If you’re not one for following politics then it’s possible you might be a little mystified as to what’s spawned this national outrage
by announcing he is quitting parliament. After outright admitting he was going on TV to secure votes among young people, he's now joined the likes of Sajid David, Chloe Smith and William Wragg in announcing he's stepping down from the Tory Party at the next general election. But unlike his colleagues, Matt has already got a kushy new career ahead of him as a TV personality after coming third on the reality show.
But if you’re not one for following politics then it’s possible you might be a little mystified as to what actually spawned the national outrage following the announcement he was going on the show. Campmates like Boy George were so incensed by his entrance into camp, it got people googling 'What did Matt Hancock do wrong during covid?' and 'Why do people dislike Matt Hancock?' and 'Why did Matt Hancock resign?'.
A year after the start of the pandemic, Hancock made the shocking claims that ‘there was never a national shortage, thanks to my team’ and that there was ‘no evidence’ of healthcare workers dying due to lack of PPE on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. He said, ‘These have been challenging times.. one of the most challenging is the financial consequences of the pandemic.
Amid reports that people were being sent hundreds of miles away from their homes for testing and labs reaching ‘critical pinch points’ – read, understaffed and overstretched – it was revealed that billions of pounds worth of test and trace contracts had been awarded to Tory affiliated links.
After all of his glaring misdemeanours during the pandemic, more than probably leading to the avoidable deaths of tens of thousands of people, it was his extra marital affair that proved too much for his fellow MPs to forgive and he was subsequently forced resign from the role in June 2021.
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