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Show 318 - *Philip Hammond - LIVE*
The Political Party
The Dangers of WhatsApp in Government
Not everything written and said in private should always be released. The danger with WhatsApp is that you cut out the private office system. I don't know why I picked Michael Goath. It could have been anyone. But Gavin Williamson was not on my speed dial, to be honest. That does undermine the way government is meant to work. We've all made decisions which were wrong. Do we send in the SAS to a hostage situation when I dealt with the Defense Secretary in Nigeria? Perhaps we got it wrong. You make a decision in good faith, sometimes you'll get it wrong. There is a need to protect the process.
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