Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To think Matt Hancock should have been voted off

332 replies

Wtactualfuck · 26/11/2022 22:21

He broke the covid rules he helped put in place. He cheated on his wife and left his children for the OW. Why the actual fuck are people voting for this Tory to stay?

OP posts:
MarshaMelrose · 27/11/2022 21:37

Les Dennis and Rupert Graves are appalled Matt's still in there. I feel bad I gave him 5 votes now. 😔

Nah, just kidding. 😅

Devoutspoken · 27/11/2022 21:40

I thought his people had got a tiktok army voting for him

JenniferBooth · 27/11/2022 21:50

And.........hes out

1982mommaof4 · 27/11/2022 21:51

I'm so glad he's still in it! Good for him

Withholdingvitalinfo · 27/11/2022 21:52

1982mommaof4 · 27/11/2022 21:51

I'm so glad he's still in it! Good for him

Lol

Hadjab · 27/11/2022 21:54

He’s gone, thank fuck!

WheelOfFish · 27/11/2022 22:51

Unwellchild325 · 27/11/2022 21:09

You do realise how the pandemic response was managed was not solely down to him don't you? He just had the misfortune to be the relevant minister in post at the time

Yes, very unlucky - could have happened to anyone.

girlmom21 · 28/11/2022 05:43

Hadjab · 27/11/2022 21:54

He’s gone, thank fuck!

He was always going yesterday. It was the final...

ExcaliburBaby · 28/11/2022 07:19

@Gem123J thank you - it was awful (as it was for so many people). No MH didn’t cause Covid - but he certainly doesn’t deserve some kind of shiny reality TV ‘redemption arc’ either, as if nothing ever happened.

Willmafrockfit · 28/11/2022 07:29

late comers to the show normally suffer and cannot integrate,
he and sean managed
and shockingly he came third
that was totally down to the bitching

Blocked · 28/11/2022 07:41

Runningintolife · 27/11/2022 10:30

Once they are in the jungle I think people just vote on the group dynamics, it sort of strips people of their context - it becomes about who is a bully, boring, creates drama, overcomes difficulty, who is funny, pleasant about others, does well for camp. And I also wouldn't underestimate the simple spotlight effect of all the newspaper articles about him and just the fact that he is so well known to all of us for being on the podium during the crisis. And half the people voting seem to think they are voting people out and not voting to save, so that probably doesn't help!

Yes this is it exactly. People were voting to support Matt in response to the celebrities reaction to him, they were bitching about him and singling him out and that's not the kind of behaviour viewers reward. That's why Jill and Owen were the final two - they were accepting of Matt (and everyone in the group) and weren't part of a clique (that we know of)

The viewers aren't stupid, we know that it's heavily edited and manipulated to present the celebrities in a certain way. We know people are on their best behavior in there and trying to present an image. That's half the reason people watch - because the facade usually cracks when they get really hungry and sleep deprived. We know who Matt is and what he's done. But if people choose to vote for him - either because they like him or to send a message to the other celebrities - there's no point patronising them and telling them they shouldn't especially if you're not taking those votes in the context of the show. Who would take kindly to that?

PicturesOfDogs · 28/11/2022 07:43

WheelOfFish · 27/11/2022 19:32

Tolerating idiots is what is turning this country into the second rate backwater it is rapidly becoming.

As opposed to the great empire you seem to think it should be?!?

x2boys · 28/11/2022 07:50

Violashift · 27/11/2022 19:43

People wanting him to win so it makes other people annoyed.
Honestly really look at yourself.

Pathetic.

It was a reality TV show 🙄
what is pathetic is the hysteria and the inability of people to understand that not everyone thinks the same as they do.

MarshaBradyo · 28/11/2022 07:55

x2boys · 28/11/2022 07:50

It was a reality TV show 🙄
what is pathetic is the hysteria and the inability of people to understand that not everyone thinks the same as they do.

People losing it over this, because someone votes differently for a TV show

Willmafrockfit · 28/11/2022 08:04

how was Sean so heavily critised when kevin clifton and stacey dooley get off scott free!!?

mumonherphone · 28/11/2022 08:14

Willmafrockfit · 28/11/2022 08:04

how was Sean so heavily critised when kevin clifton and stacey dooley get off scott free!!?

I didn't know they cheated? Sean was finished because of his ex girlfriend's statement. I googled it and it paints him out to be awful for gaslighting her leading up to cheating on her. She's actually written a whole book since too. I never would have known all this about him if he didn't go on I'm a celebrity.

lemmein · 28/11/2022 08:31

WheelOfFish · 27/11/2022 19:04

Just goes to show what a bunch of ‘pliable morons’ (to quote Newsthump) a large section of the British public are.

We get the politicians we deserve and the fucking over they invariably give us because a large percentage of the population appear to be total fuckwits with goldfish memories.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Depressing.

To think Matt Hancock should have been voted off
CatLoaf · 28/11/2022 08:47

lemmein · 28/11/2022 08:31

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Depressing.

Keep calling them thick twats, and you're just going to cause even more resentment and division.

Unwellchild325 · 28/11/2022 09:07

It's the kind of attitude and arrogance on this thread that causes the Tories to keep getting in. Labour voters think insulting conservative people will win them over when it's the exact opposite of what's required.

"Yes, Lorna from Shrewsbury thinks I'm a thick twat, how awful, I must change who I vote for"

WheelOfFish · 28/11/2022 09:15

PicturesOfDogs · 28/11/2022 07:43

As opposed to the great empire you seem to think it should be?!?

Did I say anything about 'Empire'? Christ, some people will shoehorn this stuff into literally everything.

lemmein · 28/11/2022 09:27

Keep calling them thick twats, and you're just going to cause even more resentment and division.

So fuck?! Confused

lollyloo88 · 28/11/2022 13:33

Let's face it, everyone who hates the tories is still bitterly holding onto the fact that their remain vote didn't pull through.. mumsnet it full of it, still people asking if you'd vote differently this time. Why is it people can't let go? Why do you think brexit has caused the problems that the pandemic and Russian war caused? Why do you act like the tories killed people when it was covid that killed people? When is there any suggestions of alternatives instead of just constant criticism?
It must be utterly exhausting complaining all the time but never having an alternative suggestion..

lemmein · 28/11/2022 14:57

It must be utterly exhausting complaining all the time but never having an alternative suggestion..

Here's a suggestion - when you're the health secretary and are faced with the (undeniably) huge task of sourcing PPE for health workers during a pandemic, don't push your pub landlord mate, with zero experience in medical supplies, to the front of the queue landing them a £40 mil contract for fuck all. Maybe entrust the task to the many companies already in existence who have expertise in such matters.

Perhaps when you're spending your days lecturing others not to 'kill granny' you should probably refrain from giving the nod to discharge infected grannies back into care homes (with no PPE, cos, y'know...pub landlord Hmm) to infect all the other grannies (and grandads!)

Oh, and when there's a cost of living crisis and your constituents are facing dire times it's probably best that you don't fuck off to Australia for a popularity contest that benefits nobody but yourself!

Sick of hearing all the excuses for these grown fucking men who skimmed millions, if not billions, out of this country. Make no mistake, covid was a gift to these people - he should be in a cell, not a campsite.

Never have I heard the same pathetic excuses for female MPs - if we keep having such low expectations for men they'll continue to meet them!

Withholdingvitalinfo · 28/11/2022 15:04

lollyloo88 · 28/11/2022 13:33

Let's face it, everyone who hates the tories is still bitterly holding onto the fact that their remain vote didn't pull through.. mumsnet it full of it, still people asking if you'd vote differently this time. Why is it people can't let go? Why do you think brexit has caused the problems that the pandemic and Russian war caused? Why do you act like the tories killed people when it was covid that killed people? When is there any suggestions of alternatives instead of just constant criticism?
It must be utterly exhausting complaining all the time but never having an alternative suggestion..

Please list the Brexit benefits.

I’ll wait.

tiggergoesbounce · 28/11/2022 15:28

Let's face it, everyone who hates the tories is still bitterly holding onto the fact that their remain vote didn't pull through.. mumsnet it full of it, still people asking if you'd vote differently this time. Why is it people can't let go? Why do you think brexit has caused the problems that the pandemic and Russian war caused? Why do you act like the tories killed people when it was covid that killed people? When is there any suggestions of alternatives instead of just constant criticism?
It must be utterly exhausting complaining all the time but never having an alternative suggestion

You are sadly mistaken.
There has been a very long list of the reasons people feel this tory government have failed and are corrupt, if you actually wanted to learn why people are unhappy with this tory government.
Brexit is a tiny part of that, but you would know that if you took the time to learn.

Why do you act like the tories killed people when it was covid that killed people

🤣🤣🤣 but your honor i didn't kill anyone it was the knife 🙄