U.K. health minister resigns over breaking COVID-19 rules

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Britain's health minister Matt Hancock quit on Saturday after he was caught breaking COVID-19 rules by kissing and embracing an aide in his office, enraging colleagues and the public who have been living under lockdown.

The 42-year-old wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign after The Sun newspaper published photos of the married minister embracing a woman who he had appointed to a taxpayer-funded role to scrutinize the performance of his department.

Hancock has been at the centre of the government's fight against the pandemic, routinely appearing on the television and radio to tell people to follow the strict rules to contain the virus. "We owe it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down as I have done by breaching the guidance," he said in the letter."You should be immensely proud of your service," he wrote. "I am grateful for your support and believe that your contribution to public service is far from over."

The Sun showed Hancock kissing the aide in his office last month, at a time when it was against the rules for people to have intimate contact with a person outside their household.

 

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It'll be funny when the vax'd figure out they're no longer insured because of blood clots... driving, flying, life etc. Best of luck Sheople.

Maybe BC,Alberta, and Ottawa Public Health Officers and elected officials should do the same especially since they don't want people to wear masks anymore?

If only Kenney had the stones to do it.

For shame

I don’t there has been anyone who hasn’t broken the rules! Let’s face it! Those in glass houses should not throw stones!

Can’t fix Stupid

A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh…💋

'Those who make the rules have to follow them' and he didn't.

I guess he thought he was better than everyone else.

There are still people with decency left, how about Tam?

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