Boris Johnson may pay political price for not sacking Matt Hancock

Analysis: by protecting his health secretary, the PM has reminded voters of his own shortcomings

Matt Hancock was always going to have to resign, after those already notorious pictures of him embracing a colleague on taxpayers’ time emerged on Friday morning. The question now troubling senior Tories, is why didn’t Boris Johnson sack him?

Johnson had weathered several previous scandals by sending his spokesman out to say “the prime minister considers the matter closed,” including Priti Patel’s alleged bullying and Robert Jenrick’s relations with a Tory-supporting property developer.

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