 Mr Hancock has come under fire for abandoning his constituents to swan off to Australia for the show. The Tory party suspended the whip after the news broke of his jungle stint, which means he now sits as an independent MP. "He should be here with us voting and debating in Parliament," Mr Heaton-Harris told Sky News. "I do believe there's quite a lot of people in a building not too far away from here, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, who've downloaded a certain app so they can vote. "I'm not sure if that's a good thing." He added: "I read this morning what he said about how he wants to prove that all MPs are human, and that's actually, you know, that is true. "All MPs are human, but I think we do that every day in our constituencies and what we do in Parliament." Mr Hancock's arrival in camp caused a stir among the other cont){kind=link}
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris suggested that politicians were getting their own back on Matt Hancock by nominating him for challenges on the hit ITV reality show
Hundreds of MPs and peers have downloaded the ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ app to vote for Matt Hancock to do Bushtucker trials, a top Tory has said.
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris suggested that politicians were getting their own back on the shamed former Health Secretary by nominating him for challenges on the hit ITV reality show.
Mr Hancock was covered in bugs and sludge in his first trial on arriving at camp last – and the public have already voted for him to take part in the next trial, called The Tentacles of Terror.
Mr Heaton-Harris told TimesRadio: “There are hundreds of MPs and peers who have managed to â probably for the first time in some peers’ life â download an app to vote for somebody.