After what her husband put her through, it’s no surprise that Martha Hancock might not be the biggest fan of Boris Johnson’s government. The soon-to-be ex-wife of the disgraced former health secretary had to suffer days of snooping snappers and sensationalist speculation in June after news of her husband’s affair broke.
The ordeal wasn’t exactly helped by Johnson’s initial refusal to sack Hancock as a minister, prolonging the misery for all as the PM tried to stand by his man. And now Mrs H has perhaps hinted at her true feelings about the embattled Tory leader, if her recent Twitter activity is anything to go by.
For an eagle-eyed observer has pointed out to Mr S that the last tweet ‘liked’ by the osteopath was a rant by actor Stephen Mangan, responding to news of cabinet secretary Simon Case becoming embroiled in ‘partygate’ last month.
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