Camera that caught Hancock was hidden in a smoke detector

[transam]

To much of this covert caper

blimey hodge has a private conversation with corbyn and it gets taped and splashed all over the radio

usual suspects kept quiet on the caper

 

[transam]

Nixon taped all his conversations in the Oval Office

covertly

 

[sxturbo]

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...for-using-private-email-for-official-business

Jolyon Maugham QC, who has successfully taken the government to judicial review for the way it awarded contracts to those connected to the Conservatives, said there was nothing wrong “per se” with ministers using private email addresses. “It’s a bit like walking into a bank on a hot summer’s day wearing a balaclava – it’s not wrong in itself, but it is a strong sign that you are up to no good.”

Yet the likely lads still defend this behaviour. Shameful.

Some things are just indefensible

 

[Captain Nemesis]

This is the story - how the heck was a CCTV camera hidden in a smoke detector and how leaked the film to the SUN?

"The working assumption of security chiefs is that a government contractor obtained access to a feed from the camera and either downloaded it or filmed the monitor with his phone to pass to The Sun."

It was Halfcock wot dunnit himself.

Hes seen something really, really bad coming down the pipe and was looking for an out before the inevitable public inquiry.

 

[ellal]

There should not be CCTV cameras in Ministers offices.

Why not?

If they've got nothing to hide what should they be worried about?

After all our 'glorious leader' borisconi promised to act with “maximum possible transparency”!

 

[Lower]

Why not?

If they've got nothing to hide what should they be worried about?

After all our 'glorious leader' borisconi promised to act with “maximum possible transparency”!

Why? Because ministers at all levels of government should be able to have confidential conversations and meetings.

Its not about having something to hide, its about the basic realities of running a country.

 

[transam]

Governments cannot work with out confidentiality

tis a fact irrespective of which party is in power

 

[SirGalahad]

Why? Because ministers at all levels of government should be able to have confidential conversations and meetings.

Its not about having something to hide, its about the basic realities of running a country.

That doesnt mean they use whatsapp and other messaging platforms where there is no official record. Privacy yes but not from disclosure - they do work for us.

At your workplace don't you archive your messages?

 

[SirGalahad]

I’m not defending anyone here but that was nearly three years ago. What misdemeanours had Hancock made before Boris put him in charge of the NHS that you are aware of for him to be unsuitable for the job?

Keep up you old duffer. May made Hancock in charge of health. Boris should have sacked him for his lies over care homes - his actions as Health Minister deserved sacking.

But Matt also had his own app which was a privacy nightmare. A guy who then made a data grab for your NHS data.

https://www.theregister.com/2018/02/01/matt_hancock_app_privacy_bug_ed_vaizey/

When will you wake up from your stupour? Stop being a door mat for the Tories. Don't you want them to act better and to a higher standard?

 

[Mottie]

This is the man who Boris put in charge of the NHS and then was unable or unwilling to sack.

Keep up you old duffer. May made Hancock in charge of health.

Get your stories straight numpty.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Or possibly "I see the usual suspects are is busy bouncing their his bigoted comments off each other's his multiple IDs fantasies."?

They may have the cumulative intelligence of one lying racist, but it is shared between the two (or more) of them.

 

[Nige F]

I can't help feeling Cummings might've been involved.

in more ways than 1

 

[ellal]

they do work for us.

Indeed...

And not only do they forget that, but sadly many of the electorate are happy about that arrangement it seems!

 

[Lower]

That doesnt mean they use whatsapp and other messaging platforms where there is no official record. Privacy yes but not from disclosure - they do work for us.

At your workplace don't you archive your messages?

I am concerned about the use of whatsapp and other messaging platforms from a security perspective full stop.

Whatever comms system they use, there needs to be the ability for certain communications to be secret and only be disclosed to people with suitable clearance.

We do archive things at work once they reach a certain age. Some things get permanently destroyed, some get securely stored. However, government is not work, and different rules apply.

 

[fillyboy]

Javid can't look at that bit of the office without gagging | The Daily Mash

SAJID Javid is unable to look at that part of his new office without almost vomiting, he has confirmed.

The new health secretary has angled his desk away from the offending area where the unspeakable thing his predecessor did took place, but still dry-heaves every time he has to walk past it.

Javid said: “It’s kind of around the corner, the place where he was kissing her and squeezing her bum and the camera had that perfect view of his bald spot. It’s just feet away.

“But it’s a door so we can’t cordon it off. Every time I walk in or out I can feel myself retching. I have to cover my mouth.

“Why couldn’t he use a broom cupboard like a normal love rat? I can’t concentrate on the Delta variant while they writhe over there in my imagination at the scene of the crime. If there’s a fourth wave that’s why.

“It’s been deep-cleaned and we’ve taken out the lightbulb, but it’s still cold when you pass through it. If I haven’t got past this by Wednesday we might need to call in an exorcist. Until then I take a double whiskey every time I retch.”

Hancock said: “It was out of sight of my portrait of Her Majesty the Queen. And that’s all that matters.”