The Hancock Affair - Page 5

**Maggy** · 27-06-2021, 10:27

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Originally Posted by Mr K

Gobsmacked he's gone after the brilliant job he's been doing. Track and trace, PPE, only 128k dead (he's beat anyone else in Europe on that one).

If only he could have had the affair 12 months ago, a few thousand might have been saved. Weird that's its an affair that caused him to resign and not the crap job he's been doing. Sums this Govt. up.

1andrew1 · 27-06-2021, 10:49

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Originally Posted by Pierre

It’s an irrelevance OB, Hugh didn’t make the guidelines. Hancock has to be held to a higher standard. It’s the same reason people lost their minds over Cummings.

I think, apart from the vaccine procurement and roll out, the government has handled Covid poorly and I’m glad he’s gone.

But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t a colossal **** that had it coming though.

Totally agree with all the above points.

Sky News is sugesting that BoJo has lost his scapegoat. I'm not so sure. Surely BoJo can still lay a lot of the blame on Hancock. In fact, it might be easier with Hancock gone to do so.

Also lots of headlines on why Hancock had a camera in his office, with previous incumbents stating they never had one and concerns over national security being raised.
https://news.sky.com/story/trevor-ph...ation-12342819

RichardCoulter · 28-06-2021, 14:15

Johnson explains why he did a U turn on Hancock:

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/...XRh_Z12FuDDJ0o

1andrew1 · 28-06-2021, 16:23

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Johnson explains why he did a U turn on Hancock:

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/...XRh_Z12FuDDJ0o

Not sure he did a u-turn - Hancock resigned so he appointed his successor.

TheDaddy · 28-06-2021, 16:39

Was Gove in court today or was that earlier in the month, it's getting hard to keep up with their corruption and law breaking

**Mick** · 28-06-2021, 17:14

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Was Gove in court today or was that earlier in the month,

What has this got to do with Hancock exactly?

jfman · 28-06-2021, 17:50

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Originally Posted by Mick

What has this got to do with Hancock exactly?

The Tories ooze corruption, so when one of them gets pushed it makes you wonder what they are hiding.

**Mick** · 28-06-2021, 19:23

Corrupt or not: They are still the better party than the racist antisemitic Labour Party or the Illiberal Undemocrats.

jfman · 28-06-2021, 19:29

It’s a low bar I’ll give it that. For a sizeable proportion of the population they’re the party that delivered Brexit at an ideological level, and I’ll kinds of incompetence and corruption can be forgiven.

TheDaddy · 28-06-2021, 19:30

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Originally Posted by Mick

Corrupt or not: They are still the better party than the racist antisemitic Labour Party or the Illiberal Undemocrats.

It's not really corrupt or not it's just plain corrupt and it'll do for them in the end just like sleeze did before

**Mick** · 28-06-2021, 19:39

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

It's not really corrupt or not it's just plain corrupt and it'll do for them in the end just like sleeze did before

It won’t, for reasons I’ve said above about who is the better choice out of Tories, Labour and Lib Dem’s. You’ve never been a Tory fan, so they could be squeaky clean and you’d still attribute corruption at them.

Pierre · 28-06-2021, 19:42

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Originally Posted by jfman

The Tories ooze corruption, so when one of them gets pushed it makes you wonder what they are hiding.

And they’ll still win Batley and Spen.

The U.K. is in danger of being a one party nation potentially for several decades, and that is not good for any democracy. You only have to look to Scotland to see how that works out for you.

jfman · 28-06-2021, 19:47

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Originally Posted by Pierre

And they’ll still win Batley and Spen.

The U.K. is in danger of being a one party nation potentially for several decades, and that is not good for any democracy. You only have to look to Scotland to see how that works out for you.

Haha, it can’t be that bad if almost 50% of the public vote for it.

Free tuition fees, free prescriptions all courtesy of those generous folk in the South East of England clinging onto the days of Empire with their last breaths. God bless them.

Sephiroth · 28-06-2021, 19:56

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Originally Posted by jfman

Haha, it can’t be that bad if almost 50% of the public vote for it.

Free tuition fees, free prescriptions all courtesy of those generous folk in the South East of England clinging onto the days of Empire with their last breaths. God bless them.

"Haha" is right. Remember the EU Referendum where 52% voted Leave. A few sticky points at the edges but not bad at all.

As to the folk of the SE of England, in what way are they "clinging onto the days of empire with their last breaths"? By the way, the previous African colonies that we left with functioning administrations, justice systems, local government and clean water supply have mostly become corrupt banana republics. I can think of one, Mauritius, that comes near to something workable - except that the real colonials (South Indian origin) keep the institutions for themselves and severely depress the non-Hindu population.

Pierre · 28-06-2021, 19:57

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Originally Posted by jfman

Haha, it can’t be that bad if almost 50% of the public vote for it.

Free tuition fees, free prescriptions all courtesy of those generous folk in the South East of England clinging onto the days of Empire with their last breaths. God bless them.

Or laws introduced where you can be arrested for expressing contrary opinions in your own home, or trying to introduce laws were your child is appointed a state “guardian”.

They keep you sweet by giving titbits funded by the residents of Kent.