Covid Inquiry: Nicola Sturgeon calls Boris Johnson a 'f**cking clown' on WhatsApp as Humza Yousaf set to appear
Recap what happened at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry today with The Scotsman's politics team.
Key Events
On Liz Lloyd’s appearance at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Aamer Anwar, lead solicitor for the Scottish Covid Bereaved group, said: “The bereaved find it unbelievable there is no explanation from Liz Lloyd as to why during the critical period of the pandemic those WhatsApps do not exist, or why they disappeared.”
In his statement he added: “In Scotland, the bereaved genuinely believed Ms Sturgeon, Mr Yousaf and Mr Swinney when they told the families they would be front and centre, that they would be different [than the UK Government], and in Ms Sturgeon’s words that nothing would be off limits, including her WhatsApps.
“That belief is now shattered and it’s time for the word games to stop.
“Today the First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf had to answer to this inquiry - however in parliament at FMQs he once more offered an unreserved apology to the Covid bereaved over the handling of informal communications such as WhatsApps.
“Mr Yousaf went on to announce an external review into the handling of WhatsApps by the government.
“The Covid bereaved regard the First Minister’s statement as too little and too late, the damage has been done, the evidence has been destroyed, and this is shameful 11th hour scrambling to sort out the mess created by his government.”
That's Humza Yousaf's questioning session at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry over.
The inquiry sits in Edinburgh for another week.
On Monday it will hear from UK Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove and former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman.
On Tuesday it will hear from former deputy first minister John Swinney MSP and former finance secretary Kate Forbes MSP.
On Wednesday it will hear from former first minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP.
On Thursday the inquiry's Edinburgh leg will conclude and it will hear from UK Scottish Secretary Alister Jack MP.
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