It’s enough to make a doctor such as myself retch. Sorrywhatpardon? Yes – yes – this is the same Matt Hancock who saw fit to kiss his aide Gina Coladangelo in the middle of the afternoon in the Department of Health when he was meant to be focusing on pandemic management. Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Hancock said he couldn’t possibly comment on the apparent rule-breaking because he had been rather busy at the time saving lives. “The top priority is making sure lives are saved,” Matt Hancock (ever one to make personal capital from a global pandemic) said on the morning news. Although I note that as of this afternoon, Boris Johnson and his ministers were continuing to insist that no such party had taken place. Only the grubbiest travesty of “public service” would prevent them from doing the right thing. If any elected representative was present at such a tawdry party, they should resign. As black and white as life and death itself. A s I type this, feeling close to tears, not one single minister has been willing to publicly defend – or even describe – the government’s position on that party.

Rachel from the price is right