesting to know how all the elderly who died affected pension companies and government pension book balancing.
massively.
though the huge rise in 'excess deaths' we are seeing now are costing (life) insurance firms a lot of worry/money
I hope, in vain, that everyone who voted Tory will in the future consider the potential consequences of their actions.
i hope that all the Labour voters remember who took us into wars in the middle east leading to untold death and misery. Lib Dem voter here :)
O doubt they will consider the alternatives!!!!!!
@@noklarok lib dem voters normally just allow tories to win. sit down. you basically protest vote for the most part.
cos tories would have gone to war just as readily.
i remember when you lot enabled cameron to start his austerity drive that killed 300,000 brits. but feel free to tell us how amazing you are.
@@noklaroknO yOu.. 🤡
@noklarok most of all I remember all the Mps and parties that backed it
It's easy for this scumbag to take responsibility this and that when he knows he ain't gonna pay for it.
The looks on his face says it all. Boris doesn't want to be there. The man really doesn't give a f'k.
What happened about all the monies that was embezzled by Boris and his Cronies will it be repaid by them.
Grateful to us the healthcare workers!! Do me a favour you threw us under the bus with totally unacceptable PPE. Sick of this incompetent government that lies again and again
"Every country struggled." Yes, surely but the according to Johns Hopkins' figures, on a list of 193 countries, the UK was #20, so 173 countries had a lower rate of deaths per capita than the UK, even Italy performed better.
Put that phone in my hands and I'll be able to tell you, the same day, exactly when that phone was reset. What is with this obseqious line of questioning?
That must be the most polite, gentile, and very, very British protest ever!
it was a silent protest; they stood up holding banners with messages on.
Watched it from start to finnish...boy this man can lie & its strange that he can remember items/incidents favourable to him, but can't remember those damaging to him.
Will there be an inquiry into all the miss spent millions
As he was trying to explain about the missing messages, it looks like he is trying not to smirk or laugh.
Doesn't Whatsapp back up to the Google account linked to it .
The pandemic wasn't 'new' by the time it reached here, we saw it on the news for weeks, particularly in Italy.
spot on JB ,as usual ,what did the uk do putting a these people in gov..
blame our silly system where 35% of the vote means huge majority somehow
James was so right
Boris: I thought cobra was a snake that should be avoided at all costs
When he became "emotional", about the impact of Covid on public, I feel he was feeling sorry for himself more than anything and how it got in the way of his grand plan . He got a wonderful reception when he left the building didn't he.
I've said it once and I will say it again. I hope that a class action lawsuit is brought against him and he goes to jail.
...and no doubt you'll say it again tomorrow...you need to get out more...😊
Johnson is so fake that taking the biscuit does not come even close.
We could see what was happening elsewhere and wondering when measures to protect our health would happen here. The fact that nothing happened meant we just carried on as usual, in many respects. Personally I was preparing for my wedding.
Now that he has taken responsibility it’s time to have him face charges.
I would except responsibly if I knew nothing would happen.
A big boy did it and ran away
March 22 - Australia declared a state of emergency and locked the borders.
If Boris didn't know it was bad at that time, then he just wasn't paying attention to the world at all.
Couldn't face the bereaved families on the way in the cowardly thing.
Face down - Check
Extra messy hair - Check
Not meaning a word that comes out of mouth - Check
The WhatsApp App on my devices has NEVER lost messages even when WhatsApp itself has temporarily gone down.
What are the consequences of his actions or non actions? If there is none then what's the point of this enquiry? Ministers, civil servants and advisors passing the blame into each other, circumstances, etc. doesn't really serves anyone beneficiary other then those in the stand.
He still doesn't know why he's in trouble, that's what gets me.