Matt Hancock says leaking of WhatsApp messages a ‘massive betrayal’ as he apologises to colleagues – UK politics live

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Messages from his time as health secretary during the pandemic were leaked to the Daily Telegraph by the ghost writer of his book

on his behalf, but this morning Hancock has put out a statement in his own name. He accuses Isabel Oakeshott, the journalist who gave the material to the Telegraph, of a “massive betrayal” and says he is “sorry” for the impact this has had on his colleagues .

There is absolutely no public interest case for this huge breach. All the materials for the book have already been made available to the inquiry, which is the right, and only, place for everything to be considered properly and the right lessons to be learned. As we have seen, releasing them in this way gives a partial, biased account to suit an anti-lockdown agenda.

Last night, I was accused of sending menacing messages to Isabel. This is also wrong. When I heard confused rumours of a publication late on Tuesday night, I called and messaged Isabel to ask her if she had ‘any clues’ about it, and got no response. When I then saw what she’d done, I messaged to say it was ‘a big mistake’. Nothing more.

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I am getting a bit sick and tired of politicians being caught for stupid and immoral errors, apologising with a smile and with no consequences fior their actions!

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