Matt Hancock’s been defending Tony Abbott to Kay Burley again and it’s even worse than last time

John Plunkett. Updated September 9th, 2020

You might remember a little while ago health secretary Matt Hancock went viral with his attempts to justify to Kay Burley the government’s decision to hire former Australian PM (and homophobe and misogynist) Tony Abbott as a trade envoy.

Well he’s been back on the Sky News breakfast show so naturally Burley asked him about it again. And it went even worse than last time.

Health Sec, @MattHancock: “Tony Abbott’s sister, who is herself homosexual, said those accusations are wrong.”

“What about the former Australian PM who said he was a misogynist, should we listen to her?”@MattHancock: “Well I’m not that close to Aus politics”.#KayBurley

JJ pic.twitter.com/2w0ljcNITU

— Kay Burley (@KayBurley) September 9, 2020

And these are our 4 favourites things people said about that.

Round two of this is arguably even more catastrophic for Hancock than round one. https://t.co/B3XY3LWHbV

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) September 9, 2020

I'd happily watch a daily series in which Kay Burley quizzes an uncomfortable-looking Matt Hancock about moral contradictions. https://t.co/1In4k9ED7R

— Peter Walker (@peterwalker99) September 9, 2020

The way he petulantly smirks when behaving in such an incompetent and immoral manner is quite something pic.twitter.com/hpEpUNL5JY

— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) September 9, 2020

https://twitter.com/SpillerOfTea/status/1303621073511030785?s=20

Source @KayBurley