‘We got the big calls right’ said Boris Johnson. But did he really?

Observer writers examine whether the claims in the PM's speech to parliament on 19 January actually hold water

Johnson detailed what he meant by getting the big calls right" in a Commons speech on 19 January. He listed the decision to focus on the booster campaign in December, not opting to use the European Medicines Agency for vaccine procurement, and investing early in lateral flow tests and cutting-edge drugs". He also claimed that the UK had the fastest booster campaign in Europe" and was first to emerge from the Omicron wave".