1/. The many emotions of Matt Hancock

REMORSE: @MattHancock realises that the deliberately late lockdown increased the #COVID death toll by at least 20,000 & that the govt’s policy of transferring people from hospitals to care homes without testing also killed tens of thousands
2/. GUILT

Hancock is asked about failures with the contact tracing app, with testing, with providing PPE to frontline NHS staff, with doing checks in airports, with late introduction of masks & why he says he “didn’t know about asymptomatic transmission”!
3/. DISTRESS

@MattHancock is asked why billions of £ of #COVID19 contracts were fast-tracked to unqualified companies (including his neighbour’s) & why companies with links to #CambridgeAnalytica -
#Palantir & #FacultyAI - are running the NHS data store.
4/. SADNESS

After 9 months holding back the emotion, Hancock finally allows himself to break down in genuine tears...on live television

Is he crying for the 60,000+ Britons who’ve died of #COVID?

No! His tears are because he’s so “proud to be British”!
5/. FEAR:

Even in the face of mounting scandals & one of the highest #COVID19 death rates in the world, the govt was bullish

The only time the Cabinet seemed ruffled was when #Cummings’ trip to #BarnardCastle came out, as he was/is key to #PalantirPlan
6/. PRIDE:

“We’re clearly better than all other countries. That's why we approved the vaccine first & why this vaccine - developed by a Turkish-born German immigrant working for an American firm in Belgium - is a great British success" (via @larryandpaul)
7. COURAGE

Here @MattHancock is asked about his involvement the govt’s decision to award his local publican a multi-million pound PPE contract

Hancock shows his loyalty to his friend by denying all knowledge

The journalists can’t follow up & quickly move on to another scandal. https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1337096185912430594
8/. DANGEROUS INCOMPETENCE

“It is better to act sooner,” says @MattHancock before announcing that the govt are waiting till Boxing Day to do anything.

It’s like the deadly 3 week delay in March all over. #PalantirPlan #HerdImmunityScandal #COVID19
9/. TOE-CURLING AWKWARDNESS

@AndrewMarr9: Mr Hancock, you said the #COVID19 pandemic was under control.

@MattHancock: Yes

#MARR: Is It?

#HANCOCK: No

#MARR: Thank you, minister. Thank you so much.
10/. THE MANY SIDES OF @MattHancock - “Smouldering”

That awkward moment at a hen-do when you have to do a whip round to get enough cash to pay the stripper-gram to keep his clothes on!
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