Whatever his motives, Boris Johnson has done the right thing by promising to hand his WhatsApp messages directly to the Covid Inquiry.
It could be the former PM genuinely wants to help the investigation. Or he may be seeking to embarrass Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Regardless of his reasons, and despite the rather odd delay in providing his older messages, it is an outrage that Baroness Hallett is having to fight the Government tooth and nail to access the records of ministers and officials.
