Matt Hancock is really struggling to get his words out today!

[Teddypops]

Gosh he is struggling. Forgot the name of one of the advisers.

[TartanTexan]

Masks for public - evidence under review & will change if SAGE deems necessary. They have always followed the Science...

[bluebeck]

I thought he was pissed.

[vera99]

At least with Hancock you feel he owns part of this whereas most of the other shower of shit are just reading the phone directory and waiting for the agony to end.

[Skybluepink123]

MH does seem very twitchy this afternoon.

[Mapril]

He's not as eloquent as some of the others. He made a right fuck up of the Stay/Protect/Save tagline in the early weeks and I think it's haunted his performance ever since

[findumdum1]

I always think he looks like he's about to throw up.

[EstuaryBird]

Yes, he does look exhausted.

He’s probably also realised that when the shit starts to fly he’s going to be the one they’re going to position right in front of the fan...

[Hearhoovesthinkzebras]

Because he's a numpty who doesn't know what he is talking about.

[TartanTexan]

I agree Vera99.

[Skybluepink123]

He’s not giving the media a chance to ask a follow up question like some of his counterparts do.

[mrsnw]

They all look and sound a bit rattled today.

[Skybluepink123]

Do we think the lockdown will ease at the end of the current 3 weeks?
This press conference isn’t giving me confidence.

[Westfacing]

I was listening on the radio and noticed the stumbling and hesitation and wondered if there were some technical hitches, but now watching on TV and can see how he's not looking right!

[ToffeeYoghurt]

He's always seemed a bit out of his depth but has he fully recovered from his own bout of Covid? So many stories of people still struggling with it after a month (and that's those who didn't need hospital). Relapses too. He probably genuinely needs some time off to properly rest. The body can only take so much.

[Skybluepink123]

How have they dealt with the ONS figures which were released today? They suggest that the infection rate could be 60% higher.

[Baaaahhhhh]

I haven't met him, but a number of people I know have, and apparently he is one of better health ministers we have had, with all the right intentions. He's working really hard, but unfortunately will probably have to carry the can for the awful performance of some of those in PHE and NHS procurement, who frankly, it has long been known, are not fit for purpose, but you can't get rid of them.

[Jinx2020]

Gosh a poor performance today - I understand he is exhausted but this body language and stumbling words fill me with no confidence. And he was one of the few I liked/trusted in earlier conferences.

[ByeByeMissAmericanPie]

I thought maybe his autocue had stalled. He's not holding the floor as well as he has done in the past.

[vera99]

@EstuaryBird Oh yes Boris and his evil Eton chums will deflect to Hancock and 'experts' when it should be him first and foremost in the firing line. He didn't burn 50 quid notes in from of homeless folks for nothing. Strongly suspect Hancock is 'grammar' and not part of the 'chosen ones'.

Just checked him out he is 'grammar' probably in previous times an object of ridicule from the Johnson clique.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Hancock

[glomerulus]

Maybe he's got post-viral fatigue? Covid can knock you out for a good few weeks...

[Skybluepink123]

Vera who burnt £50 notes in front of homeless people? What a despicable thing to do?

[SusieOwl4]

He is probably exhausted and I am sure frustrated with the bumbling nhs trust system . That’s one thing I do hope comes out of this they the trust system is abolished.

[SarahInAccounts]

Johnson is perfectly happy to let him take the flak.

[MrsWhites]

Does anyone else wonder who the fuck are behind the ‘SAGE’ mask? Because apparently our whole futures/lives/health/finances/the whole fucking universe depends on them and their ‘science’!!

[mrsnw]

I think sage is secret. We don’t know who is on it and if it changes.