The DoH was pushing really hard and the Cabinet Office and Downing Street were saying Look, we've just had an election and we have got to get Brexit done: could you and your pandemic just fuck off and stop irritating us.' They totally trivialised it and did not want to engage.
They realised that because many people found Hancock to be annoying, they could usefully make him a fall guy: Matt was irritating, yes.
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