The Dangers of WhatsApp Groups Being Subject to Public Scrutiny

I mean, this inquiry is really, really important. We know hundreds of thousands of people died during the COVID pandemic. It was the biggest crisis to afflict this country for decades. And I think it is deeply, deeply unfortunate that the beginning of that inquiry should already be mired in a battle between ministers and the government. So I've got a certain amount of sympathy for the Cabinet Office. As a journalist, you want as much information as possible. But what used to be conversations face to face, we would have on WhatsApp groups. And so they have become part of a semi-official record, which is what they were never intended to be.