Boris Johnson hands COVID-era WhatsApps to UK government amid inquiry row

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LONDON: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given his pandemic-era notebooks and messages to the government and urged officials to pass them on to an independent COVID-19 inquiry, his spokesman said on Wednesday (May 31). The Cabinet Office, which is responsible for overseeing the operation of

LONDON: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given his pandemic-era notebooks and messages to the government and urged officials to pass them on to an independent COVID-19 inquiry, his spokesman said on Wednesday .

With a national election expected next year, the detailed examination of decision making could be politically uncomfortable for both Johnson and current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who was finance minister during the pandemic. The Cabinet Office did not immediately respond for a request for comment. In a statement issued on Tuesday, it said:

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