Bereaved families’ verdict on Boris Johnson at the Covid Inquiry

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🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Please note: This podcast includes a description of a death from Covid, that some may find distressing. This week saw arguably the most anticipated moment of the Covid Inquiry so far, the first appearance of Boris Johnson, who was Prime Minister during the pandemic. Over two days at the hearing, he offered an apology and admitted some mistakes were made, but defended his overall approach. In this bonus episode, Nish and Coco find out how his words went down with those most deeply affected by the pandemic, those who lost their loved ones. Susie Crozier-Flintham, who lost her dad Howard, reveals what it was like to be in the room to hear his testimony - she says he refused to look at the families who were there, and in fact arrived 3 hours early just so he could avoid them.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to a special bonus episode of Podsave the UK. Now regular listeners will
0:16.0	know that we've been following the proceedings of the Covid inquiry closely. As we were
0:19.8	recording this week's main episode, Boris Johnson was just beginning his two days of
0:25.1	evidence given that he was the prime minister during the entirety of the pandemic. These were
0:30.0	arguably the most important sessions of the inquiry so far. So we wanted to jump back on for this
0:36.1	bonus episode just to go over some of the key points of what was said. Of course the new cycle moves
0:41.1	quickly and the latest shenanigans over the government's Rwanda plan have pushed the Johnson
0:45.3	testimony off the front pages. But we really want to honour the experiences of those who suffered
0:50.8	the loss of loved ones and who have been patiently waiting for this moment to see Boris Johnson held
0:56.4	to account for his words and actions. To that end we've invited a very special guest to join us.
1:01.6	Her name is Susie Crozier Flintom and she was actually at the inquiry this week. Susie actually
1:07.4	lost her dad Howard to Covid in March 2020 and we're deeply honoured that she's decided to join us
1:14.1	today. Welcome Susie, thank you so much for talking to us. Thank you so much for having me and
1:19.6	thank you for I don't think I've ever been honoured but for more. Well listen you spent the last
1:26.4	two days listening to Boris Johnson speak and then you had to get a train very late yesterday back
1:31.1	to Sunderland so you've had quite a stressful 48 hours so we really appreciate you taking the time.
1:36.6	And listen Susie the honour really is as I think you know you speak on behalf of a lot of people
1:42.1	who are really impacted by this. So I suppose the first thing to ask is please tell us about
1:46.6	your father Howard. Oh okay where do I start with Dad? So like me he was a teacher he taught in
1:53.5	the same school for his entire career which meant that he taught generations of the same family.
1:58.5	So when we would go into Gates said to do our very glamorous Tesco shop quite often he'd be stopped
2:05.5	outside the supermarket by people and there'd be like three generations of the same family go
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