Boris fiddled

Leaked documents show that Boris Johnson took seven days off during February 2020, just as the seriousness of the outbreak in Italy became clear.

I know, I wrote about it.

The Guardian articles says:

"The files suggest that Johnson did not conduct any official government business on 15, 16, 17 and 21 February. Instead, he appears to have spent time walking his jack russell dog, Dilyn, in Chevening’s 1,416 hectare (3,500 acre) grounds, riding a motorbike given to him by his now wife, Carrie, and hosting friends and family for lunches, dinners and overnight stays.

Entries in the logs for 14 to 24 February make no reference to Johnson working on the Covid response, although he said he had discussed the virus on scheduled calls with other world leaders."

"The files indicate that Johnson carried out just two full days of work during his Chevening break, on 19 and 20 February. He held a 20 minute call with US president Donald Trump on 20 February, during which he said the virus and its origins were discussed. The logs say this was followed by a three-hour dinner with Henry Newman, Simone Finn and Josh Grimstone, former government officials understood to be close friends of his wife.

On 18 February, Johnson worked for just 40 minutes, joining a call with Chinese president Xi Jinping, the documents suggest. Johnson told the inquiry that one purpose of the call was to “compare notes” on Covid."

Johnson repsponded in his Daily Mail column that negative comments in the inquiry of a "lost month" and a "toxic atmosphere" in his Government were untrue.

Rumours were at the time he took the two weeks off to complete a biography of William Shakespeare that he had signed a deal to produce, and had he failed to produce a draft, he would have been in trouble over the advance paid.

It is worth noting that the book has not been published nearly six years later.

Worse for Johnson is that he stated on oath earlier in the inquiry of work regarding COVID he did during this break. Official documents and evidence do not support this.

I mean who would have thought that the serial liar, Alexander oris De iffel Johnson would lie on oath?

And again, his Party, friends and colleagues knew the sort of person he was, and yet elected him leader of their Party and in time became PM. They were not to know a global pandemic was round the corner, but if you elect a clown, the Government is turned into a circus.