Matt Hancock hangs Rishi Sunak out to dry at Covid Inquiry

The end of day one and day two of Matt Hancock's evidence to the Covid Inquiry lifted the lid on how destructive some in government believed Rishi Sunak's Eat Out To Help Out scheme was during the pandemic, and how much influence the current Prime Minister had over Boris Johnson in delaying lockdowns.
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[@TheDandonian]

"My primary concern was saving lives"... said the man, just ten minutes after he admitted that he knew the government program was killing people but chose to keep quiet because his primary concern at that time was COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY. If he doesn't face a judge for this, the whole state is corrupt.

[@andyetheridge]

Didn’t Handcock agree to appear only if he was immune from prosecution?

[@DeniseWilliams-jr5xo]

@@andyetheridge Sounds like something similar to a plea deal

[@christopherobrien6570]

You may be right @@andyetheridge. However, and somebody please put me right if I'm wrong, In these proceedings, he is giving evidence as a witness, as opposed to being interviewed, ie questioned formally about his suspected involvement in an offence. In the case of the latter, he would need to be cautioned, ie told that he needn't say anything, and that what he says may be given in evidence, in addition, he would be entitled to legal representation, otherwise, nothing of what he said would be admissable. Again, please, let me know if I have this wrong.

[@poplife123]

He won't .....like Blaire

[@donaldellis3609]

​@poplife123 keep with the subject 😊

[@sueyous]

Placing a person, who has no medical knowledge, in the Minister for Health position is ludicrous!!

[@dianegardner3584]

That would apply to Hunt too.

[@geosmith3436]

This person as a politician is ludicrous

[@AdamCALO]

That applies to all politicians, there are very few or no people in parliament who would be scientific experts in anything. They are there to be the union between the public and the scientific advisory committees, as well as budget decisions. I’m not saying the system is wise, but it is what it is as expertise is not a prerequisite by any means.

[@sueyous]

@@AdamCALO I hear what you are saying. The question is, would you expect an electrician to deal with a plumbing issue?

[@DidgeTunes]

Being an MP/minister is probably the only job that doesn't need any qualifications.

[@Rosbif06600]

How can he pretend to be the good guy when he gave public money to a mate in a pub putting health workers at risk. Total scumbag!

[@chrisdickens4268]

Let's not forget he employed someone with public money he knew he was going to try it on with... Successfully from his point of view. How is that not state sponsored prostitution!

[@dannycrotch5188]

That's not to mention the countless, disabilities and deaths that occurred after the government told us to get vaccines that were supposed to protect our now dead mothers and grandmothers.

[@DJWESG1]

The people that imposed austerity on what they themselves described as 'feckless scroungers' do not care one bit about anything or anyone else but themselves, everyone else is their enemy

[@julianshepherd2038]

Scumbag is given. How rubbish is he is the point here.

[@christopherraffell5182]

Gave him 2 million to shaft ppe.no factory no staff no business apart from a pub disgusting pathological liar.

[@grumpybob]

I don't think I have ever seen anyone twist and squirm like Hancock in this inquiry. I think he knows he is in trouble and is genuinely scared of being prosecuted at some point in the future. And quite rightly so. He, and a few others, DEFINITELY should be prosecuted.

[@BK10011]

Question is… can they be prosecuted? And if so, what for? I’m sure I’ve read somewhere that due to their roles within govt during periods such as these, they are exempt …..e.g if you are Health Secretary being asked to deal with a virus the world has never seen, how exactly are you held accountable for decisions made when not even the scientists were 100% certain? I think if there was one thing we can be certain of is regardless of the crisis at hand, there is no possible excuse for financially benefiting as most appear to have done. This for me is abundantly clear and the mis appropriation of tax payers money evident.

[@vincentbrannelly8786]

ABSOLUTELY

[@mylon5227]

Sending infected elderly back into care homes in order to spread the disease knowing it would kill them is that not a crime its blatantly murder

[@Stu2thej]

He won't be prosecuted 😂 don't be silly. The whole enquiry is pointless

[@richardfeldt9641]

Sunak?

[@paulthomas8262]

this inquiry seems to be mostly untrustworthy people outing each other.

[@glennb1679]

All of them then?

[@pauln6803]

All trying to save their own hides.

[@Paul-eb4jp]

Looking forward to Johnson next week.

[@stephanguitar9778]

Like criminals

[@paulthomas8262]

The problem is what good can come out of that, we need witnesses that aren't official but were there. Except civil servants are the most derided group and they may never work again if they blow the whistle.

[@RatluBoogerbag]

Again, same question, on what basis are we supposed to take these idiots seriously.

[@acidcommunism]

We shouldn't. The sooner we realise this the better. These committees are pointless. What are we learning here? That Matt Hancock is an idiot? Who didn't know that years ago? We only need ask what system allows stupidity like this to rise to to the top, and then get rid of it.

[@Sneezy563]

Never again - all trust gone.

[@philltaylor8442]

We'll see on election day! But we'll GET no different from LABOUR! Thers NO differens between them! But the British people's will never learn OR will the VOTERS SURPRISE them come voting DAY?.

[@STRING3R]

How is this man not in jail

[@OanKnight]

He has money. We don't jail our wealthy people.

[@geosmith3436]

How are the lot of them not in jail.

[@julianshepherd2038]

I'm not in charge or we would have a Gulag for this sort of ☆☆☆☆.

[@STRING3R]

@@OanKnight Ah yes, money talks after all

[@anthonymichaeldurkin6244]

attended the schools you and i didnt.....

[@steverichardson9674]

Amazes me how "these people" had uppermost in their minds and motivations the wellbeing of the UK population yet at the same time managed to get their mates eye watering deals for PPE etc.

[@cl3matis]

"uppermost" i doubt that very strongly. unacceptable from them

[@johannesnicolaas]

Matt dissing Rishi.... so sweet and so helpful for the next elections!

[@bluefarie10]

Hell hath no fury like an unappointed (and so, disappointed) would-be Cabinet Minister.

[@randomdaveUK]

I don't think Labour need help for the next elections. The Tories have already thrown in the towel

[@newcastlewatson9370]

@@randomdaveUK the down side is the tories have got this country up on bricks, the wheels have gone, the engines gone, the interiors gone. The only thing left is the radio and they’re using screwdrivers to pull that out.

[@jod7633]

​@randomdaveUK yep, they're fecking up the country on purpose and setting up labour to fail wherever they can.

[@infamous_9521]

​@@randomdaveUKthe conservatives will have likely accepted their loss for the next general election but they'll still want to focus on trying to gain as many seats as possible. The more embarrassing they look the bigger the Labour majority.

[@PaulGappyNorris]

Such a sly and devious Individual. Ahh yes, a Tory.

[@Caesar-3el]

I cant bare to listen to this malignant creep.

[@jameshodgkins559]

Would sell their own mums eyesight for the right price

[@Navidain]

With respect I'd like to correct you: "Such a sly and devious Individual. Ahh yes, british politician."

[@NunnTheWiser.]

They all knew exactly what they were doing every one involved was guilty

[@anthonymichaeldurkin6244]

said jesus....

[@CYCHIATRIC]

100% and without reservation. I think the problem the public have is conceptualising how venal tories are. You get glimpses occasionally like BJ's 'let the bodies pile high' but people have problems understanding that, yes, he really doesn't care if you live or die. And neither do most of the cabinet. They are the party of the high functioning psychopath.

[@mylon5227]

Their plan was to kil as many sick and elderly people as possible and at the same time tty and make it look like they wer trying to help them who else would get away with murder only them

[@davidwebb4904]

I want to see him in jail for 30 years, no chance of parole.

[@christopherraffell5182]

Lenient. Not life then 😢

[@davidwebb4904]

@@christopherraffell5182 He would be 75 next time he sees daylight

[@anthonymichaeldurkin6244]

not when youve attended the correct schools and institutions, etc...

[@nearlyretired7005]

Not a very intelligent comment.Use your brain

[@harveybrown37]

In which case, given 'Eat out's policy, which neither Sage or Hancock were not consulted upon, you advocate that for Mr Sunak too.

[@bearnecessities9568]

So he's admitting to keeping his mouth shut knowing that more people were dying to be a "team player"?.... I didnt think I could think any less off him. Today I'm proved wrong.

[@toffeeblue2201]

When does a Tory ever tell the truth ?

[@MichaelaWest-jr3gk]

Never

[@julianshepherd2038]

Lord Carrington was Foreign Secretary in 1982 when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. He took full responsibility for the failure to foresee this and resigned.

Under vivisection perhaps. Only one way to be sure.

[@Garwfechan-ry5lk]

When he has been caught out allegedly

[@ncammann]

If you ask them if they want more taxpayers money. "Ooh Yes Please."

[@liamatsutv]

He does well here presenting himself as competent yet frustrated by others... I really had to remind myself that he's still slippery Hancock - a liar and cheater who has spent the last few years desperately trying to rehabilitate his image. He is SUPREMELY well-rehearsed in the art of shifting blame and playing the victim.

[@christopherraffell5182]

Calculated sly cunning. Like all the idiots of his time on the front .just like now no matter what he's says there actions killed people..

[@johnbhoy2489]

He's had years practicing appearing to be competent...to the unwise he could fool,to the normal observation he's an incredibly incompetent liar

[@Sneezy563]

His image of rehabilitating his image has only further shown what a total idiot he is. Complete shambles in the Jungle & his 'Barbie & Ken ' sing song walking along the beach showed what a total plonker he is.

[@hashtag_thisguy]

No one gets to the top of anywhere if their ability to bullshit isn't second nature

[@jamesbagshaw8251]

Personally I think he's been radiating guilt all along and anyone watching all of this would take much of it as 100% bullshit. Boris Johnson was a pathological liar with no shame - Matt Hancock is an absolute solipsist who genuinely believes he is being victimised. He thinks he did a good job despite a horrific death toll and having an affair over the top. It was his opportunity to take the stage and he got lost in his own brilliance. He's truly pathetic.

[@HelenIngram-r4j]

An economist in charge of health literally says it all. This man was a liability and promoted well above his capacity.

[@susanmorgan3104]

Totally agree. All the cabinet had been promoted well above their capacity. Johnson should NEVER have been Prime minister.

[@strangetrip837]

An economist? Hancock? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@LoriCiani]

@@strangetrip837 Nobody said he was a good economist. 😄

[@thekidd7]

He was promoted well above his capacity when he was made David Cameron's bag carrier. Letting him within a million miles of the levers of state is just criminal. It's a collective embarrassment that we even know who he is.

[@raphaelsainte-claire4861]

@@susanmorgan3104 that damned democracy!

[@philjames6206]

Matt Hancock is very politely being torn a new one. This Lawyer is very sharp.

[@garycorbett6221]

So Matt, in summary, you were too weak to have your apparent dissenting voice heard and you were content to allow No10 to carry on, cover up the issue, and re-wrap it now under the guise of ‘collective responsibility’….got it! You were out of your depth…unfortunately for you, this is reflected in your performance here.

[@bobdurrant3785]

How can Hancock have a strategy when he didn’t have a plan, the mind boggles at the stupidity of these ministers of death.

[@christinefiedor3518]

He didn't have the skills, underpinning knowledge , the industry background or the competence for the position and should never have been in the job.

[@keith1526]

Was too busy giving contracts to his pals!

[@dribblywildman7744]

You have a strategy BEFORE you have a plan. Doesnt work the other way around.

[@isabellewhite3505]

He clearly had very little understanding as health minister

[@anthonymichaeldurkin6244]

great comment...

[@lynnhickinbotham3784]

How are all the government not in jail for their corruption

[@davidpearn2484]

Would have liked to see the brilliant Chris Bryant asking the questions.

[@lewischerry3552]

Collective responsibility to your party over collective responsibility to your countrymen and the people you seek to govern and represent isn’t the virtue you think it is Mr Handcock.

[@ainerush8942]

Will you ever forget him fake crying over a 'bereavement' and then the 'gina' grope coming to light

[@PatrickTreacyAilesbury]

Such a poor Government, and everyone could see how amateurishly they handled it compared to our neighbours!

[@FredPerps]

It's genocide, convid lie to scare the sheep

[@DnaMoDZz]

He looks away every time he lies.......

[@ruthwashbrook4759]

DnaMoDz- his lips are moving that how you can tell he is lying

[@DW-indeed]

Quite striking isn't it 🧐

[@isabellewhite3505]

To think he ran the country for health & wellbeing. Ridiculous

[@marklangley7758]

Watching this worm squirm is a good start to any compensation due for these awful years. He's wasting his time trying to rescue any dignity, that went when he joined the Tory cabinet. Well out of his depth and totally lacking professionalism.

[@andydudley1775]

this is the only punishment he recieve.how do you shame the unshamefull.and yet youtube still trying to silence us for the tory party .youtube needs to be fined for allowing this to happen as much as any one .

[@sparkymark68]

Yesterday's misplaced bravado from Hancock is replaced by the realisation that the nation knows he's not only a monster but also a bare faced liar.

[@jamesjarrett52]

He isn't a monster you dope.

[@sparkymark68]

@@jamesjarrett52 Whst else would you call a serial liar who's errors cost the lives of thousands?

[@grahambale6715]

This will be a complete waste of tax payers money. What are all these people in the background actually doing apart from simply taking tax payers money to sit & look at screens!

[@philjames6206]

Hopefully, if a similar situation as Covid occurs again, this inquiry will prevent the same mistakes and failures.

[@crayontom9687]

In a real country, once the enquiry was finished, all these shitweasel politicians would be put in prison. In this banana republic, they’ll be rehabilitated by the press and be on Strictly in a few months

[@PaulSmith-mh2yq]

Hugo Keith's questioning makes Hancock look exactly what he is - a very inept character who was ill-equipped with a pandemic.

[@johnsidwell2241]

As was everybody else from all political genres,nobody had ever experienced anything like it in our lifetime and that even includes all of the armchair You Tube experts.Not sticking up for anybody just stating the blatantly obvious

[@Mark-jc6ew]

What we will learn from this inquiry is that it was everybody else’s fault! Nobody in power lined their own pockets or made self serving decisions. If it happens again rinse and repeat!!

[@christopherraffell5182]

Or partied whilst old people died alone.staff had no ppe.they couldn't even Bury them with dignity

[@pilatesfitness8766]

This inquiry needs to go up a level or two and ask: why did our scientists NOT look into other strategies to keep deaths low. For instance, in other countries they were using early treatment and even older people with comorbidities managed to avoid death. Did you see Trump and Bolsonaro die when they got COVID? No, they took some ehm generic medication and early treatment. Why did the government IGNORE THIS?

[@TrevorBlair-cq3pk]

They're as slippery as a bucket of eels, get the popcorn in for next week though as the sinister bafoon enters the panto to give us some of the new Latin phrase's he's learnt since the last time he entertained us all at our expense.

[@jamesbagshaw8251]

Boris pater est dim Albion in declinit

[@anthonymichaeldurkin6244]

you too can become as slippery as a bucket of eels....just attend the correct schools requiring £45,000 (per term).....No Accountabilty included in fee..

[@elainepettis5075]

The reason Government Ministers are paid so well, is because if it all goes pear shape, as the saying goes "The buck stops here". Mr Hancock, you were the Health Minister.

[@patbaker2199]

They aren't paid very well considering the responsibilities. Maybe they should pay more but ban second jobs, hopefully it would cut out some of the lobbying sleaze.

[@nearlyretired7005]

They are not well paid compared with other politicians in Europe or America, their pay is not great. Their pay should be higher with a lower expenses level.

[@insanityrulestheday]

Now it's "The Mask wears here". :-(

[@annemoncrieff3875]

But they have done nothing, absolutely nothing or bare minimum. They r neither proactive or reactive infact barely active, which Hancock was with his secy or whoever she was

[@davidgriffithsbjjcoach7207]

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care yet seemingly he was clueless about the latter...

[@kevinwalton4538]

The bar steward grinned when asked the question about Eat out to Help out.

[@rightboys]

pointing fingers now. what a difference a day makes

[@justdoitsolutions269]

What happened to the 20 billion pounds that they wasted on a contact app....repeat 20 billion?

[@Ian-mj4pt]

Notice how all claim they did nothing wrong and were the best thing that could happen but when called out they either have amnesia or disagree with the facts or suddenly have a different version of events even when the truth is there for all to see . No accountability but blaming others

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

These people were ' running ' the country.

[@domgould5113]

Ruining not running.

[@davidpearn2484]

Just imagine how thick the idiots who voted these lying incompetent thieving shysters into power, these people shouldn't be allowed to ever vote again 🙄.

[@isabellewhite3505]

I'm this video Hancock refers to himself as a "trained economists". He was head of Health for the UK, during a pandemic Ineptitude. Useless.

[@Anon-xd3cf]

Are... These "people" are running the country.

[@insanityrulestheday]

'Killing'.

[@neighbourhoodmusician]

They're all pointing fingers at each other.

[@jonathanperry4189]

If he was so against eat out to help out etc, why was he trying to be first to meet sunak at conservative hq after his victory to congratulate him? (Remember the snubbed hug by sunak. Hancock tries to keep smiling. Priceless).

[@denistierney4642]

Yes its always everyone else who is to blame why are we letting these liars off the hook ???.

[@DW-indeed]

Am i imagining people in the background at various points trying to hide smirks of disbelief? Maybe they're all in a chat room laughing at him 😂

[@TheTrueWelshIdiot]

No, you aren't imagining it. They've got well worn poker faces, but it's undoubtedly there.

[@johnpoile1451]

For a character reference, remember him groping a woman at work while being married to another. Was he open and honest with his wife? They are twisting and turning on one another like a barrel of snakes.

[@DW-indeed]

🤢 Thanks, now I've got an image 😂

[@anthonymichaeldurkin6244]

reference acknowledged.....you aint hiding that...

[@dean8282]

And I had worries at the time that they didn't know what they were doing.... lol

[@johnwelch5132]

It was irresponsible Matthew and you knew as did Sunak.

[@jmac2543]

The Labour Party supported everything this man and the Tory Party said and did. The entire UK political system is a threat to our survival.

[@johnwhitefoot9803]

BS. Tories own that cluster f**k. Grow up

[@rowancrew2934]

The Labour Party were lied to as were the rest of us. In a time of national crisis what on earth would you expect them to do?

[@philipclayton971]

Oh. It's the labour parties fault again?

[@giansideros]

​@@philipclayton971he's a COVIDiot anti-vaxer, the kind that believes we shouldn't have had any lockdowns and that it was all some of scam to allow the government to become more authoritarian, as though the Tories ever needed COVID for the past 13 years to run this country into the ground. 🙄

[@sueskinner1459]

Well said the Labour Party was just as much to blame but then again both Tory and Labour are WEF puppets and were obeying orders throughout the entire Covid farce!

[@BLUESKY-zt1nv]

Matt Hancock andDominic Cummings having a game of pool and a pint in the pub .

[@johnsymons6862]

How to answer a question, without the truth coming out.

[@Andrew-rc3vh]

They don't understand the maths of it. Keeping R at 0.95 is pretty much keeping the problem still there during the summer months so it will enter the winter at a high number of cases. You would be much better with R at 0.5 where you would get a strong exponential decrease in rates so you have a lot of scope when it rises again because it will rise from a low figure. The keeping R below one was an oversimplification of the problem. I see this so much with politicians. They reduce a complicated problem into a conception that a 5-year-old would comprehend. We are run by mathematical imbeciles.

[@richplant2205]

If R is below 1, the infection rates are dropping. Doesn’t matter if it 0.99, it’s a magic number

[@Andrew-rc3vh]

@@richplant2205 It's the same with any numerical discussion in the media. They can't process proportion. They convert any proportion into a binary, e.g. too high or too low, above one or below one, on target or not on target. They do this with problems as well. In their minds its always either/or. There is no such this as a range of different solutions and combination of solutions. My conclusion is there is something fundamentally wrong with their brains and I suspect it is the way they are educated.

[@tonylake9602]

I'd trust a drug dealer more than a politician, I'm 62.. how the fuck did we get to this situation...?.

[@harveybrown37]

Brexit. The blonde Garden Bridge Pig banished all but the swivel-eyed Loons in his Party by 2019. Even Machiavellian Michael Gove admitted a Brexit-obssessed mindset Government at the time

[@clarecollins2547]

To any person with a little bit of brain eat out to help out was bound to spread Covid.

[@timelwell7002]

Whilst Hancock was not as irresponsible as either Johnson or Sunak, nonetheless he must bear much of the responsibility for the huge number of excess deaths which this nation suffered - far more than most other European nations. But behind all this lies the years of cut-backs to the NHS, leaving it already in a VERY vulnerable state. And these cut-backs were unnecessary, rather they were done deliberately in order to undermine the NHS which the Tories want to see replaced with a 2-tier health system, whereby proper health care only becomes possible for those able to afford expensive medical insurance, as seen not in Europe but in the USA. In short, covert Tory policy has been to bring the NHS to its' knees as a matter of political dogma. And that dogma is the Neoliberal ideal of shrinking the size of the state and having EVERYTHING owned privately, or by corporations which exist to maximize profits for their shareholders. The entire concept of a Health Care system free at the point of need has always been detestable to the TOry mindset.

[@mrmensa1096]

2020 had the 18th LOWEST DEATH RATE over previous 30 years - Office for National Statistics !!!!!

[@nearlyretired7005]

How uk covid numbers were far higher than other European countries because we counted the infections totally differenty from other countries. If the other countries counted the same as us the numbers would be similar. The NHS CANNOT be financed as it was in 1948/49 Free at the point of access is no longer economically viable,it must change! It has to be a mix of public funding and private heathcare. Only a fool would keep running it the way it is now.

[@timelwell7002]

@@nearlyretired7005 Firstly, if large and multinational companies were to be taxed properly - even as they SHOULD be being taxed under existing UK tax law, then there would be ABUNDANT money to fund the NHS. Secondly, the changes made by Blair's 'New Labour' imposed a layer of middle management - actually a MASSIVE and mainly unnecessary layer - which has made the NHS far less efficient and cos-effective. This could, and should, be reversed. Also, Blair divided up the NHS into separate Health Care Trusts, paving the way for creeping privatisation. Moreover, Blair insisted on Private Funding Initiatives, which have burdened hospitals with huge debts. Thirdly, the creeping privatisation since 2010 has meant that money destined for the NHS has in fact been diverted into the hands of the (now) privately owned and run Health Care Trusts, and other out-sourced privately run businesses. Thus, most of the money given by government (ostensibly) to the NHS ends up in the hands of businesses which are all too often donors to the Tory Party. This is much the same as with the PPE Procurement scandal, and the Test and Trace debacle, where tens of billions of pounds ended up in the hands of donors to the Conservative Party - thanks to the so-called 'Fast Lane' for awarding government contracts to their cronies. It's called CORRUPTION. I can give citations for ALL the things I've highlighted in this comment. As to your assertion that other European nations counted excess deaths differently from how this is done in the UK - citations required, if what you say can be proven as being credible. Your comment demonstrates an appalling ignorance - or is that a deliberate attempt at misinformation on your part?

[@1dkappe]

The only way to make Hancock look reasonable is to compare him with Gove.

[@julieknights1238]

I can't decide if he's just a little weezle, trying to pin the blame on everyone else, or if it's everyone else pinning the blame on him. Maybe it's a bit of both.

[@mrstevecox7]

Hancock knows that Whitty had no idea about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme before it was proposed. He then says that the critical decision related to the "r" number of "the package of measures". If Whitty had not been asked about the scheme, how did Hancock think that the "r" number had been worked out for the package? Completely inconsistent.

[@annemoncrieff3875]

So nothing in this was to protect the citizens, and not even the party! It was all to protect the individual. To hear him say he shut down info getting out. Despicable.

[@nobbycheeseman2915]

One issue here is, if there are times when one person i government isn't listening to the advice of another or there are other kinds of disagreements in serious situations like this, we should all know about it as it happens. It shouldn't take an inquiry to find out that they were all failing to get on. They should be upfront at the time.

[@ruthwashbrook4759]

@nobbycheeseman- you expecting them to put the interests of the country ahead of themselves and their political aspirations- now that is a novel idea

[@Garwfechan-ry5lk]

This has happened throughout Governmental History!

[@Crashawsome]

"collective responsibility" is a brilliant expression that allows you to get away with anything

[@clivejbarrett]

Why we allow these people to rule our lives is a mystery to me.

[@anthonymichaeldurkin6244]

there are not enough @clivebarretts in the country....and there never will be. the sad reality...

[@susanmorgan3104]

Yes that's the question I keep asking. Why do the public keep voting for Tories.

[@anthonymichaeldurkin6244]

mental illness@@susanmorgan3104

[@pianoplayer7899]

Absolutely no remorse….

[@joellemm9229]

Matt Hancock is a special individual. He makes his colleagues look less slimy. He looks like a little boy trying to explain away those naughty sites on the browser history to his mum.

[@DeniseWilliams-jr5xo]

I well remember my late mum telling me as a child. The Tories are all the same fighting amongst themselves. This was because I questioned why my mum and dad were always saying typical Tories again. Now here we are all those years later and nothing has changed. They are constantly infighting. Mind you the Nazis were just the same so perhaps it is characteristic of right wingers.

[@sarahmbaird]

and you think Labour are any better ? Same bollox different way of saying it. we need a new system

[@deborahwarren6710]

I truly believe if Starmer was in power when he was calling for a lockdown/ brake fortnight in late 2020 my father would still be alive. Johnson was still farting around just before Christmas! My dad died of covid January 2021 Our kids went to school for one day that week, before a lockdown was finally announced, because of the bloody tories my dad is dead. I’ve stopped crying and now i’m very angry ! I want sunak Johnson and Hancock to be prosecuted. I also want a Labour government as do many now

[@DeniseWilliams-jr5xo]

@@sarahmbairdWhere is this new system going to come from? The Tories aren't going to give you one and the Lib Dems just aren't strong enough. If you think Fartage is going to come to your rescue think again he's even worse than the Tories.

[@stephenmckay3913]

Well written Denise

[@philipjones9793]

Undue focus on help out to eat out? What the hell is he talking about it... its quite clear he agreed with the policy no matter the health costs...

[@Hippz118]

I don’t like this guy this government or how they handled the pandemic, but it’s pretty clear from this he was telling Rishi that the scheme was doing serious damage

[@DnaMoDZz]

Remember he was cheating on his wife during all this as well.......

[@leroythompson8942]

He said he fell In love 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@janey4uk]

How did he find the time ?????

[@christopherjohnson8896]

Does adultery prohibit an individual from being generally trusted or perhaps holding an office of trust or authority? I understand the point of course, not sure however how many of us would pass muster. King Charles springs to mind and countless others in positions of power currently are popping in to my head.

[@Notalloldpeople]

The argument for the ‘overall impact’ is a slimy way of protecting those that are culpable of individual policies.

[@richardwilliams8953]

What the hell are all those people at the screens doing?

[@paulbarsi3418]

I never realised how awesome he was ffs the man is a lunatic

[@richardleyland1248]

Totally misleading title - he doesn’t hang him out to dry at all.

[@anthonymichaeldurkin6244]

it F@@king works though ....

[@chrislaurenceleo]

Can handcock not see how his hypocrisy makes him completely unreliable as a witness. He flips and flops around trying to protect himself but just makes himself look incompetent, a liar and arrogant

[@nancystewart5370]

The woman at the back can’t stop yawning 😂

[@glynmatthews678]

It's all lies ...Rishi was busy working on how to hammer a nail into a block of wood without looking like a complete tw@t

[@HelenIngram-r4j]

... completely with Chris Witty during this period... because at some point he thought he knew better? hahahahahhaha

[@johnwelch5132]

Hancock was distracted by a woman he wanted to leave his wife for as was Johnson. Not the best timing for either.

[@johnnyrockabilly4962]

Hancock is selfish womaniser his poor wife and kids witness this through media

[@ashimsen377]

You have to wonder what Gina Coca Cola ever saw in this hugely unattractive, conceited oaf?@@johnnyrockabilly4962

[@anthonymichaeldurkin6244]

or character reference....

[@insanityrulestheday]

Hopefully they were Black Widows. He He He

[@ouchgout5705]

Wash rinse repeat

[@PHILIPWATSON82]

Never trust anyone who wears a suit

[@theswiv]

He is constantly damned by his own words. And is inable to stop falling into the same trap.

[@ultraginge1990]

I can see the arguments about doing what is scientifically the best thing but would not be followed by the public. But his assertion that no one was listening to him and the economic argument is crazy…..everyone was talking about how it’s best to do smaller lockdowns than wait and then have the pain of larger ones. They couldn’t have not known that unless they were being wilfully ignorant.

[@isabellewhite3505]

He in way over his head. No corporation would have him as a nationwide head. Only this govt. 100% inept

[@patriciawhite619]

Thank you. No wonder he requested immunity from prosecution….

[@vedramasami7389]

Well no one did Matt except for that Floozie you groped 😂

[@barrygentry5364]

He can’t say who said what, at meetings when Johnson was being talked into not doing enough, because he wasn’t at them, so how does he know that they were talking Johnson into not doing enough? He either knows who said what or he doesn’t know what was said.

[@philipclayton971]

Rishi Sunak is an anagram of 'Hi Risk Anus'

[@steveturner6770]

class 😂😂😂

[@allanchurm]

brilliant

[@barbarahalkyard1901]

Thats a queer remark to make.

[@anthonyclegg1511]

I have just thrown up, at the thought. 😂😂😂🐱🐱🐱.

[@philipclayton971]

@@barbarahalkyard1901 really good effort that.

[@elmonionugenio9735]

Cant ever say that oyr best or brightest are running things all i see is incompetence and excuses

[@Rapid_GT]

Midazolam Matt we need to talk about the first "wave" of deaths of old people being killed off in care homes !!!

[@jonsteele7227]

Oh goodness this is a big one. Might need 2 flushes and a plunger ready for an emergency

[@TheAverageYouCuber]

If the Convid Inquiry fails to address Party-gate then we might aswell start adopting kangaroos from Australia so let's not jump to conclusions just yet, (no pun intended).

[@mrmensa1096]

2020 had the 18th LOWEST DEATH RATE over previous 30 years - Office for National Statistics !!!!!

[@strangetrip837]

Nice to see loyalty among colleagues 😂😂😂

[@rb5325]

What a waste of time and money. How much is all this costing!?. Lies upon lies without any consequence.

[@prideofdurham4776]

Will Alegra Statton get her job back? She should sue the arse off Sunak AND Johnson now it has been proven there WERE parties.

[@Nettsinthewoods]

Every episode I listen to with this enquiry ( thank you Politics Joe) is another little stab to my heart. Like everyone, I remember the dates and events, and to know that those in power were running around like headless chickens exasperates me

[@wickevan]

Might as well ask my cat's opinion. Speculation then and now with zero evidence

[@markgauld9260]

If he'd just stopped his sentence at, " I didn't think..."

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

2 simple rules for life; No.1 - Never trust a tory No.2 - Never forget rule number 1

[@kathleencorrie6108]

Hugo Keith is superb.

[@JonAsquith]

Why is no one asking who is in the background?? Are they doing a hearing in someone’s office? Who are all the typists!? 😂

[@stephenjon3502]

Bullshite monitors

[@terrymoore3335]

When you look at all these government meetings. None of them have actually got a Scooby What's going on? No confidence in any party anymore

[@carol-f8f7d]

Labour all the way

[@JRattheranch]

Led by donkeys? Yep! QED! 😵‍💫

[@margarettierney4507]

Incredibly adept at self promotion.

[@JoBroughton-yw7un]

Hancock is never going to dazzle them with brilliance rather baffle with them bullshit

[@ucanprofit]

Many Kudos to the interrogator. How did the Conservative Gov. Allow him on??😊

[@primaryschoolbooks284]

4:32 He looks like a schoolboy who had been caught out. That expression contained a subtle resignation and a lowering of eyes, before then looking up with a lost look...probably thinking 'Damn, what's he going to say?'

[@WayneIrish]

Clowns and Donkeys !

[@harveybrown37]

Rats in a Sack. No surprise that Hancock asked for immunity from prosecution last year.