Minister missing from Mandelson files recalls ‘nightmare’ of stolen phone – POLITICO

LONDON —  A British minister whose messages with Peter Mandelson are absent from the public disclosures forced by the Jeffrey Epstein scandal recounted Tuesday the “nightmare” of having his phone stolen.

In an interview with Sky News, Nick Thomas-Symonds — the Cabinet minister overseeing the U.K.’s “reset” in relations with the EU — described how one of a group of three people on mopeds swiped his device last Oct. 15 while he was walking near the Home Office.

“Unfortunately as well, I lost not only WhatsApp, I also lost, unfortunately, personal photos of mine going back a few years. It was a nightmare, actually, in terms of recovering items,” he said.