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No 10 had 'unbelievably bullish' approach to COVID and thought UK 'would sail through it'

Sky News Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Boris Johnson's government displayed an "unbelievably bullish" approach to coronavirus early in the pandemic and sat "laughing at Italians" in meetings, a former civil servant has said.
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Raab says Johnson was not ‘puppet’ of Cummings [Video]

Raab says Johnson was not ‘puppet’ of Cummings

Dominic Raab has rejected the accusation that Boris Johnson was a “puppet” in Downing Street being led by Dominic Cummings. The former deputy prime minister was responding to questions on accusations made by Sajid Javid in which he said Mr Cummings was prime minister “in all but name”. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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Raab says Johnson was not ‘puppet’ of Cummings in No10 [Video]

Raab says Johnson was not ‘puppet’ of Cummings in No10

Dominic Raab has rejected the accusation that Boris Johnson was a “puppet” in Downing Street being led by Dominic Cummings. The former deputy prime minister was responding to questions on accusations made by Sajid Javid in which he said Mr Cummings was prime minister “in all but name”. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Credit: ODN    Duration: 00:45Published

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Boris Johnson has heaped further pressure on Rishi Sunak over the UK's "all-time high" net migration figures, as he suggested "demographic change" had led to..
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