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Matt Hancock affair (2)

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TheoMeo · 25/06/2021 19:22

Looks like we might need a new thread.

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TheoMeo · 25/06/2021 22:50

If he and the other Tories tarnished with corruption hang on until the next election the party will be, if not ousted, seriously depleted due to electorate having been aggrieved by them - he and Boris will step down and sail off to lucrative pastures new while the rest of the party, the honest ones, there must be some, are stuffed.

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BiscoffAddict · 25/06/2021 22:50

@Rhayader

I work with him and have been in his office countless times. AMA
Have you shagged him?
feliznavidad2 · 25/06/2021 22:51

There were nurses and doctors wearing bloody bin bags as we had no PPE in the middle of a pandemic, whilst ole Matt was canoodling with his aide in a corridor.

You couldn't make it up.

feliznavidad2 · 25/06/2021 22:51

I bet Oliver Bonas' owner would get a cracking discount on their products. What was she thinking?!

CoRhona · 25/06/2021 22:52

I reckon The Sun has evidence of them in hotels together and it will be published over the next few days. Just enough for him to deny and lie beforehand, and be shown for an even bigger tool than he has been so far. Drip drip drip...

Rhayader · 25/06/2021 22:52

@BiscoffAddict

Hahaha, no. Honeslty I’m actually quite shocked. He’s quite a goofy guy. We all made jokes about it but nobody really thought it was happening. Maybe his PPS knew.

LindainLockdown · 25/06/2021 22:52

@TheoMeo

If he and the other Tories tarnished with corruption hang on until the next election the party will be, if not ousted, seriously depleted due to electorate having been aggrieved by them - he and Boris will step down and sail off to lucrative pastures new while the rest of the party, the honest ones, there must be some, are stuffed.
Ha, you are getting carried away now, not going to happen.

But Hancock being a fall guy in next week or so is a serious possibility.

MercyBooth · 25/06/2021 22:53

@Rhayader Is he a panicker?

Rhayader · 25/06/2021 22:54

@MercyBooth

Not particularly.

BiscoffAddict · 25/06/2021 22:54

[quote Rhayader]@BiscoffAddict

Hahaha, no. Honeslty I’m actually quite shocked. He’s quite a goofy guy. We all made jokes about it but nobody really thought it was happening. Maybe his PPS knew.[/quote]
That’s interesting, the narrative we’re being fed is that everyone at the office knew.

It’s pretty obvious he’s goofy though. Who’d have known he had it in him.

LizzieSiddal · 25/06/2021 22:54

@Rhayader his boss described him as “fucking useless”, would you agree?

ThinWomansBrain · 25/06/2021 22:54

I really couldn't care less about who Hancock is having sex with - except that the lies give an indication of his character.
It's the clique-y way he appoints the woman to the board of the NHS
Not to mention the sanctimonious statements that Neil Ferguson had no option not to resign.
It's like John Major banging on about family values throughout his tenure in power, while all the while he was involved an affair with Edwina Curry.

Rhayader · 25/06/2021 22:55

With the layout of the office, they are EXTREMELY close to his private office staff. The top floor is much smaller than the other floors and the desks are very squished in. They are less than a meter from his PPS’s chair.

AmandaHoldensLips · 25/06/2021 22:57

The video... My eyes! My eyes!

Matt Hancock affair (2)
Rhayader · 25/06/2021 22:57

@LizzieSiddal

He’s not the worst minister I’ve worked for (by a long way). He’s not as competent as Gove or - dare I say it - Hunt, and he occasionally gets over enthusiastic about really shit ideas but he’s normally willing to be talked out of it by civil servants.

Honestly i didn’t think he had it in him.

bitheby · 25/06/2021 22:58

The video is really cringe. I can't watch. I see what the poster means about it looking set up. What a weird state of affairs (pun intended).

ScribblyBaller · 25/06/2021 22:58

@Rhayader

I work with him and have been in his office countless times. AMA
Is he as awkward around women as he seemed in that video and as he seems in this photo?
Matt Hancock affair (2)
Millymog · 25/06/2021 22:58

An affair between a "Mr 'Cock" and a "Ms Gina"

The tabloid headlines are just there waiting to happen.

Rhayader · 25/06/2021 22:59

They are clearly standing by the door in case someone comes in. Anywhere else in his office would be really close to a window. It’s a corner office.

PokerFaceGrace · 25/06/2021 22:59

In the olden days stuff like used to be called ‘bringing your office into disrepute’ or ‘conduct unbecoming to public office’ and you’d be sacked for it. Obviously as the leader of that office has a well known track record for the exact same thing, that doesn’t figure.

I never understood why anybody voted for Boris in the first place. If someone lies, cheats and betrays their wife and family who they are supposed to love, why wouldn’t they do the same to plebs they don’t give a stuff about Hmm. No wonder Hancock was so blatant getting it on in his office.

mumwon · 25/06/2021 23:01

Cummins use to work for Gove
Gove eventually wants to be mp
Even boris brought up his name when criticizing Hancock (pot & kettle sprung to mind)
Cummins hates Hancock & Boris & is really bitter about being sacked
Cummins is working for Gove so he can regain influence & power
Hancock's constituency is disappearing & being divided up - Haverhill in Suffolk will be amalgamated with Halsted in Essex (I think) the theory was that he might have taken over from that mp -
So could he be sacked &/or loose his constituency
please God!

Rhayader · 25/06/2021 23:01

@ScribblyBaller

No this was SUPER WEIRD. Generally he’s just “goofy” but not weird. He’s a minister who will ask you how your weekend was and then half listen. He will apologise if he bumps into your chair or if you walked into him because you were looking on your phone - he would apologise to you.

His private office is almost exclusively women and he doesn’t have a rep for being “handsy”.

Regulus · 25/06/2021 23:02

@bitheby

The video is really cringe. I can't watch. I see what the poster means about it looking set up. What a weird state of affairs (pun intended).
I don't know if I'm relieved or horrified that you and pp agree that it looks like a set up. I was prepared to have my tin foil arse handed to me
TossaCoinToYerWitcher · 25/06/2021 23:03

@Millymog

An affair between a "Mr 'Cock" and a "Ms Gina"

The tabloid headlines are just there waiting to happen.

Surely a "Rat Hancock" is a given?
ScribblyBaller · 25/06/2021 23:05

I love this inside scoop, @Rhayader. He certainly doesn't come across as a suave casanova. Far from it! What is Gina like? Have you had any dealings with her?