Embittered MPs who campaigned for Remain are sending group texts using WhatsApp in a plot to block Boris Johnson. The encrypted mobile phone app can only be accessed by the users themselves, and messages are not kept on official records. If ministers used official email addresses or mobile phones to hatch their plot, the correspondence might be subject to freedom of information laws. The use of WhatsApp – a favourite among criminals due to it’s super-safe encryption – ensures this cannot happen. Ministers known to be furious about Johnson’s role in the Leave campaign include Anna Soubry, from the business department.

Source: The Star June 28, 2016 07:07 UTC