Matt Hancock's UN job offer withdrawn

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Thankfully they have seen sense. God knows what they were thinking!
twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1449349089250922505?t=d533cC6LfFyrJvKC4hcJ5A&s=19

I love the quote from the director of Global Justice Now: " The last thing the African continent needs is a failed British politician. This isn't the 19th century"😂😂😂

That has cheered me up!

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That has cheered me up!

Yeah, me too

The twitter comments are hilarious. Grab a cup of tea 🤣

Good! It seemed an extraordinary decision to appoint him in the first place, especially given his central role in the UK's failed response to covid and the incredibly damning report on our government's performance published the very same day.

Africa really doesn't need a failed British politician. It was astonishing that anyone ever thought this was a good idea.

From the Twitter comments:

Simon.Mount
@pseuderman
I think I speak for everyone when I say:
Ha ha! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha 🤣ha ha ha ha! ha ha ha Ha ha! ha 😅ha ha 😅ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Yes, Simon.

Yes you do.

Haha. Couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke

A shame they didn't appoint him for 30 minutes so we could have a headline out of it.

They must have checked his references 🤣

On a serious note though, this endless failing upwards is sickening to see

Hope this has raised Martha’s spirits as she deals with long covid, 3 distraught children and the public humiliation of her husband shagging his aide.

He’s a rat isn’t he.

a whole continent breathes a sigh of relief

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving person.

Back to the meet and greet Alan Partridge videos, then.

Oh thank goodness. We really don't want him here and were wondering why we had been lumped with him.

@AlexaShutUp I know, right, who walked into the office that day and said “I have a great idea! Let’s send a white Englishman to Africa to help them sort themselves out…”

By any standard that was just 🤯😱

At least this particular brain fart is over.

Good news!

I was astonished to read of his appointment and am chuffed to see that common sense has prevailed.

Another white saviour - Africa doesn’t need them.

Personally I think the UN were trolling him from the off.

🤣🤣🤣

Couldn't happen to a nicer bloke.

Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre middle-aged white man. Has he even been to Africa? Imagine the hubris of thinking you could do a good job.

Sorry matt but that's fabulous news. Shame Tony Blair got his fingers into other people's politics.

Have to say I thought it was odd. Surely the UN is meant to be impartial/non political so I thought hiring a serving politician seemed at odds with that. If I thought it why didn’t he also think it and check? 🤷‍♀️ Because he’s a bit dim?

Thanks for posting - I had missed this and that would have been a big shame!

I know it’s satire but this made me smile

I’m struggling to think what valuable lessons he might have to impart, given that the UK hasn’t exactly had the best record in dealing with this pandemic… how to give contracts to your mates from the pub? How to have a test and trace system that falls over on a semi-regular basis? How to send lots of ill people into care homes so you spread it around to some of the most vulnerable? Really not seeing the logic there

@Spudlet any old mediocre white man can step in to save Africa, it's such a basket case dontcha know

this made me proper lol twitter.com/10Swampmonster/status/1448158854680821760