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Britain s Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a farm as he campaigns on behalf of the Conservative Party for local elections, at Moreton farm near Wrexham, north Wales, Monday, April 26, 2021. (Paul Ellis/Pool Photo via AP)
LONDON (AP) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dismissed as “total rubbish” a press report which quoted him as allegedly saying he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands” than impose a third national lockdown on the country.
The Daily Mail claimed that Johnson made the comment during a heated discussion in late October, when his government imposed a second lockdown to combat a surge in coronavirus cases. A third lockdown was ordered in January as infections shot up again, driven by a new, more contagious variant of the virus.
Wrexham.com’s unscientific election Straw Poll results !
Our entirely unscientific snap straw poll results are in!
Well over a thousand poll results were lodged in our now traditional snap straw poll that we conducted yesterday evening.
Of course polls such of these are lacking the segmentation and pre-qualification elements of ‘proper’ polls so treat it accordingly. The audience in theory was the self selecting readership relevant to the Wrexham area – however one candidate did place their poll on their page within minutes of it going live, and unlike previous polls the Google Forms system does not allow basic filtering to attempt to prevent multiple voters.
Publishing date: Apr 26, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 2 minute read • Britain s Prime Minister Boris Johnson plays table tennis during his visit to Net World Sports as he campaigns on behalf of Conservative Party candidate Jeremy Kent in Wrexham, Wales, on Monday, April 26, 2021. Photo by Rob Formstone / Pool /AFP via Getty Images
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LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday denied a newspaper report that he had said he would rather bodies piled “high in their thousands” than order a third COVID-19 lockdown.
Johnson is facing a stream of allegations in newspapers – all of them denied – about everything from his muddled initial handling of the COVID-19 crisis to questions over who financed the redecoration of his official apartment.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on a visit to the Net World Sports factory on Wrexham Industrial Estate. Source: Liam Randall (LDR service) BORIS Johnson has dismissed the suggestion that allegations over his conduct could harm his party’s chances of making gains in the Senedd elections. The Prime Minister was speaking during a visit to a factory in Wrexham, which was foreshadowed by claims he said he would rather have “bodies pile high in their thousands” than implement a third coronavirus lockdown. He described the allegations as “total, total rubbish” after details of a discussion, which was said to have been held in Downing Street in the autumn, were reported by the Daily Mail.
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The road out of lockdown in Wales has been made possible by the United Kingdom s programme for tackling Covid, the Prime Minister has said.
Boris Johnson has visited Wrexham for a Senedd election campaign visit.
He said voters were more concerned over the vaccine rollout than the row over how a renovation of his flat was paid for.
And he defended a decision by his party not to take further action against the MP for Delyn, Rob Roberts.
Mr Johnson said the disciplinary process was correct after the MP was strongly rebuked by the party for sending inappropriate messages to a female intern.