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Matt Hancock’s Pandemic Diaries – Vanity project from a man who didn’t keep a pandemic diary
Matt Hancock’s account of the Covid-19 crisis while serving as British health secretary is a vanity project that feels deeply suspicious, and the ‘I’m A Celebrity’ contestant doesn’t miss the opportunity to settle a few old scores
Matt Hancock had a hard time getting his British government colleagues to understand Covid-19 as well as he did. Barely a week into 2020, according to his newly published “diaries”, the then Secretary of State for Health warned Boris Johnson about a worrying new virus emanating from China. “You keep an eye on it,” the prime minister breezily instructed him. “It’ll probably go away.”
Almost anyone who picks up this book will have preconceptions about ...
