I usually stay away from commenting politics ( and religion!) online ( I don't feel sufficiently knowledgeable re specifics to debate convincingly ) but re Hancock -- I feel he means well but is out of his depth -- given the nature of the crisis he has been thrust uncomfortably into the limelight before he is a sufficiently seasoned politician. I may be naive , but I tend to therefore give him the benefit of the doubt. <going to hide under tin hat>
I’m with you, Desi. I don’t share the widespread disdain for politicians which is so often voiced. I certainly didn’t vote for them but I find it hard to generate anger about how the government is handling the crisis and, all in all, might award them 6/10.
What I find annoying is, after the prate from the podium sessions, the pretence of giving journalists a chance to ask questions with no real chance of asking follow-up questions before they move on to the next one.
It would be interesting to see what the scathing opinions would be of other political party members whom people donot support🧐🧐 Would they be the same, I wonder?
Political affiliation has absolutely no bearing on my opinion of Mr Hancock. In fact, the politicians I have most admired over the years have been those who, irrespective of party, have not changed their opinions to suit others. For example, I certainly don't support the opinions of Dennis Skinner but do admire his refusal to bow to anybody.
Matt Hancock, whatever you think of him, has been working non-stop and has been in the public eye since about February and I'm not sure he's had much time off at all. I would imagine he must by now be feeling absolutely exhausted with the stress of it all, so personally I can excuse him 'some waffle'. Could any of us have done any better?
I've worked in Bolsover. Rough doesn't cover it. Good chip shop. Bad drugs problem. The beast actually lives in South Normanton, just off Jct 28 M1, round the corner from my brother. All part of the same constituency, but Worlds apart. As a constituency MP, he did wonderful things for many downtrodden people.
That's good to know @Punkdoc. I think it's totally out of order to criticise somebody who's very obviously been working as hard as he has. Nobody can get it right all of the time.
Matt Hancock, whatever you think of him, has been working non-stop and has been in the public eye since about February and I'm not sure he's had much time off at all. I would imagine he must by now be feeling absolutely exhausted with the stress of it all, so personally I can excuse him 'some waffle'. Could any of us have done any better?
If his waffling was new I also might excuse it. Unfortunately he has done it from Day 1.
Maybe he's trying to emulate his leader. I've just watched the latest Boris Briefing and the difference between the presnetation by Boris and that by Jonathan Van Tam was amazing. One gives clear, concise, easily understandable information, the other is Boris.
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Political affiliation has absolutely no bearing on my opinion of Mr Hancock. In fact, the politicians I have most admired over the years have been those who, irrespective of party, have not changed their opinions to suit others. For example, I certainly don't support the opinions of Dennis Skinner but do admire his refusal to bow to anybody.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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