Hancock resigns

[Buttonupbitches]

Good, why has it taken this long.

I was thinking more of the disaffected, not bothering to vote either way and feeling less inclined to follow Covid regulations. Either way you look at it it's depressing.

Just because he’s resigned as Heslth Secretary, doesn’t mean he’s got away with anything. He will still be held to account during the enquiry

What, the enquiry the government will be paying for and deciding who's on it?

In the usual way of these things I'd normally say it'll contain whatever they want it to, but with Cock gone they'll probably use him as a dumping ground for the blame

No one is perfect and I’m sure that very few people could put their hand on their heart and say that they have followed absolutely every directive re COVID to the letter

No, you're right I have on a couple of occasions forgotten my mask and I did go and see my mum before we were allowed.

But Hancock was one of a very small group that oversaw us as an overwhelming majority comply withdraw from normal life, he saw the elderly drop like flies returning to care home, he saw us huddle in small miserable Christmas groups, he saw increased domestic and child abuse, he saw mental health fall off a cliff, he healthcare workers on their knees and the daily fear of people running out of money.

He saw all of this, used brow beating language to shame non compliance.

And while most people were not allowed out to go to work, he used his privilege to conduct an affair with an employee.

With great privilege comes great responsibility. He blew it.

What I am wondering is why The Sun? Rupert Murdoch owns it & is a massive Tory supporter & donor, why would he try to bring down the party he supports?

It is weird it's the Sun that is involved
If it was the Mirror , he may have kept his job ?
Then people would be asking who the ' source ' is and tracking them down etc.

@Nat6999 - I don’t think The Sun/Murdoch is trying to bring down the Tory party - more like reshape it whilst bolstering its sales figures in the process.

@Nat6999

What I am wondering is why The Sun? Rupert Murdoch owns it & is a massive Tory supporter & donor, why would he try to bring down the party he supports?

Maybe even Murdoch’s had enough of this bunch of sleaze bags? The Sun backed Blair in 1997 after all.

Majid Nawaz on LBC is currently running through the collection of possible serious fraud offences committed by MH. The least concern is what he does/has done with his willy. The suggestion is that the sex thing is a diversion from the real deal and possible charges that could arise from his lengthy tenure in Health.

Will be interesting to see if/how it affects the Batley by-election this week.The tone of the PM’s response to the resignation letter hints at a political comeback at some point-maybe a quid-pro-quo to save that?

Doubt either of them seem as attractive a prospect now the affair is exposed, he has lost his job and they will both be in a legal battle with their respective spouses.

Not quite so much fun now they can’t sneak around Parliament buildings and conduct their illicit encounters.

Idiots.

Not quite so much fun now they can’t sneak around Parliament buildings and conduct their illicit encounters
Totally agree.
Once you trade the illicit for the bins/alternate weekend access for kids (6 between them including young teens!)/ guilt/ farts/who cooks tonight -not so exciting…

I suspect he’s probably imagining a dirty little love shack with his mistress and thrice daily sex on every surface with only a passing glimpse of his offspring and no more cameras shoved up his nose as he explains his failings.

She’s probably thinking ‘shitting fuck - what have I done’.

There are many outcomes.
She may well go back to her rich husband and his interesting check trousers in time.
Once the realities of life with seven children ( its like the Von Trap children. !) the grind of it all ( not to mention the maintenance payments and lawyer fees that will be mounting up ) she'll realize that it was all just a flash in the pan and really not worth it.

It might work out though ? I know people who have abandoned their children ( a woman too) and she got on with it and all the ' baggage' that came with it. Another old ex friend of mine managed to spirit her lover away from his family, but it quickly dissolved and he lives alone now. She moved on to someone else.
It's all nothing new , but being rich means money isn't a problem for them so that must soften the blows.
Still sad though and it's the children it affects the most too. They will be the ones it'll affect here I think. It usually does affect them more than people think it does ( from what I've seen and heard)

I'll hate to be Matt Hancock. He absolutely destroyed his life. Totally entitled to do that but he clearly wasn't thinking about his family and the country.
They have controlled our lives for over a year now. We have complied with everything they have told us to do while he was breaking the rules himself.
Im sick of Covid and all the rules but we follow the rules to stop the spread 🤬

@MaMelon

I suspect he’s probably imagining a dirty little love shack with his mistress and thrice daily sex on every surface with only a passing glimpse of his offspring and no more cameras shoved up his nose as he explains his failings.

She’s probably thinking ‘shitting fuck - what have I done’.

I always think this, the reality of wet towels on the floor and whiskers in the sink, laundry, dishes, week day meals. This combined by the fact it is no longer secretive and dirty but national news and distasteful.

Agree @MrsRobinsonsHandprints

There’s an outside chance obviously that this is a love match and they’ll see out their days together in absolute bliss - but I doubt it.

@YouthfulIndiscretion

I don’t actually know what Cummings means by RegimeChange.

Pick meeeee!

For someone who claims to hate the way Government/Civil Service runs, he (Cummings) always seems absolutely desperate to get back into it! I think he's hoping Gove takes over at some point, but I don't think he'll get the backing. When Boris goes I think Sunak has a good chance of taking over, unless he's still stuck in the Treasury trying to repay all the COVID money.

Haha, yeah, I'd been politely writing the more grown-up version of it, but Cummings absolutely writes like a dumped boyfriend, doesn't he?

I said Sunak will be the next PM when I saw him do his first Covid briefing. I still do.

I have a friend who enjoyed similar encounters with a man in a position of ‘power’. He left his family thinking he had found something thrilling. She left hers (more reluctantly). Like MH, he lost his job. She bitterly regretted it because he no longer had the power which excited her. He regretted it because he recognised she had only been turned on by his status. They stayed together for a year to make it all seem worth it.

Without his political title, MH really isn’t much of a catch. Not a decent human being. Not a good family man. Not even an outstanding Secretary of State.

@MrsRobinsonsHandprints

This combined by the fact it is no longer secretive and dirty but national news and distasteful.

This. I can’t imagine what it must be like to know that your relationship is actually considered distasteful by many. At the moment they may be thinking along the lines of ‘proving the relationship has substance to make it all worth it’ but seriously? Everyone knows and no-one is looking at them with respect personally or professionally.

@Backhills

I said Sunak will be the next PM when I saw him do his first Covid briefing. I still do.

Sunak has lost over 3 million votes due to the shamble of the self employed covid "support". Many self employed are natural Tory supporters, and will be very reluctant to vote Tory if there's any chance that Sunak will become leader/PM.

I said Sunak will be the next PM when I saw him do his first Covid briefing. I still do

Absolutely agree. No idea why, Im sure he’s as sleazy as the rest of them underneath his well cut suit, but he does present a slightly more palatable persona than Boris and Gove.

@MercyBooth

The way they were touching they have been at it for a lot longer than six weeks.

Agreed. Why on earth would you be someone's unpaid advisor for months on end? She actually had a job pus the DoH Director gig.

They were at this last Nov/Dec while telling people they couldnt visit another house for Christmas.