Stephen R Jones

“I will not accept that it’s a highly dangerous road” From ITN archives.

@SKinnock Not in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Doctors' surgeries are the front door of the NHS. The changes we've made mean that more patients now say that accessing their GP is easier. By working with GPs we have also reduced pressures on hospital waiting lists. Lots done, lots more to do.

Oooof this is quite the tweet. 👇🏻👀

@PippaCrerar Oh a ready made convenient plan B - messages handpicked and carefully selected to show cover-up Number 10 actors in a good light no doubt.

EXCL: Cabinet Office is understood to hold number of text and email exchanges between Peter Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney, despite theft of former chief of staff’s phone in October last year. The whereabouts of McSweeney’s messages with Mandelson has been under intense scrutiny since it was reported his work device was stolen shortly after Mandelson was sacked as US ambassador. McSweeney did not disclose he was Keir Starmer’s chief of staff when he reported the theft, according to a transcript released in highly unorthodox move by Met Police, which said it wanted to correct misreporting of the incident. But not all of the correspondence has been lost - and a tranche is expected to be publicly released as part of Mandelson files in coming weeks. I’ll talk about this more on @itvpeston tonight.

@PolitlcsUK @guardian How convenient. Carefully selected to show cover-up Starmer in a good light no doubt.

🚨 NEW: The Government has now obtained some McSweeney-Mandelson messages despite the theft of McSweeney's phone [@guardian]

Anyone reading the transcript will conclude McSweeney deliberately obfuscated, lied about location, avoided mentioning Downing Street, and failed to say there was sensitive information on the phone. The British public are being had by Starmer and Labour. thesun.co.uk/news/38627793/…

On Sunday, Labour’s Steve Reed claimed that the “theft” of Morgan McSweeney’s phone happened months or “even a year” BEFORE Mandelson’s sacking. We now know this is false. Are Labour frontbench ministers actively participating in the McSweeney-Mandelson cover-up?

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve spoken to MPs, Labour Party whistleblowers, and a former frontbencher with DIRECT knowledge of Morgan McSweeney. We are now witnessing the start of a blatant government cover-up. Is McSweeney lying about the “stolen” phone? Here’s what we know so far:🧵

"A very convenient coincidence" and "conveniently odd". This is how ministers are describing the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phone, and his use of disappearing WhatsApp messages, says @AgnesChambre So, is it an issue that government messages are "disappearing into the ether"?

@Peston Many would say this is a clear cover-up and a cover-up supported by the heart of 10 Downing Street and that responsibility lies solely on the shoulders of the Prime Minister Keir Starmer

That’s a very good way of putting it. When he reported the theft he ‘morphed into a nobody’.

@afneil The masked thief was very clever in his well targeted and well timed ‘theft’ of a device holding top secret information. McSweeney was equally clever in morphing into a nobody when he reported it to police. A well planned and useful exercise all around eh?

This whole McSweeney phone theft business is beginning to stink. The timing is incredibly convenient for a government that wants to cover up. Why did McSweeney report the theft to the police himself?Surely Downing Street security should have been immediately alerted — and they would handle it from there. Did McSweeney want to establish a record of him reporting it? Why did McSweeney never correct the police when it was clear they thought the theft had been in the East End and, of course, it happened in Westminster. Did McSweeney relish the confusion? Why did McSweeney not make clear the national security significance of it being his phone to the police? Was he worried they’d then take it seriously, unlike most phones thefts?

@afneil Oh be fair. His porkies about building 1.5 million have unraveled - he’s just moving on to new material.

Everything Cabinet Minister Reed says is in this interview is untrue. Everything.

@tomhfh @DrGABaines He can commit to long term expensive CFD energy contracts worth hundreds of billions, commit to a UK welfare budget of over £407billion for 2030/31 and yet he says he is unable to make a decision or change legislation on North sea

Kemi Badenoch pushes the Prime Minister on energy at PMQs Sir Keir hides behind process and Ed Miliband saying it’s not his decision to make, to use our own North Sea resources. This is not good comms from the Prime Minister, saying he doesn’t have the power to make a decision

@JasonGroves1 @DPJHodges Can we now call this alleged ‘theft’ #CoverupGate Simple but true.

Met Police pushing back against claims they were 'too busy' to investigate theft of McSweeney's phone. They tried to contact him twice about it, without success. Transcript shows he told them it was a 'government phone' but not his role or just how sensitive the phone was

@PippaCrerar @eljmayes The masked thief was very clever in his well targeted and well timed theft of a device holding top secret information. McSweeney was equally clever in morphing into a nobody when he reported it. A well planned and useful exercise all around eh?

NEW: Morgan McSweeney did *not* tell the police that he was the prime minister's chief of staff when he called 999 to report its theft. Met Police: "It has been assumed by many that the Met would have known details of the victim’s employment or the particular security risks associated with his device or material on it. This was not information provided to us and could not reasonably have shaped our decision making."

@PolitlcsUK OMG - so he did not declare that he had an open order on phone that had not been completed and no delivery slot had been pre-booked. Sainsbury’s loss I guess!

🚨 NEW: The Met Police has released a transcript of Morgan McSweeney’s call reporting his Government phone stolen with no reference to the sensitive material on it Call handler: Police, what's your emergency? McSweeney: Oh, hello, someone just robbed my phone. Call handler: Did they actually take it from you just now? McSweeney: Yeah Call handler: How did they get away? McSweeney: So he's on a bike. He's come onto the pavement to grab my phone and cycled off on a bike. Call handler: And where did this happen? McSweeney: It happened in Belgrave Street* in Westminster. *We now know that the incident took place in Belgrave Road, Westminster. The call handler inputs Belgrave Street and it provides a matching road name in Tower Hamlets, which is what is recorded in error. There are further references to locations near to Belgrave Street in Tower Hamlets later in the call, which compounds the issue. Call handler: And whose phone are you using now? McSweeney: I've got two phones. I'm using my personal one. That was my work one. Call handler: Can I take the phone number for this phone you're calling on? McSweeney: Yeah, 07XXXXXXXXX. Call handler: Thank you. And you said Belgrave Street, yeah? McSweeney: Yeah, just kind of going back to the location. Call handler: Don't put yourself at any risk. It's not worth it over a phone. I appreciate it’s frustrating. Call handler: And which way did they go towards, this suspect on a bike? McSweeney: He went. He travels north. I saw him for a few blocks. Call handler: So where were you when you last saw him? Have you got any idea? McSweeney: Yeah, so. Call handler: Did you get up to Stepney? McSweeney: Let me tell you where I got to. I'm just going back to where I can. McSweeney: So he turned right. Sorry, he turned left. There's a park on top of the road and he turned left there. Call handler: Stepney Green Park, ok. McSweeney: Yeah. He turned left there. Call handler: Can you remember anything about his appearance? McSweeney: Yeah, he was young. He was a black guy. He was on a bike. Call handler: About how young? Call handler: Just a guess. McSweeney: Teens. Late teens. Call handler: Was he skinny, tall, any idea? McSweeney: Yeah. He was slim. He was about average height. Call handler: Was it an e bike or pedal bike? McSweeney: Pedal bike. Call handler: Have you got a tracker on the phone at all? McSweeney: I do. It’s a government phone. Call handler: And it's your work phone. What kind of phone is it? McSweeney: It’s an iPhone. Call handler: Do you know what model? McSweeney: I don't. [PAUSE] Call handler: Right, just bear with me a second. Call handler: We would normally deploy to see you but at the moment, we are having extreme demand on police officers. So, I don't know if you would prefer to make your way home and make a crime report over the phone or online tomorrow. I mean, I can complete one with you now. I can pass this down, you can wait, but I honestly do not know how long you'll be waiting, McSweeney: If I could complete it now that would be good. Call handler: Ok. Call handler: What's your name, please? McSweeney: My name is XXXXXXXXXX. Call handler: XXXXXXXXXX? (repeats name back) McSweeney: Yeah. Call handler: And your date of birth, please? McSweeney: It's XXXXXX Call handler: Is XXXXXXXXX (surname) all one word? McSweeney: Yeah, (spells surname). Call handler: And what's your home address? McSweeney: (Provides non-London address) Call handler: So you live in XXXXXX? McSweeney: Yeah. Call handler: Are you staying anywhere while you're in London? McSweeney: Yeah. Call handler: Sorry, it just takes a little bit longer to deal with an address outside of the Met. I do apologise. McSweeney: It’s ok. Call handler: And may I take an email for you please (name)? McSweeney: Yeah, it's XXXXXXXXXXX@XXXXXXXXXX.com (personal email address) Call handler: You'll get a copy of the preliminary crime report through to that email. Call handler: How would you like to be contacted by an investigating officer? By email or phone? McSweeney: Phone, please. Or either, I’m not fussed. Call handler: Have you got any finance apps on the phone? McSweeney: No. Call handler: You'll need to change any passwords for any logins you do have on the phone. McSweeney: Yeah, okay. Call handler: You're not vulnerable in any way. Are you? McSweeney: No I’m not. Call handler: Do you believe there was any CCTV near where the incident happened? McSweeney: Might be. [Inaudible] away from location. Call handler: Don't worry. Don't return. No, I'll just put at the moment unknown. And obviously, if we find out more, we find out more. Call handler: Are you willing to make a statement to support the investigation? McSweeney: Definitely. Call handler: So what time did he actually snatch the phone? McSweeney: About two minutes before I rung you and I chased, and then I rang my office to get the phone tracked and then I rang you. Call handler: Okay, cool. It would have been about 25 past that you were robbed. McSweeney: A little before, about 23 minutes past, I think. Call handler: 23? Little bit before? Okay. [PAUSE] Call handler: Just bear with me, I’m just trying to get this system to accept the address. Sorry about this. I won't keep you much longer. Call handler: If you do get any tracking updates, what you do is you give us call back if the phone is stationary. McSweeney: Yeah. Call handler: And we can review attending then. We can't guarantee attending a moving phone at all, but if it's been stationary for a few… Call handler: It’s not accepting your address. McSweeney: I can give you my London address? Call handler: It’s alright. I've nearly got this to work. McSweeney: Okay Call handler: How long you staying in London? McSweeney: So I come to London every week. I work in London. Call handler: Oh, I see. Okay, that makes sense. McSweeney: So I'll be here till Thursday. Call handler: Okay. [PAUSE] Call handler: As I was trying to say, I've got this sorted now, so I'll be texting you a crime reference number in the next few moments. Along with the crime reference number will be a CHS reference number. If you need to give us a call back, you can call back giving that reference number from any device, and then we'll be able to link it straight away to your crime report and review deploying. We will need to know a bit more details about the phone itself, so when you're contacted by the investigating officer, or if you do get tracking details, you can call us back with the IMEI number, and the type of phone that it is that would be super helpful. McSweeney: All right, thank you. Call handler: All right, I’m just about to text you through the crime reference number now. McSweeney: Thank you so much. You’ve been really helpful. Call handler: No worries. All right, (name). You take care now, okay? Bye. McSweeney: Bye bye.

This is completely falling apart for the Government now.

@karl_fh Not cock-up or conspiracy. Just a well planned and well executed and well timed robbery. The thief must be smiling. As are others maybe!!!

Wes Streeting claims he has disappearing messages on WhatsApp. But just last month, he published a batch of conversations with Peter Mandelson — which would be impossible if he used disappearing messages. It looks like Wesley is telling lies.

@DPJHodges @RebeccaHarrisMP Lost? I thought it was a robbery from a thief or accomplice wearing a black mask. To be clear that is an accomplice of the thief.

I'm still trying to get round the fact that in 72 hours we've gone from "he lost his phone a year before the Mandelson scandal broke" to "OK, he actually lost his phone a week after we strategised how to deal with parliament trying to get his Mandelson messages".

@DPJHodges No backup no cloud. The mobile phone thief could have sold the phone's data for £000's but decided to delete it too. A belt and braces well planned robbery you might say.

There's been some confusion about this (and some attempt to muddy the waters by No.10). So to be crystal clear. All the messages on McSweeney's mobile have gone. There was no backup.