The Daily Mail
Jan Moir said her ‘balloon of compassion’ at all the heartbreak in the aftermath of the former Health Secretary’s affair with his aide ‘popped and shrivelled’ at news that he is already plotting a political comeback this year, despite his dramatic resignation from the Cabinet for breaking his own Covid rules.
“His bomb-proof bumptiousness astounds, his naivety and optimism even more so,” she said. “The public might possibly forgive him for the love affair because, for better or worse, such things are no longer resigning matters.”
But, she said, the more important issue is the fact that he broke his own Covid rules and was not focused on his job - one of crucial importance.