I think Hancock was eliminated for this reason.
The notorious video had obviously been kept back to be released when the moment was "right" for the conspirators.
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The notorious video had obviously been kept back to be released when the moment was "right" for the conspirators.
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https://twitter.com/petermbenglish/status/1412123470595506181
It's all very Shakespearean, Caesar, knifed by senators at the base of the Curia in Pompeii.
And who stands to gain the most from this? (Putin?)
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And who stands to gain the most from this? (Putin?)
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It seems all too convenient that, just when the government decided to let the disease rip to appease its ERG/CRG backbenchers, a new health secretary was appointed.
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After all, Hancock had "gone native", inasmuch as he'd had so much exposure to public health advice that he'd started to understand the consequences, and therefore to oppose this lunacy.
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(I'm only defending him up to a limited point. He was not a good health secretary; and his folly in breaking the lockdown laws that he himself had opposed meant that he could no longer continue in post.)
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There are so many questions. Who were the conspirators who toppled him when it suited them? Was Javid among them?
Javid, after all, seemed remarkably well-prepared when he stepped into the role at very short notice.
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Javid, after all, seemed remarkably well-prepared when he stepped into the role at very short notice.
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So was Javid one of the conspirators?
Or was he just tipped off that he was likely to be appointed to the post?
Was he Brutus, Cassius, Mark Anthony, or entirely innocent?
Perhaps, one day, we will know.
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Or was he just tipped off that he was likely to be appointed to the post?
Was he Brutus, Cassius, Mark Anthony, or entirely innocent?
Perhaps, one day, we will know.
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