UK PM’S EX-AIDE CONFIRMS BORIS SAID ‘LET THE BODIES PILE HIGH’

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former adviser Dominic Cummings confirmed on Wednesday that he had heard the prime minister say “let the bodies pile high” when discussing whether he should lock down Britain again late last year.

Cummings’ on Wednesday gave a seven-hour testimony to the parliament’s science and health committees, who are investigating Britain’s pandemic response.

Asked whether he had heard the prime minister say the words “let the bodies pile high”, Cumming replied: “Yes,” confirming a report by the BBC.

Johnson has previously denied the reports. “I heard that in the prime minister’s study,” Cummings told the committee.

Cummings further claimed Johnson was not fit to be the prime minister and had made a series of disastrous pandemic decisions including failing to take the threat of Covid-19 seriously.