Reviews comment that the book presented too positive an image, making Hancock seem unduly prescient with the benefit of hindsight, arguing there may be elements of revisionism.

[7] Adam Wagner, writing in Prospect magazine, said that the book had a focus on score settling and self-aggrandisation but that there were some genuine revelations, noting that more will be known when the UK Covid-19 Inquiry reports.

[8] Oakeshott leaked some of the private WhatsApp messages she had access to in a Daily Telegraph article published in February 2023.

[9] One message from April 2020 suggests Hancock told aides that professor Chris Whitty had done "an "evidence review" and recommended "testing of all going into care homes, and segregation whilst awaiting result".

[10] A spokesman for Hancock said, "These stolen messages have been doctored to create a false story that Matt rejected clinical advice on care home testing".