Matt Hancock Quits as England's Health Secretary

[Northerner]

Matt Hancock has resigned as England's health secretary the day after video footage emerged of him kissing an aide in his ministerial office in a breach of coronavirus restrictions.

Former Chancellor and Home Secretary Sajid Javid will replace Mr Hancock, Downing Street announced.

Images and video showed Mr Hancock in an embrace with aide Gina Coladangelo last month, and the health secretary was facing increasing pressure to quit over the breaking of social-distancing rules. Mr Hancock wrote to Boris Johnson on Saturday and said: “The last thing I would want is for my private life to distract attention from the single-minded focus that is leading us out of this crisis.”

He said: “We owe it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down as I have done by breaching the guidance.”

Matt Hancock Quits as England's Health Secretary

Matt Hancock has resigned as England's Health Secretary in a letter to Boris Johnson.

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He should have gone immediately on being exposed, or Johnson should have sacked him. Neither thing happened until the pressure became intolerable, rather than because it was the right thing to do It remains to be seen if Javid will be a good Health Secretary - as I recall he was on the austerity wing when Chancellor, so funding and NHS pay prospects may not improve

 

[Eddy Edson]

For illicit osculation, not for being a disaster. He'll be back.

 

[Docb]

I suppose Boris will be relieved. Finding something to sack him for that he has not been guilty of himself has proven to be a bit tricky and, much more importantly, impossible to get into a three word slogan.

 

[Amity Island]

Matt Hancock's affair footage was from his office CCTV, says GLEN OWEN

Pictures taken in September 2017, just before Mr Hancock moved in, show that the camera which caught the clinch is clearly visible on the ceiling of his office

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[Eddy Edson]

It remains to be seen if Javid will be a good Health Secretary - as I recall he was on the austerity wing when Chancellor, so funding and NHS pay prospects may not improve

Apparently he's an Ayn Rand enthusiast; frequently re-reads The Fountainhead for inspiration.

So - looks like a loonie.

 

[Northerner]

Apparently he's an Ayn Rand enthusiast; frequently re-reads The Fountainhead for inspiration.

So - looks like a loonie.

 

[mikeyB]

Whoever replaces Hancock, given the candidates on offer from the team of shitforbrains that constitute the favoured Johnson pals, I hold out no hope for the NHS.

 

[Northerner]

Whoever replaces Hancock, given the candidates on offer from the team of shitforbrains that constitute the favoured Johnson pals, I hold out no hope for the NHS.

Indeed, given that they have to pick a Tory, things are unlikely to get any better