It seems Matt Hancock was conducting government via WhatsApp during the pandemic. As health secretary, he sent more than 100,000 messages concerning covid-19 policy, which have now been leaked to the Daily Telegraph. Some are banal, others excruciating.
Most importantly of all, these messages will help the covid inquiry assess how and why decisions were taken at the peak of the covid crisis. They will also be an invaluable resource to the historians of the future. But for now, they show just how bizarre the people in charge can be.
