I’m not sure of the reaction you want? I wouldn’t disagree with what you’ve said.
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No chance. Save your energy, he's going nowhere. This cabinet are untouchable, no one is getting sacked. In a normal world he probably would have to but for some reason this government are so popular with the general public so they won't care.
He had no chance
I'm surprised. They normally don't give a rats ass... maybe the memes were too much
.Framing them as separate things is rather missing the point.
Coladangelo had recieved £15k as part of an oversight role (which involved scrutinising the decisions of the Department of Health) that Hancock, the Minister for Health, had appointed her to. Meanwhile her brother was an executive at a company that won a string of NHS contracts.
Hancock not revealing that this was someone he was in a sexual relationship is obviously immensely inappropriate and not because of any moral squeemishness over him cheating on his wife. Him handing someone he was fecking £15k to oversee (in part) his performance as Minister for Health is a problem.
Don't underestimate the power of his wife in all of this. I imagine she's given him some clear ultimatums.
I'm surprised. They normally don't give a rats ass... maybe the memes were too much
there was an awful lot of them!
Good to see Starmer finally say that it was time for Hancock to go. The PPE shortage, care home deaths, delays in test and trace/the extortionate price of the woeful app and contracts to mates were not the time, so glad this much bigger and important scandal is.
Nice of him to make his comments after the event.
It’s not. We didn’t need any more evidence of his corruption. It’s been piling up for months. He’s gone because of the Covid rules he’s broken and not because of the corruption. The fact it was just more corruption is secondary.
Meh, she used to be married to a dithering, corrupt, cheating Tory, and now she's not. Sounds like a positive to me.
Not long to wait. What’s everybody’s guess?
Jose
Hancock really deserved his own thread. We are talking about a Westminster's legend.
Just disappointed.
Just disappointed.
Someone who's never had a proper job in their lives, never mind in the health service?
Someone who will recommend 5 doses and a lockdown until 2027
Not sure why Big Dave is dropping flowers round to Hancock’s wife?
https://ibb.co/fYM6dTB
https://ibb.co/fYM6dTB
Vaccine minister is getting it isn’t he?
Labour's chief private health lobbyist is recently out of a job, I'm sure he suggest someone they'll approve of.
Some people above are so entrenched in their own political side, that their first thought on a thread about Hancock's sleaze is to moan about Starmer!
So it’s fair game to cheat on your wife but don’t leave her for feck sake
Just wondering what differentiates this scandal from the long list of them Starmer has flat out refused to call for him to lose his job over.Some people above are so entrenched in their own political side, that their first thought on a thread about Hancock's sleaze is to moan about Starmer!
This one was impossible to ignore. Whereas the other stuff, the government would have to accept it was a disgrace - which they won't.
Guy who has set / bored on about the policy - breaking the policy.
It's such an outrageous situation he's had to quit.
Boris not sacking him is an outrage.
Such a shame he didn't end up grabbing the arse of everyone he handed out a NHS contract to.
Javid
We have an appalling bunch if politicians.
A picture speaks louder than 150k death certificates.The picture
Correct.
Obligatory give it to Giggsy till end of the season.
It’s almost always the minister who resigns. Perfectly normal. There’s easy pickings when it comes to criticising Boris - this is not something to criticise him about in my opinion.
What a morally-corrupt man he must be. Mind you, the extra-marital stuff was less damaging than finding out she was also working as a Non-Exec at the Department of Health. They're supposed to scrutinise the Ministerial team, which is a bit difficult to do objectively if you're having an affair with the top man.
Boris is hardly in a position to censure a colleague for simply being a lothario. Sadly, there are no more John Profumos left in politics, that's for sure.
Boris is hardly in a position to censure a colleague for simply being a lothario. Sadly, there are no more John Profumos left in politics, that's for sure.
Agree. Possible that BoJo asked him to resign.
He's fallen on his sword and they'll keep pushing the social distancing and, if need be, affair stuff as the narrative until the next big story distraction comes along in the 24 hour news cycle. If they're lucky, which they will be, the deeper story about cronyism and her family recieving shitloads of taxpayer's cash will barely be a footnote.
I say they'll be lucky because we have;
a) media run by their mates
b) opposition parties with the courage levels of a rather moist shitty napkin.
I say they'll be lucky because we have;
a) media run by their mates
b) opposition parties with the courage levels of a rather moist shitty napkin.
pretty likely.
Not surprised hancock has gone as he was always going to be thrown under the bus in any covid enquiry... but saj... thats a bit of a shock after his (very) brief chancellorship
Who else would they have gone for? Pob? Slim pickings in this Tory party.
Like you Gove was my initial thought
Hunt at least knows the brief which might have been useful
Kwarteng and backfill his role with Miller?
Mogg to keep the chumocracy going?