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Boris Johnson Under Fire for Reported Comments on Lockdown
Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain arriving to give an update on the Covid-19 pandemic during a virtual news conference this month in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London.
LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson has long had a weakness for a funny line, even in the face of an unfunny problem like the pandemic. When coronavirus cases first spiked last spring, he promised that a lockdown would “squash the sombrero.” When he spoke to businesspeople about an emergency plan to manufacture ventilators, he joked that it could be called “Operation Last Gasp.” ....

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