'I'll believe until I die that it was my job to thank staff'

Former PM Boris Johnson has expressed his gratitude to those who worked nether him during the pandemic, saying: "'I volition judge until the time I dice that it was my occupation to convey staff".

His comments came arsenic helium took questions from a sheet of MPs which is examining if helium intentionally misled Parliament implicit lockdown-era parties.

The ex-PM accepts that helium misled the Commons but denies helium did truthful connected purpose, arguing that helium relied connected the proposal of elder staff.