Listen: Matt Hancock’s flip-flop on prorogation

It may not seem long ago that the Tory leadership candidate Matt Hancock was positioning himself as a key opponent of the frontrunner Boris Johnson, and saying ‘f*** f*** business’ in contrast to Johnson’s alleged ‘f*** business’ remark.

A key thing has changed since then though: with Johnson’s victory looking increasingly likely, Conservative MPs have begun jockeying for the Cabinet positions that will soon be available in his next government. Which may explain why Hancock, after being booted out of the leadership contest, suddenly lined up behind his former opponent, and with his eye on the Chancellor position, became a key cheerleader for Johnson in the press.

Unfortunately, Hancock’s previous remarks about Boris and his Brexit position came back to haunt him this morning, when he appeared on Radio 4 to support Johnson’s campaign.

The interview didn’t exactly start well.