BEL MOONEY: It was hard not to laugh at all the jokes circulating on social media at Matt Hancock’s expense. ‘Hands – Face – Back to My Place’ was just one.
Tory sources said the Prime Minister was warned by party whips that support had ‘drained away’ after Matt Hancock admitted breaking his own lockdown rules over his affair with a married aide.
Alan Johnson, an ex-home secretary for Labour, said Mr Hancock’s resignation was ‘justified comeback’ for the way he treated Professor Neil Ferguson last year.
The PM’s words of praise come after Dominic Cummings – his ex-chief aide – stepped up his war with No.10 when he published a number of bombshell messages sent to him by Mr Johnson.
Mr Hancock resigned today the day after video footage emerged of him kissing aide Gina Coladangelo in his ministerial office in a breach of coronavirus restrictions.
Piers Morgan shared an image of Matt Hancock kissing his aide next to a picture of the Queen alone at Prince Philip’s funeral. ‘I thought you said the rules were for everyone’, the Queen says.
Matt Hancock, who announced his resignation this evening, raced to his home in London and told his wife of 15 years that he would be leaving her after learning CCTV of him and his aide would emerge.
Pressure was mounting on Boris Johnson to sack Matt Hancock tonight as embarrassing 60-second long footage of the scandal hit Health Secretary’s clinch with a married aide emerged.
Hilarious memes shared online today include Matt Hancock’s face pasted over Little Britain’s seedy politician character Sir Norman Fry and as a contestant in the dating show Love Island.
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