Sunak Finds Himself Drawn Into the One Feud He Hoped to Avoid
- Spat with UK Covid inquiry hands spotlight to Boris Johnson
- Some Tories worry about tactics ahead of general election
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spent seven months trying to persuade the public that he could put the turmoil of the Brexit years and the pandemic behind him. Now, some in the ruling Conservative Party fear their leader has allowed chaos to return and torpedoed his own salvage job.
Sunak’s dramatic decision to take the official Covid-19 inquiry to court rather than release unredacted versions of Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and personal diaries has raised uncomfortable questions about what Sunak — who was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the pandemic — is trying to hide.