{"id":115466,"date":"2023-11-06T18:01:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/boris-johnson-said-rishi-sunaks-treasury-was-pro-death-squad-inquiry-hears\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T18:01:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:01:11","slug":"boris-johnson-said-rishi-sunaks-treasury-was-pro-death-squad-inquiry-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/boris-johnson-said-rishi-sunaks-treasury-was-pro-death-squad-inquiry-hears\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson said Rishi Sunak\u2019s Treasury was \u2018pro death squad\u2019, inquiry hears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/9sp88TGjdZg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Boris Johnson said Rishi Sunak\u2019s Treasury was \u2018pro death squad\u2019, inquiry hears\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9sp88TGjdZg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Citing a diary entry by Sir Patrick Vallance, the government\u2019s chief scientific adviser, Dermot Keating, a counsel to the official Covid inquiry, said Johnson referred to the Treasury under Sunak as the &#8216;pro-death squad&#8217;, as the then chancellor sought to build support for a loosening of Covid restrictions, the inquiry heard. Keating asked Stuart Glassborow, who was Johnson\u2019s deputy principal private secretary, about what Vallance wrote. Glassborow said: &#8216;I wouldn\u2019t dispute what he\u2019s recorded, but I don\u2019t recall the phrase at all&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba http:\/\/bit.ly\/guardianwiressub<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. 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