Thread by @allthecitizens

🔴The shocking findings of the Parliamentary #COVIDReport make it clear: scrutiny of the government could not be more important.

This is why TODAY @allthecitizens and @Foxglovelegal are in court to stop the use of disappearing messages apps in government.

In June 2021, a source at @DHSC told @BylineTimes that conversations between Public Health England and DHSC officials about whether or not patients should be
discharged from hospital into care homes without a negative test were taking place over WhatsApp.
bit.ly/2YE9Ccl

🔥🔥The source added: “The entire COVID-19 response was being conducted over WhatsApp messages.”🔥🔥

@NafeezAhmed via @BylineTimes

The @DailyMail reported that during the pandemic the prime minister #BorisJohnson started using a secret Downing Street WhatsApp group to conduct sensitive affairs of state.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…

According to the @DailyMailUK, #BorisJohnson also requested that his “box submissions” - formal matters normally included in his red box - be sent to him by WhatsApp instead

The @Times reported that more than a third of Johnson’s cabinet have downloaded Signal.

That includes: #BorisJohnson, #RishiSunak, #PritiPatel, #MichaelGove, Grant Shapps, Robert Jenrick, Gavin Williamson, Robert Buckland and Brandon Lewis.

thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-…

The most shocking proof of officials using #WhatsApp may be the screenshots published by former Number Ten adviser #DominicCummings on his blog, detailing
heated debates about the struggling test and trace system and the cost of ventilators.

dominiccummings.substack.com/p/the-pm-on-ha……

Cummings accuses the highest officers in government of lying to the public to cover for their failures in handling the pandemic.

Their #WhatsApp messages tell a different truth from the official one.

But we only have those because he screenshotted them

"Democracy depends on proper transparency.
All of this is currently under threat.
We cannot hold our government to account if it destroys the evidence of how decisions are made"

Today @Foxglovelegal @allthecitizens are in court to protect democracy.

Our hearing comes on the day Parliament publishes its report on gov mishandling of the Covid pandemic - failures that cost tens of thousands of lives.

Public records guarantee accountability.
Government by WhatsApp doesn’t.

Sign our petition to stop it
foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/bori…

A ‘government by WhatsApp or Signal’ is undemocratic – and unlawful.

This is why @allthecitizens, supported by @Foxglovelegal, are taking the government to court today.

Make a real difference in holding power to account.

Support our campaign ⬇️
crowdjustice.com/case/stop-disa…

@Foxglovelegal The government is trying to deflect accountability by using disappearing messages apps to conduct sensitive business and to make decisions that impact us all.

Do you want to SEE?

Thanks to
@LiseMayer, @isaacdeayton, @freyashaww1