Leaked Matt Hancock CCTV footage was in ‘public interest’ says Boris Johnson’s office

[SueEllen]

These things shouldn't be down to a biased politician to decide. eg. Had the person being exposed been a Labour politician. Or an enemy of Boris Johnson in his own party.

You want the department of justice (or uk equivalent) to decide if the case warrants an arrest and trial. Then leave it to the grand jury of regular people to have the final say.

Another relevant question would be does the UK have any existing whistleblower protection laws for people who bypass the official secrets act in order to expose government corruption and wrong doing?

https://www.gov.uk/whistleblowing

https://www.unison.org.uk/get-help/k...histleblowing/

You can't report a minister to themselves

[AtW]

It is in the public interest due to the Covid regulations the Department for Health and Social Care were pushing in office environments on the date the images were taken.

The actual affair itself is not in the public interest. It is none of our business if ministers shag their aids, colleagues or protection teams.

And no public interest doesn't trump breaches of GDPR especially when it involves secretly videoing people in their workplace.

But overall leaking was in the public interest, so end of story - the so-called Official Secrets Act can feck right off.

Govt should get KBE for it.