Defence secretary John Healey was deployed on the morning media round after an unprecedented super injunction was finally lifted – exposing a staggering MoD data breach that saw thousands of Afghans secretly flown to the UK. Costing the taxpayer billions…
Appearing on The News Agents last night, Healey seemed to confirm that no one has been sacked – not even the MoD official responsible for the leak more than three years ago. Instead, he offered the line that “accountability starts today.” On Sky News this morning, Healey dodged questions on how many officials were involved, again making clear that no disciplinary action had been taken:
“Well, I’m as far as the individual goes, I’m not going to launch a witch hunt or point the finger at him. Those were decisions that would have been taken at the time. This goes much bigger than the mistaken actions of a single individual.”
A multi-billion-pound scandal, kept from public view for years by legal gagging orders, and not a single dismissal or reprimand. The will run and run…
Lucy Powell on LBC, asked by Tom Swarbrick for her reaction to Labour MP Samantha Niblett’s call for a ‘summer of sex’ debate in Parliament: “I personally don’t own any sex toys, but each to their own… I’m not really sure that’s the right place for it, no.”