It’s obvious that no experience or empathy is necessary to become a minister

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Surely he must be de-selected and a by-election held? (PA Wire)

It’s obvious that no experience or empathy is necessary to become a minister. Priti Patel is the prime example, and Matt Hancock is no exception.

He obviously feels abandoned by Rishi Sunak in the latest reshuffled government. Therefore, he is planning to make some hay while his sun still shines. His future employment is surely tenuous. Who would consider employing a man who blindly followed and vouched for a nincompoop such as Boris Johnson?

Although the pinnacle of his stupidity was breaking lockdown rules to have an affair with an employee, this is compounded when he spent millions buying shipping services from a company that had no ships. ITV encouraged him to join I’m a Celebrity….. with an eye-watering lure of £400,000. Mr Hancock must have thought his Christmases had come all at once.