Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s attempt to make a full return to public life has failed miserably following uproar around his job offer at the United Nations (UN). After being appointed as an adviser to African nations less than a week ago, Hancock has already had the offer withdrawn because of a technicality. MailOnline has the story.
The shamed ex-Health Secretary, who stepped down after his affair with aide Gina Coladangelo in June, was told his role as a UN special representative was “not being taken forward” in an embarrassing climbdown for all involved.
The unpaid job offer was revoked on a technicality just days after it was offered, following stinging criticism by leading figures across Africa and U.K. opposition parties.
Mr Hancock, 42, had planned to balance his roles as a Tory backbencher while working with the international aid giant, after he was offered the role by General Vera Songwe for his “success” in handling the U.K.’s pandemic response.
But on Friday, a UN spokesman confirmed that Mr. Hancock’s appointment was not going to be “taken forward” after it emerged sitting Members of Parliament could not simultaneously serve as UN special representatives. …
Speaking on the role, Mr. Hancock told MailOnline: “I was honoured to be approached by the UN and appointed as Special Representative to the Economic Commission for Africa, to help drive forward an agenda of strengthening markets and bringing investment to Africa.
“The UN have written to me to explain that a technical UN rule has subsequently come to light which states that sitting Members of Parliament cannot also be UN Special Representatives.
“Since I am committed to continuing to serve as MP for West Suffolk, this means I cannot take up the position.
“I look forward to supporting the UN ECA in their mission in whatever way I can in my Parliamentary role.”
MailOnline understands Mr. Hancock controversially won backing for the job thanks to Nimko Ali, a campaigner against female genital mutilation who is a close friend of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie.
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So dishonour, dishonesty, dissimulation and deceit aren’t sought-after qualifications for a UN position? Well, that’s a surprise.
UN = United Nazis. Why Hancock placed his trust in these 7th century savages is beyond me. He must have sunk so low….only the Soros’ outfit Open Democracy or GreenPeace are lower and I can’t imagine he would go there,
Any Somalis in West Suffolk? Asking for a friend.
Reassuring that the global Neo-Technocracy can still make the most basic of administrative and tactical mistakes despite their master plan, ‘artificial intelligence’, big tech, fear mongering and £billions.
I don’t think it was a ‘mistake’. There’s bound to be method in their madness – if it’s madness rather than carefully calculated manipulation.
“It was Thomas Edison who brought us electricity, not the Sierra Club. It was the Wright brothers who got us off the ground, not the Federal Aviation Administration. It was Henry Ford who ended the isolation of millions of Americans by making the automobile affordable, not Ralph Nader. Those who have helped the poor the most have not been those who have gone around loudly expressing ‘compassion’ for the poor, but those who found ways to make industry more productive and distribution more efficient, so that the poor of today can afford things that the affluent of yesterday could only dream about.” – T. Sowell
The UN, members of any parliament, are NOT the people to organise any economic recovery of any country, especially Africa. Such people have inflated ideas about their importance and assume authority. Anyway, the UN wants to be the new World Government or rather a department of the CCP. Matt would be good there as he’s had practice implementing CCP policy over the last 18 months.
Also, appointing white saviour Hancock, bit racis’ surely?
One of the elements missing from the debate has been the failure of the UN and WHO in particular to provide leadership on Covid. They might have helped make a difference to the global response to the pandemic instead of fanning the flames of panic and offering posts to hapless idiots like Hancock.The influence of the Gates Foundation which funds a lot of WHO programnes should also be subject to greater scrutiny.
WHO is directly responsible. With Fauci and the rest of the evil greedy creeps.
But why do you think it wasn’t intentional, this ”fanning of the flames” and the manipulation of puppets? And who could ”scrutinise” Gilly Bates et al without being bought off? That sounds like the ”old normal” way of doing things.
So committed to his Constituents he thought it would be nice to spend far more time out of the country, having jollies in Africa.
He can’t help lying …..
A man with so much to answer for. It’s a disgrace that he remains an MP.
Or an MP!
Don’t worry they will find something for this gentleman to do. They take care their own.
What on earth is Stand in the Park?
Google it. Weekly meetings held in parks across the nation on a Sunday morning, usually 10.00, for those of a sceptic nature to get together for support, friendship and planning…..
Two things: 1. I find it strange that a rule presumably written to reduce obvious conflicts of interest is dismissed as a “technicality”. 2. In the previous article, (did the Johnsons breach the Covid restrictions last Christmas?), we see the name of one Nimco Ali. The same person, but misspellt perhaps?
“a campaigner against female genital mutilation who is a close friend of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie”
So, I can, at last, agree with the royal couple on something, but it’s a shame they’re taking a sexist line on it.
Could not happen to a nicer cunt
I wish I had a funny and/or pertinent comment to make about this matter but my hatred of this guy is such that it’s bumming me out even trying to compose one.
There is a place for him at the UN, in front of a human rights Committee, attempting to defend himself on charges of murder, fraud and coercion.
After which he can have a job dangling from the end of a noose as far as I’m concerned.
Pull the other one, John, it’s got bells on.
The elite/establishment has no shame, so this piece of filth will be back in some other (if not the same) meaningless role before you know it.
‘The unpaid job offer was revoked on a technicality just days after it was offered, following stinging criticism by leading figures across Africa and U.K. opposition parties.’
Ask yourselves, where was the discernment prior to this ‘stinging criticism’? Why would anyone with half an ounce of moral fibre even consider such a specimen for any role?
Oh no, we have not seen the last of this wanker.
Where was the UK press in reporting said ‘stinging criticism . . . across Africa and UK opposition parties’?
Quite. Party politics aside, I’m struggling to recall any objective and meaningful criticism of this tyrant and his actions in the wake of this ‘appointment’.
Baffling that he was ever offered the post in the first place.
Well I suppose they have to put him somewhere. So many ‘jobs’ that entail doing nothing of any value but a fancy title and a humungous salary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4uivPpzCGo
Apparently there was a dispute about his salary.
The UN said they would pay him what he was worth but Midazolam Matt wasn’t prepared to work for nothing.
Lol. McLovin it.
So true though.
I will console myself with the albeit unlikely possibility that the UN don’t want to be associated with a future convicted criminal.
I suspect it’s full of them already.
Prime Minister Nut Nuts Antoinette must go immediately.
Boris Johnson too.
Carrie Antoinette has a ring to it.
In fact the Prime Minister is called Vallance.
I wish my German was good enough that I could spell “Schadenfreude”! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahh
A huge sigh of relief from the people of the African nations, I suspect.
You beat me to it.
Had to be said.
The people of the continent of Africa heave a sigh of relief and exclaim:
Thank F. for that.
The definition of taking the piss..
for his “success” in handling the U.K.’s pandemic response.
The director of Wokesters Wanting to Vaxx the World should consider taking his own advice about British politicians: You, mister, are a British politician and a failed one as you didn’t manage to get elected. Hence, Africa and – for that matter – all of the rest of the world can do beautifully without your opinions on anyhting.
It’s just a little technical UN rule, the article seems to suggest. Doesn’t Parliament have little technical rules?
“ … he was offered the role by General Vera Songwe for his “success” in handling the U.K.’s pandemic response.”
F. me. This time, I am speechless.
Spin doctors in charge here.
They’ve decided it will look too soon for the new post.
Rest assured, Hancock’s Reset chums have a vacancy lined up for him once the dust settles.
Absolute confirmation of the Peter Principle.
Christ on a bike, this Twat could have been our Prime Minister.
How lucky it is that we avoided him and got err….
Carrie.
Cue the violins: how one weeps for the poor man! Not!
Who?