Government WhatsApp Messages Go Missing and people are finding it rather strange.
Rishi Sunak has said he was not advised that he should save WhatsApp messages from his phone, even after the Covid inquiry was set up, and he has no messages remaining from the pandemic period, reports The Guardian.
So government WhatsApp messages are no more it seems…
Government WhatsApp Messages Missing
The PM Rishi Sunak began his testimony by making a general apology to people affected by the Covid pandemic, saying “how deeply sorry I am to all of those who lost loved ones, family members, through the pandemic, and also all those who suffered in various different ways throughout the pandemic and as a result of the actions that were taken”.
He then added: “I’ve thought a lot about this over the past couple of years. It’s important that we learn the lessons so that we can be better prepared in the future. It’s in that spirit and with enormous respect for all of those who are affected that I’m here today.”
Changed Phone
Asked by Hugo Keith KC, the main inquiry counsel, about the missing messages, Sunak said: “I’ve changed my phone multiple times over the past few years, and as that has happened the messages have not come across.
“As you said, I’m not a prolific user of WhatsApp in the first instance, primarily communications with my private office, and obviously anything that was of significance through those conversations or exchanges has been recorded officially by my civil servants as one would expect.”
It comes Boris Johnson confirmed to the inquiry that he had been unable to retrieve his own WhatsApp message for a crucial period during the Covid crisis.
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