Covid inquiry: Sunak accused of ‘outrageous’ behaviour over rules
Britain’s top civil servant accused Rishi Sunak of “totally outrageous” behaviour during the pandemic, according to WhatsApp messages released by the Covid inquiry.
Simon Case also suggested that Boris Johnson was rabid and unable to “retain the tiniest shred of information”. He was conversing in a series of frustrated messages with his predecessor, Lord Sedwill, who himself hit out at Matt Hancock.
Dame Priti Patel, who was home secretary at the time, gave evidence at the inquiry and complained about the Department of Health’s “sub-optimal” approach to changing Covid rules at the last minute. She acknowledged that rules barring protests were “unenforceable” and that £10,000 fines for breaching Covid restrictions were disproportionate.
The Covid inquiry was shown a handwritten comment by Johnson in which
