Speaking on the Sky News Electoral Dysfunction podcast, which she still appears on, co-host Harriet Harman said:
“Well, I’m just a bit suspicious about disappearing messages because the question is in my mind, ‘why do you put disappearing messages on?’ And I find it very odd if I’m wanting to track back a conversation I’ve had with somebody and the messages have all gone and I can’t remember what I said, let alone what they said because they’ve disappeared the message.
And why would you disappear the message unless you’ve got something to hide? I think if you are doing messages because you’re a government minister, you should be accountable for those and those ought to be available to be put in the public domain, to be in the public records, to be subject to freedom of information…
if I had my way, they would not have disappearing messages that would not be allowed if you were going to communicate with other colleagues in government about government business then you should have proper messages and they should not be disappearing.“
Harman was brought into Downing Street with a new top adviser job last month along with Gordon Brown to stabilise Starmer’s government after the locals. Starmer himself was confirmed this week to have disappearing WhatsApp messages enabled…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”