The sound of beating drums and incoming helicopters usually means one thing, it’s the return of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here… Unusually, this year Ant and Dec seemed to have switched the celebrities for MPs.
Yes, the stomach cringing memes are true. Conservative MP Matt Hancock has decided to enter the I’m A Celeb jungle.
Hancock is expected to arrive in the jungle as a latecomer meaning fellow campmates (Boy George, Charlene White, Mike Tindall etc.) will not likely be aware of their incoming new buddy.
Being exposed by CCTV footage having an affair with another member of staff would have been Hancock’s biggest blunder to date. But sidestepping Westminster for the Australian outback might just surpass that.
Jetting off to sunny Australia while his constituents are home fighting a cost-of-living crisis. Matt Hancock has no business going on reality TV, certainly not when parliament is sitting. MPs have a very important day job - serving the British public.
After that awkward interaction, it was clear Hancock had no place in Rishi Sunak’s government. His ambition to rehabilitate his public image landed him in Australia. But by doing so he has already missed important votes including on the triple lock for pensioners.
It’s incredibly convenient he’s decided to remain absent as the Covid-19 public inquiry is due to begin soon. Especially given he was the former health secretary who oversaw the pandemic, he should be held accountable here in Britain.
Of course, politicians can appear on television. They should be visible and be held accountable, but there’s a big difference between an interview on Good Morning Britain and deciding between Kangaroo anus and vomit fruit smoothies.
All will be revealed as for the next three weeks, his fortune rests in the public’s hands. Regrettably, it’s not a general election just yet. But based on previous appearances by politicians, he’s in for a tough ride.
This is that man from celebs in the jungle