Minister denies Johnson said ‘thousands’ more Covid deaths better than lockdown

Ben Wallace says reports Boris Johnson made the comments at No 10 meeting in October are ‘gossip’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA senior minister has said a report that Boris Johnson said that he would rather see bodies piled “high in their thousands” than order a third lockdown is untrue.The defence secretary, Ben Wallace, also dismissed claims that the government was “sleazy” amid mounting allegations that the prime minister accepted undeclared donations from Tory donors. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/26/minister-denies-boris-johnson-said-thousands-more-covid-deaths-better-than-another-lockdown #coronavirus #boris_johnson #ben_wallace #politics #uk_news