Matt Hancock wanted to bring Covid-19 patients from France to the UK for treatment during the pandemic to help out French President Emmanuel Macron who had a big spike in cases.
Very rarely do we come across a cache of documents giving an unvarnished glimpse of the personalities, as well as the policies, which shape our lives. Britain's 30-year rule shows us memos and scribbled comments, but with no hint of the.
The latest WhatsApp exchanges show how Mr Hancock and others discussed how to use an announcement about the Kent variant of the virus to scare the public into changing their behaviour.