Whereas once ministers were content to resign with merely an exchange of letters, the tech-savvy Matt Hancock always preferred to be a pioneer.
The Health Secretary quit tonight after two days of mounting outrage at the revelations he had a fling with a taxpayer-funded aide he brought into government and did so in classic Hancock style, releasing the first ministerial resignation video, as befits a former culture minister who once released his own app.
The jargon-filled clip is replete with phrases like ‘build back better’ but was suspiciously short of an apology. He said:
I have been to see the Prime Minister to resign as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. I understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made – that you have made. Those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and that’s why I’ve got to resign.
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