Boris Johnson has decided to "bridge" Rishi Sunak and personally deliver his messages and whatsapps during the pandemic to the Covid investigation. The former "premier" has taken the step forward hours after Sunak appealed to the courts to block the delivery of the evidence, alleging "important issues of principle" in the functioning of the Government.
"I do not want my messages to test other people," Johnson declared at the time of delivery of the material required by Baroness Heather Hallet, at the head of the official Covid investigation.
Johnson's decision puts a compromised position in Sunak's cabinet, which faced resistance from several ministers who believe that the dissemination of internal communications between members of the government could create a dangerous precedent.
Sunak himself, who served as Treasury secretary in the last Johnson government, blocked the delivery at the last moment. The Cabinet Ministry warned for its part that the delivery of internal messages between the former "premier" and members of the Government contain "information not connected to the Covid" and "totally irrelevant to the work of the investigation" led by Heather Hallet .
Sunak's attitude is in stark contrast to Johnson's decision, which has even required assistance from the Cabinet Ministry to recover his old phone and "search for all relevant material" for the investigation. Johnson has also asked for two dozen notebooks with "entries" made during the pandemic to be delivered to him so that he can make them available to the investigation.
"People want answers and no more cover-ups," said opposition Labor number two Angela Rayner. Rivka Gottliev, spokesperson for the families of the victims of Covid (more than 226,000 in the United Kingdom), also criticized the obstructionist maneuver of the Sunak government: "Why has the Cabinet Ministry intervened? We have to assume that they are sitting down about the evidence that may undermine Rishi Sunak's reputation, and that is more important than saving lives in the future."
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