Multiple sources have contradicted Boris Johnson's denial of explosive remarks that he would rather “see bodies pile high in their thousands” than order a third coronavirus lockdown.
The Prime Minister has flatly denied the comments which allegedly came after he reluctantly accepted a second lockdown last autumn as Britain faced a further deadly wave.
Mr Johnson, asked on a visit to Wales if he had made the hurtful remarks, replied: “No. “The important thing I think people want us to get on and do as a Government is make sure the lockdowns work.
And they have.” No 10 has dismissed the claims as “just another lie”, but they are deeply damaging for Mr Johnson whose Government is already engulfed in a series of rows.
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