When the real issue is shameless Boris Johnson’s incompetence and poor judgement, hypocritical cheat Matt Hancock was another of the Prime Minister’s human shields.
In standing by his rule-breaking Health Secretary, just as he did Barnard Castle eye-test driver Dominic Cummings, Johnson displayed a toxic arrogance.
And when enough people have their eyes opened to an immoral tinpot tyrant lording it and exempting his privileged regime from standards the masses are instructed to obey, Johnson will be swept from power in a great British revolution.
Hancock, like Cummings before him, should’ve been sacked on the spot. Instead the rumbled Cabinet Minister drove to Chequers to resign, leaving the Government and his wife and children.
Johnson insulted 150,000 Covid dead in praising a lieutenant who failed to keep his hands, face and space from a married aide while lecturing against casual sex.
The gutter standards of the Prime Minister are why dishonourable Robert Jenrick, bully Priti Patel and utterly useless Gavin Williamson survive in a Cabinet of nodding dogs.
Yet the loss of Hancock after No 10 loftily declared Johnson considered the matter closed was the moment the PM’s influence peaked.
To herald the downfall of Johnson would be premature, sending a removal van a little early.
But when we look back at the reign of the cynical manipulator, I suspect the Hancock affair will be a watershed moment.
The PM is no longer capable of defying the rules of politics. Photos of snogging in a Whitehall office ignited a lingering resentment.
Johnson prospered by fooling some of the people all the time and all the people some of the time. All the people aren’t prepared to be fooled all the time. Suddenly the PM is mortal.
