Actually, in the case of borris it's not irony, it's his policy in action. Again, chances are that like many other people, you make the same fallacy due to your political bias. Borris is not a child eating monster that loves to kill old people. He didn't come with the herd immunity plan by himself. He listened to his experts and followed their advice despite its political costs. And I am sure many other politicians wanted to follow the herd plan but chickened out because of the immense political costs.

For whatever reason he changed his plan mid way though. Perhaps experts from the other "team" convinced him it's better this way, unlike, Sweden and if I am not wrong Switcherland that follow the herd immunity plan. But I don't see many people complaining about these two countries and their politicians.

Imo, there is no right or wrong way to tackle this problem and we don't know yet how many more people are going to die not from the virus but from the economic crisis that is about to follow. Whatever path you choose there will be death, pain and misery.