Nicola Sturgeon has finally admitted to deleting her WhatsApp messages during the pandemic – as evidence shown to the Covid inquiry proves they were used for government decision-making.
Speaking at a hearing in Edinburgh, the former first minister initially said only that she had not “retained” her messages, but later admitted that she had deleted them herself.
Sturgeon defended doing so, claiming she believed she should not hold anything relevant to government business on a phone that could be lost, and that anything important would be put on the corporate record.
