I’m a Celeb gave Matt Hancock exposure other MPs can only dream of
by Jim Waterson Media editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6693Q)
Making the final was triumph for the former health secretary who was predicted to be first out of the jungle
A month is a long time in politics, especially when you start it hoping to be a government minister and finish it with a frog perched on your head.
At the end of October, Matt Hancock was waiting outside Conservative party HQ to offer congratulations to Rishi Sunak, only to be ignored by the the newly anointed prime minister. Footage of the moment went viral, with the former health secretary mocked for looking like the archetypal grasping politician, desperate to stage a comeback at any cost after resigning for a breach of his own lockdown rules.
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