Boris Johnson is “only focused on saving his skin” and preserving his political career, Covid bereaved families have told theipaper, as the former prime minister prepares to be grilled over Partygate
Covid bereaved slam Boris Johnson as he faces Privileges Committee: ‘He’s only focused on saving his skin’
Covid regulations prevented Diane Mayhew, co-founder of campaign group Rights for Residents, from being at her father’s side when he died without family in hospital in April 2020 Boris Johnson is “only focused on saving his skin” and preserving his political career, Covid bereaved families have toldThe former prime minister appears before the Privileges Committee this afternoon to face questions from MPs investigating whether he knowingly misled the House of Commons.
Jo Goodman, co-founder of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, lost her father Stuart during the first Covid wave after he was diagnosed with cancer and then contracted Covid. Ms Goodman said: “We need to hear the truth but what we don’t need is dossiers of Boris Johnson trying to get himself off the hook when I think it’s impossible to believe that having made the rules he didn’t know what they were.
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