Johnson under pressure over ‘let the bodies pile high’ comments

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson facing pressure and criticism on Monday night as Conservative insiders claim that the Prime Minister said he would rather see “bodies pile up than order another lockdown.”
But the prime minister has denied making the comments that he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands” than order a third COVID-19 lockdown in England.
A front page of a state newspaper’s headline reported that Boris Johnson has said he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands’ than another coronavirus lockdown.
The claim followed a briefing war at the weekend between Johnson and his former chief aide Dominic Cummings. The government is also facing growing calls for a public inquiry into a pandemic that left the UK with one of the worst death tolls among major economies last year.
Another source claims that the “let the bodies pile high” comments were shouted from an office in Downing Street after a crunch meeting with ministers.
Meanwhile, another source informed that Gove did not hear the comments himself, and suggested that ministers who did not know if the comments were true or not should not deny them so strongly.