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"Grant Shapps has questions to answer": Jacob Rees-Mogg on the Afghan MoD data breach

Jul 16, 202531 min
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Episode description

Was this the most expensive – and possibly most disastrous – email in history?


It has been revealed that the details of up to 25,000 Afghans – soldiers who worked alongside the British and their families – were mistakenly leaked by a Marine in 2022.


The Government at the time secured a superinjunction to prevent the breach being reported, meaning the £7bn earmarked to address it faced no scrutiny.


Jacob Rees-Mogg was a senior MP back then and tells Camilla what he did and didn’t know at the time, who should take the blame, and if this was a coverup at the highest level.


Plus, Chancellor Rachel Reeves just can’t catch a break! Not long after her big speech to finance movers and shakers, new figures put inflation at its highest level in 18 months.


Read: Finally, the ineptitude I saw first-hand has been exposed, by Johnny Mercer

We could not betray Afghan allies who fought alongside us, by Ben Wallace


Producers: Lilian Fawcett & Georgia Coan

Senior Producer: John Cadigan

Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey

Video Editor: Will Walters

Studio Operator: Meghan Searle

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