The Matt Hancock File

[Petcha]

Well, she works for Rupert Murdoch so if he sues and wins I'm sure she'll be ok.

Weird she gave it to the Telegraph though and not a Murdoch paper.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Breaking a NDA can get you sued, and I expect Handcock will sue. But breaking GDPR can get you prosecuted. If he sues for breaking the NDA, she'll probably use Public Interest as a defence. Whether or not that'll work, I have no idea, but it's probably enough to cover her against GDPR. The main point is that Hancock is really dim and didn't think this through at all. It's hilarious

It is hilarious, and even better Hancock claims these messages had already been handed over to the enquiry team last year, whilst also claiming that cancels out any Public interest defence, so I hope he does sue her, that would be even more hilarious, whether he wins or not.

 

[Petcha]

How do they define 'Public Interest'?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Well, she works for Rupert Murdoch so if he sues and wins I'm sure she'll be ok.

Weird she gave it to the Telegraph though and not a Murdoch paper.

I think she's just does some freelance work for TalkTV, having walked from GB News.

 

[mojo pixy]

It is hilarious, and even better Hancock claims these messages had already been handed over to the enquiry team last year, whilst also claiming that cancels out any Public interest defence, so I hope he does sue her, that would be even more hilarious, whether he wins or not.

It also highlights the WhatsApps that went missing because they were deleted to errr save space therefore couldn't be given to the enquiry. Whereas the ones he needed for his book, oh no he kept those. It's brilliant

 

[Dogsauce]

Well, she works for Rupert Murdoch so if he sues and wins I'm sure she'll be ok.

Weird she gave it to the Telegraph though and not a Murdoch paper.

The Telegraph was the mouthpiece of various anti-lockdown sociopaths, so she’s chosen somewhere that reflects her own views.

 

[bluescreen]

Some journalists are utterly pissed off with her because no one is going to trust them with anything off the record:

Oakeshott's behaviour is so lacking in basic ethical standards that she makes it harder for any journalist to do their job and get sources to trust them.

Note that Dunt is no friend of Hancock either, and acknowledges the Telegraph's 'anti-lockdown Covid conspiracy mentality' but

I spent last year talking to people on condition of anonymity for my book on how Westminster works. If they didn't trust me, they wouldn't talk, because it meant they could lose their career.

Isabel Oakeshott’s betrayal of Matt Hancock is the final nail in the coffin for trust in media

The attack Hancock is being subjected to is an attempt to spread an anti-lockdown Covid conspiracy mentality

inews.co.uk

 

[Rob Ray]

The mildly annoying thing about all this is it'll likely mean Hancock is remembered as "that dim-witted fool who messed up" rather than "that self-serving piece of shit who routinely and deliberately wasted vast sums of public money for his own benefit, and happened to also be a dim-witted fool." See also his turn in I'm a Celeb.

 

[brogdale]

Can't help feeling that those in the extant administration who had positions in the covid administration might feel quite happy to see this coming out now and for Hancock to be the lightening rod. Governments love it when inquiry findings are already old news when they are eventually revealed.

 

[hash tag]

There is of course a moral to this story...............

NEVER TRUST A TORY

 

[emanymton]

Breaking a NDA can get you sued, and I expect Handcock will sue. But breaking GDPR can get you prosecuted. If he sues for breaking the NDA, she'll probably use Public Interest as a defence. Whether or not that'll work, I have no idea, but it's probably enough to cover her against GDPR. The main point is that Hancock is really dim and didn't think this through at all. It's hilarious

If, I was to do something like this, I'd want a clause in the contract with the Telegraph that they would pay the cost of me being sued.

 

[bluescreen]

If, I was to do something like this, I'd want a clause in the contract with the Telegraph that they would pay the cost of me being sued.

David Allen Green has some thoughts on the likelihood of Hancock suing:

NDAs and the Public Interest – a beginner’s guide for Matt Hancock and others

2nd March 2023 The publication this week by the Daily Telegraph of the WhatsApp messages of Matthew Hancock with several third parties was unusual and striking. It was so unusual and striking that …

davidallengreen.com

tl:dr:

We do not know what were the terms of the NDA – and so we cannot pass comment on whether the NDA was well drafted for its purpose or not.

But we can evaluate the wisdom of Hancock in thinking any NDA, on any terms, would protect him against onward disclosure of the messages by a counter-party willing to breach the NDA on the basis of the public interest.

It was a daft thing for him to do.

 

[Cerv]

Didn't they try the pet culling thing somewhere?
it all seem so long ago now

the Hong Kong hamster cull?

Hong Kong seizes hamsters from pet store for mass cull

A pet shop outbreak in "zero Covid" Hong Kong will result in the euthanasia of 2,000 small mammals.

www.bbc.co.uk

yesterday morning I was thinking "I can't believe the papers are back to phone hacking so brazenly". the truth is so much funnier. how fucking stupid is Hancock.

 

[hash tag]

I am waiting for tomorrows torygraph to read more of oakshott's revelations.

 

[savoloysam]

How do they define 'Public Interest'?

It's open to definition. I'd stop at the public lynching of Matt Hancock.

 

[cupid_stunt]

It's open to definition. I'd stop at the public lynching of Matt Hancock.

I wouldn't.

 

[savoloysam]

Aye that's what I meant.

 

[Cerv]

The former Health Secretary branded the scheme ‘eat out to help the virus get about’

he's got the right idea, but no marks for execution. it doesn't exactly trip off the tongue.

 

[brogdale]

psychopaths

 

[elbows]

he's got the right idea, but no marks for execution. it doesn't exactly trip off the tongue.

I preferred 'stuff yer face to help the virus gain pace'

 

[elbows]

Also:

“The language on customer logs has just gone from ‘should’ to ‘can’. Grateful if you can fix – we can’t reverse this at the last minute!” Hancock said.

Case replied: “Alok blocking ‘should’. Will need to fix after this meeting.”

Hancock said the “question I can’t understand is why Alok is against controlling the virus. Strange approach”.

“Pure Conservative ideology,” Case replied.

Sunak is also mentioned in the conversation, with Case describing him as “going bonkers about ‘should’ right now too”.

Matt Hancock ridiculed Sunak’s ‘eat out to help out’ scheme, messages show

Then health secretary tried to get support of then cabinet secretary, according to leaked WhatsApp texts

www.theguardian.com

And:

Mr Hancock was angry about a story claiming that Mr Sunak had issued warnings over some departments' spending being out of control.

Speaking with one of his advisers, Mr Hancock said he "spoke to Rishi", who was "horrified" at the story.

Mr Hancock and his adviser discussed where the story could have come from - who had told the journalist what Mr Sunak was said to think.

The adviser said he assumed it was "just officials making mischief".

Mr Hancock said "Or Steve Barclay. Wankers. Trying to be all clever about spending control."

At the time, Mr Barclay, who is now health secretary, was chief secretary of the Treasury, under Mr Sunak.

Matt Hancock called colleague a 'w*****' and mocked Rishi Sunak's Eat Out to Help Out policy

The revelations are the latest in the "Lockdown Files" from The Daily Telegraph, which has seen Mr Hancock's WhatsApp messages shared by journalist Isabel Oakeshott who helped write the former health secretary's book.

news.sky.com

 

[Karl Masks]

She's only doing this because she wants to spread her anti lockdown anti science crap.

 

[elbows]

She's only doing this because she wants to spread her anti lockdown anti science crap.

Yes thats her agenda and the Telegraphs agenda but there are plenty of other angles that those without that stance can run with as a result of this leak.

 

[Petcha]

I apologise for the DM link.

But this is gold.

Matt Hancock's 41-hour bid to save career after affair photos released

CCTV images of the former Health Secretary and Gina Coladangelo in an intimate embrace were published in June 2021, prompting a panicked attempt to recruit Tory MPs to defend him.

www.dailymail.co.uk

In one WhatsApp message, Mr Hancock tells his media advisor: 'I could apologise for the whole thing - I have after all cheated on my wife.'

In a later exchange, he says: 'I don't think I can acknowledge that I broke the rules. I think I just went against the clinical advice not the rules.'

At one point he responded: 'WE DIDN'T BREAK THE F***ING LAW OK'.

 

[Petcha]

The Eat Out to Help Out thing was fucking nuts though, so I agree with Matt on that.

I remember sitting in my local Thai place with my girlfriend at the time for half price going WTF. Arent we supposed to be staying home?

 

[Raheem]

Fuck your nan! Have a deep pan!

 

[cupid_stunt]

This is an entertaining interview with Oakeshott on Times Radio, she's not happy and doesn't come out of very well, meanwhile the interviewer is highly amused and ends up cracking up a bit at the end.

The second clip is best.

 

[hash tag]

I am waiting for tomorrows torygraph to read more of oakshott's revelations.

There is no such thing as bad news, especially when you have a book coming out; I for one can't wait.

 

[marty21]

It's proper popcorn time .

Tories are wailing about Sue Gray being a superspy from Labour who took out their beloved Boris. The Privilege Committee enquiry is on-going , and now the lockdown files . It all keeps #partygate in the headlines , which was not a great look for the Tories at the time , and history hasn't been kind to it.

 

[brogdale]

It's proper popcorn time .

Tories are wailing about Sue Gray being a superspy from Labour who took out their beloved Boris. The Privilege Committee enquiry is on-going , and now the lockdown files . It all keeps #partygate in the headlines , which was not a great look for the Tories at the time , and history hasn't been kind to it.

The internecine battle for the 'heart & soul' of the, soon to be, HMLO is truly underway.