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Well surprise surprise, key evidence in the Mandelson-Epstein scandal has gone missing. The revelation that Morgan McSweeney has lost a phone containing highly sensitive and critical messages with Peter Mandelson is not just a security lapse; it strikes at the heart of public trust, accountability, and the integrity of Government record-keeping.

Government guidance is very clear: important material must be properly transferred onto official systems, and Government business should only be conducted on personal phones and emails in line with strict rules on security classifications and record-keeping.

These rules, updated for a digital age just three years ago, were obviously not being followed by Labour Ministers and special advisers. These rules exist for a reason. They are not optional. They are the foundation upon which transparency and democratic scrutiny depend.

Whether by negligence or design, the use of personal devices for official communications in this way can create precisely the kind of gaps that now threaten to obscure the truth.

When those gaps conveniently coincide with mounting public interest in the Mandelson-Epstein files, serious questions must be asked.

Last week, the Prime Minister repeatedly refused to answer even the most basic questions about his own actions. This week Starmer is unable, or unwilling, to provide verifiable details about the circumstances surrounding the loss of his former Chief of Staff’s phone.

That is not good enough. The British public is entitled to clarity, not carefully managed ambiguity.

The concern here is not simply about one missing device. It is about whether critical communications of potentially significant public interest have been lost, deleted, or never properly recorded in the first place.

As further Mandelson-Epstein material comes to light, how can the public have confidence that what is released represents the full picture, rather than a partial record shaped by avoidable omissions?

Proper record-keeping is not a technicality — it is a safeguard against exactly this kind of uncertainty.

The Conservatives brought this issue to light, and we will not allow it to fade into the background. Until there are full answers, complete records, and absolute transparency, the suspicion will remain that what has been lost is not just a phone, but vital pieces of the truth.