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Appearing before a COVID-19 inquiry, Johnson defends his government’s response to 2020 outbreak, saying he did the best he could at the time

Boris Johnson has said that expletive-ridden WhatsApps were a “creatively useful” tool at the height of the Covid pandemic as he denied deleting thousands of messages.

The former prime minister defends 'fruity' WhatsApp messages and apologises for calling long Covid 'b----cks'

He confirmed himself as manifestly unfit. Those who gave Britain such a leader should carry the shame of it to their graves, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Boris Johnson was shown a number of minutes, notes and WhatsApp messages from his time as prime minister while giving evidence to the COVID inquiry.

Months in and years to go, it’s still far from clear what the point of this inquiry is. Fortunately today they had called in that famously plain-speaking Boris Johnson to de-muddy the waters.

The inquiry has already heard damaging testimony about Johnsons handling of the crisis, including claims of government incompetence, backstabbing and misogyn | World News

Former prime minister denies he made major mistakes and defends top team during full day of questioning

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson faces first of two days of questioning over his handling of the Covid pandemic

Security is beefed up at the Covid inquiry as the former PM finally faces grilling on decisions he made during pandemic