Door Matt could only smile insincerely as Piers Morgan and Susannah Reid humiliated him for 20 minutes
It’s the new touchy-feely government. One that will smother you with promises of love even if it can’t keep you alive. There was no coincidence in the government ending its 201-day boycott of ITV’s Good Morning Britain on the first available day after wannabe hardmen Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain had been kicked out of No 10.
Nor was it a coincidence that it was Matt Hancock who was the member of the cabinet chosen to be the GMB whipping boy. To smile insincerely and nod his head from time to time as Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid humiliated him for more than 20 minutes. The health secretary is Boris Johnson’s go-to Door Matt. A person who commands almost as little authority inside the cabinet as he does outside. The harder he tries to become one of the in-crowd, the less respect he gets from his colleagues. The pathos is almost unbearable. He is the loser’s loser.
