Technical team unable to view any messages for four months from before arrival of virus to after first lockdown
The mystery of Boris Johnson’s Covid-era WhatsApp messages has taken another twist the day before the former prime minister gives evidence to the inquiry into the pandemic, after it was reported that nearly six months of messages could not be retrieved.
There has already been a lengthy saga over the evidence Johnson has submitted, with Rishi Sunak’s government refusing to hand over the ex-PM’s unredacted messages, notebooks and diaries until ordered to do so by the high court.
