UK Gov’t hunting whistleblowers in Matt Hancock resignation scandal
![Over in the [British] Virgin Islands, to Justify a hastily called Commission of Inquiry, embattled Ex-Governor Augustus J.U Jaspert had claimed without evidence that there was a climate of fear in the territory regarding persons speaking out against those in authority, yet the UK in its latest move has shows that it is willing to hunt down whistleblowers. Photo: VINO/File](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/800x_8_800x_s_Screenshot_20200522_at_2.58.42_AM_05.png)
The BBC reports that investigators have seized computers after searches at two homes over the leaking of CCTV footage of Hancock kissing an aide in his office.
Images provided by 'angry whistleblower'
After the images were first published by the Sun newspapers in June 2021, it resulted in Mr Hancock resigning as health secretary after he admitted to breaking social distancing rules.
The Sun says an "angry whistleblower" first alerted it to the images; however, the newspaper's editor, Victoria Newton, has since indicated that she would rather go to prison than reveal the leaker's identity.
The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) justified the raids as an alleged data breach. Mr Hancock, who is married with three children, resigned on June 27, 2021, after the images of him kissing his long-time friend and former aide Gina Coladangelo were published two days earlier.
Since then, Officers have searched two homes in southern England and on Thursday, July 15, 2021, seized personal computer equipment and electronic devices.
VI Gov't to reward whistleblowers
Ms Newton further wrote in the New Statesman magazine last month that the use of the pictures had been "a serious piece of responsible journalism" about a cabinet minister "behaving with extraordinary hypocrisy".
Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, who has already been accused of corruption and mishandling of the pandemic in the UK, was under fire for his refusal to sack Hancock for breaking COVID-19 guidelines as soon as pictures emerged of him kissing an aide.
Over in the [British] Virgin Islands, to justify a hastily called Commission of Inquiry, the controversial ex-Governor Augustus J.U Jaspert had claimed without producing evidence that there was a climate of fear in the territory regarding persons speaking out against those in authority.
However, while the administration of Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has moved to enact legislation to reward whistleblowers, the Johnson Government hypocritically has now shown that it is willing to hunt down whistleblowers even when credible evidence is provided against key government officials.
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VINO, please continue to bring these articles. They are very informative and they help some of us to see just how bias and hypocritical the UK is.
you and me might not want to hear it but england have the right to do as she desires in her own home also with her territories
Stop the racist act !!!