And as we all know, we can trust what he says
Which in it self is an offence. https://www.saunders.co.uk/news/prosecuted-for-your-password/
Not that I agree with this law, but it should be applied to our ex PM who brought in similar laws
Would that apply in this kind of thing? I.e it’s not a criminal matter
What you mean as in government asking for your password and you telling them you can’t give it up. OFC it applies. The problem is the impetus from government to enforce the law.
I meant as in it’s an inquiry not a criminal case, so wasn’t sure how much they could compel someone to release it. If the law is applicable though then yeah it’s not a good look for the government not to be seen to enforce it.
There does not need to be a criminal offence pending for a search warrant to be issued. There only needs to be evidence that a crime could have been committed. Select committees hold the same weight as a criminal court. There are some ancient laws that are reputed to give them sentencing powers. They now rely on courts to process any wrong doing. It is a similar to the authority of the crown. We know the king can do certain things, but he won’t because of the shit storm it would cause afterwards.
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nice! thanks for this.
He’s such a slippery, floppy haired git. The pins probably his mistress of the times measurements
What a twat. So what are the bets on how long it will be until they get proof that he has logged into his phone and this is all bollocks?
12 hours, 24 hours something like that?
Then he’ll say in public something like ‘this is utter and absolute poppy piffle’ and in private he’ll say sorry and think up what his next line of sorry not sorry bs is going to be. It’s what he’s always done.
To be fair that’s exactly what everyone should say when someone asks to look at your personal info!
The thing is if it were you or I being investigated, we’d have the RIP Act thrown at us with the threat of a custodial sentence, no doubt, for not revealing the password.
True, but most people aren’t the former Prime Minister. I can’t read the article, because fuck paying any money to any of Murdoch’s outlets, but is it his personal phone, or one that was provided in his official capacity as PM?
I can’t either so I’ll have to speculate. I imagine it must be a personal phone, because a government-provided one should be accessible by their sysadmin so Johnson’s password wouldn’t be required. Despite his public act he’s not an idiot, so his personal phone probably will be encrypted, but I imagine the default iPhone encryption won’t be able to outlast the police’s resources if they really want to get in.
It’ll almost certainly be his personal phone. A recurring issue with the tory government has been that they use their personal phones for government business.
