Boris Johnson insisted there was “no other tool” than a full lockdown to control the virus in March 2020, as he began his much-anticipated two-day testimony at the Covid Inquiry today.
While the primary aim of the inquiry is to learn lessons from the pandemic, not to apportion blame, it was easy to forget this as the former PM came to the stand. Johnson made his best attempt to defend the heavy criticism he has come under from former scientific advisers, political aides and fellow ministers throughout the inquiry for his apparent inability to make any firm decision over lockdown policy.
