WhatsApp: the go-to messaging tool for parliamentary plotting

Boris Johnson’s ‘leaked’ show of support for the prime minister highlights how the app has become the medium of choice in WestminsterPolitical deals used to be done in smoke-filled rooms, but parliamentary plotting nowadays happens mostly on WhatsApp.On Sunday night, a message sent by Boris Johnson to a private Whatsapp chat group for Tory MPs were “leaked” to the media. However the text, professing support for Theresa May, also looked very much like it was intended