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Friday, April 17, 2026

WNN Exclusive Interview with Mary Robinson, Member of Parliament, and Baroness Susan Kramer of the House of Lords - Whistleblowers Protection Blog

An interview with Mary Robinson, Member of Parliament (MP) and Baroness Susan Kramer, House of Lords in London, England on 11/11/21 by Whistleblower Network News writer and FBI Whistleblower Jane Turner.

Baroness Susan Kramer: It is absolutely key that we get this issue of whistleblowing up the priority list, and that is the problem, with Covid, economic recession, there is always something immediate. When you have a twenty-four-hour news cycle again, I think that sort of pushes the whistleblowing thinking out of the mainstream path of action. That is the biggest battle I think we have, getting people to understand that this [whistleblowing] is a real priority.

Mary Robinson: I totally agree with Susan, she is in the Lords, and I am in the Commons, and it is important that we do get that powerful voice of all politicians behind us. Very often, they do not get to see this issue until it crosses their path and then of course, they become very involved. It is vital that we keep those people who do see it as being a priority, get moved up the priority list. But also, we have to ensure we take members of the public with us, and they are able to see the importance of whistleblowing, recognizing and valuing the way that whistleblowers do, often unintentionally at the outset because they set off to really do the right thing. There is something intrinsic in people in society to value the right thing. I think we really need to make sure that it is prioritized in Parliament too.

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