Matt Hancock is about to put in writing a ‘How I Received The Covid Struggle’ guide on his ‘heroic’ function within the UK vaccine marketing campaign.
The previous well being secretary is in talks with HarperCollins over a blow-by-blow account of ‘heated’ lockdown rows with ministers, aides, scientists and medics.
The guide, which may earn him an advance of £100,000, will permit him to dispute claims that he was guilty for key blunders within the pandemic in addition to push his case for a Cupboard comeback.
It’s understood he’ll hit again at former No 10 aide Dominic Cummings who has accused him of incompetence and mendacity.
Matt Hancock is about to put in writing a ‘How I Received The Covid Struggle’ guide on his ‘heroic’ function within the UK vaccine marketing campaign. The previous well being secretary is in talks with HarperCollins over a blow-by-blow account of ‘heated’ lockdown rows with ministers, aides, scientists and medics. (Above, the then-Well being Secretary throughout a press convention in January 2021)
Mr Hancock is eager to withstand strain to make use of the guide to explain the affair with aide Gina Coladangelo (collectively, left, in September 2019) that led to his resignation in June – or the leaked picture of their kiss (proper, inside his ministerial workplace in Might) that ended his marriage
The guide, which may earn Mr Hancock an advance of £100,000, will permit him to dispute claims that he was guilty for key blunders within the pandemic in addition to push his case for a Cupboard comeback. It’s understood he’ll hit again at former No 10 aide Dominic Cummings (pictured) who has accused him of incompetence and mendacity
In accordance with insiders, he’ll gasoline their vicious confrontation with the explosive declare that Mr Cummings’ ‘harmful antics’ delayed the vaccine breakthrough.
They counsel he will even take goal at EU Fee president Ursula von der Leyen over Covid jab rows.
Mr Hancock final evening informed the Mail: ‘I’ve been approached to put in writing a guide, however no choices have been made.’
He’s stated to need it printed simply earlier than the official Covid inquiry begins within the spring.
He intends to painting himself in a ‘heroic mild’ and ‘get his model of occasions on the market’ earlier than he faces the inquiry.
A well-placed supply stated: ‘Matt paints an image of a person burning the midnight oil evening after evening, staying cool below fireplace, saving the NHS and rising above petty Downing Road squabbles.
Mr Hancock final evening informed the Mail: ‘I’ve been approached to put in writing a guide, however no choices have been made.’ He intends to painting himself in a ‘heroic mild’ and ‘get his model of occasions on the market’ earlier than he faces the inquiry. (Above, Mr Hancock with Gina Coladangelo in Manchester in 2019, attending the Conservative Occasion Convention)
‘Should you consider the guide, the vaccine is all right down to him for backing it in opposition to all odds, treating anti-vaxxers with contempt and profitable over a sceptical public.’
He’s stated to be planning to ‘exit of his solution to be flattering’ about Boris Johnson, seen by some as an additional signal that he’s decided to win again his seat around the Cupboard desk – and the £140,000 wage that comes with it.
Mr Hancock is eager to withstand strain to make use of the guide to explain the affair with aide Gina Coladangelo that led to his resignation in June – or the leaked picture of their kiss that ended his marriage.
In a separate growth, this newspaper has discovered new particulars of Mr Hancock’s go to to the HQ of the healthcare agency that paid fellow disgraced ex-minister Owen Paterson £500,000 – and received £500million of Covid contracts from Mr Hancock.
Mr Hancock’s go to to Randox in March 2019 was organized by Mr Paterson who resigned as an MP final week after being discovered responsible of breaking lobbying guidelines for the agency.
Mr Hancock is claimed to be planning to ‘exit of his solution to be flattering’ about Boris Johnson, seen by some as an additional signal that he’s decided to win again his seat around the Cupboard desk – and the £140,000 wage that comes with it. (Pictured, Mr Hancock offers a Covid replace on November 26, 2020)
In accordance with insiders, Mr Hancock will even take goal at EU Fee president Ursula von der Leyen over Covid jab rows. (Above, Ursula von der Leyen at COP26 in Glasgow this month)
A smiling Mr Hancock was photographed alongside Randox boss Peter FitzGerald, each males sporting a lab coat with a Randox emblem. Labour has known as for an investigation into whether or not Mr Paterson was linked to Randox profitable the £500million deal.
Mr Paterson additionally took half in a cellphone name with well being minister Lord Bethell and Mr FitzGerald in April 2020 when Randox received its first Covid testing contract, price £133million.
Mr Hancock later defended the corporate when 750,000 of its testing kits made in China purchased primarily for care houses within the UK needed to be recalled as a result of they weren’t sterile.
Former lobbyist and evening membership supervisor Lord Bethell, who gave £5,000 to Mr Hancock’s 2019 Tory management marketing campaign, was made a well being minister by him in March 2020.
Three days after his appointment he supplied a Lords move to Miss Coladangelo. An inquiry cleared the peer of wrongdoing.
