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21.11 / 01:29

Coronavirus pandemic 2020 reports UK PM Rishi Sunak reportedly said 'just let people die', COVID inquiry hears

Rishi Sunak was quoted as saying the government should «just let people die» during the COVID-19 pandemic rather than impose a second national lockdown, the inquiry into how Britain handled the crisis heard on Monday. Patrick Vallance, who was the government's chief scientific adviser during COVID, made a note in his diary on Oct. 25, 2020, about a meeting involving then Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Sunak, who was finance minister. The diary entry shown to the inquiry recorded how Dominic Cummings, Johnson's most senior adviser during the pandemic, had relayed to Vallance what he said he had heard at the meeting. Vallance quoted Cummings in his diary as saying: «Rishi thinks just let people die and that's okay.

20.11 / 17:13

Death pandemic Virus stage country 2020 Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson 'bamboozled' by science, COVID-19 inquiry told

Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister, struggled to come to grips with much of the science during the coronavirus pandemic, his chief scientific advisor said Monday. In keenly awaited testimony to the country's public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, Patrick Vallance said he and others faced repeated problems getting Johnson to understand the science and that he changed his mind on numerous occasions. «I think I'm right in saying that the prime minister gave up science at 15,» he said. «I think he'd be the first to admit it wasn't his forte and that he struggled with the concepts and we did need to repeat them — often.» Extracts from Vallace's mostly contemporaneous diary of the time were relayed to the inquiry.

02.03 / 21:43

SUN Racing Patrick Martin Gilbert: Funds must adapt to beat passive giants in race to manage $138tn in assets

Martin Gilbert is the co-founder of and former chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management and Abrdn. He is now chair of Revolut and AssetCo

02.03 / 03:07

SUN Patrick Martin Gilbert: Fund managers must adapt to survive against the passive giants

Martin Gilbert is the co-founder of and former chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management and Abrdn. He is now chair of Revolut and AssetCo

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