The US shared “surprising” evidence with the UK at the height of the Covid-19 outbreak, suggesting there was a “high chance” the virus leaked from a laboratory in China, The Telegraph has revealed. The Five Eyes intelligence-sharing countries met to discuss the possibility of a “lab leak” in January 2021 after the United States warned… Read More »
In despair… Nicola Sturgeon, pictured in 2022, said she ‘liked’ Sir Chris Whitty but was concerned ‘past mistakes could get in the way of doing the right thing’ in the later stages of the pandemic – Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament/ PA Nicola Sturgeon complained to a key adviser that she had failed to get him to… Read More »
Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon told the Covid Inquiry that she and her fellow ministers followed the Scottish Government’s advice to put only the “highlights” of WhatsApp messages into the public record before deleting them – Colin Fisher/Alamy Stock Photo Scotland’s information watchdog has launched an investigation into the mass deletion of WhatsApp messages… Read More »
Nicola Sturgeon Nicola Sturgeon and her deputy deleted all pandemic WhatsApp messages, the Covid Inquiry heard. At a hearing in Edinburgh on Friday, the inquiry was told former prime minister Ms Sturgeon “retained no messages” about the pandemic, while her deputy John Swinney used an “auto-delete function”. Ms Sturgeon has repeatedly refused to say whether… Read More »
Boris Johnson embarked on an extraordinary rewriting of history over Partygate as he gave evidence to the Covid inquiry, insisting the public’s perception of parties breaking lockdown in Number 10 was “a million miles” away from the truth. In comments likely to infuriate bereaved families during the Covid outbreak, the former prime minister said representations… Read More »