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    Tearful Sturgeon admits deleting WhatsApps – but denies politicising Covid crisis

    by Adam Forrest,Zoe Grunewald and Archie Mitchell Jan 31, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: Covid-19 Inquiry/YouTube

    Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon fought back tears at the Covid inquiry as she denied using the pandemic for political purposes.

    The ex-SNP leader choked up as she rejected claims that she had pushed for fights with Boris Johnson’s government to boost her Scottish independence cause.

    She insisted that she had not been “thinking of political opportunity”, as she was grilled about WhatsApps which showed she wanted public arguments with Mr Johnson.

    Ms Sturgeon also finally admitted that she had deleted her own WhatsApp messages with officials and ministers, but attempted to

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