So much for No. 10 considering the ‘case closed.’ Matt Hancock has resigned tonight after 48 hours of fury at his fling with his taxpayer funded aide and Oxford contemporary Gina Coladangelo. The Health Secretary decided just hours before the Sunday papers dropped to go, with Mr S understanding further revelations were on the way.
Earlier today Mr S himself went to the Department of Health to ask about whether Coladangelo had accompanied her former Exeter College mate back to their alma mater earlier this month to attend the pre G7 health ministers’ discussion held, coincidentally enough, on 3-4 July at Exeter College, Oxford. No reply was hence forthcoming.
Hancock has already released what is believed to be 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.
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