[Politics] Matt Hancock is a hands-on kind of man.

[dejavuatbtn]

Murdoch clearly has it out for Hancock and is very undecided on Johnson. Murdoch favourite Gove is waiting in the wings.

The Sun wouldn't drop that story without another agenda playing out.

Johnson has probably calculated that sacking Hancock smacks of hypocrisy and on balance weakens him, but this is not playing out well with the members.

I like what you did there!

 

[southstandandy]

I almost feel sorry for him!

He looks like the last kid to be picked in the school 5 aside teams and has had the responsibility of being Health Secretary thrust upon him and is completely out of his depth flailing around with arm bands on.

Rather than apologise to us the public, he should surely be apologising to his wife and family.

 

[franks brother]

Just what does it take for a Tory minister to resign?

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

The Sunday times were spot on about hancock,coladangelo and Luther Pendragon last year.
Although the cronyism was based on Hancock's"friendship"with the Luther Pendragon borad member it now appears they are a bit more intimate than that.
Parliament now needs to urgently investigate how much input Luther Pendragon has influenced government policy during this pandemic,because "we can be sure,as eggs is eggs"that Hancock would have ensured Luther Pendragon have been key government advisors during this pandemic and would have been working for the interests of their clients rather than the interests of the British people.

Luther Pendragon have now issued a statement regarding my comments and I think it is only proper to post their point of view.

"Gina Coladangelo ceased to be an employee of Luther Pendragon in 2014 and resigned as a Director in 2017. She has no involvement in the day to day running of Luther Pendragon, nor does she carry out any client work on behalf of Luther Pendragon. She receives no remuneration from Luther Pendragon, and has not done so since she ceased being an employee. She is a minor, not a major, shareholder in Luther Pendragon. It is factually incorrect to suggest otherwise"

 

[Pavilionaire]

We see from Dominic Cummings mobile phone data that Boris described Hancock as "hopeless", yet when presented with a perfect opportunity to sack him accepts his apology and backs him.

The bottom line is if you are willing to take political shit and stay loyal you can do pretty much what you like - break Covid protocols, sign deals with mates, have sex with staff.

 

[MJsGhost]

Serial adulterer who broke the ministerial code, doesn’t sack a serial adulterer who broke the ministerial code.

That on its own was very unlikely to get him the sack from someone like Johnson (though someone so duplicitous certainly has it in him).

However, when you're the Health Secretary & have been (rightly) banging on about people needing to stick to the rules your government has come up with, that's a different matter.

Let's not forget how be piled in on Neil Ferguson who broke the rules in a similar way last year:

Mr Hancock said he was left “speechless" by Prof Ferguson’s "extraordinary" behaviour, and said it had been right for him to resign as a government Sage adviser.

Matt Hancock said on Sky News at the time: "The social distancing rules are there for everyone, they're incredibly important and they're deadly serious.

"And the reason is they are the means by which we've managed to get control of this virus."

The Health Secretary goes on to say that it "would not be possible" for Mr Ferguson to have kept his job after he broke social distancing rules.​

I can't wait for Hancock to explain his different view now.

As if it were needed, it's further evidence of weak leadership at the very top and a pervading attitude of "one rule for them and another for us" throughout the government.

 

[MJsGhost]

Just what does it take for a Tory minister to resign?

Integrity.




(So a snowball in hell's chance, sadly)

 

[zefarelly]

Just what does it take for a Tory minister to resign?

You have to skip past all the 'normal reasons' pages and go straight to the Glitter/Saville end of the scale.

 

[nicko31]

Serial adulterer who broke the ministerial code, doesn’t sack a serial adulterer who broke the ministerial code.

When the boss has these standards, its pretty hard to get sacked.

 

[BBassic]

I've been thinking about a career change for a while.

I might go be a Tory MP. Seems they can get away with basically anything and are largely unsackable.

It does mean abandoning all of my ethics and morals but I wasn't using them anyway.

Sign me up!

 

[The Fits]

It really is like some kind of performance art or TV prank. 'How much piss can we take?'.
As much as they way, evidently.

 

[HH Brighton]

Lets face it, most people who vote Tory and not worried about things like this or policies. They voted to get things done.

 

[A1X]

Just what does it take for a Tory minister to resign?

Claim Brexit was a bad idea

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Gives "putting your Hancock on it" a new meaning

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

It really is like some kind of performance art or TV prank. 'How much piss can we take?'.
As much as they way, evidently.

Good old autocorrect

 

[clapham_gull]

Lets face it, most people who vote Tory and not worried about things like this or policies. They voted to get things done.

You've missed the point I'm afraid and we are years away from a general election.

The greatest danger to the Prime Minister (and other cabinet members) are other MPs, the members and the right wing press who love to have a say in things.

Internally support is moving away from Boris and towards Gove, irrespective of what they say publicly.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

You have to skip past all the 'normal reasons' pages and go straight to the Glitter/Saville end of the scale.

Savile was never charged with anything so I assume you mean that it may take either a post mortem, or the donning of a shit wig to get anything moving. And I suspect that the latter doesn't approach threshold, judging by Michael Fabricant.

 

[Lower West Stander]

Lets face it, most people who vote Tory and not worried about things like this or policies. They voted to get things done.

I voted Tory and I care a lot. This guy is the HEALTH SECRETARY DURING COVID FFS....

Don't pigeonhole everyone.

 

[lost in london]

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[BN41Albion]

Well I for one am OUTRAGED