So, another day, another minister caught having an affair. With the exotic sounding "Gina".
So what do we reckon? Given his boss hasn't exactly got a great record on the faithfulness front, will he survive? Or perhaps Boris will seize this moment to get rid of him?
I’ve never understood why someone having an affair means they should lose their job.
Tough one. It does give Johnson an opportunity to look a bit moral, but at the same time, if he did, it would make Johnson look like the biggest hypocrite in the country, what with the Arcuri thing and all.
Meh. What someone does in their private life is theirs, their wife's and their lover's situation to sort out.
Minor concern that as a lobbyist this may be an opening to have undue influence but as with Arcuri etc., seems that isn't a big enough thing to worry them about either.
The 'hired using tax money' is a non-story, if she's doing the job. I met my wife at work, it happens. I don't think she was hired because he was already having an affair, to me that would seem dumb but I've never been of that sort of devious mindset.
My cynical thought.....how much in the pocket is he over keeping his job that he's prepared to sign up to this 'look, Hancock's shagging his PA' expose / what is about to get buried under it?
What Drac says.
Unless of course they’re funnelling state funds towards them.
look, Hancock’s shagging his PA’ expose / what is about to get buried under it?
Yeah, did wonder about that one. What other news will be coming out today while we're all entertained with the sleaze?
And I'm torn as to whether or not an affair should be the end of his career. On the one hand, it is his private life, but on the other it's deceiptful behaviour (I assume he hid it from his wife) and do we really want a proven liar as a minister?
By definition anyone willing to be a politician is unfit to do the job.
I'm too cynical to think it's no coincidence that it's coming out now, but not Machiavellian enough to see why.
Will he survive? Of course he will, it'll be super easy, barely an inconvenience 😉
I’ve never understood why someone having an affair means they should lose their job.
I think if a politician is extolling marriage, faithfulness and family values, then they should resign in that circumstance.
If he gets fired for this that's a gross injustice
There's so many more things he should have been fired for
Wonder where the sun got this tip from?
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On the one hand, it is his private life, but on the other it’s deceiptful behaviour (I assume he hid it from his wife) and do we really want a proven liar as a minister?
Keeping your wife fully informed would not be normal behaviour, which would be more concerning to me.
What's the point of parliament if priapic porcine public schoolboys can't get a greasy grope? I mean, what real chance would Haircut Hancock have of getting a result down the Palais on a disco night?
I agree that in normal circumstances it shouldn't have anything to do with your job. But...
I think if a position is extolling marriage, faithfulness and family values, then they should resign in that circumstance.
...it’s deceiptful behaviour...
What happened to moral values?
There is only one sackable offence in the ENP and that is criticising the magnificence of Brexit.
Anything else goes.
As for Little Matty enjoying the 'privileges' of his office by dipping his wick, so what? I didn't expect anything different from such a jumped up little pillock anyway. I bet 'Gina' wouldn't have been so keen if Little Matty had been a run of the mill second hand car salesman, though. Which is what he really should be - if it wasn't for the inverse talent spotting process that is Brexit.
In many ways I think it’s entirely his business and no one else’s.
I’ve seen the headline but not read the details, but if he’s been twiddling his thumbs in the last year whilst all his fellow NHS colleagues have all been working our arses off and doing nothing but working hard or sleeping, then I will be a little disappointed
I've got one question
How the >>>> has he found the time to be chasing women.... it's not as if he's been bored with not much going on !!
do we really want a proven liar as a minister?
I see what you did there......
The issue is that she is a Special Advisor - so is an employee - and he is her boss. In any workplace that would mean that one of them would have to move jobs as a minimum.
That probably wouldn't mean anyone getting sacked in the real world, but there isn't really anywhere for either of them to go. I reckon she will resign
... question about how the Sun got CCTV footage from inside a Government Building. If Govt/Police find out who leaked that they will be in deep shit
If Govt/Police find out who leaked that they will be in deep shit
Given that a recent enquiry into the unsolved murder of a someone over 3 decades ago concluded that the Met is institutionally corrupt and the head of that organisation is still in position, I think it's more likely they'll get a promotion.
Mleh, all it needs is Johnson to announce a drive "back to basics" and it'll feel even more like the early 90's
In any workplace that would mean that one of them would have to move jobs as a minimum.
No it wouldn't.
I think if a politician is extolling marriage, faithfulness and family values, then they should resign in that circumstance.
I'm not sure any of them claim that nowadays. Partly because it would put Boris on the spot.
Anyone can have an affair, for any number of reasons, and it's for the parties involved to sort it out. Unless there's actual misuse of public money, I don't see it as a problem worth resigning for.
When it comes to being a serial shagger, I think that makes me worry that there's a deeper pattern of behaviour/psychological issue that might make someone unsuitable for certain roles. Prime Minister for example.
If Govt/Police find out who leaked that they will be in deep shit
Nothing, NOTHING, gets leaked without a reason .... I'm in the what should we really be focusing on camp..... Back hander deals for PPE to mates down the pub ?
Technically this affair should have been conducted at 2m distance and hug ban was still in force
What other news will be coming out today while we’re all entertained with the sleaze?
Likely that despite the green list everyone’s forgotten that the green list countries need to be willing to let Delta in before everyone can go on hols.
Or Lockdown 4.
In any workplace that would mean that one of them would have to move jobs as a minimum.
No it wouldn’t.
Certainly would in the Civil Service, and saw it happen in private companies before that. You don't report to a partner or close family member, especially if there's any financial work involved.
In any workplace that would mean that one of them would have to move jobs as a minimum.
No it wouldn’t
It would in anywhere I've worked. Not just affairs any sort of relationship.
He won't get sacked. Johnson needs him to be the scapegoat when the inquiry into the Government's response to the pandemic is published. He'll be axed then.
More and more I think this is Boris
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1408318263004704769?s=19
He's just gained a comma, between "f-ing" and "hopeless"
He won’t get sacked. Johnson needs him to be the scapegoat when the inquiry into the Government’s response to the pandemic is published. He’ll be axed then.
This. She’ll be moved on somewhere else, the Drac argument will be played (I don’t disagree btw) and this will be old news by next Wednesdays >20,000 cases / 3rd wave announcement.
Looks like he's got a good grip on this particular situation.
The enquiry won't be started for at least a year and then it will take at least another year to complete before being published at least a year after that - certainly not before the next general election. Hancock will be long gone before that.
Looks like he’s got a good grip on this particular situation.
Someone's on top of their brief(s)
Certainly would in the Civil Service
Not in the civil service departments I’ve worked / work in unless you compromised your DV’ing or you broke disciplinary code. Right to a private life in ECHR might also have some bearing on altering peoples careers over private matters
It would in anywhere I’ve worked. Not just affairs any sort of relationship.
Yeah may in some but not ‘any’ workplace.
How the >>>> has he found the time to be chasing women…. it’s not as if he’s been bored with not much going on !!
"Working late tonight love"
Someone’s on top of their brief(s)
#applause
So, another day, another minister caught having an affair. With the exotic sounding “Gina”.
It’s just occurred to me my brother did the same with a Gina. If I was talking to him I’d text him and ask him if his current wife has been working away from home recently.
Don't most workplace codes require such relationships to be disclosed (in confidence, to the employer) these days?
It's not him in that image, it's just some other bloke with male pattern baldness. After all he's too busy saving lives to get up to any shenanigans
I think the real question after studying that photo is:
Where can I buy cock & balls door handles?
he’s too busy saving lives
Point well made.
If proven of course he should be sacked from his position as Cabinet Minister for health.
Senior politicians engaging in secretive illicit affairs puts them very seriously at risk of manipulation and blackmail. It also casts serious doubt on their trustworthiness.
I think the public deserve better.
Edit : If true it comes as absolutely no surprise to me. I recall watching incredulously as Matt Hancock stood before cameras at the start of the pandemic telling barefaced lies. I suspect that lying and dishonesty is as ingrained in his personality as it in Johnson's.
It is slightly disappointing that there is not more of a kinky, salacious angle to this story like the tabloid God David Mellor. I was hoping that he might have been discovered dressing up in PPE or something.
He can't even do a Tory sex scandal well. ****ing hopeless!
The affair part is irrelevant, anybody is free to have an affair. The 2 questions that need to be addressed are;
Breaking government guidance - social distancing, hugging
Employing a friend - was this a fair interview process, was the friend really the best person for the job based on the interview process. The friend was also a lobbyist so that may be conflict of interest too.
The affair is very relevant.
It shows he's willing to be dishonest and therefore open to manipulation.
Now, whether he, his bosses or the voting public actually care is another thing. We already know he's willing to be dishonest as in holding shares and an enterprise that directly benefits from his position.
I feel slightly ill having used manipulation and position in a post about lil Matty's sex scandal.
"Minister for NHS fails workplace Heimlich assessment"
Senior politicians engaging in secretive illicit affairs puts them very seriously at risk of manipulation and blackmail
Doesn't that rely somewhat on the blackmailee being in possession of some sort of sense of shame or guilt?
you see... thats where the whole thing falls down
Saw her name and could think only of this. Please, someone with faceswap software do the decent thing.
What the hell is "exotic sounding" meant to mean, it sounds exactly like racism to me. @Mogrim, if that wasn't the meaning you were trying to communicate, perhaps you would like to clarify.
Oh, and shagging happens, it's great fun and if you no one is coerced into it or using it to get a job advantage, I can't see an issue.
Oh goody, another chance to divert our eyes towards Matt Hancock weeping on GMTV while the government get another 5 minutes of nobody looking at the utter balls up they continue to make of things in the name of "no losing face over Freedom Day and lets buy a pointless boat"
is the lady Priti Patel?
From elsewhere I've just seen
Hands
Face
Arse
What the hell is “exotic sounding” meant to mean, it sounds exactly like racism to me. @Mogrim, if that wasn’t the meaning you were trying to communicate, perhaps you would like to clarify.
You're reading far too much into this, it's not racism, just sounds foreign and vaguely exotic. Unless the fact that it conjures up (to me at least) images of dark-haired Italian women is racist, in which case guilty as charged.
sounds exactly like racism to me.
FFS
Grant Shapps has given an interview and insisted that everything is above board and Gina got her role following a "rigorous process".
Not the mental image I wanted this morning...
Mogrim isn't far off, and with a surname like "Coladangelo" he could be forgiven for the Italian assumption.
Oh, and shagging happens, it’s great fun and if you no one is coerced into it or using it to get a job advantage, I can’t see an issue.
So leaving his personal and professional judgment and conduct aside, we're totally fine that the Health Secretary has been conducting an affair with a director, shareholder and lobbyist for Luther Pendragon, a 'communications' agency that includes amongst its clients one that was recently awarded £2.5 million of public money for helping build the NHS Covid app? That's not in the slightest bit iffy?
I don't care about the affair in itself but how long has it been going on? Have they been braking COVID rules?
Hancock said that Ferguson was right to resign last year.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52553229
I did wonder if "exotic" was just trying to sell the story, or undermine the self confidence of any "plain Janes" or might be code for "foreign"
To be fair, if I was a plain Jane and worked with Hancock, I'd be mightily relieved to know he preferred his ladies to be "exotic"
Another boost in the polls for the Tories in this inverse reality we now live.
An exotic Italian name is not exotic in Italy.
I'd forgotten the Ferguson story - that does put a slightly different slant on his position.
An exotic Italian name is not exotic in Italy.
I'm pretty sure Westminster is not in Italy, however.
What the hell is “exotic sounding” meant to mean, it sounds exactly like racism to me.
Oh here we go. Who let the fundamentalist in?
on making her a non-executive director of the health department.....
A government spokesman said the appointment had been made "in the usual way"
requires a bit of clarification really - is that 'usual' in terms of the typical practices of our current government or 'usual' by anyone else's standards.
So leaving his personal and professional judgment and conduct aside, we’re totally fine that the Health Secretary has been conducting an affair with a director, shareholder and lobbyist for Luther Pendragon, a ‘communications’ agency that includes amongst its clients one that was recently awarded £2.5 million of public money for helping build the NHS Covid app? That’s not in the slightest bit iffy?
this
I don’t care about the affair in itself but how long has it been going on? Have they been braking COVID rules?
Hancock said that Ferguson was right to resign last year.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52553229
/blockquote>and this
Add a healthy dollop of being a useless **** -tard and I really do hope his wife is currently emptying his bank accounts and shredding his wardrobe. Because his boss is not going to do the job. He can't do the job and sack him because the level of hypocrisy required would melt the space time continuum.
https://news-24.fr/qui-est-lassistante-de-matt-hancock-gina-coladangelo/
Married, rich, successful in her own right and now famous. 🙂
Statement from Luther Pendragon this morning...
Media stories today concerning Gina Coladangelo contain a number of inaccuracies about Luther Pendragon. The facts are as follows:
Gina Coladangelo ceased to be an employee of Luther Pendragon in 2014 and resigned as a Director in 2017. She has no involvement in the day to day running of Luther Pendragon, nor does she carry out any client work on behalf of Luther Pendragon. She receives no remuneration from Luther Pendragon, and has not done so since she ceased being an employee. She is a minor, not a major, shareholder in Luther Pendragon. It is factually incorrect to suggest otherwise.
He was 'working round the clock'. Or something like that.
She has no involvement in the day to day running of Luther Pendragon, nor does she carry out any client work on behalf of Luther Pendragon. She receives no remuneration from Luther Pendragon, and has not done so since she ceased being an employee. She is a minor, not a major, shareholder in Luther Pendragon. It is factually incorrect to suggest otherwise.
Nicely written, definitely cleared by a lawyer, and noticeably none of that contradicts the possiblity that she was lobbying actively for them.
A friend of mine was, in part, first attracted to her now wife because of her ‘exotic accent’.
Said wife has a very strong Lancastrian accent.
The sad thing is he has a wife and three small kids, so the fallout isn't going to be pretty for many people.
Also, he has the small matter of trying to do his job.
Nicely written...
Would you expect anything else?
Luther Pendragon is a London-based communications agency with a 25 year track record of ensuring clients tell their stories to the people that matter.
Edit: I didn't realise he'd got 3 little kids. What a total ****ing ****!
The affair is very relevant.
It shows he’s willing to be dishonest and therefore open to manipulation.
Willing to be dishonest is a given as a Tory MP and willing to be dishonest is not going to stand up in court. Like I said, the key 2 points are;
- Breaking government guidance – social distancing, hugging
- Employing a friend. Was this a fair interview process, was the friend really the best person for the job based on the interview process. The friend was also a lobbyist so that may be conflict of interest too.
2 pages in & no one is curious about Matt's ability to attract women?
I mean look at him? He's a pathetic human.
Luther Pendragon establishing a bit of “please don’t link us to this debacle” distance I think.
Shows their view of it.
