Boris Johnson has bypasses Rishi Sunak and told the Covid Inquiry he is willing to hand over all his unredacted WhatsApp messages – including 2020 material from a previous phone discarded for security reasons.
The former prime minister is under fire once again after it emerged on Thursday that he had handed over only messages from May 2021 or later to the Cabinet Office. In an extraordinary move, the government announced this week it is taking its own inquiry to court so it does not have to disclose material it considers irrelevant – sparking accusations of a “cowardly cover up”. Mr Sunak is under increasing pressure to fold on the issue, with even his own ministers believing legal action will fail.
