No excuse.. he was the wrong man

THE final verdict on Britain's pandemic government has now been delivered and one word stands out among the thousands in its 760-page report.

- MARTIN BAGOT

The lack of urgency at the start of the pandemic and the failure to prepare for a second wave are condemned as “inexcusable” by Baroness Heather Hallett and cost many thousands of lives.

The inquiry chair is one of the country's top judges, was the first woman to become chair of the Bar Council and is not given to overstatement.

So her scathing verdict on Boris Johnson's “toxic” government must be the final word on his premiership and confirmation that he was the wrong man to lead the country in its hour of need.