Love rat Matt Hancock has raised more than £3,000 for charity after his fundraising page was flooded by trolls mocking his affair.
The Tory MP can hail a surprise silver lining after he announced a bid to run the London Marathon in aid of a hospice.
Mr Hancock had urged people to support him, tweeting: “Every pound will help me get round!”
Critics of the ex-Health Secretary, who was caught on camera snogging his aide and whisked her off to a Swiss Alps holiday this week, used his JustGiving page to express their less-than-polite view.
But there was a catch - in order to do so, they had to give a donation of at least £2 to St Nicholas’ Hospice Care.
So it was that, at the time of writing, more than 400 people had given more than £3,200 to the hospice between them.
Small donations were given in the name of Mr Hancock’s estranged wife, his new partner, Rishi Sunak and ‘Dom Raab’.
Many of the comments were too rude to repeat on a national news website.
One said: “You couldn’t run a bath you f***ing useless incompetent f*** weasel! You’ll probably get lost or fall over. Why don’t you just donate all the money you made from your dodgy PPE contracts instead.”
The commenter donated £2, plus 50p Gift Aid.
Another, claiming to be from the Chancellor, contained an unfortunate reference to the Eat Out to Help Out scheme and a sexually transmitted infection, adding: “Your poor wife”.
By tonight the JustGiving comments had been wiped, all appearing as ‘Anonymous’ donations with no commentary.
A JustGiving spokesperson said: "We turned off comments on that fundraising page earlier today following customer complaints and a large number of comments which contravened our terms of service."
Mr Hancock had told supporters - and critics - "I’ve decided to run the 2021 London Marathon in aid of St Nicholas Hospice Care.
"St Nicholas Hospice Care is a fantastic charity working in my constituency of West Suffolk, who look to give help, support and advice to those who are living with long-term and life-threatening illnesses.
"The Hospice sees around 2000 people each year and any money donated will makes a real difference to people's lives.
"This is my first London Marathon and I'm really excited to take part and raise money for St Nicholas Hospice Care. I have already started my training and hope to keep you all updated with my progress."
