Top reactions as ‘Boris The Liar’ trends following reports he said ‘let the bodies pile high’

The hashtag #BorisTheLiar was trending on Twitter this morning following a story in the Daily Mail which alleges that the prime minister said “let the bodies pile high in their thousands” as he batted off calls for more lockdowns in an October meeting.

Despite being strenuously repudiated by defence secretary Ben Wallace, who said it has been “categorically denied by practically everyone,” Labour was quick to jump on the front page story this morning.

A spokesman said: “If this report is true, then these are truly shocking and sickening comments from Boris Johnson.

“It is hard to imagine how families who have lost loved ones to Covid will feel reading them. He must make a public statement as soon as possible.”

The reaction on social media has also been particularly fierce, with one person saying that even if audio recordings of the shocking utterances were released, it’s still unlikely that the PM will resign.

Jack Caramac added: “I don’t know about you, but I’m still relieved that we didn’t get a PM who looks weird when he eats a bacon sandwich”, while David pointed out that the PM had said it would be “frankly inhuman to cancel Christmas”, but doesn’t mind saying “let the bodies pile high.”

See below for what people had to say about the allegations:

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Andra Maciuca

Andra is a multilingual, award-winning NQJ senior journalist and the UK’s first Romanian representing co-nationals in Britain and reporting on EU citizens for national news. She is interested in UK, EU and Eastern European affairs, EU citizens in the UK, British citizens in the EU, environmental reporting, ethical consumerism and corporate social responsibility. She has contributed articles to VICE, Ethical Consumer and The New European and likes writing poetry, singing, songwriting and playing instruments. She studied Journalism at the University of Sheffield and has a Masters in International Business and Management from the University of Manchester. Follow her on: