Fergus Finlay: Matt Hancock was a complete dope

Matt Hancock didn’t resign over his hypocrisy, stupidity, the allegations of corruption, his incompetence. He resigned because he had been caught on camera over a breach of social distance guidelines
Fergus Finlay: Matt Hancock was a complete dope

Matt Hancock resigned as UK Health Secretary after being caught on CCTV having a passionate embrace with a colleague.

It’s one of my favourite scenes from Father Ted. Because Mrs Doyle is dying to win Eoin McLove’s poetry competition, Ted writes a poem for her and sends it to the show. But it’s Mrs Doyle’s poem – the one that begins “Eoin McLove has a happy face” – that’s read out.

Dougal is nonplussed, and utters the immortal line “I’m hugely confused Ted”. 

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