McSweeney's Stolen Phone: A Tangled Web of Messages

0:00On March 28th, Morgan McSweeney, the ex-number-10 chief of staff, is catching heat over his iPhone still in last October. This happened right as MP's demanded messages, explaining Peter Mendelssohn's pick as US ambassador, despite his Epstein ties. The phone got wiped remotely after he reported it snatched by a bike rider in London. Turns out McSweeney had two private phones too. One deactivated this year, the other still active. Number 10 says they're still asking key people, including Mendelssohn, for any relevant text from personal devices. This comes months after MPs first called for the info. People are sidelying the theft report hard. McSweeney gave cops the wrong street, said Belgrave Street in East London, instead of Belgrave Road in Westminster. He skid mentioning his number 10 gig, or using the phone's tracker, so Scotland Yards reopening the case and checking CCTV. A top official from Boris Johnson's era says, government phones should have backed up messages automatically.

1:00It's standard to keep state records safe. Ministers worry McSweeney might testify before MPs to spill on his Mendelssohn chats and the whole appointment mess. No tin insists all departments and folks involved are handing over what they've got. With Tory leader Kimmy Botanock pushing for a vote, this phone saga's got everyone waiting to see more dirt drops on Starmer signing off.