Johnson says Covid inquiry that criticised chaos in his government ‘muddled’

The Covid inquiry found that Mr Johnson presided over a “toxic and chaotic” Downing Street culture that undermined efforts to deal with the pandemic.

Baroness Heather Hallett’s report on the government response to Covid accused Mr Johnson of being too “optimistic” in his outlook in the early months of 2020.

He called the inquiry “hopelessly incoherent” in a post on X and said it failed to answer what he called the “two big questions” on Covid – where the virus came from, and whether lockdowns were worthwhile. Please review your details and accept them to load the content

The former prime minister, who set up the inquiry, said in his newspaper column that the report should be filed “vertically” and that those involved in the pandemic response at the time were “doing our level best”.

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