Well I'd agree that it's difficult to get a 'considered view' about anything from BoJo. But “totally fucking hopeless” does not leave a lot of wiggle room.Jesse Norman, a Treasury minister, was doing the morning interview round on behalf of the government earlier and in his appearances he dismissed the revelation that Boris Johnson had described [Secretary of State for Health and Social Care] Matt Hancock as “totally fucking hopeless” in a text last year. Norman told the Today programme:
"The prime minister obviously, as anybody would detect, is a massive supporter of the health secretary, he’s coming firmly behind him. There can be no question of loss of confidence.”
Norman also argued that the message, revealed by Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s former chief adviser, had been sent “in the middle of the biggest economic and public health catastrophe for a century” and he said it was just “a tiny snapshot of one side of the story without any context”, implying it did not represent Johnson’s considered view of Hancock.
On rereading and checking this before posting I noticed this gem: " . . . he’s coming firmly behind him." Is there something else we should be told? Inquiring minds want to know.
