Will no one think about poor Boris? Former PM smirks and sighs through Covid inquiry | John Crace

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Will no one think about poor Boris? Former PM smirks and sighs through Covid inquiry | John Crace

Grilled over policies regarding children and young people, Johnson remains the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time

Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven. Just not if you happened to be a schoolkid during the pandemic. Then you were being asked to make the biggest sacrifices to protect elderly people, even though you were the least at risk. Still, I suppose there was a lesson in there somewhere. Almost everyone who comes into contact – however indirectly – with Boris Johnson generally finds they have been done over at some point. So you might as well get your disappointment in early. Things can only improve after that.

The Covid inquiry has now moved on to its children and young people module and on Tuesday Johnson was back to give evidence. And, as ever, he looked as if he really did not give a shit. The hair was its trademark mess. His face unshaven. The smirk. Always the smirk. At times he looked almost bored. At others, irritated that people were asking him so many questions.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/21/will-no-one-think-about-poor-boris-former-pm-smirks-and-sighs-through-covid-inquiry

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