Only the Woke are too meek to take credit for someone else’s positive act, a modern Conservative understands the world differently. They understand that to govern a country is to lead and if you are leading then the buck stops with you, before a part of it passes on to someone who backed you for office.
We all knew Matt Hancock was being selective with the truth when he claimed to have resigned. In principle he behaved correctly, but in practice he was not near bold enough. To have really nailed his departure he needed to front up behind the 10 Downing Street briefing podium and told the unwashed that it was their fault he was leaving. How was he expected to end the pandemic when the public could not follow simple directives communicated clearly?
Some even suspect his other recent act, walking out on his wife and children Thursday night, and scurrying for cover, to be an act of bold cowardice. Get out Matt! Do not stay indoors to face the heat of the trouble and strife, oh and the children. Drive that coach and horses through their lives and be done with it. A stitch in time and so forth.
We are not here to comment on that. Brandon Lewis has already explained that Mr Hancock put his family first. He did, in exactly the same way that Mr Johnson has put each and every one of his numerous families first. The actions speak for themselves.
We come now to the disputed part of this tale of strong and stable governance.
Did Matt Hancock resign or as in Mr Johnson’s claim today was he fired by the PM?
Clearly to do this Mr Johnson would have had to have invented a time machine from empty wine crates. Returned to last Friday and intervened with his past self before his younger incarnation could give Mr Hancock his full support and accept his apology. None of this is beyond the realms of credibility. Let Mr Johnson govern as he sees fit.
And when the Prime Minister makes other bold claims, such as to have actually invented lying, take his claim at face value and then do a lateral flow test, if you can find one.
