Boris Johnson at the Covid inquiry: key takeaways

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

31% : The Blair and Thatcher governments also had "challenging and competing characters whose views about each other might not be fit to print" but they got "an awful lot done",Johnson defended Matt Hancock, who was Britain's health secretary for much of the pandemic and who became a lightning rod for criticism by others in government, despite internal calls to sack himAsked about WhatsApp messages from Cummings to dismiss Hancock, Johnson said: "If you're a prime minister, you are constantly being lobbied by somebody to sack somebody else.
29% : A key figure has been Dominic Cummings, Johnson's former and now estranged chief adviser, who was accused in October of "aggressive, foul-mouthed and misogynistic" abuse towards others working in government.

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