‘No wonder everyone is sick of politicians’

Jeez. Didn’t we see that side in the leaked video of him snogging his girlfriend in his office while telling the rest of us we couldn’t so much as touch each other at work? How much more of Hancock’s ‘warts and all’ image must we gag at before he gets it?Watch my lips. You’ve well and truly blown it, Matt, and going on a telly show won’t make any of us think that underneath the arrogance beats a heart of gold.When, under pressure, he reluctantly resigned (on my son’s wedding day – I can still hear the cheers from 150 guests when they heard the news) he was petulant; didn’t seem to understand how nauseated we were by his hypocrisy, his flippant disregard of the many people who lost cherished loved ones in care homes under his watch.And now, once again failing to read not only the room but the whole country, does he really think any of us are going to change our minds about the ‘guy behind the podium’. (Such odious disregard of the crucial responsibilities symbolised by that podium.) Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock (Image: GETTY)Doesn’t he see that appearing on a reality show makes it seem as if it was all a game?How can anyone forgive him? If he were ever to win us over it would be by working hard and unseen to make amends. Maybe in a care home.He and Gavin Williamson (I can’t bring myself to call him Sir) are such pompous twerps. Their promotions to Health and Education Secretaries betray a deep cynicism in politics, a casual ‘anyone will do’ attitude at a time of huge crisis.Two great offices of state handed out to nitwits who weren’t up to it, just because of their support for Boris and Brexit.No wonder everyone’s sick of politicians. If only more of them were in the jungle eating kangaroo balls.When I was pregnant with my third child I was found to have a huge ovarian cyst. It was delivered by caesarean at the same time as my son, a revolting haggis-like thing (the cyst, not my son!) which thank God proved non-malignant.Afterwards a medical researcher asked if I used talcum powder – ahem – down there. I did. My mum swore by talc for daily freshness and I copied her.Now a US legal firm, which has successfully sued toiletries firm Johnson & Johnson on behalf of 22 American women who claim talcum powder caused their ovarian cancer, is launching legal action for British women, alleging that some of the 41,000 annual diagnoses of ovarian cancer here may have been linked to talc.I’m not a fan of ambulance-chasing lawyers, but it seems my mum was wrong. I’ve never used talc since.I’ve had a soft spot for Jennifer Aniston ever since watching Friends with my daughter, who adored her.We were both furious when the divine Brad Pitt left Jen for that minx Angelina Jolie.The star now says she was tortured by speculation that the split with Pitt was because she ‘wouldn’t give him a kid’.Lies. She was trying to get pregnant and the gossip made her fertility battle even harder.I’ve met her, she’s lovely. Pitt was a fool to leave her. As I’m sure he now realises.