The queen say's matt hancock is full of ..................

[albie]

Hancock has much worse than this on his watch, bad though it is.

1) Sending untested people back into care homes from hospital with covid;
2) Wasting billions on failing Test & Trace,
3) Did not declare an interest in a company getting NHS contracts (with his family),
4) Outsourced PPE provision to Tory donors, with no experience,
5) Failed to recoup money for PPE unsuitable for use, then lied about it,
6) Misled Cabinet colleagues in his internal discussions about his brief,
7) Refused NHS staff a proper pay rise,

So, not too shabby, all in all!

The only thing to be surprised about is that breaching the ministerial code, and breaking the law, are now par for the course.

[River Don]

Iit's the double standards this time.

Do as I say not as I do, particularly  since he castigated Neil Ferguson for the exact same offence and suggested it ought to be a police matter.

[BillyStubbsTears]

RD.
If folks won't condemn it and hold them responsible at the ballot box, why shouldn't they flick the rods to the country?

It's a basic feature of the UK system that ONLY the electorate can hold a Govt to account. There are no checks and balances to stop a Govt doing whatever it wants, as long as they keep 40% of the voters on side.

It used to be that voters had standards and this sort of behaviour going unpunished would have led to massive drops in Govt support.

Now? Now everything is so partisan, that it doesn't matter if someone is a cheat, a liar, a lawbreaker, a hypocrite. At least  they are not on the other side.

Did you see that one when there was the senate or Governor election in Alabama a couple of years ago. The Republican candidate had very strong allegations of paedophile behaviour aimed at him. A senior republican went on TV to persuade Republicans still to vote for their man. The interviewer said, "But what about these allegations?" The Republican answered "Yeah, they look serious, but do you really want to elect a Democrat?"

Folk have switched off from making evidence based decisions. It's now all about us vs them.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Hound.
My apologies. I'm such a purist when it comes to humour. I insist on it actually being funny. Apologies for not seeing the blleeding obvious this time.

[River Don]

When Trump said he could shoot a man in broad daylight and it wouldn't make a difference to his support base, he wasn't joking.

[belton rover]

Irony’s not usually funny.

[Bentley Bullet]

Typical of this Govt of course. When Hancock wants a service, he gives the job to one of his old university mates, instead of putting the job out to Tinder.

I really hope that's a deliberate typo

I'm getting the feeling I'm wasted here.

Sometimes you need a good drink while you're reading this forum.

[BillyStubbsTears]

RD

Yep.

And Johnson knows he can make catastrophic mistakes that kill tens of thousands of people, and he still won't lose support. You see it in here with people who will never, ever criticise anything he does or says. Johnson can be a serial adulterer. He can be a career liar. He can disastrously manage a pandemic. He can stand by people who have broken every rule in the book. He can be recorded arranging to assist an old friend carry out an assault on someone who has wronged him. Not a word of criticism. Yet those people are straight into the scrum when someone from the other side has a pop. It'd be fascinating to watch as a neutral observer from another planet.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Typical of this Govt of course. When Hancock wants a service, he gives the job to one of his old university mates, instead of putting the job out to Tinder.

I really hope that's a deliberate typo

I'm getting the feeling I'm wasted here.

Sometimes you need a good drink while you're reading this forum.

Sometimes you should probably stay off it when you've had a couple.

[drfchound]

Hound.
My apologies. I'm such a purist when it comes to humour. I insist on it actually being funny. Apologies for not seeing the blleeding obvious this time.

You yourself have accused people of not understanding that something you posted was funny (in your opinion) and castigated them for not seeing your intended humour, so not such a purist after all.
I forgot to mention earlier by the way that I noticed you continue to troll my posts.

[Bentley Bullet]

Typical of this Govt of course. When Hancock wants a service, he gives the job to one of his old university mates, instead of putting the job out to Tinder.

I really hope that's a deliberate typo

I'm getting the feeling I'm wasted here.

Sometimes you need a good drink while you're reading this forum.

Sometimes you should probably stay off it when you've had a couple.

What and not share all this great wit!

[bpoolrover]

RD

Yep.

And Johnson knows he can make catastrophic mistakes that kill tens of thousands of people, and he still won't lose support. You see it in here with people who will never, ever criticise anything he does or says. Johnson can be a serial adulterer. He can be a career liar. He can disastrously manage a pandemic. He can stand by people who have broken every rule in the book. He can be recorded arranging to assist an old friend carry out an assault on someone who has wronged him. Not a word of criticism. Yet those people are straight into the scrum when someone from the other side has a pop. It'd be fascinating to watch as a neutral observer from another planet.

bst try getting someone neutral to look at this off topic forum and ask them their views

[drfchound]

Typical of this Govt of course. When Hancock wants a service, he gives the job to one of his old university mates, instead of putting the job out to Tinder.

I really hope that's a deliberate typo

I'm getting the feeling I'm wasted here.

Sometimes you need a good drink while you're reading this forum.

Sometimes you should probably stay off it when you've had a couple.

Mmmm, is that an insult then?

[Nudga]

Midazolam Mat is off the hook then.

[Not Now Kato]

Deeper and deeper, down the Rabbit hole....
 
https://news.sky.com/story/matt-hancock-affair-aide-gina-coladangelos-relative-has-top-job-at-company-with-nhs-contracts-12341789?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter
 
When will you Tory Fan Boise wake up and smell the coffee?

[SydneyRover]

Partnering Health Ltd, must run in the family, I wonder what it's limited to?

[SydneyRover]

''On Friday night the Sun released a 1 minute 10 second video, apparently taken on CCTV, showing Hancock looking out of a room, before closing the door, standing in front of it and kissing Coladangelo''

Hancock must have thought that little box up in the corner was a bug zapper, so much for oxford and cambridge aye?

[Bentley Bullet]

Strange really, how you believe The Sun when it suits!

It's also strange that you should even be reading such an out of the bounds of respectability news outlet in the first place, unless, of course, you read it regularly and only use it as a platform of truth when it suits!

[SydneyRover]

Government have announced Royal Commission into the Matt & Gina affair and said the inquiry will be open ended with unlimited resources and will not stop until they .......... have found who leaked the video to the Sun newspaper ................

[Bentley Bullet]

If people ignored The Sun this wouldn't have got out!

[SydneyRover]

Oh hi darling, how's your day been, anything interesting happened?

[belton rover]

Can you imagine if Cummings had a weekly column in The Sun?

[SydneyRover]

I think he has enough material belton

[SydneyRover]

hancock and johnson are having a karaoke night too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi2AX14eRbk

[DonnyOsmond]

Strange really, how you believe The Sun when it suits!

It's also strange that you should even be reading such an out of the bounds of respectability news outlet in the first place, unless, of course, you read it regularly and only use it as a platform of truth when it suits!

Not directed at it me but I've never read The Sun in my life but I'm on Twitter and Matt Hancocks kissing picture is all over there at the moment, you don't need to go on their website or buy The Sun to see that. Also, the point about their factuality is true, they aren't known as the most reliable outlet, however, a picture or video is hard to disagree with.

[BillyStubbsTears]

As I was saying. YouGov poll today. Tory voters say by 44-33% that Hancock should not resign.

For way too many people, it doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're on our side.

[SydneyRover]

Got to give credit where it's due, bp has called it out.

[NickDRFC]

I’m not sure what’s more unbelievable at this stage - the fact that things like this keep happening, or the fact that over half the country simply couldn’t care less.

[belton rover]

As I was saying. YouGov poll today. Tory voters say by 44-33% that Hancock should not resign.

For way too many people, it doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're on our side.

So a very significant amount of Tory voters think the Tory Health Minister should resign, yet your focus is on those who don’t.

Statistics, eh?

[Bentley Bullet]

Strange really, how you believe The Sun when it suits!

It's also strange that you should even be reading such an out of the bounds of respectability news outlet in the first place, unless, of course, you read it regularly and only use it as a platform of truth when it suits!

Not directed at it me but I've never read The Sun in my life but I'm on Twitter and Matt Hancocks kissing picture is all over there at the moment, you don't need to go on their website or buy The Sun to see that. Also, the point about their factuality is true, they aren't known as the most reliable outlet, however, a picture or video is hard to disagree with.

But it is still a Sun article that has been used because it suits! If it had been a Labour politician it wouldn't have been accepted as genuine by the lefties on this forum, and most certainly not brought to attention by them!

I think they call it grown up politics or summat 'ot sorts.