Matt Hancock….

He’s continuing to earn £81k. Got £16k just for resigning and his poor wife is being subjected to the most appalling press intrusion, about which he appears to be silent.

MawBe

Bumping this up as it has disappeared off the bottom of Active already!
Is this censorship?

I don't think it's censorship, it's just indifference from govt. supporters and exhaustion for anti govt. posters who have been raging about corruption, rule breaking, ministerial code violation etc. etc. for months and months.

You're a wee bit late to the party, really.

“ Bottom line is what does it take to be sacked from the Front Bench? Bullying, dodgy appointments, fiddling expenses, breaking the law while insisting everybody else has to abide by it, breaking the so-called Ministerial Code…….?”

Well exactly. I think there was a thread called “a question” which asked this!

MawBe

Bumping this up as it has disappeared off the bottom of Active already!
Is this censorship?

I thought that a while ago, but decided I was paranoid. But one does wonder.

Bumping this up as it has disappeared off the bottom of Active already!
Is this censorship?

Apparently Gina Coladangelo took an active part in Matt Hancock’s image, telling him eg always to wear a white shirt for briefings etc I wonder if she was responsible for the pink ties too -ironic that this Co-op funeral ad featured large on the same page as a DT feature on the whole shabby affair!

Absolutely cringe-inducing interview on “Today” just now- waffle, fudge, obfuscation and feeble, feeble, feeble unconvincing replies by the Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland.
Nick Robinson was on form and all I am left wondering is what is still to come out about MH which perhaps “they” hope might now be swept under the carpet as MH has gone.
Bottom line is what does it take to be sacked from the Front Bench? Bullying, dodgy appointments, fiddling expenses, breaking the law while insisting everybody else has to abide by it, breaking the so-called Ministerial Code…….?
Oh yes, not supporting the PM, that gets you consigned too the outer darkness.

MayBee70

Sayid on the news now saying we have to return to normal ASAP. There you have it.

Is that for the economy or for our best?

I wonder!

And the conspiracy theorists have said to me that covid doesn't actually exist and that the government is just pretending it does to control us and stop our freedoms. Crazy times!

Yes it will be a complete relief to his wife and children to see him with his hand on his lovers arse.

boat

But tell me. Where does Cummings come into this? I can't think of anyone who hates him more.

Agree with you, boat. There is a fishy smell to all this.

So many people on here seem to be making assumptions about the Hancocks’ marriage.

Maybe things have been going wrong for a long time and the break up may be a relief to them both.
Or not but that’s the point- we don’t know.

Part of me feels a tiny bit sorry for him having all this played out on the public stage, although I can of course understand feelings of anger at the hypocrisy of another ‘one rule for them and another for the rest of us’ incident.

Anyway it’s done and we now have Sajid back. I am hopeful he will be up to the job, and don’t forget he’s a man of principle who resigned rather than being forced to get rid of a number of his aides a while back.

MayBee70

Sayid on the news now saying we have to return to normal ASAP. There you have it.

This was stated on GB News last night.

I very much hope that Hancock doesn’t explain what went on behind the scenes. ?
For those with a sense of humour bypass: that was a joke ?

Sayid on the news now saying we have to return to normal ASAP. There you have it.

hopefully after a few weeks, Hancock himself will explain what went on behind the scenes

Oh yes! And we'd trust him to tell the truth wouldn't we!

MerylStreep

MayBee70
In your op you infer that Hancock was lying about PPE shortages.
Now, ( today) you think he was a knight in shining armour trying against all the odds to save us.
No wonder your head hurts.

Comments like this certainly do

make my head hurt.

Talk about sublime to the ridiculous, and lack of nuance!

Totally agree MayBee70 - hopefully after a few weeks, Hancock himself will explain what went on behind the scenes.

MerylStreep

MayBee70
In your op you infer that Hancock was lying about PPE shortages.
Now, ( today) you think he was a knight in shining armour trying against all the odds to save us.
No wonder your head hurts.

Why have extreme views?

Suggesting that Hancock "just for once ... was actually protecting people and trying to prevent opening up" isn't implying that he's a knight in shining armour.

Well, can you explain why this picture has been released now? And someone who wants to open everything up has replaced him? I don’t see any knights in shining armour in this government: only people who are in it for themselves. Even useless health secretaries get some things right and it could be that he was against opening up and the covid recovery group (not to be confused with the European research group) wanted him gone sooner than planned. I hope I live long enough to see what political historians make of this period of time.

MayBee70
In your op you infer that Hancock was lying about PPE shortages.
Now, ( today) you think he was a knight in shining armour trying against all the odds to save us.
No wonder your head hurts.

MaizieD

MerylStreep

At least we are now going to have a health minister who is a favour of ‘opening up the country’
Sajid is very popular with the travel/ business industry at the moment. Good choice, Boris.

This is like having some vengeful god raining down blows on the UK. Just when you think things are looking up, along comes another setback...

Of course, 'opening up' is just the thing to do with cases doubling week by week, deaths and hospitalizations up...

Let's see how many people the tories can kill or permanently incapacitate.

It almost makes me start to wonder if the conspiracy theorists have a point ie they’re just trying to kill us off…..maybe Hancock had to go because, just for once he was actually protecting people and trying to prevent opening up. It’s all making m head hurt…..why were these pictures released now when they’ve had them for a while? What’s behind it all??

‘Opening up’ is not what is needed just now. My friend and her husband have caught COVID from God knows where as they have been following all the guidelines since the beginning and have had two vaccines each. So no ‘opening up’ while this virulent strain is running riot.

MerylStreep

At least we are now going to have a health minister who is a favour of ‘opening up the country’
Sajid is very popular with the travel/ business industry at the moment. Good choice, Boris.

This is like having some vengeful god raining down blows on the UK. Just when you think things are looking up, along comes another setback...

Of course, 'opening up' is just the thing to do with cases doubling week by week, deaths and hospitalizations up...

Let's see how many people the tories can kill or permanently incapacitate.

I probably expressed myself badly.

I can't think of anyone who hates Hancock more than Cummings.

Carrie Antoinette is a chum of The Saj ( fingers down throat)

Gzillions of people hate Cummings