Covid inquiry: Rishi Sunak thought it was all right to let people die
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak: the Toxic Twins of the UK’s Covid-19 pandemic response.
The man who is now prime minister wanted to “let people die”, according to the Tory government’s chief scientific advisor during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Should the homicidal Rishi Sunak be allowed to continue in office, considering the evidence that he ignored the fundamental duty of every government minister – to safeguard the health and well-being of every single citizen of the United Kingdom?
According to the BBC,
Scientists were not aware of Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme until it was announced, Sir Patrick Vallance has said.
Sir Patrick said: “We didn’t see it before it was announced and I think others in the Cabinet Office also said they didn’t see it before it was formulated as policy. So we weren’t involved in the run-up to it.”
He added: “I think it would have been very obvious to anyone that this inevitably would cause an increase in transmission risk, and I think that would have been known by ministers.”
Asked about Mr Sunak’s understanding of the risks, Sir Patrick said: “If he was in the meetings, I can’t recall which meetings he was in.
“But I’d be very surprised if any minister didn’t understand that these openings carried risk.”
A diary entry mentioned that at one economics-based meeting Mr Sunak had said “it’s all about handling the scientists, not handling the virus”, without realising that Sir Chris Whitty was in the room.
Mr Johnson’s special adviser, Dominic Cummings, had said: “[Then Chancellor] Rishi [Sunak] thinks just let people die and that’s OK”, according to Sir Patrick’s diary.
Sir Patrick’s diary also said prime minister Boris Johnson was “clearly bamboozled” by the science, as picked up by members of the public:
Johnson when looking at a graph during Covid:
"Which one is the red line"…..Response from Patrick Vallance. "Is he now colour blind"
How many tens of thousands of lives did a Eton education cost? #CovidInquiry#politicslive
— Steve Sturgess (@sturgess_steve) November 20, 2023
Why do people lionise Johnson as an intellectual, as highly intelligent? He cannot think. He is bad at it. He cannot comprehend simple maths. He cannot recall basic information from one moment to the next. Cogito ergo sum? Cogito ergo sums. https://t.co/VAq8vYYNdw
— Dr Martin Opposes Gov’t Corruption (@MartinRemains) November 20, 2023
Don’t you think that if a PM during a pandemic thinks “elderly folk have had a good innings” so death is valid. That it’s time for him to be put in a trial room in front of an elderly judge and jury…#Johnson
— I’m wickedly woke too ! 💛🇪🇺🇺🇦NO dm’s .. (@TBHonestlizz) November 20, 2023
The verdict is clear – and was delivered by TV scientist Brian Cox:
The more I hear from the Covid enquiry, the more I think that the PM and the majority of ministers did not have the intellectual tools necessary to understand scientific advice and therefore to be able to weigh it successfully alongside economics, social science etc. In my view…
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) November 21, 2023
“The more I hear from the Covid enquiry, the more I think that the PM and the majority of ministers did not have the intellectual tools necessary to understand scientific advice and therefore to be able to weigh it successfully alongside economics, social science etc.
“In my view this can be traced to educational failure – they weren’t taught or didn’t learn the basics of science alongside their chosen disciplines. This also applies the other way round to scientists of course.
“Breadth of knowledge is key, as well as specialisation / expertise, and I don’t think our system delivered that in the 80s and 90s when I (and they) went to University – whether it does that today is an open question. I think we need to be producing more polymaths.”
Well, that’s not going to happen.
We have a government that wants people to be less able to challenge its stupidity – not better-equipped.
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Well isn’t that government policy.