18 July 2025, 15:47

By John O'Connell

The Afghan data leak has already been described by some as Britain’s ‘Watergate’.

And while that might sound like hyperbole, the parallels are painfully clear: a serious breach, a cover-up, and a total absence of accountability. But remember the one defining feature of Watergate: people actually faced consequences. The then President, Richard Nixon, resigned in disgrace, and the Republican Party was so seeped in the scandal that they paid the price at the ballot box at the hands of Jimmy Carter and the Democrats.

But regarding this scandal, will anyone here really be held responsible? I wouldn’t count on it.

The civil servant who leaked the names........

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