Hancock — a former British well being secretary famed for his stint on grueling outback actuality present ‘I’m a Superstar … Get Me Out of Right here!’ — discovered himself on the middle of a storm when his personal biographer determined to leak his WhatsApps to the Telegraph newspaper.
Hancock mentioned he had wished to “frighten the pants off everybody” to make sure compliance with Covid-19 guidelines — and referred to as educating unions a “bunch of absolute arses.” Nothing like a grown-up strategy on the high of presidency, though Hancock accused the Telegraph of working a “partial, biased account to go well with an anti-lockdown agenda.”
Boris Johnson
Johnson discovered himself dealing with intense WhatsApp scrutiny throughout the U.Okay.’s Covid-19 inquiry.
This time, nonetheless, it wasn’t for the content material of any messages, however as a result of — would you consider it — the highest Tory simply couldn’t, goshdarnit, discover round 5,000 personal WhatsApps he despatched throughout the top of the pandemic. He blamed software program “in some way routinely erasing” them. Good and particular.
Barely extra regarding was Johnson, whereas in workplace, reportedly contacting the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman through WhatsApp.
Johnson cherished handing out his personal telephone quantity to many world leaders whereas international secretary. Safety breaches? What safety breaches?
