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Rishi Sunak defends refusal to share WhatsApp messages during Covid inquiry

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 12 Dec 2023, 8:14PM
British PM Rishi Sunak. Photo / AP
British PM Rishi Sunak. Photo / AP

Rishi Sunak defends refusal to share WhatsApp messages during Covid inquiry

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 12 Dec 2023, 8:14PM

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak raised a few eyebrows with his refusal to share his WhatsApp messages during the Covid response inquiry.

Sunak claimed he had changed phones many times in recent years and never backed up his messages- leaving no evidence from the pandemic period.

UK correspondent Enda Brady says Boris Johnson also lost 5,000 WhatsApp messages during that period, and reached for a similar excuse.

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