it was right matt hancock resigned but borisjohnson should have sacked him and some people will say, look, borisjohnson, we know he doesn t like getting rid of his ministers, he doesn t like to feel like he s been bounced into it, and there will be some who see this as loyalty to people he has appointed, and others who say this is a failure of leadership, it lacks politicaljudgment. so all of the attention now is the pandemic and sajid javid and he has to hit the ground running and he has a challenge ahead of him. suitability for the job? he s had what in normal times what would be considered biggerjobs in government, so he s been the home secretary, has been the chancellor, so he has the pedigree, if you like, for it. but he s coming into this job as health secretary at a time when it is the most prominent it has ever been in the pandemic still, it s not over, he has somejudgments, he s going to have to make pretty quickly on things like, for example,
who decided to step down. what has been clear over the past 2a hours is that a sizeable minority or even majority of the public no longer have confidence in matt hancock. it wasn t the affair, it was the apparent hypocrisy of being someone who made the rules but then broke their own rules. broke their own rules. there was another big 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 t
the vaccine roll out, i want to ask you very quickly about reaction to what took place this weekend with the health secretary. do you think there would have been a lot of damage done to the fight against the coronavirus? i damage done to the fight against the coronavirus? ., damage done to the fight against the coronavirus? coronavirus? i mean, obviously it is difficult for coronavirus? i mean, obviously it is difficult for me coronavirus? i mean, obviously it is difficult for me to coronavirus? i mean, obviously it is difficult for me to comment - coronavirus? i mean, obviously it is difficult for me to comment on i coronavirus? i mean, obviously it is| difficult for me to comment on this, because i m a scientist and not a politician. but i think it s a reminder to all of us, that it s really important, regardless of what we do, that we follow the rules. i worry when these high profile figures do come out and it turns out they have done something that might infringe the rules a
by the end of the day. disappointment for wales as defeat to denmark means they re out of the euros and on their way home. it was a very emotional game and, yeah, it s really sad that it the campaign had to finish like that. the reality hit home that, you know, we re a small nation and as passionate and proud as we are, we re picking from a small pool. and while for many of you it will be a dry day, a little bit of sunshine, feeling pleasantly warm across some southern counties of england and later, south wales will some heavy and potentially thundery rain. i ll have the details here on breakfast. it s sunday 27th june. our top story: former chancellor sajid javid says he s honoured to be appointed health secretary. it follows matt hancock s resignation after he breached social distancing guidance by sharing an intimate embrace with a colleague. he had the support of the prime minister, but faced growing pressure from his own conservative colleagues to step down.
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