Boris Johnson considered invading the Netherlands to seize Covid vaccines during the height of the pandemic, he has revealed. Writing in his memoirs, to be published next month, the former prime minister said he commissioned the Armed Forces to consider whether an aquatic raid on a warehouse in Leiden was possible.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he ordered military chiefs to plan a raid on a Dutch factory in March 2021 to secure 5 million COVID vaccines that the European Union had threatened to bar from being exported to Britain.

Former prime minister Boris Johnson considered launching an “aquatic raid” on a warehouse in the Netherlands to retrieve Covid vaccine doses amid a row with Europe, according to an extract from his memoir.

Former prime minister Boris Johnson said he considered launching an ‘aquatic raid’ on a vaccination warehouse in the Netherlands amid a row with Europe. The plan was revealed in his new memoir, with Boris recalling he convened a meeting of senior military officials in March 2021 to discuss the plans,

The former Prime Minister has published his memoir, 'Unleashed' in which he reveals his plot to invade south Holland and seize Covid-19 vaccines