The government is reportedly withholding the documents due to the review by the intelligence services who advise that they should only be read by those with the highest level of security clearance.
And they need to be “appropriately stored” if they are given back to Johnson, reports The Times.
Notes that Mr Johnson has been making while Prime Minister are at the centre of the dispute between the government and the Covid public inquiry with it being revealed that he was keeping a detailed diary of his time in Downing Street for a possible memoir.
Well, BJ is, allegedly, getting £1,000,000 for his DM column so how much for a “memoir” …