But he “declined to tackle the question” of how many deaths might have been prevented, The Guardian reports, instead focusing on the need to “remember those that we have lost and be vigilant in the national effort to stay at home, protect our NHS and vaccinate Britain”.
Britain’s successful vaccine rollout may in fact turn out to be Johnson’s saving grace. As Tom McTague writes in The Atlantic: “The country’s record in saving lives has been one of abject failure, but its vaccination record is anything but.”
‘Learn the lessons’
In a “very sombre press conference”, Johnson last night came the closest he has so far come to “talking about taking responsibility for the high death toll”, The Spectator’s Isabel Hardman writes.
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The Cleveland Way footpath on Hunt Cliff has been worn away
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People have been urged to avoid a footpath which has crumbled during Storm Christoph. Over the last two days, Teesside has been blighted by heavy rain and strong winds.