To think that Hancock's had a brakedown & is making silly decisions

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To think, although self inflicted, partially, but maybe from the covid crisis stress he's just lost the plot completely by going on I'm a celeb? He's in no right mind is he!

He's an MP. He's being paid by the taxpayer to do a job and he should be here doing it. Parliament is not in recess.

He's not the only one doing it though and hopefully this will expose more widely the disgraceful culture of MPs swanning off to do what they like when they should be working. I once went to a work conference overseas only to find my MP was a guest speaker! He spent 3 days in the sunshine enjoying the free booze and collecting a big fee when he should have been at home working. They're all at it.

Boris has been on holiday, made all the more obvious by the fact he dashed home for the leadership campaign, how is that any different. There was not a word mentioned by anyone in the Tory party about that.

Why use a miraculous part of a woman’s anatomy to insult a man?

Matt Hancock is NOT a cunt, he lacks the requisite warmth and depth.

She had the whip withdrawn too. They were treated in exactly the same way.

But he's still an MP and he's still being paid. He remains an MP but not a Tory one. He's now an independent.

I never watch the programme but if there’s a way to vote people out I’d sign up and hope the millions filled with cold fury at this wanker will do the same.

I think he's just a wally. Looking forward to I'm a celeb now!

Exactly this. I think he has accepted his political career is over so has his eye on what comes next.

Trying to reinvent himself as Ed Balls or Michael Portillo or soneone. Hope he is the first one voted out. Might even watch for the first time in years.

I don’t think he is being treated differently (by Parliament, if that’s what you mean) @NotAKnowitall, as both he and ND lost the party whip when they went on I’m a celebrity. In terms of public opinion, yes maybe MH is being treated harsher, but given his behaviour during the pandemic, I don’t think we can blame people for having strong views about him.

Don't they already screen all kids for dyslexia in year 7?

Either way, eat kangaroo balls and bore off wancock.

I think there's a really nasty element of class-ism about the way people go for Matt Han

Why? He's solidly upper middle class, nothing particularly interesting or different about his background. He's neither rich aristo nor WC made good.

Oops, lost half my message, sorry! But yeah he always seemed to me to be set up as the posh boys' fall guy. And it's amazing how much the public goes along with it! He's definitely a bit try hard but I don't think he's remotely more awful than any of the others.

Ed Balls is happy to look silly and that's why the public went for him so much. It's a pity that the Labour Party can't make use of it now because he could basically be their Boris. Plus his expertise in macroeconomics might come in handy!

PPE at Oxford just like the rest of them, he's just less professional than someone like say Sunak. I think he's set himself up for a fall by behaving terribly whilst in office and, unlike the equally terrible BoJo, hasn't got enough posh boy self belief or creds to brazen through.

No he is a narcissist and wants to seen. Not in cabinet anymore so has to resort to doiing this. He should be concentrating on his constituents not prancing about in Australia.

Oh please. He is a grade 1 twat. Do not associate him with those with mental health issues. Most insulting to say the least.

Exactly. Using her experience as a scientist, and a venture capitalist, to spread the risk across a slate of companies all racing to develop vaccines at a time when no one knew which would be successful.

I would say he just needs some money quick due to his impending divorce.

I think you’re mixing up having a breakdown with just being a prat.

He’s not having a breakdown. He’s just a wankstain. If only he had been. He wants money and publicity for his book. In five years he’ll be playing the baddy in pantomime every year.

He said it's to promote his book about dyslexia.
Maybe if he could ask the education secretary to pump more money into SEN in schools and clear the huge backlog of children waiting on assessments , then maybe more children might not get so behind or overlooked if they have dyslexia or other SEN.

No he’s just trying to line up a post politics career. Or possibly rehabilitate some sort of future political career.

As did Nicola Sturgeon's govt. In fact it was worse.

Hancock's got ££££ in his eyes for when being a backbench MP just isn't fulfilling his massive potential <sarcasm, BTW>. Plus he probably has a very expensive divorce to fund.