Boris Johnson’s second day at the Covid inquiry

Boris Johnson has continued to defend his handling of the pandemic on his second day of giving evidence to the Covid inquiry.
He expressed surprise that scientists were not consulted about the ‘eat out to help out’ scheme, sought to justify having said older people should ‘accept their fate’, and claimed that characterisations of the Partygate scandal were a ‘millions miles’ from the truth

Boris Johnson’s second day at the Covid inquiry: key points