Covid inquiry: Was Matt Hancock "playing God”? | The News Agents

[@oldmacdreadapexriddims1460]

My dad passed on the 27th May 2020 the day after his 83rd birthday. He died alone in a care home while these soulless tramps danced.

[@mickeypye2593]

@@oldmacdreadapexriddims1460 soulless tramps !!!...great language and wording chap. I would have laughed had it not been such a tragic tale. 😉👌

[@spankflaps1365]

The superiority complex of the Tories is a huge problem. They want power for the sake of power, yet they have nothing to offer. Whether you call it anti-democratic, authoritarian, fascism, or feudalism - we don’t want it! ITS BAD!

[@passenger62]

Particularly Boris - wants to be 'king of the world' but has no idea what responsiblitly looks like

[@smellslikethinice1107]

not just tories, brits.

[@miakeogh6844]

Smelllikenixe you mean the English the Scottish and Welsh are not like that

[@smellslikethinice1107]

@@miakeogh6844 the UK, but particularly England, have a superiority about them. I suspect because of post ww2. We are arrogant and undeserving of a warm welcome, as we leave a wake everywhere we go.

[@davidbaxter8575]

I have to say that I completely disagree with the narrative that we didn't know what to do even early on. Covid-19 had been about in Italy, Singapore etc some weeks prior to reaching us. Singapore dealt with it perfectly. The arrogance of the British is that we always feel we know better

[@mrdaveythebaby]

And moreover, they didn't use the months in Feb and Jan 2019 to check out their plans and check pandemic plans in any meaningful way, despite seeing what was happening in China, then Italy, then France. What a dereliction of duty. I don't think Sunak's government is any better than Johnson's, especially on a competence level.

[@johnpearson-phillips7464]

No, I beg to slightly differ. The arrogance of the 'entitled establishment' shows again and again an imperious contempt for our country and those of others. It isn't a British problem - its a problem of those who perceive themselves an an 'elite.' And too many of us vote these ******** in!

[@terryfinnie2146]

Your education system leaves a lot to be desired, thick as f..k.

[@michaeladkins6]

@@mrdaveythebaby In the US, the Bush and Obama administrations had a plan for a covidlike pandemic. It was rejected.

[@Daithai96]

Hence the "let's develop our own "test-and-trace" system, despite effective ones already existing. Luckily, that only cost us £22 billion, so could have been worse.

[@l33jcm]

Well, let's be clear! There were plenty of lives in Hancock's hands when he ordered the transfer of the ill back to their care homes!

[@audreymcgready4329]

And they told the nursing homes they didn't have to do anything different to what they where doing before covid. They need to be jailed. And not just for covid deaths. So many more needless deaths due to their policies and decisions. Austerity deaths. DWP sanctions deaths. Poor housing damp mouldy. Poor house building regs (Grenfell) deaths. Mass Government manslaughter.

[@buzzukfiftythree]

Absolutely. He is guilty of gross misconduct in a public office IMHO.

[@glendakirby5579]

Or worse.@@buzzukfiftythree

[@karenhopwood891]

And then gave them midazolam/morphine. Murderer.

[@johnjudd2183]

Not in my wildest dreams can I imagine my fate being decided by this specific government. It’s the stuff of nightmares

[@pugslum09]

our grand fathers fought against creatures like these in ww2

[@wendysimpson6395]

That there still those who will vote for the Tories astounds me.

[@buzzukfiftythree]

Oh, there will still be many in my age group (65+) who will still vote Tory. That is what is so outrageous in my eyes.

[@AnnieH-1]

If Labour had been in charge it would have been similar same outcomes. They would have followed orders too.

[@TheRealDarkSpoon]

@@AnnieH-1Here we go. There’s always one.

[@glendakirby5579]

Evil does not select a political party, they spread it evenly. We all need to come together to fight it.

[@thedeadmoneyallstars]

​@@AnnieH-1Hi, I'm in charge of financing for the NWO and would like to correct the record - we don't pay for Labour yet as they aren't in power. I do like that new sofa though, looks really comfy.

[@StratsRUs]

And still millions will vote for them.

[@smellslikethinice1107]

of course, we are British...sad really

[@bearnecessities9568]

if they broke the rules every day. Then they should all get a £50 fine for every day the rules were in place. That means for just 1 year it would amount to Mr Johnson paying £18,250. Only fair to have the rules applied fairly.

[@jane-ju2op]

I want the politicians to pay for the members of publics penalty notices for breaching the covid rules

[@skyblue-7]

💯

[@LoneSheWolf09]

I want all those complicit thrown in prison for each life lost

[@smellslikethinice1107]

@@LoneSheWolf09 prison, lol. lordships, yes.

[@johngalvin3124]

Westminster has become a lodge for Narcissists. What does it take to get rid of them?

[@hydra66]

Sounds lile the sue grey enquiry didnt go anywhere near far enough

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Never mind Covid being around, this is how they think in normal times, when there is not much money about. Think about it! No matter what age you are!

[@buzzukfiftythree]

It reflects the utter stupidity of those in power over the past 13 years that they still seem to believe that older members of the electorate will vote for them regardless of the amount of s**t they serve up to that age group. The problem is that is so true in many cases. I’m in that age group (I’ve never voted Tory) and have given up trying to get that through to my Tory friends. They just can’t see it and they’re not, in most respects, ignorant people. The best I can hope for is that they will refuse to vote at all (as some have already indicated).

[@smellslikethinice1107]

imagine what they have got away with, for decades.

[@audreymcgready4329]

Do people remember they get all the big calls right?. Is that not what we where constantly told?. They got no call right. I can't even put into words how much i hate the Tories and the people that enabled them. It started with the enablers. They knew what Johnson was yet they voted for him because they thought he was funny. Are they still laughing now?. There is nothing funny about this either. And there is nothing funny about Johnson. And as for Mac namara she sat and lied. She wasn't at home. She was bringing in her karaoke machine to party. Yet she sat there and laughed about them complaining. What does she find so funny?.

[@philmckay9973]

Marketing

[@bigpants6121]

Their major call was to arrange all the parties.

[@AndyRossism]

I would have them in prison...at best. I cant say how much they disgust me. ..And to think, this how they treat people most likely to vote for them, I truely shudder to think how they really think about the likes of me, mental health sufferer on welfare, they have darkness in their souls, Hancock, Johnson, the whole pack of them. Greedy wolves.

[@seebarry4068]

If only they put the same effort into saving lives, as they did with stealing taxes.

[@maz-nz7ev]

When a tory talks of making what they call difficult decisions that cause pain and hardship, those decisions are far from difficult for them. Second nature, shelling peas.

[@Daithai96]

Boris, Hancock, Hunt - what chance did we stand? It will take generations to restore any trust in government and hopefully, that will never happen.

[@SkipperSiCoates]

Profound shift in the trust in government spot on - and there’s no plan! Thanks for your skills! Reporting the truth!

[@mikeharvey9811]

They were all responsible and should all be in jail so that this doesn’t happen again. Barb

[@cmasseylynch]

These Tories have nothing but contempt for the public and the truth - vote them OUT -And if you read the Daily Mail VOTE THEM OUT

[@glendakirby5579]

I really dont see how you can debate Covid, with no discussion on the jabs. Its impossible to make a proper assessment of one without the other. I will end up a much bigger allegation than just incompetence.

[@paulholdstock4751]

The news agents, thank you and thank goodness we have accurate information. Unlike the Mail, Express Telegraph etc. Don't buy these papers any more.

[@philthrelfall5294]

Glad you said "papers" and not "newspapers". These rags are no better than GBNews. Why the Regular does not have to power to enquire why ultra rich owners can plough money into these propaganda outlets unchallenged, is beyond me!?

[@shit__gamer]

The news agents are 100% complicit

[@tadams4887]

Thank you for the straight talk and facts, with a nice dose of humor! 😊

[@Simon-zb6fp]

I would be interested to know whether Matt Hancock had any legitimate right to take these sorts of decisions. It would certainly be challenged in the courts

[@andersman666]

Hancock should be prosecuted, and failing that, be locked in s room with all the people who lost loved ones for eternity.

[@michaeladkins6]

Room on the barge.

[@DannyMercer1993]

I’m a doctor. I worked in the NHS during covid. I’m both disgusted and entirely not surprised that SOS, specifically Hancock, wanted to overrule ITU consultants as to who should “live or die”. Frankly, an NHS gardener is better suited to these decisions, but this shouldn’t surprise anyone who has been paying attention. This government has turned the NHS into a middle tier system, broken Doctor power for competing pyramids of authority that trip over each other, cut all our pay for 14 straight years and bullies us into silence. They hold professions in contempt. The system we have is broken beyond repair. It needs to go. We need PR, professionally appointed heads of offices and - in a pandemic - PhDs in charge of, you know, PhD level analysis. Hancock? Go back to the jungle.

[@supercoolcol1]

They should of made sullen braverman health Secretary, I'm sure she would get off on deciding who lives and who dies

[@thomasjibson8674]

I expect tax payer money is now paying for Special Branch protection. I don’t want to pay for his protection; I imagine there are many others of the same view!

[@MaryBishop-js7rl]

That will inflate his ego even more !!

[@sarahradford9822]

I can't wait to hear Hancock's evidence at this enquiry.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Social distancing karaoke - don't forget to wash the mic after you. Remember there was something about avoid singing situations, it makes you breath and spread germs more? I do.

[@bigpants6121]

Is Matt Handcock a new Harold Shipman?

[@nearlyretired7005]

Your comment is extremely foolish and unintelligent. The two are clearly incomparable.

[@mikeharvey9811]

I know many people who still wear masks and avoid crowds. One that’s given up dancing because he’s afraid of catching long covid. Barb

[@clivejohnson6468]

Hancock should have resigned from an unwinnable situation: World class advisers in one ear, Johnson, Dummings, Dido Harding and Sunak in the other.

[@fatbelly27]

Hancock was pretending he was human

[@rosmitton2202]

Also, the politicians/Hancock, *did* choose who lived and who died, by the appalling decisions they made.

[@christineherrington1812]

1 word Madazolam.......

[@edmundsveikutis1698]

Grand to hear kettles and pots rattling against each other .

[@jennyedwards4999]

Oh the power of an adulterer with no medical training.

[@mikeharvey9811]

No one should pay the fine, the law is corrupt, the system is broken. Barb give everyone their money back

[@meredyddbarker7320]

Stevens' answers were very, 'up to a point Lord Copper..."

[@markr002]

Turn your mic up John. So annoying when the sound levels aren’t equal.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

NIL by mouth, policies.

[@docm27]

As if there were more reasons not to vote for the Tories.

[@srh1957]

Well okay. But let’s not forget that Governments DO decide who gets NHS treatment by agreeing policy. If there was a stark dilemma and resources only allowed for one group of people to be treated - that decision DOES have a political dimension. I very much doubt that Hancock was talking about taking individual patient decisions.

[@mrdaveythebaby]

Imagine being Johnson and being so arrogant as to believe that he can problem solve COVID on TikTok with ideas the chief medical officer of the UK just hasn't thought of.

[@GurmitBSingh]

Rational comment on marks and spencer

[@colinbaker3916]

Emily’s first use use of strong language wasn’t bleeped, but both Jon and Emily’s later references were censored. Odd.

[@michaelstanley3961]

But lest we forget, that he is a complete and absolute doorknob. A man without a plan, the man you wouldn't trust to sit the right way on a toilet. 😂

[@mikeharvey9811]

Maybe Dido should reimburse the people who have been unjustly fined. Barb

[@Govanmauler]

Watch the English continue to vote Tory regardless

[@garyh1572]

IT'S A RELIGIOUS CULT !!!!!

[@eightiesmusic1984]

Precisely.

[@ivanconnolly7332]

The psychopaTory party.

[@dennisward-fay9085]

Trump with disinfectant who was pulling both puppets strings??

[@MariaRussell-c4e]

Would you prefer it to be a person that cannot even tell the truth cannot be faithful to his wife kids!!!! Who is a poor excuse for a human being.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

You mentioned the post WW1 Spanish flu - any idea what the official advice to the people was back then '? ¿

[@skyepalmer5719]

Go Emily, a fan of Peanuts❤ Love the stickers on her Laptop 🎉

[@peterclarke7240]

Imagine how much harm would have been prevented if some doctor had decided to take one for the team and say "sure, Donald! we can inject you with a cleansing dose of bleach! Now, lie back. This won't hurt a bit..."

[@markendicott6874]

Playing a worthless clod........ convincingly.

[@stephenconway2468]

My concern is that too much time is spent talking about Hancock and avoiding other issues/people.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

20mph speed limit in Wales here - cops have had the go to get their speed cameras from Dec 1st, got told direct from Senedd. Christmas tipple checks too of course. Never seen so many bicycles overtaking cars down the hill outside my house. Zoom!

[@wendysimpson6395]

Stay on topic chap.

[@StanleyKubick1]

3 comments is too much. you're suspended

[@passenger62]

Emily is a Snoopy/Schulz fan - that's reassuring.

[@MariaRussell-c4e]

Well he would want his wife taken out for a start so him and his concision can run off with all the money he has made

[@lokischildren8714]

The Tories thought thay were gods during the pandemic

[@richardgallagher4880]

Tbf after the evidence so far it looks like the mandarins were to blame

[@alana8863]

​@@richardgallagher4880 Anything but the Tories, eh? Nothing to do with incompetence, callousness, failure to even attend vital meetings, not understanding simple maths, by our great leaders? It's time to give up, Richard. The Tories have been appalling in every way. They are totally unfit and they have to find some decency, compassion, and a desire to serve while they go into opposition for a decade or so.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@alana8863 Cringe. Why would they go to meeting with people pushing for l0kkdowns?🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@alana8863 Do you understand the maths? L0kkdown killed43ok.

[@alana8863]

@@richardgallagher4880 Yes, we all cringed. I'm not sure what you mean about lockdowns, but it's obviously hilarious to you.

[@mikeharvey9811]

Has anyone asked why, when they cheated and partied they didn’t catch covid and die? Did they have a cure or something? I don’t know any MPs or world leaders who got it and died. .Barb

[@nearlyretired7005]

You should be able to answer your own question by now! Covid killed less than 0.5% of anyone who caught it. The chances of any World leaders dying was very,very low.

[@michaeladkins6]

Leaders from the UK and US got covid. They had excellent doctors.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Emily, it'll have to be the red eye then. The days of taking off and landing before you left are long gone. Concorde was grounded years ago.

[@mikeharvey9811]

And the vaccine damage and excess deaths, myocarditis??? Barb

[@gaztambo139]

Most ‘experts’ aren’t experts, they are academics that do what they do best, remember and recite things that previous experts have written in books. Perhaps with a bit of Latin thrown in… Their skills, and ultimately qualifications, are gauged by how well they remembered things at exam time. At best they are ‘experts once removed’, or EORs There are probably exceptions, but generally a scientist, waxing lyrical about how Space and Time works, and we look upon as the font of all knowledge, hasn’t done any of that research themselves. They are themselves EORs. Admittedly their capacity for remembering facts and figures is astounding… but essentially they are just reciting what they’ve been taught. So when presented with a new problem (Covid) EORs are completely the wrong type of people to ask, because a solution hasn’t been documented for them to remember. And thinking on their feet isn’t their main skill set. This is why politicians and EORs fall apart when something new comes along.

[@jonm7272]

Just projecting your own ignorance there mate. Got a bit of a chip on your shoulder maybe, obviously know fkall about how science works. Probably failed your GCSEs 😁

[@gaztambo139]

@@jonm7272 hey, I’m not saying I’m any better, so not protecting anything. And yes I did fail a lot of GCSEs 🙂

[@astratan2238]

This is not how academia works. Knowledge of material is important, but the ability to formulate well reasoned arguments using that material is far more important and is what will actually be marked.

[@gaztambo139]

@@astratan2238 Fair enough. I’m not saying people with academic skills aren’t vital in society. If I was Ill, I’d certainly be glad I could go to a GP, or be forwarded to a specialist, I wouldn’t trust my life to anyone else. However, (and there are of course exceptions), that GP or specialist probably has never spent time researching or developing drugs themselves, they are administering them based on knowledge that others have bestowed upon them. Of course there’s a lot of thought and reasoning involved in diagnosing conditions, it’s not all just about memory. And accessing a huge memory of facts and figures does help with the process of eliminating potential conditions. However, If a new virus comes to town, these same people, probably wouldn’t be the best to go to for a cure…. As they themselves would need to hear from the top scientists / experts doing the research. I think the same is the case with politicians. They may be able to recite things that happened in history, or impress us with their knowledge of Latin or Greek mythology, but that doesn’t mean they are the best people in a new dynamic situation. Stay at home… don’t stay at home… Hairdryers up the nose etc… Perhaps, if AI will eventually be smarter than the smartest people, and won’t have ego or ambition clouding their judgement, it will eventually run political departments and perhaps even countries.

[@carole2602]

Hancock may have loaded the bullets, but he didn't pull the trigger. What happened to the hippocratic oath ? They decided to invoke end of life NG163 protocol using midazalom & remdisivir

[@johnormrod4649]

My father was euthanised in 2022. Midazolam and Morphine, injected into him directly with no titration. Left him in an unresponsive coma for over 17 hours, he never recovered. The hospital helped him to die a peaceful death but not to hasten it they said. This is without doubt Euthenisia. I have contacted the police solicitors pals and my local MP, l went to parliament in June this year, seeking justice for my fathers death, newspapers l contacted never reply, total silence. Hancock is a liar and committed purgery in the UK courtroom and they allow him to just walk away . No one cares.

[@edwardbrady5843]

Britian 😂😂and 😂😂

[@davidtate7372]

Sorry to say that I think you will find, if you do your own research, that the Trump quote was taken out of context by the MSM.

[@jacquipope6222]

Nope , watched it live, the fat oaf meant every word!!!

[@seebarry4068]

18:18 the snp mp got convicted and was sentenced to community service.

[@MarkInOxford]

Probably did it to try and impress Gina…

[@mfh848]

The station for BBC has beens , Nicholas Witchell next.

[@hsdsaunders]

Whereas GB News is the place for corrupt Tory has-beens.

[@richardgallagher4880]

Literally his job🙄

[@alana8863]

I think the vid explains why this is completely untrue.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@alana8863 You watch the videos?🤭

[@alana8863]

@@richardgallagher4880 Yes, it helps!

[@timbrooks2763]

Why isn't BBC in the show title ? It's obviously the same crew lol

[@alana8863]

Because they aren't working for the Beeb here - this is produced for Global Media and Entertainment. They would be in deep trouble if they put a Beeb logo on a prog that isn't the Beebs. None (including the other presenter, Lewis Goodall) works for the Beeb now. Lol?

[@debendranayak5009]

YOU HAVE ANS RIJAYAENED YOU KN WHAT WORDS USE LAST ANS ONLY CONTACT FEW DAYS AGAR CHENGING ITS OK AHEAD

[@ulrichenevoldsen8371]

To sound a bit conspiratorial; he played the role he was told to play. It was all planned and it was a test to see how compliant people around the world would be.

[@debendranayak5009]

BETA KANTA DALIMBA SAMPARK KAN KAHIBAKU PADIBA FROOD TEC

[@debendranayak5009]

KELA TU KADALI KHAYIBU CHOPA MANDIRA BHITARE CHHADIDELU BOPA CONFEWS

[@neighbourhoodmusician]

"Oh leave him alone. He was harmless on I'm a Celebrity. Seems like a nice guy actually." 🙄

[@brunoyvres4939]

U slagged off Scottish politicians. Your country is rank. Please vote to leave another union. Dreadful media, go!

[@BigHenFor]

This behaviour amongst politicians is nothing new. Google this Medical History paper: "Re-thinking Pandemics: State, Society, and Disease in British History, 1830-1960" by Meghan Walsh. Unfortunately, she did not discuss the Asian Flu Pandemic of 1957-58, where the Conservative PM Harold Macmillian was arguably more worried about other things: the Windscale Fire, and his conference speech. Apathy in government is not a new phenomenon. It characterized many government responses to pandemics and public health emergencies throughout history. Perhaps, this "stoicism", was based in thr cultural idea of autonomy, personal responsibility, and resilience. After all, it was only 10 years after the end of World War II with is bombing, death and destruction, which in turn was only 21 years after the end of World War I and the Soanish Flu pandemic. So at least two generations had experienced death as all too commonplace, and our leaders of that time, were less sensitive to it. But, not now. And despite the argument made that somehow we are less vulnerable now than we were then, it must be noted that that is at best an aggregate measure, and at worst a wholly untenable generalisation. We are, after repeated rounds of austerity, and the impact of Brexit, are more vulnerable and fragile to the impact of losing one's health and one's job. Why? The NHS and the rest of the Welfare State was new back then, and not quite the political punchbag it has become. And the collective foundation of society is fragmenting. There is more sigle persin households than ever before, and famillies can often provide less support, simply because it became culturally economically desireable to have small families. Hence, there is less social fabric between destitution and marginalisation than ever before. Indeed, the political capital to be gained from scapegoating the disabled, the poor, and single parents on benefits, has been so fruitful, that destitution is rising akongside as a decrease in life expectancy beyond that imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. And the Cost if Living Crisis and Brexit has now baked in higher prices for the essentials to survival, whilst benefits continue to fall behind inflation, and real wage growth continues to stagnate across decades. So if the poor, the disabled, and the single parents feel vulberable and fragile, is because they are, and more so. And what about our Property Owning society? Well, now its there turn to feel vulnerable and more fragile. Real wage growth has been consistently surpressed, and owning a home, or having a job guarantees security. And many hardworking people are being excluded from home ownership. Only the wealthy feel secure. And it is that feeling that shaped the response to the Covid-19 crisis. It is that justified frustration, resentment, and dismay we have for the utter shambles in government. We are more vulnerable and more fragile, but it is the self-imposed damage to our people and their public services, that is multiplying the impact of external shocks that we have no immediate control over, like war, disease, and climate change. We didnt know it, but we've eroded our ability to be resilient. Not because we've been spoiled, but because we've overestmated how much we are resilient, and in what contexts. And we are discovering that the hard way.