Matt Hancock comes third on I’m A Celeb

All of Westminster was glued to their screens on Sunday tonight to watch the final of I’m A Celebrity. For three weeks, SW1’s finest have watched Matt Hancock – the Casanova of the Commons – battle heroically against endless jungle-based challenges. The onetime Health Secretary has been covered in creepy-crawlies and subject to public opprobrium but against all odds, he had heroically made it to the last episode of this year’s series. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end and Sunday night saw the end of the Hancock dream.

Much like his ill-fated 2019 leadership bid, Hancock promised much, but failed to deliver, with his luck running out in the celebrity jungle, just as it did in its Westminster equivalent. Despite snorkelling and being straddled by a bulbous toad, the West Suffolk MP could only come third, behind footballer Jill Scott and actor Owen Warner. Emerging from the camp, Hancock was met by the Bonnie to his Clyde: former taxpayer-funded aide Gina Coladangelo.