Thread by @paulwaugh

.@bbcnickrobinson rightly focusing on why @BorisJohnson did not sack @MattHancock.
It's a question that needs answering.

Justice Secretary @RobertBuckland says: "He resigned because he considered the matter carefully. He could see that the issue of credibility was one that was really majoring.."

Buckland says "you're dancing on the head of a pin", when asked why Hancock resigned but wasn't sacked.

Of course, we political hacks are more than familiar with the concept of a minister "being resigned" rather than "being sacked" [ie they were sacked but allowed to save face by calling it a resignation].
It seems that didn't happen in Hancock's case.