Hancock — a former British health secretary famed for his stint on grueling outback reality show ‘I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!’ — found himself at the center of a storm when his own biographer decided to leak his WhatsApps to the Telegraph newspaper.
Hancock said he had wanted to “frighten the pants off everyone” to ensure compliance with Covid-19 rules — and called teaching unions a “bunch of absolute arses.” Nothing like a grown-up approach at the top of government, although Hancock accused the Telegraph of running a “partial, biased account to suit an anti-lockdown agenda.”
Boris Johnson
Johnson found himself facing intense WhatsApp scrutiny during the U.K.’s Covid-19 inquiry.
This time, however, it wasn’t for the content of any messages, but because — would you believe it — the top Tory just couldn’t, goshdarnit, find around 5,000 private WhatsApps he sent during the height of the pandemic. He blamed software “somehow automatically erasing” them. Nice and specific.
Slightly more concerning was Johnson, while in office, reportedly contacting the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman via WhatsApp.
Johnson loved handing out his private phone number to many world leaders while foreign secretary. Security breaches? What security breaches?