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nhs back in 2015. i can now speak to sir christopher chope, who s the conservative mp for christchurch. thank you forjoining us. you are speaking in your local paper some 2a hours ago, what do you make of the news that you heard last night? i was very pleased that matt hancock announced his resignation, my only regret was that it was not 2a hours earlier, because nothing that he said in his resignation statement did not apply 2a hours earlier. a little bit late, but none the less, i think you did the right thing and i think you did the right thing and i certainly welcome sajid javid as his successor, because i think there is a man with great experience, great ability to cope with an enormous department and i hope somebody who is going to put a greater emphasis on individual freedom and personal responsibility in dealing with public health issues. ~ ., ., , ., in dealing with public health issues. ~ ., ., .«r ., issues. what do you make of the handfina issues. what do you make of the
hours is that for a sizeable minority, or even a majority of the public, they no longer had confidence in matt hancock. it wasn t the affair, it was the apparent hypocrisy of being someone who d made the rules but then broke their own rules. there was another big problem. last september, gina coladangelo was appointed to the board that oversees the department of health on a taxpayer funded salary. the government said the appointment rules were followed, but labour demanded an investigation. mrs coladangelo stepped down from her role. it wasn t the first time matt hancock had been under pressure in recent weeks. the prime minister s former aide dominic cummings ripped into mr hancock s performance during the pandemic. the secretary of state for health should have been fired for at least 15, 20 things including lying to everybody. ..later releasing whatsapp messages that showed boris johnson calling the health secretary totally hopeless . recently, the queen
a concern. the biggest question of concern rested with matt hancock s conduct is a health secretary as well as in his office, but the real questions now are about the government and the decisions it must take on behalf of us all to plot a way through finally at this pandemic. way through finally at this pandemic way through finally at this tandemic. , ., ., ,.,, way through finally at this tandemic. , ., ., ., pandemic. i m “ust going to post on this one pandemic. i m “ust going to post on this mere pandemic. i m just going to post on this one more time, pandemic. i m just going to post on this one more time, i pandemic. i m just going to post on this one more time, i appreciate i this one more time, i appreciate your point. i would say it is a concern for the public, because if you can t get a camera into the health secretary s office, what would stop the camera getting into boris johnson s private would stop the camera getting into borisjohnson s private office? can
the paper that he and gina coladangelo were in love . the friend said it all started in may, but it is serious . and according to the observer, mr hancock s departure comes after a day of humiliation . we re joined now by the conservative political commentator tim montgomerie. a very good morning to you. what did you make of the resignation video? i you make of the resignation video? i thought it was the right tone. it was disappointing that matt hancock did not resign perhaps 2a hours earlier. i think it would have nipped the whole thing in the bud that little bit more quickly. but he did do the right thing in the end and i think that s good for the authority of the government s covid 19 policy and it s also good for the general standing of the