that was pretty awful Max Hancock
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Kay Burley challenges UK health minister about misogyny and homophobia. Is he as bad as comes across?
Kay Burley challenges UK health minister about misogyny and homophobia. Is he as bad as comes across?
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His coinage for him is Mattbeth - presumably as one who is so far in blood that to return were tedious as go o'er.
(Seriously, how are the Tory party OK with this? I'm quite internationalist by temperament, but on the face of it, appointing an Australian citizen as a UK trade negotiator seems like Microsoft getting an Apple exec on a secondment to act as their Head of Sales ...)
Or something.
(Hancock can drown in a septic tank and that would be too good for him)
It fits in with a certain racialised conception of British identity that is common in some Tory circles (the same one that is really in favour of CANZUK).
Abbot is indefensible in just about anything. Please keep him there.
Who he? (Ed.)
Proof of this truth is evident in the skill and leadership shown by our government, elected by the Will of the People.
Jimmy Saville was an excellent fundraiser ...
Harold Shipman was a medical expert ...
Character matters.
There's the concept of Fit and Proper person, isn't there?
I don't think you're find many NHS employees who would agree with that.
In his defence, he is a significant improvement on his two immediate predecessors.
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Could he?
40,000+ deaths from COVID19 might disagree with that
I don't know, but a moment ago you seemed to think motivations were important enough to bring up.
I'd imagine it's not unlikely that some of the people he has to deal with professionally are women or LGBT.
Will he be conducting trade negotiations with Australia?
Sadly at the moment it looks like he'll fit right in.
True. Oddly I think it reflects that Hunt and Lansley were both actually very competent. They just had really bad ideas that they were very good at delivering. Sometimes incompetence is a saving grace...
Indeed but it's Lansley who gutted public health. In terms of crisis management, Hancock seemed to be less than useless but then it was Boris "in charge" anyway.
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I do not know him personally and politics has nothing to do with it although I recognise that supporters of some other parrties would be against anyone doing the job in this government . I have never met him and so he's not a friend. My opinion is based on what I have seen of him on the tv. I see him as a good man doing his best in a very difficult job
How many of these deaths do you hold him personally responsible for ?
I take exception to your last comment.
You fail to give Due Recognition to the leadership of ConDom Cummings The Farsighted, our Lord Protector's right hand, strength, and stay...it is He who is in charge, and not this worm 'Boris' of whom you speak.
I would call you to Hell, were we not there already, and there is insufficient room in this handbasket in any case.
If they're relevant to the matter at hand.
As long as when he's on the clock he stays professional and doesn't treat them any differently than he would anyone else then so what?
I doff my cap and humbly apologise....
Your naivety is terrific, but you are entitled to your opinion.
(No need to thank me for that, BTW).
He's only representing us in the context of a trade deal. If we wanted someone to represent our views on women or LGBT issues then we'd pick someone else.
Your apology is accepted, but please do not wave your arms about whilst doffing. The Unquenchable Fire, and the Worm that dieth not, are a bit too close for comfort...
That's a pretty big assumption, isn't it? Why does Abbott rate your vote of confidence that he'll behave in a way he has heretofore been unable to?
Given he isn’t a trade expert, I suspect that the connection with his reputation is somewhat stronger than the one between criticisms of the government and whether you feel someone is personally mean to the party in charge.
Although why we need to import a political toss-pots when we’ve got plenty of home grown ones is rather strange.
He sometimes come across as a somewhat hapless figure - on the other hand he has gone along with the low levels of self-enrichment which are apparently allowed these days, so I suspect the extent to which he is a significant improvement mainly hinges on doing less and being a Health Secretary at a time when the government wasn't so driven by cuts.
Your opinion is poor but you are entitled to your opinion.
(No need to thank me for that, BTW).