Difference between revisions of "Georgina Halford-Hall"
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| − | Georgina Halford-Hall became a director of [[WhistleblowersUK]] on 8 April 2015, the same day as [[Tom Lloyd]]. Georgina set up WhistleblowersUK "after blowing the whistle on financial irregularities and poor practice in a charity." <ref name=WBUK/> The predecessor NGO, Whistleblowers UK, was dissolved the same month and the new company calling itself WhistleblowersUK (i.e. same name but without a space), was formed. | + | Georgina Halford-Hall became a director of [[WhistleblowersUK]] on 8 April 2015, the same day as [[Institute for Statecraft]] member [[Tom Lloyd]]. Georgina set up WhistleblowersUK "after blowing the whistle on financial irregularities and poor practice in a charity." <ref name=WBUK/> The predecessor NGO, Whistleblowers UK, was dissolved the same month and the new company calling itself WhistleblowersUK (i.e. same name but without a space), was formed. |
| + | === "Serial Liar"? === | ||
The original organisation imploded due to differences of opinion between its constituent members, one of whom claimed: "She is not a whistleblower and seems to know very little about the subject. However, this has not preventing her from positioning herself as the secretariat of the [[All Party Parliamentary Group on Whistleblowing]], and fronting a campaign for an “[[Office for the Whistleblower]]”."<ref>https://corruptionuk.org/the-naked-truth-about-the-organisation-whistleblowers-uk-guest-blog/</ref> Another former associate, [[Eileen Chubb]], claimed "that only those cases with monetary value are being cherry picked"<ref>https://compassionincare.com/sites/default/files/The%20Misconduct%20of%20WBUK.pdf</ref> and termed her a "serial liar".<ref>https://www.thewhistler.org/about-us.html</ref> | The original organisation imploded due to differences of opinion between its constituent members, one of whom claimed: "She is not a whistleblower and seems to know very little about the subject. However, this has not preventing her from positioning herself as the secretariat of the [[All Party Parliamentary Group on Whistleblowing]], and fronting a campaign for an “[[Office for the Whistleblower]]”."<ref>https://corruptionuk.org/the-naked-truth-about-the-organisation-whistleblowers-uk-guest-blog/</ref> Another former associate, [[Eileen Chubb]], claimed "that only those cases with monetary value are being cherry picked"<ref>https://compassionincare.com/sites/default/files/The%20Misconduct%20of%20WBUK.pdf</ref> and termed her a "serial liar".<ref>https://www.thewhistler.org/about-us.html</ref> | ||
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| + | === Social media manipulation === | ||
| + | [[Wendy Addison]] has documented "a clear pattern of [Georgina Halford-Hall] opening a number of social media accounts with similar names and/or names that suggest a professional role or intention."<ref>https://speakout-speakup.org/blog/a-cuckoo-in-the-whistleblowing-nest/</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:12, 27 January 2022
 Georgina Halford-Hall      (whistleblower?) | |
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| Born | July 1963 |
| Nationality | UK |
| Spouse | Michael Halford-Hall |
| Member of | Transparency Task Force |
| Interests | whistleblowers |
Director of the II-linked WhistleblowersUK, which later had strong allegations of misconduct. | |
Georgina Pamela Anne Halford-Hall is a director of WhistleblowersUK and Director of Strategy & Policy for the All Party Parliamentary Group for Whistleblowing.
Arrest
Georgina Halford-Hall was arrested in June 2014 after blowing the whistle about her son's school.[1] Eventually vindicated when investigations were concluded, "what Georgina learnt was that people who have the courage to whistle-blow are very isolated and unsupported."[2]
Controversy
Georgina Halford-Hall became a director of WhistleblowersUK on 8 April 2015, the same day as Institute for Statecraft member Tom Lloyd. Georgina set up WhistleblowersUK "after blowing the whistle on financial irregularities and poor practice in a charity." [2] The predecessor NGO, Whistleblowers UK, was dissolved the same month and the new company calling itself WhistleblowersUK (i.e. same name but without a space), was formed.
"Serial Liar"?
The original organisation imploded due to differences of opinion between its constituent members, one of whom claimed: "She is not a whistleblower and seems to know very little about the subject. However, this has not preventing her from positioning herself as the secretariat of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Whistleblowing, and fronting a campaign for an “Office for the Whistleblower”."[3] Another former associate, Eileen Chubb, claimed "that only those cases with monetary value are being cherry picked"[4] and termed her a "serial liar".[5]
Social media manipulation
Wendy Addison has documented "a clear pattern of [Georgina Halford-Hall] opening a number of social media accounts with similar names and/or names that suggest a professional role or intention."[6]
References
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11702655/My-fear-of-jail-for-being-a-whistle-blower.html
- ↑ a b https://www.wbuk.org/our-people
- ↑ https://corruptionuk.org/the-naked-truth-about-the-organisation-whistleblowers-uk-guest-blog/
- ↑ https://compassionincare.com/sites/default/files/The%20Misconduct%20of%20WBUK.pdf
- ↑ https://www.thewhistler.org/about-us.html
- ↑ https://speakout-speakup.org/blog/a-cuckoo-in-the-whistleblowing-nest/
