Matt Hancock is “better at bushtucker trials, than clinical trials”, Greater Manchester’s mayor has said.
Andy Burnham said he did not think Hancock was a “bad person” but that his decision to appear on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! demonstrated “bad judgement”.
Speaking on BBC’s Question Time about Hancock’s time in the jungle, Burnham said: “He’s clearly better at showbiz than he is at politics…better at Bushtucker trials than clinical trials, for sure.”
He continued: “He’s not, in my view, a bad person, but it is a bad judgement because politicians should be about we – what’s good for us.
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“But this is all about me, isn’t it, me, me and my situation and a cost-of-living crisis for his constituents.
“(There) are things that he should be here answering for, not in the jungle trying to curry favour with other celebrities and the British public.”
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