Covid inquiry: Five things we learned, from Dominic Cummings ‘weirdos’ to disappearing messages

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Covid inquiry: Five things we learned, from Dominic Cummings ‘weirdos’ to disappearing messages
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Rishi Sunak's Eat out to help out initiative was dubbed 'Eat out to help out the virus' by Chris Whitty

A timeline of when Madeleine McCann went missing as BBC airs documentary on her disappearanceRishi Sunak’s Eat out to help out initiative was dubbed ‘Eat out to help out the virus’ by Chris Whittysaid. In particular, Mr Cummings’s decision to employ what he described as “misfits and weirdos” into government positions was blamed for diverting attention away from dealing with the pandemic.

It meant all messages on his private messaging app would be deleted after a period of time. Asked why he had taken this decision, Mr Reynolds said he “could not recall”.Mr Johnson’s former personal private secretary took the chance to state how “deeply sorry” he was for his decision to organise lockdown parties in No 10. Mr Reynolds was the author of the now infamous “BYOB ” email, which invited dozens of Downing Street staff members to a drinks event at the height of the first Covid lockdown.

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