Sir Patrick Vallance

2023 - 11 - 20

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Covid inquiry: What has Sir Patrick Vallance said in his diaries? (BBC News)

The UK's chief scientific adviser during Covid recorded his thoughts most evenings in handwritten notes.

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Patrick Vallance contradicts Rishi Sunak's evidence to Covid inquiry (The Guardian)

PM would almost certainly have known concerns over 'eat out to help out' scheme, says former chief scientific adviser.

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'Bamboozled': Boris Johnson was 'confused' by science, Covid ... (ITV News)

Sir Patrick Vallance, the former chief scientific adviser, has been giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. | ITV National News.

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Covid inquiry live: Rishi Sunak thought it was okay to let people die ... (The Independent)

Covid inquiry news: Sir Patrick Vallance has told the Covid inquiry that during the pandemic he would make notes as a way of “decompressing”.

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'Rishi thinks just let people die': Dominic Cummings' claim revealed ... (Sky News)

A diary entry from the former chief scientific adviser, shown to the COVID inquiry, describes a heated meeting as ministers and officials argued over ...

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Rishi Sunak thought 'just let people die and that's ok', Covid inquiry ... (Evening Standard)

Sir Patrick wrote in his pandemic diaries about claim by Dominic Cummings about then chancellor in heated meeting about lockdowns.

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Sir Patrick Vallance reveals his family was threatened during Covid ... (LBC)

The government's former chief scientific adviser has revealed his family faced personal threats and abuse during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Five things we learned from Sir Patrick Vallance at the Covid inquiry (iNews)

Boris Johnson was 'bamboozled' by the science and Gavin Williamson presided over 'complete chaos' in schools, according to the diaries of the former chief ...

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Sir Patrick Vallance never intended for diaries to 'see the light of day' (The Independent)

The former chief scientific adviser gave evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry on Monday.

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Sir Patrick Vallance rejects Sunak claim scientists were empowered ... (The Independent)

The former chief scientific adviser rebuffed that idea, in his witness statement to the Covid-19 Inquiry. The Prime Minister made the remarks in an interview ...

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QUENTIN LETTS: Velveteen Sir Patrick Vallance gave a ... (Daily Mail)

QUENTIN LETTS: During Covid he must have left for work each morning with a sigh at the looking-glass, wetting an eyebrow and remarking, 'My dear, you're a ...

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Boris Johnson was 'bamboozled' by science during the pandemic ... (The Independent)

Sir Patrick Vallance's bombshell diary entries revealed in excruciating detail how the former prime minister struggled to understand graphs and 'just could ...

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Rishi Sunak thought 'just let people die', Covid Inquiry hears (Telegraph.co.uk)

Sir Patrick Vallance, the then chief scientific adviser, made a note in his diary on Oct 25 2020 about a meeting in which Boris Johnson argued for “letting it ...

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Patrick Vallance and the politicisation of Covid science (Spectator.co.uk)

Throughout the Covid meetings, Sir Patrick Vallance was scribbling almost as much as Michael Gove, leading Boris Johnson to assume that he was keeping a ...

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How Patrick Vallance's explosive diaries exposed Covid chaos ... (The Guardian)

Testimony of government's former chief scientific adviser, whose diary provides a vital chronicle of the pandemic, is eagerly awaited.

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