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    Boris Johnson branded ‘scatty, incoherent and rambling’ in key pandemic meetings

    by George Thompson Mar 11, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Boris Johnson’s handling of key Covid meetings was “scatty, incoherent and rambling” an inquiry has heard.

    Vaughan Gething, the Welsh health minister during the coronavirus pandemic, criticised the former prime minister’s handling of briefings, at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearing on Monday.

    Mr Gething, who is now the minister for the economy and running to be the next first minister of Wales, said that COBR meetings – cabinet briefings

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