The Covid-19 Inquiry was shown extracts from the notebooks of former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance. In an early October 2020 entry, he wrote of a “very bad meeting” with the then Prime Minister who spoke of “medieval measures” to suppress
Humza Yousaf is “dizzy from his own spin” as he tries to justify his government’s “catastrophic mistakes” during the pandemic, Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie has claimed in the wake of the ongoing row over deleted WhatsApp messages. The row over
Singer Harry Styles stars in the expanded Drawing from Life, at the National Portrait Gallery from today. It also covers the Bradford-born artist’s work over six decades with five sitters: mum Laura, his designer friend Celia Birtwell, ex-partner Gregory Evans, printer Maurice
Lord Frost has defended Boris Johnson’s Government’s focus on Brexit in the lead-up to the pandemic. He was forced to after Britain’s most senior female civil servant told the Covid inquiry that Mr Johnson solely focused on Brexit to the exclusion of
A war of words fought by the then PM and top aide Dominic Cummings was exposed in WhatsApp messages at the Covid inquiry. Mr Johnson hit out at suggestions that his now wife Carrie was responsible for briefing against his former senior
Nicola Sturgeon faced on-the-spot questions today after it emerged this weekend she has reportedly wiped her messages from the height of Scotland’s battle with Covid. Facing a large press pack, Ms Sturgeon claimed she had “nothing to hide”, but refused to address
The Covid inquiry is underway with core members of the Government’s Covid teams giving evidence on the UK’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Several accusations have been levelled at the Government and former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, with his former chief advisor
Disgraced Nicola Sturgeon has one key question she needs to answer, according to a former Secretary of State for Scotland, as the former First Minister once again finds herself embroiled in a scandal. This time, the probing questions relate to the deleting
Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings is set to face a grilling at the Covid inquiry today. Mr Cummings, who was a key figure in Downing Street throughout the Government’s early response to the pandemic, will give evidence on Tuesday as
The description of the former prime minister came in an exchange between Martin Reynolds, his former Principal Private Secretary, and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case during the pandemic. Giving evidence yesterday, Mr Reynolds said Mr Johnson had perhaps not realised his WhatsApp messages