No 10 lawyers using ECHR law to shield unredacted WhatsApps from Covid inquiry

They argue it will breach article 8 rights' despite same legislation being maligned by many Conservatives

Government lawyers have sought to rely on the European convention of human rights - maligned by many Conservatives - to prevent having to hand over unredacted files to the Covid inquiry.

At an unprecedented high court challenge to the demand by the inquiry chair, Lady Heather Hallett, for documents that include the entire WhatsApp history of Boris Johnson and a former No 10 aide, Henry Cook, James Eadie KC argued it would breach article 8 rights".