whether to hand this material over. and ultimately i m sure he will have been given the advice that whatever is within that could potentially be embarrassing that withholding it and being seen to withhold it would look far worse. 50. being seen to withhold it would look far worse. ., ., , ., far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, it far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, it is far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, it is on far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, it is on the - on rishi sunak, it is on the government. what are they going to do? are they going to risk legal action? ~ y . ., , do? are they going to risk legal action? ~ . ., , ., action? well, officials have said the are action? well, officials have said they are considering action? well, officials have said they are considering the - action? well, officials have said| they are considering the position
the government s got until 4pm tomorrow to give the covid inquiry the whatsapps and notebooks of boris johnson. but with the possibility of embarassing details coming out of the process, what will rishi sunak do? lucy fisher is whitehall editor at the financial times. i wonder if you can explain, as i leg it over to the other side of the studio, what borisjohnson will be weighing up as he has these over today? weighing up as he has these over toda ? l, , weighing up as he has these over toda ? , a, weighing up as he has these over toda? a, ,, today? boris johnson s team insist he has always today? boris johnson s team insist he has always been today? boris johnson s team insist he has always been willing - today? boris johnson s team insist he has always been willing to - today? boris johnson s team insist he has always been willing to fully | he has always been willing to fully cooperate with the inquiry and that when this legal notice that baroness heather hallett issue to the
position is that messages of a personal nature shouldn t be passed over, that it should be the government lawyers that go through that and decide what is unambiguously irrelevant. baroness hallett rejects that argument, or has done today and saying it is her inquiry to determine what is relevant to the lines of investigation. d0 relevant to the lines of investigation.- relevant to the lines of investigation. relevant to the lines of investiuation. , ., ~ investigation. do you think we ll see le . al investigation. do you think we ll see legal action investigation. do you think we ll see legal action or investigation. do you think we ll see legal action or will - investigation. do you think we ll see legal action or will there - investigation. do you think we ll see legal action or will there be | see legal action or will there be some fudge? baroness hallett is not the kind of woman you mess with, to be honest, is she? ida. the kind of woman you mess with, to be honest, is she?
administration and constitutional affairs committee, who said that the government must act in the spirit of the open public inquiry, and hand over all the documentation it has asked for. ., ~ , ., over all the documentation it has asked for. ., ~ , ., . , that s all from us tonight. kirsty s here tomorrow. have a lovely evening. this is bbc news. let s take you to nigeria.
challenging the order requiring them to hand over unredacted information. at the moment, we ll see what happens tomorrow. sources i ve spoken to in the government say they are hopeful of finding a way through, a compromise meaning they don t have to resort to legal action. i don t have to resort to legal action. ., , ., , action. i wonder where this leaves eo - le action. i wonder where this leaves peeple when action. i wonder where this leaves peeple when it action. i wonder where this leaves people when it comes action. i wonder where this leaves people when it comes to - action. i wonder where this leaves people when it comes to having i action. i wonder where this leaves i people when it comes to having faith in this inquiry? in this inquiry? yeah it s a good question- in this inquiry? yeah it s a good question. i ve in this inquiry? yeah it s a good question. i ve been in this inquiry? yeah it s a good question. i ve been reporting i in this inquiry? yeah it s a good