Matt Hancock resigned from his ministerial role for breaking social distancing guidelines, to put it tactfully. The politician resigned after footage of him kissing his aide Gina Colangelo in his office while coronavirus was at large was released by the press, and anyone with a shred of empathy will agree it is one of the more embarrassing ways to be forced out of office. Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletterBut what happened next did not betray the signs of a man humbled.
No, Hancock did not leave public life with dignity, but instead embarked on a conveyor belt of rebrands and embarassing moments, a voyage he is still embarking on despite the inevitable mockery each attempt triggers.
We can only admire his thick skin. When Hancock set up a fundraising page for the London Marathon, he probably expected to receive the usual reaction such a page creates - a few tenners from friends and family and some "good luck Matty!" comments.
Instead, he was inundated with trolls, spoof messages, and NSFW roasting. What a nightmare. Running clearly hadn't endeared him to the nation once more, so a month later he released a video that he perhaps thought would.
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