att Hancock was suspended as a Tory MP on Tuesday after reportedly agreeing to participate in I’m A Celeb…Get Me Out of Right here!
Chief Whip Simon Hart MP stated: “Following a dialog with Matt Hancock, I’ve thought-about the state of affairs and imagine this can be a matter critical sufficient to warrant suspension of the whip with quick impact.”
It got here as Rishi Sunak criticised Mr Hancock for happening the ITV present in the course of a worsening cost-of-living disaster.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman stated: “The Prime Minister believes that at a difficult time for the nation, MPs needs to be working arduous for his or her constituents, whether or not that’s within the Home (of Commons) or certainly of their constituency.”
The previous Well being Secretary is anticipated to be considered one of two latecomers to affix ten celebrities already heading for the jungle in Australia, in line with the Solar.
Nadine Dorries additionally had the whip suspended when she took half within the present a decade in the past.
Nevertheless, an ally of the previous well being secretary stated taking part within the present will permit him to attach with “youthful generations”.
They stated: “There are lots of methods to do the job of being an MP.
“Whether or not he’s in camp for one-day or three weeks, there are only a few locations individuals will have the ability to see a politician as they are surely.
“The place higher to point out the human facet of those that make these selections than with probably the most watched programme on TV?
“Politicians like Matt should go to the place the individuals are – notably those that are politically disengaged.
“Matt’s of the view that we should embrace fashionable tradition. Slightly than trying down on actuality TV, we must always see it for what it’s – a strong software to get our message heard by youthful generations.”
A TV insider instructed The Solar: “Matt is a sensational signing for the present as producers love a star with a narrative to inform – they usually all the time hope they’ll spill the beans around the campfire.
“He’s the newest in an extended line of figures from the political sphere, together with MP Nadine Dorries, Stanley Johnson and MP Lembit Opik.”
Mr Hancock resigned as Well being Secretary in June final 12 months the day after video footage emerged of him kissing an aide in his ministerial workplace in a breach of coronavirus restrictions.
He backed Rishi Sunak for the management in the summertime and final week however was not introduced again into authorities.
The opposite latecomer to I’m A Celeb was reported to be comic Seann Walsh, 36.
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The road-up of 10 celebrities already on the present embrace singer Boy George, Coronation Road actress Sue Cleaver, Hollyoaks’ Owen Warner, Love Island’s Olivia Attwood, former England rugby participant Mike Tindall, TV presenter Scarlette Douglas, Free Ladies’s Charlene White, Radio X host Chris Moyles, England soccer participant Jill Scott and comic Babatunde Aléshé.
Mr Hancock couldn’t be contacted for remark.