Lee Cain says team were ‘exhausted’ by prime minister dallying and changing his mind
Boris Johnson had the wrong “skill set” to lead the country through the pandemic, leaving his senior aides “exhausted” by constantly changing his mind on crucial decisions, the UK Covid inquiry has heard.
Asked by the inquiry’s lawyer whether he agreed with WhatsApp messages from Dominic Cummings, the former top No 10 aide, that suggested that Johnson might not be up to the job, Cain said: “I think that’s quite a strong thing to say. “If you look at something like Covid, you need quick decisions and you need people to hold the course and have the strength of mind to do that over a sustained period of time and not constantly unpick things … I felt it was the wrong challenge for him mostly.”
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