Even by Tory standards, Matt Hancock has reached a new low

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Hancock will be remembered as one of the UK’s greatest misfortunes (Andrew Parsons/Parsons Media)

It was the UK’s great misfortune that Matt Hancock was health secretary during most of the coronavirus pandemic.

Hancock will be remembered for handing out generous PPE contracts, with minimal scrutiny, to his drinking pals like Alex Bourne. All while Hancock was carrying on an affair with his aide, Gina Coladangelo, during a crisis when people weren’t allowed within two meters of each other.

That’s all before his shameful but highly lucrative 30-day stint on I’m a Celebrity. Hancock’s excuse for being on reality TV, when he should have been representing his West Suffolk constituents in parliament, was that he wanted to show viewers the “real me”. The “real” Hancock made sure to collect a £320,000 fee from the show before donating only 3 per cent of it to a dyslexia charity too.