We ask Leeds: Did Boris Johnson do a good job of handling the pandemic?

As the UK Covid-19 Inquiry continues, we ask Leeds shoppers if they think Boris Johnson did a good job of handling the pandemic

Transcript

00:00 So we've got the COVID inquiry going on at the minute.

00:02 Do you think Boris Johnson did a good job at handling the pandemic?

00:05 I did. I think it was a very difficult task

00:08 and something that we've never experienced before.

00:11 So to have handled it the way that he did was unprecedented

00:16 and to be quite honest, I'm not a political person

00:20 but I do think he did a good job.

00:22 So there's an inquiry at the minute looking into how the government handled the pandemic.

00:26 Do you think Boris Johnson did a good job at that?

00:29 No, I don't.

00:30 And why not?

00:31 Because, yeah, I think he made a hash of the whole thing really.

00:36 His behaviour was outrageous

00:38 and now it's come to light that his plan was to kill off old people,

00:42 which I am one, so...

00:43 We are!

00:44 We are, yeah!

00:46 Do you think Boris Johnson did a good job at handling the COVID pandemic?

00:49 No, I don't.

00:49 And why not?

00:51 Erm...

00:52 It's quite inept, I think, and erm...

00:57 just no common sense, I think, really.

00:59 Do you think Boris Johnson did a good job at handling the COVID pandemic?

01:04 I think he did, yes.

01:05 Do you think Boris Johnson did a good job at handling the pandemic?

01:08 No, it was rubbish.

01:09 And why not?

01:11 Because he didn't do it really, did he? He made it worse.

01:13 So we've got the COVID inquiry going on at the minute.

01:15 Do you think Boris Johnson did a good job at handling the pandemic?

01:19 I think he did as good a job as anybody could

01:22 because it was an unknown quantity.

01:24 Lots of mistakes made.

01:26 Tell me he would have done better.

01:28 The inquiry is a waste of money.

01:32 But I'm on the assistance, no, it's tax money that's being spent on.