'Broken' Boris Johnson 'bamboozled' by graphs during pandemic, inquiry hears

Diary entries by former chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance were shown to the inquiry on Monday as he described dealing with Johnson

Boris Johnson was described as ‘broken’ by Patrick Vallance. File Picture: PA

Boris Johnson was “bamboozled” by the graphs and data presented to him during the pandemic and was sometimes a “broken” man, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard.

Diary entries by former chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance were shown to the inquiry on Monday as he described dealing with the former UK prime minister.