I preach hard work, discipline. i m an athlete. i preach anti drug, i preach religion, i preach no alcohol. i preach. no knife crime. every single problem in modern society, i m against. we ll bejoined by a prankster who ended up with a criminal record who says andrew tate is helping him mend his ways, and laura bates, the writer and founder of the everyday sexism project. and ahead of the government s expected apology and compensation for the treatment of lgbt+ members of the military when homosexuality was banned until 2000, we speak we speak to two former servicemen about their treatment and the impact on their lives. good evening. to some it might feel a bit like a looking glass world, when the former prime minister is now happy for his whatsapp messages and documents to be handed to the covid inquiry, but the current prime minister and his government are doing their utmost to stop that happening. rishi sunak s government has this afternoon called instead for a judical review.
At least one of his cabinet, the energy secretary grant shapps, seems not to be on board with that, saying this morning he believes the covid inquiry should be given whatever they wa nt as evidence gathering begins in two weeks time under the chairmanship of the right honourable baroness dame heather carol hallett. today s move from the government is believed to be the first time ever that ministers have taken legal action against an inquiry their own government has established. so where does all of this leave the covid inquiry? here s kate. what s relevant to the uk s pandemic response? that s the issue at the heart of the judicial review the government announced today. the cabinet office is challenging whether it should have to disclose what it considers unambiguously irrelevant material to the upcoming public inquiry, including parts of borisjohnson s whatsapp messages and diaries. the chair of the covid inquiry, baroness hallett, however, has previously found that the refusal to
Presumably precedent as well. yes, i think there is a non-cynical case - presumably precedent as well. yes, i think there is a non-cynical case to l think there is a non cynical case to make here. sirjames ely is a very qualified lawyer, and i think this reflects that the law governing public records has not kept up with new technology. the public records act, the freedom of information act, all of these things predate whatsapp. in the old days, it would have been easy to ask for papers, these things would have been on paper and they could have been handed over. now, there is nothing categorising what is personal, what is private, and how you disentangle the two, and we need to get those rules up to date. the two, and we need to get those rules up to date. because let s face it, we are rules up to date. because let s face it. we are a rules up to date. because let s face it. we are a lot rules up to date. because let s face it, we are a lot of rules up to date. because let s face