Nicola Sturgeon WhatsApp messages could be relevant to covid inquiry, insists Aamer Anwar

Solicitors representing bereaved families in the Scottish and UK Covid inquiries have demanded clarity over the status of Nicola Sturgeon’s WhatsApp messages. Lawyers acting on behalf of the former SNP leader have claimed she did not have any relevant informal correspondence – such as private messages or emails – relating to the handling of the pandemic. Aamer Anwar, lead solicitor for the Scottish Covid Bereaved group, insisted it should be a matter for inquiry officials to determine what information is considered relevant. He has made further legal submissions to the UK Covid Inquiry calling for all unredacted WhatsApp messages and other relevant materials to be provided. Anwar insisted a request “should be made of Scottish ministers to provide to the inquiry any communications held by informal means in order that the primary relevance test can be carried out by this inquiry”. He said: “The Government is and should be answerable to the people, this applies to both the Scottish Government as well as the UK Government. “We were advised by the Scottish ministers’ counsel that Nicola Sturgeon has advised them she does not have such informal messages – i.e. WhatsApp messages. “Today we have sought full clarity from the UK
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