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Matt Hancock has been accused of “trying to capitalize on his horrible legacy” as fitness secretary during the pandemic by appearing on I’m a Celebrity. . . Get me out of here!
The Covid-19 crusade Bereaved Families for Justice said: “Matt Hancock is not a ‘celebrity’, he is the former fitness secretary who oversaw the UK having one of the death rates in the world due to Covid-19 while breaking its own lockdown. standards. “
Hancock’s ailing public symbol has suffered greatly in the few hours since he appeared on ITV’s hit truth show: he was severely reprimanded by the prime minister, suspended from the Conservative Party and mocked by his electoral association.
A spokesman for Rishi Sunak, who refused to give the former fitness secretary a role in his government, said: “The prime minister believes that at a difficult time for the country, MPs are striving for their constituents in the House or in their constituencies. “. “
The spokesman said Mr. Sunak is unlikely to see his former colleague on the show.
Matt Hancock insisted he would go to Australia to sign up for I’m a Celebrity. . . Get me out of here! so I can “go where everyone else is, not sit in the ivory towers of Westminster. “
Writing in The Sun, Mr Hancock said: “While there are undoubtedly those who think I shouldn’t go, I think it’s a wonderful opportunity to speak directly to other people who aren’t interested in politics, even if they don’t give a damn. “A lot. about how our country works.
“It is our task as politicians to go where other people are, not in ivory towers in Westminster.
“There are many tactics to do the task of being a parliamentarian. Whether you’re in camp for a day or 3 weeks, there are very few places where other people can see a politician as he is.
He added: “So, the fact is, I didn’t lose my marbles or have too many piña coladas. It’s something I have a lot of idea about. “
“I chose through people, and it’s vital to have interaction with voters, especially young voters, wherever they are, and show the human aspect of politicians. “
Matt Hancock heads into the jungle with I’m A Celebrity. . . (Yui Mok/PA) from ITV
Former Brexit Secretary Lord Frost defended Home Secretary Suella Braverman as an “almost obsessive persecution”.
He said: “We have realised in recent days what turns out to be an almost obsessive search for the Home Secretary to deal with a number of incredibly complicated substantive issues.
“A search based on leaks, unnamed reports, the same old hypersensitive reaction to words. “
Former Conservative leader Lord Howard of Lympne said the government had to deal with the “inconvenient truth” that the way to deal with small boats crossing the Channel is through cooperation with French authorities.
He pointed to a 1995 agreement under which the French would take back those who crossed the Channel illegally.
Home Secretary Lord Murray of Blidworth agreed that “there is no more potent deterrent” than being sent back to France.
He went on to protect the interior minister for calling small-boat crossings an “invasion,” arguing that it “conveys the scale and challenge we face as a country” that many other people “rightly care about. “
He added that it is reaching the “breaking point” due to the unprecedented number of small boat crossings.
Home Affairs spokesman Lord Coaker described the scenario involving the processing of asylum programmes as a “disaster” with “terrible consequences for people”.
The Liberal Democrats’ Home Affairs spokesman, Lord Paddick, criticised Mrs Braverman’s “deplorable result” in handling court cases and “reckless rhetoric”.
He claimed that language “feeds a false narrative that leads to the attack we saw on Western Jet Foil. “
The new Home Secretary, Lord Murray of Blidworth, has shown that counter-terrorism police have taken over the investigation into the attack on the Western Jet Foil Border Force in Dover, which is not yet treated as a terrorist incident.
He told the House of Lords: “I may have the South East Counter-Terrorism Police now taken the lead from the Kent Police in the Western Jet Foil incident.
“Detectives have gone to great lengths to identify the precise circumstances, the motivation surrounding this incident that happened on Sunday at 10:20 a. m. m. Array.
“What is transparent is that this despicable crime was directed and most likely motivated through a hate-filled form of grievance, this does not necessarily succeed on the threshold of terrorism.
“At this point, the incident itself has been declared terrorist, but this is being monitored as the investigation progresses. “
SNP MP Pete Wishart said: “It says a lot that Matt Hancock is stuck in a remote jungle eating kangaroo testicles than spending some other time in the Conservative banks in Westminster as Rishi Sunak’s government moves from one crisis to the next. “
Later, speaking to STV News at Six, Wishart added: “Here he is, he’s going to nibble on kangaroo testicles, leaving this mess here in parliament. “
“I just think it’s a bunch of, and I’ll be cheating here, a bunch of scumbags and no kangaroos. “
Home Secretary Suella Braverman will have to push through questionable plans that threaten to force vulnerable refugee children to undergo X-rays to prove they are not lying about their age.
Ms Braverman has been accused of “shameful” and inflammatory language threatening migrants after claiming the UK was facing an “invasion” on its southern coast.
Now, charities say the cabinet minister under fire, who was re-elected just a week after being forced to resign over a security breach, is jeopardizing measures that will “harm” children.
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Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has said Matt Hancock’s resolution to sign up for I’m a Celebrity. . . She was “naïve and brave. “
The former entered the Australian jungle as part of the screen in 2017 after stepping down as Scottish Labour leader.
Mrs Dugdale has sparked outrage across Scotland’s political spectrum over the Labour bosses’ resolution to take disciplinary action because she failed to tell the party she would be out of the country for unprofessional issues during Parliament’s referendum.
She the moment when the user should be removed from the series.
“I think he’s brave and naïve. He was brave and naïve when I did it. He’s so much more prominent than ever,” STV News At Six said Tuesday night.
“A lot of other people have a much stronger opinion of him now and not necessarily positive,” he added.
“It was definitely a riskier resolution for him to do it than for me at the time. “
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said the number of migrants at the Manston immigration centre had “decreased today”.
He tweeted: “Manston Update: Thanks to the hard paints and professionalism of the staff of the Ministry of Interior and Border Force, the Army Painter Corps and our contractors, we have made smart progress.
“The number of migrants has particularly decreased and we expect it to be the same tomorrow.
“Unless we get a strangely high number of migrants in small boats in the coming days, the numbers will drop dramatically this week.
“It is imperative that it returns to a sustainable operating style and we are doing everything we can to make sure this happens quickly. “
Home Secretary Suella Braverman is likely to inflame the migration dispute with plans to force vulnerable young refugees to undergo X-rays to determine their age.
The move comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the cabinet he wanted Britain to be a “compassionate and welcoming country,” distancing himself from the Home Secretary’s questionable claim that the UK was referring to an “invasion” of asylum seekers.
While counter-terrorism police took over the investigation into the bombing of a separate immigration centre in Kent, it emerged that Mrs Braverman’s incendiary had not been erased with the number 10.
And Sunak’s official spokesman declined to say whether the prime minister was appropriate.
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Embattled Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been referred to a Labour Party financial watchdog over allegations of a breach of insider trading laws.
Ghost, the city’s minister, Tulip Siddiq, asked the Financial Conduct Authority to investigate the data breach that led to Braverman’s resignation.
Rishi Sunak has been under intense pressure since reappointing Ms. Braverman to the post six days after Liz Truss ousted her while still prime minister.
Without permission, Ms Braverman sent a draft immigration policy to Conservative MP Sir John Hayes from a non-public email address and inadvertently also sent it to a member of another Conservative MP.
Ms. Siddiq questioned whether the minister’s sharing “highly sensitive” data related to “growth visas” might have constituted a violation of market abuse regulations.
She said the data may have affected the Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecasts and said “policy adjustments may constitute internal data. “
“I believe this is a case that wishes to be addressed,” the Labour MP wrote.
A spokesman for Braverman, who apologized for his “errors in judgment,” declined to comment.
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