Channel 4 News
@channel4news·4.2M subscribers·26.4K videos
UK Covid inquiry: Patrick Vallance claims ‘complete lack of leadership’ in diary
Posted
November 20, 2023
Views
59,067
Likes
604
Comments
367
Engagement
November 20, 2023
59,067
604
367
1.64%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
8:38Now PlayingBoris Johnson and Rishi Sunak suggested Covid should let "rip" - even though people would die from the virus, according to evidence at the public inquiry from the UK's former chief scientist.
(Subscribe)
The hearing was shown diary entries written by Sir Patrick Vallance at the time - including comments from Mr Johnson's then senior advisor, Dominic Cummings - who commented: "Rishi thinks just let people die and that's okay".
-----------------------
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
