Call me old-fashioned, but I learned decades ago never to discuss private thoughts or deliver judgements on annoying colleagues by digital means.
Working as a staffer for a big media organisation, this was back when emails and text messages were still in their infancy, and the internet was only available on ‘dial-up’. Even talking out of turn on the telephone, which could be recorded easily, as we journalists knew only too well, was frowned upon. Older hands warned the younger ones; if you’ve got anything to say that could possibly get you sacked, or cause serious trouble, always say it face to face, in a private place.
Reynolds, known for sending colleagues a ‘BYOB’ invite during lockdown on May 20, 2020, when he invited those working at 10 Downing Street to “make the most of the lovely weather and have some socially distanced drinks” in the garden, said he couldn’t quite exactly recall why he had done this, insisting it wasn’t an attempt to hide information from the inquiry. Do you believe him? I don’t.
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