Matt Hancock's hopes of restoring his reputation lie in tatters
Henry Hill on the inews site
The former health secretary was not at the Covid inquiry to "bare his soul", writes Henry Hill on the inews site. He was there to "salvage his reputation". But "such figures as Patrick Vallance and Helen MacNamara have accused him of serially misleading people" and "asked why so many previous witnesses had called him a liar, the best Hancock could manage was that nobody had said that to him at the time". His reputation will be "washed away" by the inquiry.
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