dominic cummins, the former chief adviser to the prime minister has claimed that borisjohnson resistedbuyer is mainly affected only the elderly. in a series of what's at messages seen by the bbc borisjohnson appears to say the people who are dying of covid were essentially all over 80, and he didn't buy the idea of the national health service being overwhelmed. number ten has said the government has always taken the necessary action to protect lives, guided by the best scientific advice. he has given his first broadcast interview since he left downing street last november. her report does contain some flashing images. putting on to record, guys. yeah, is everybody happy? no one was closer to the prime minister in government. since their bitter fallout, no one has been more vicious than him. architect of the brexit campaign, agitator in number 10, and top adviser in the pandemic. looking back to last autumn when coronavirus crept back, what does he now claim went wrong? the prime minister's attitude was that, essentially, the first lockdown was a disaster, we should never have done it.

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dominic cummins accuses borisjohnson cummins accuses boris johnson of cummins accuses borisjohnson of putting politics about people�* lives during the pandemic. fires flare across russia as a heat wave tears through one and a half million hectares of land in siberian region. very welcome to tokyo, where for the next three weeks bbc world news will be broadcasting from the stunning location high above tokyo bay, to bring you the very latest on what is arguably the most controversial olympic games for a generation. a games delayed a year and now proceeding in a global pandemic. and with just four days to go until they get underway, the olympic village has been hit by a fourth coronavirus case. so far, two south african footballers, a czech beach volleyball player and an american gymnast have all tested positive for covid—i9. 62 cases in total have been reported among the athletes, media, contractors and other personnel. all of this is a concern for the japanese public, especially in tokyo itself where cases continue to rise. but the international olympic committee insists that these pos