For a Government that launches a leak inquiry at the drop of a plumber’s wrench, it’s odd that Boris Johnson is so reluctant to find out who leaked a text from the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman.
MBS, as he is known, likes to WhatsApp the powerful when his interests are threatened, and last June lobbied Boris to ‘correct’ the Premier League’s ‘wrong’ decision not to allow his £300 million take-over of Newcastle United.
Boris, the Culture department and the Foreign Office were supportive of the Saudi’s demand for a new toy and the PM asked key ally Eddie Lister to get involved.