Johnson’s response to Hancock’s resignation: “I am sorry to receive it”
“You should be immensely proud of your service. I am grateful for your support and believe that your contribution to public service is far from over,” Boris Johnson said.
“You should be immensely proud of your service. I am grateful for your support and believe that your contribution to public service is far from over,” Boris Johnson said.
Matt Hancock’s resignation comes after several Tory MPs joined calls for him to quit.
He said he could not condone Hancock’s behaviour “in any shape”.
"It cannot be the case that it is one rule for the Tory elite and another for the rest of us," SNP deputy Westminster leader Kirsten Oswald said.
"Gina Coladangelo has today been named as Matt Hancock's mistress. Apparently a few others applied for the position but she knew a friend of his second cousins pub landlord's sister so it was her who got the contract."
More contracts for mates?
The pictures of Matt Hancock in an embrace with his aide are not the first time he has breached coronavirus restrictions.
"Imagine apologizing to *Boris Johnson* for banging somebody who wasn’t your wife," comedy writer James Felton said.
Let’s just remind everyone of this, eh?
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