Boris Johnson thought Covid was just "nature's way of dealing with old people", revealed in a shocking day of revelations at the Covid Inquiry.
A jam-packed evidence session on Halloween saw the former PM's adviser Dominic Cummings grilled for more than five hours. At the height of the pandemic, the senior aide sent WhatsApp messages to others in No10 criticising the "feral" and "useless f***ing pigs in charge" in the "terrifyingly s***" Cabinet.
Mr Cummings also savaged Matt Hancock, who he called a "proven liar". He said the former Health Secretary had no "f***ing serious testing in care homes" and said his "uselessness if still killing god knows how many".
He questioned how the Tory was at the head of the Department of Health as he pressed for him to be sacked from the role in a reshuffle, reports the Mirror. READ MORE: Monsters who plied teen girls with drink and drugs before sexually abusing them READ MORE: Neighbours' shock as murder probe sparked after woman found dead in tower block The messages revealed the chaos in No10 in the lead up to the first lockdown, with Mr Cummings' fears the NHS would implode "like a zombie apocalypse film" if action was not taken.
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