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If they impose a lockdown they are accused of being tyranical and overzealous. If they say carry on as normal then they are branded as foolish and irresponsible and uncaring about anything other than the economy!
Writing in his ITV blog, Mr Peston claims the alleged comments on the death toll by Mr Johnson were "shouted" in his study after he announced a second lockdown "in a rage".
He added the doors to the Cabinet room were said to be left open and the remarks were allegedly heard by a number of people.
Mr Peston wrote: "To be clear, Downing Street has issued a straight denial that the Prime Minister ranted in that extreme way about how there would never be a third lockdown (which of course there has been).
"I am bothering to repeat this assertion about what the prime minister said because two eyewitnesses - or perhaps I should say 'ear witnesses' - have corroborated the Daily Mail's account to me.
"Also these sources insist they did not brief the Mail, so that suggests there are three sources."
The Prime Minister denied making the comments when challenged by reporters in Wrexham this afternoon.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/robert-peston-says-piles-of-dead-bodies-rant-did-happen-but-here-is-the-full-context/ar-BB1g4yQ2?ocid=msedgntp
Tuesday's papers report mounting controversy around Prime Minister Boris Johnson over comments he allegedly made last year.
The Times leads with a fresh claim - reporting that Mr Johnson allegedly told Downing Street aides last September that he would rather let coronavirus "rip" than impose a second lockdown because of the economic harm it would cause.
According to the paper, the prime minister is said to have argued that there was no evidence lockdowns worked and described them as "mad". He's also said to have expressed regret about the first lockdown, the paper adds.
A No 10 spokesman tells the paper: "These are gross distortions of his position. Throughout this pandemic, we've done everything we can to save lives and protect livelihoods."
Other papers lead with the fallout from yesterday's claim that - in a separate debate - the prime minister had suggested he would rather see "bodies pile high" than order another lockdown.
"Boris on the ropes", is the headline in the Daily Mail, which broke the story. It says questions have mounted over his personal conduct in a string of controversies.
The Daily Mirror has a picture of relatives at the Covid-19 memorial wall in London, with the headline: "Not just bodies, Boris ... we loved them".
Mr Johnson has denied making the remarks.
An opinion poll for the i newspaper suggests that 50% of voters agree there's a "culture of sleaze" in the government. Some 11% disagree and 29% neither agree nor disagree. The poll of 1,500 people was carried out for the paper by Redfield & Wilton Strategies over the weekend.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-56896604
Boris Johnson is gathering Cabinet as he faces fresh allegations that he said he would rather let coronavirus 'rip' in September than inflict the economic harm of another lockdown. The latest claims came after more sources came forward to confirm he Mr Johnson had made a crass comment about letting 'bodies pile up' instead of imposing restrictions - despite his public denials. Meanwhile, the premier is under massive pressure about the lavish redecoration of his Downing Street flat after it emerged that the Conservative Party settled a £58,000 bill last summer. Mr Johnson is believed to have since repaid the sum, after the Cabinet Office seemingly concluded it was not permitted to fund the works in that way. But nothing has been declared officially. Former civil service chief Lord O'Donnell said this morning that transparency over the arrangements was 'very late', warning that PMs need to 'set an example' and 'obey the rules'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9515795/Boris-Johnson-urges-Cabinet-focus-policy-amid-briefing-war.html
Lord O'Donnell said transparency over the murky arrangements was 'very late', warning that PMs need to 'set an example' and 'obey the rules'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9515957/Ex-civil-service-chief-lashes-Boris-Johnson-58-000-Downing-St-flat-renovation.html
STEPHEN GLOVER: Why falling out with 'psychopath' Dominic Cummings may prove to be the PM's costliest mistake
STEPHEN GLOVER: Boris Johnson's enemies claim that the various scandals and embarrassments show he is a sleazy politician without integrity.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9514367/STEPHEN-GLOVER-falling-psychopath-prove-PMs-costly-mistake.html
HENRY DEEDES: Simon Case-cracker? He's not giving Miss Marple or Poirot a run for their money
HENRY DEEDES: The new(ish) Cabinet Secretary had just been accused by MPs of being evasive. Eh? Civil servants being tricksy? Who could even think such a thing?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9514281/HENRY-DEEDES-Case-cracker-Hes-not-giving-Miss-Marple-Poirot-run-money.html
Boris Johnson buys a painting of himself and his family at Chequers - using PayPal
A painting of Boris Johnson and his family at Chequers has been snapped up by the PM - using PayPal. Amateur artist Mary Casserley painted his official country residence.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9514355/Boris-Johnson-buys-painting-family-Chequers-using-PayPal.html
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/boris-johnson-must-resign-if-he-lied-over-bodies-pile-high-comment-starmer-says/ar-BB1g8LJR?ocid=msedgntp
Boris Johnson was warned that a senior civil servant in the heart of his Downing Street operation was suspected of leaking sensitive information - but declined to order an investigation, The official, who still works in the Prime Minister's private office, was 'being watched' by Dominic Cummings and his No 10 allies after a series of hostile leaks appeared during the dramas of the Covid crisis and the Brexit negotiations. But their concerns are said to have been brushed away by Mr Johnson on the grounds that the official was too good to be moved on.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9533415/GLEN-truth-PMs-let-bodies-pile.html
One former colleague compares him to the late Steve Jobs, the hard-driving founder of tech giant Apple. Jobs was said to have a "reality distortion field", described by his biographer as a "confounding melange of a charismatic rhetorical style, indomitable will, and eagerness to bend any fact to fit the purpose at hand".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56624437