A SENIOR Tory minister launched an attack on Scotland as he looked to defend comments made by Boris Johnson during the pandemic.
Secretary Steve Barclay was asked about the ex-PM’s suggestion that he would rather “let the bodies pile high” than impose another lockdown.
“While this was an unfortunate turn of phrase, it should be born in mind that by this point the government was trying to avoid a further lockdown given the already severe impact on theConfronted with these remarks on BBC Breakfast, Barclay said: “As I say we’ve got an inquiry because it’s easy for things to be taken out of context or to be relayed in a particular way that may be at odds with the way it was said or the context of things at the time. I obviously wasn’t there.
Jon Kay: We've now learnt that Boris Johnson did indeed use those words..."let the bodies pile high"... Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
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