Boris Johnson’s COVID School Closure Failures: A Case of Government Overreach and Unpreparedness

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently appeared before the U.K. Covid-19 Inquiry to defend his government’s handling of school closures during the pandemic. His attempts to deny a failure in preparedness collapse under scrutiny, exposing deep flaws in leadership and planning. While Johnson claims officials were "considering" school closures months before the abrupt shutdown, testimony from his own Education Secretary reveals an alarming reality: there was no concrete plan until mere hours before schools were forced to close. Can We Trust Leaders Who Delay Critical Decisions? Johnson's testimony that he hoped to avoid school closures rings hollow when set...