Damning analysis finds former PM failed to act with urgency and was disengaged in early stage of the pandemic
‘Too little, too late’: report condemns UK’s Covid response
In office, Boris Johnson liked to see himself as a latter-day Winston Churchill. But the Covid report describing his toxic, chaotic and indecisive No 10 ought finally to put paid to any delusions that he had the qualities necessary to be a prime minister, let alone one guiding a country through a deadly national emergency.
The claim among Johnson’s supporters that he could make a political comeback also now looks increasingly dead in the water.
Johnson’s opponents are already seeking to blame a “Boriswave” of post-Brexit migration on the former prime minister, questioning his political judgment on an area of policy that matters to many voters.
