Of course he didn’t hand his phone over. He’s probably accidentally dropped it in the North Sea.
Can we please just take it off him? By force, if necessary. And probably even if it isn’t.
“Oh no. I’ve accidentally wiped it and sold it to Cashies”
What does this mean for the inquiry? Will they have to get a warrant? Genuinely curious
This is the problem with our system, it’s based on 17th century ideas of honour. If he just says “you aren’t getting it, too bad” there’s no comeback.
Likewise when the other guy didn’t hand his over because he claimed to have lost it, there was no warrant or attempt to get WhatsApp to pull it from their servers.
I guess we will just have to hope whoever he sent his dodgy remarks to does hand them over
That Beeb article about the alleged BBC nonce was well-timed, it seems.
![Boris Johnson fails to hand over mobile with Covid WhatsApps before inquiry deadline [Telegraph]](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/VqPZSI5-OGP6U5AUadmIwqo_FLOkmIUYYs92eRQPFU.jpg)
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Of course he didn’t hand his phone over. He’s probably accidentally dropped it in the North Sea.
Can we please just take it off him? By force, if necessary. And probably even if it isn’t.
“Oh no. I’ve accidentally wiped it and sold it to Cashies”
What does this mean for the inquiry? Will they have to get a warrant? Genuinely curious
This is the problem with our system, it’s based on 17th century ideas of honour. If he just says “you aren’t getting it, too bad” there’s no comeback.
Likewise when the other guy didn’t hand his over because he claimed to have lost it, there was no warrant or attempt to get WhatsApp to pull it from their servers.
I guess we will just have to hope whoever he sent his dodgy remarks to does hand them over
That Beeb article about the alleged BBC nonce was well-timed, it seems.