Johnson ‘No Longer Bought This NHS Overwhelmed Stuff,’ Leaked Messages Suggest

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (centre) speaks with Emma Sweeney, associate director of nursing surgery, during a visit to Colchester Hospital in Essex, Britain, on May 27, 2021. Glyn Kirk/PA

Boris Johnson said he no longer believed “all this NHS overwhelmed stuff” as he resisted imposing England’s second coronavirus lockdown, leaked messages suggest.

Dominic Cummings shared WhatsApps with the BBC as he alleged the Prime Minister was reluctant to heighten restrictions because “the people who are dying are essentially all over 80.”