Top Tory insists Boris Johnson can come back despite damning Covid findings

Michael Gove apologised on behalf of the Conservative Party for the shambolic response to the Covid pandemic, but said Boris Johnson's political career shouldn't be over as a result

Boris Johnson's political career should not be over in spite of the damning Covid Inquiry findings, Michael Gove has insisted.

The Tory peer rejected claims that a toxic and sexist climate under his old boss contributed to the Government's shambolic response. But the Conservative grandee - who was in Mr Johnson's cabinet during the pandemic - apologised on behalf of his party for the botched handling of the crisis.

He said bereaved families would feel an "understandable anger" over failings during the crisis. He admitted that words and actions in No10 were "far from ideal", but said in a crisis leaders d