Covid – “let The Bodies Pile Up”: Boris Johnson Arouses Controversy

Did Boris Johnson really say? In the fall of 2020, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom would have assured that he preferred to see “the bodies piling up” rather than decreeing a third confinement, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Words relayed by the Daily Mail and confirmed by the BBC.

According to the political editor of the 24-hour news channel Laura Kuenssberg, the statesman was, at the time, very embarrassed at the idea of ​​putting the country under cover again – especially for economic reasons . Asked about this on Monday April 26, 2021, Boris Johnson however denies these statements, reports the BBC. ” No, but I think the important thing people want from the government is to make sure the containment measures work ”, he reacted.

The UK government agrees with Boris Johnson. Its spokesperson launched: “ This is false and the Prime Minister denied it… I am not aware of any other person who made this statement. ” And Cabinet Minister Michael Gove confirms: “I have never heard such language. »For his part, theDefense Secretary Ben Wallace told Sky News: “None of this is serious. The Prime Minister, like the rest of the government, has been completely focused on the response to the Covid. “

These statements lent to Boris Johnson sparked a heated debate. Labor leader Keir Starmer said he was “astonished”, stressing that “everyone would be deeply concerned, especially all the families who have lost someone in the pandemic”. As for the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancastrian Shadow Cabinet, Rachel Reeves, she said: “These are not bodies, they are people, they are loved ones and they are deeply missed. ”