WhatsApp'ened with Nicola Sturgeon at the COVID Inquiry?
Jan 31, 2024•24 min
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Episode description
Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told the COVID Inquiry: "I was the first minister when the pandemic struck and part of me wishes I hadn't been.”
She denied that she used platforms including WhatsApp to have serious policy discussions.
She said she'd deleted messages but relevant information was all on public records.
On this Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson goes through her answers with Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies. They also talk about whether the pandemic claims have damaged her leadership legacy.
Plus, with claims of key Tory cabinet names being part of an "Evil Plotters" WhatsApp group this week - our deputy political editor Sam Coates on the impact WhatsApp messages are having on politics.
Producers: Soila Apparicio and Alex Edden
Assistant producer: Iona Brunker
Promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Paul Stanworth
She denied that she used platforms including WhatsApp to have serious policy discussions.
She said she'd deleted messages but relevant information was all on public records.
On this Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson goes through her answers with Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies. They also talk about whether the pandemic claims have damaged her leadership legacy.
Plus, with claims of key Tory cabinet names being part of an "Evil Plotters" WhatsApp group this week - our deputy political editor Sam Coates on the impact WhatsApp messages are having on politics.
Producers: Soila Apparicio and Alex Edden
Assistant producer: Iona Brunker
Promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Paul Stanworth
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