at the moment because he lost the whip when he went into the jungle so the right to sit as a conservative has not been given back. a spokesperson always stressed that matt hancock planned to be involved in politics after the jungle so i don t think we have seen the last of him. he talks about how politicians must find new ways to reach people and he says the modelling of conservatism that will happen inside and outside the house of commons and he says he wants to play a future role in the country going forward. we have had politicians who have left the house of commons and gone on to have quite prominent media careers, like michael portillo, ed balls, ann widdecombe, so maybe matt hancock is a name that we add into the mix. we will have to wait and see what he does next. i don t think it will be a quiet retirement for mr hancock. , ,., ., ., it will be a quiet retirement for mr hancock. , ., ., ., hancock. interesting! david, good to talk to vou-
but, i mean, is there something in his argument? and i know his critics will say it was a self serving argument and all the rest of it and he s clearly made a lot of money from going in and all that. but that argument that says that for politicians and political argument to cut through, going into the places where there are big audiences, where people are seen in the round, everyone is three dimensional but sometimes the prisms of westminster can crush people down to a caricature, it s kind of worth doing, actually? i think it s really interesting. - was it was barack 0bama i who said that his campaign started by going to people s living rooms and ten people turning up and them spreading the word. i so, i guess, when we are knocking on doorsteps i canvassnna. that s what we are trying to do, albeit very, very tiny sense compared to i m a celebrity. of course you have things like ed balls whojust did so well on strictly and became a bit of a national treasure as a result of that.