Now, some say with some credence, that here is a subjective, unreliable narrator, but that would only be true if what we all know and experience was with at odds with what he was saying. But we know they locked down late in the first lockdown, when football matches and rock concerts were taking place. We know was a dispute in autumn last year about whether to lockdown. There were remarkable moments, like when he said, this hasn t been reported much, when borisjohnson went on to him, when borisjohnson went on, as he put it, dominic cummings, for a two week holiday in february 2020, they were almost relieved that he wasn t going to the cobra meetings, the emergency meetings, because they thought he would be almost unsafe for the country if he did attend. Now, these things are astonishing, and even if they don t have an impact on voters, to be honest, they should do. It voters want to turn away, they have got every right to do so, but they are remarkable insights, albeit from a subjective
Dateline london. Hello, i m shaun ley. Welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists, bbc specialists, with me in the studio, presenter and bbc foreign correspondents, clive myrie. Good to have you all with us. And you at home, thank you very much for watching. Now, have thousands of people died in the uk during the covid pandemic because of things the british government did ordidn t do? dominic cummings thinks the answer is yes. Since he was, until six months ago, prime minister boris johnson s closest adviser. His extraordinary seven hour testimony before parliamentarians on wednesday has the potential to be highly damaging, not least to his former boss. Borisjohnson is, according to dominic cummings, unfit to lead the country. Steve richards, there was huge build up to this testimony. Did it deliver in terms of an informed critique about how government functioned at one of the toughest times civilian governments have experienced? yes, i think it did. You say t
Bernard burrell, steve richards has been writing and broadcasting about british politics for 30 years now. With me in the studio, presenter and bbc foreign correspondent, clive myrie. Good to have you all with us. And you at home, thank you very much for watching. Now, have thousands of people died in the uk during the covid pandemic because of things the british government did ordidn t do? dominic cummings thinks the answer is yes. Since he was, until six months ago, prime minister boris johnson s closest adviser. His extraordinary seven hour testimony before parliamentarians wednesday has the potential to be highly damaging, not least to his former boss. Borisjohnson is, according to dominic cummings, unfit to lead the country. Steve richards, there was huge build up to this testimony. Did it deliver in terms of an informed critique about how government functioned at one of the toughest times civilian governments have experienced? yes, i think it did. You say there was a huge build u
Correspondent, clive myrie. Good to have you all with us. And you at home, thank you very much for watching. Now, have thousands of people died in the uk during the covid pandemic because of things the british government did ordidn t do? dominic cummings thinks the answer is yes since he was, until six months ago, prime minister boris johnson s closest adviser. His extraordinary seven hour testimony before parliamentarians wednesday has the potential to be highly damaging, not least to his former boss. Borisjohnson is, according to dominic cummings, unfit to lead the country. Steve richards, there was huge build up to this testimony. Did it deliver in terms of an informed critique about how government functioned at one of the toughest times civilian governments have experienced 7 yes, i think it did. You say there was a huge build up. You and i have waited for many of these political dramas, and they were anti climactic when they happened, so i assumed this was going to be one of tho