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If only Matt Hancock had listened to Michael Spicer in the room next door

If you didn’t see the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, having the journalistic fire held to his feet by Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain, you missed a really special moment in modern political interviewing. Here’s what happened.

What’s the human version of a deer in the headlights? Whatever it was before, from now on it’s going to be “Matt Hancock on GMB.” What makes it even better is that it has inspired Michael Spicer to create a “Room Next Door” version, and this one has a twist.

We can’t imagine the seismic effect of a member of the government making that speech. Here’s how people have been reacting to Michael’s video, which is well on its way to a million views within the past twenty-four hours.

Someone named Jane Wakefield had a tip for tweeters.

That has our vote.

Source: @MrMichaelSpicer Image: Michael Spicer, Twitter

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