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After blundering his way through the pandemic, the former Health Secretary known for infidelity now seems set to jet off to Australia, abandoning his duties as an MP to try and resurrect his image
Punchlines don’t come more grotesque than Matt Hancock.
The former Health Secretary will spend this autumn in Australia earning a six-figure sum, while taking his £84,000 MP’s salary plus expenses.
Around 200,000 families and friends across the land are still mourning one of the highest Covid death tolls in the world after his lies about protecting care homes and his failure to provide hospitals with the proper PPE.
ITV bosses and I’m A Celebrity chiefs might be popping champagne corks in celebration over Hancock’s capture and the explosion of media interest for their flagship reality TV show, but is this one a rare mis-step from them?