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Khandro | 14:03 Fri 30th Aug 2019 | News
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// The cops marched her out of No 10 while she protested her innocence. //

Someone working against her bosses and Government should be sacked. They were demanding to see her phone, so it sounds like they couldn’t prove the allegation and were fishing for evidence.
If she is telling the truth and there is no evidence, then a hefty claim for unfair dismissal against No.10 will follow.
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Gromit; But if she is guilty, what then? presumably all no. 10 staff have signed the official secrets act.
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I looked this up, it seems you can get 2 years in the slammer;
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7422
The snake in the grass, will often bite your ass.
>>> presumably all no. 10 staff have signed the official secrets act.

Nobody ever signs the Official Secrets Act. (It's a myth). People are only subject to the provisions of the Act is they're either members of the security and intelligence services or if they've been officially notified (e.g. as part of their contract of employment) that they're subject to the provisions of the Act.

Even if people are, as above, covered by the Act, it's still not an offence under that Act to leak information unless it relates to "the work of, or in support of, the security and intelligence services or any part of them" or to defence, international relations, 'foreign confidences', 'special investigation powers' or to matters which might lead to the commission of crime.

https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7422

In 1983, Civil Servant Sarah Tidsdal was jailed for 6 months for leaking to the Guardian. She was charged under the Official Secrets Act.

In 1989, Clive Ponting was also charged for leaking under the same Act. He was expecting the same fate as Tidsdal. But at his trial he argued that he did leak but as it was to a member of Parliament, Tam Dayall, then it was in the public interest and so he wasn’t guilty of the crime for which he was charged. The jury agreed, and they acquitted him.
Cummings had previously pointed the finger for the leak at an unnamed former minister.

// At the meeting with Mr Cummings, Ms Khan handed over both her personal and work phones, and her phone logs were checked.
Evidence was found that she had been in touch with former colleagues but not that she had been involved in leaking any sensitive government information. //

So they sacked her anyway without any evidence. Big unfair dismissal payout headed Ms Khan’s way soon.
If No. 10 has the right to dictate who gets to be a minister's aide/advisor, was conclusive evidence of wrongdoing needed anyway ?
The Sadge ain't happy, pure ragin' as we say up here. Seems there may be a way to go yet with the Malcolm Tucker clone and MPs.

He paused only to mention that he's the son of a Pakistani bus driver.
Buenchico - you might not actually sign the act but you do sign a document to acknowledge the fact that you are aware that you are subject to the conditions of the act; this is commonly known as signing the act.
Why has this prick Cummings got so much Power ,its time that Cummings ought to be Goings.
heeeeeelp!
I am looking for an alliterative adjective
for the average Aber, that is a word that describes the fella but also has some letter in common - Like Boris the Bonker !

for a leaker
like Sandra the Soothsayer ! but er she wasnt soothsaying
if she were Leo - the leo the leaker would do - but she isnt named leo

sandra the secrets whisperer - as an Aber might complain - that one goes on and on

yeah like Dominic the Deleter
Dominic the Death Eater

only for Leaky Sandra - or whatever her name is
we have had Dominic the prick see previously- hey but that is not very alliterative

Dominc the Downing st er donkey drawers or something (*)

(*) sozza beyond the fringe sketch - alan bennett sending a telegram on stage - bless your little bottie boos - from Desmond Donkey Drawers. yeah yeah a long time ago 1962 dubbl sozza - sent from my appoota
PP - How about Sonia the Secret Seller? OK, she might have GIVEN the secrets away but we can turn a blind eye to that.
anyway what is all this guilty or innothente bit?
there may be behaviour that is allowed in law but not in employment or service of the state
oh come on everyone,
you really knew all that
"this prick Cummings" is savvy enough to know how to counter the undemocratic referendum thwarters and so is top aide to our PM. That's why he has power. And why the antidemocrats want him gone. However he's unconcerned about who he annoys as long as his goals are reached so this sort of incident is always a risk. Javid is feeling attacked and obviously wants to support his choice of staff. Johnson needs to support his main advisor that is helping achieve that which is necessary. Ultimately for the sake of both the party and the nation they need to agree to disagree and put this behind them.

Yeah, I had to sign under official secrets too. Many moons ago.
thank you bhg for entering into this important and relevant contest

Sonya the Slipper - because she slipped up
oo- sonya the sacked !
because she was ( sacked )

In 1989, Clive Ponting....
yeah incredibly the Clive Ponting case is relevant precedent now
I thought it was just straightforward jury nullification - the jury just didnt convict ..... because we never know why - with Juries in this country.
Judgie baby I recall in his summing up told the jury that nothing they had heard could cause them to acquit, and there wasnt a public interest defence
and they acquitted....

and it did cause a third or fourth official secrets act

oh come on, that isnt alliterative, and doesnt even make sense !

sonya the soothsayer makes more sense, in that she could be, (one) but not a very good one, as she didnt foresee her own demise ( ter daaah!)

This is Boris learning what it is like to be a PM
different to being a posh boy at Eton huh Boris ?
and making an Eton Mess(*) of it all

(*) actually a pudding of strawberries and cream
// undemocratic referendum thwarters//
sorry that isnt even alliterative....

got erazed - Dominic the deleter at work I suspect
// was conclusive evidence of wrongdoing needed anyway ? //

Yes if you are going to terminate that person’s employment.
Cummings said on Monday that the leaker was an ex-Minister, then a few days later a lowly civil servant gets the chop.
They looked for evidence on her phones, but didn’t find any, but fired her anyway.
Cummings should not be anywhere near Downing Street, he was found in contempt of parliament in March and was admonished by the Commons Select Committee of Privileges.

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