The prime minister said he was “very disappointed” in his colleague’s decision to leave behind his constituents to appear on the reality show.

I’m a Celebrity final review – at least Matt the rat didn’t win

We have seen politicians take a break and come back, so even if he does take a break from politics it doesn’t mean that his political career is over. It doesn’t matter that Hancock came third on Sunday night, missing out to Jill Scott, who was crowned Queen of the Jungle. The Castle was built into a hill, subsequently the terrain is uneven with many steps, slopes and steep footpaths throughout the estate. I’m sure there’ll be plenty of short-term opportunities for chat shows and student nights and whatever. The majority of more than 12 million public votes went to Scott, the actual lioness who was part of England’s Euro-winning football team this summer.The former England footballer, 35, who was the bookies’ favourite to triumph, accrued the most votes from the public, with actor Owen Warner finishing second after both spent 23 days in camp.

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With all her fellow campmates watching, Scott took to her throne and after learning that 12 million people had voted, she said: “I think I’m going to owe my grandma a lot of money for the 12 million votes. On the plus side, the rat wasn’t the one who quit the sinking ship of the Conservative party before jumping on board a 20-year-old TV franchise that, if not sinking, then like Matt Hancock’s political career has a negligible future.Or maybe the truth is you’re neither normal nor a celebrity, just another weak man who ran away from his responsibilities and expected to be forgiven for doing so. It is a fact, however, that Hancock twice turned down I’m A Celebrity’s producers over the summer, only to change his mind after it became clear that there would be no place for him in Rishi Sunak’s government (a viral video of Sunak ignoring Hancock outside No 10 on the day that he was appointed Prime Minister seems to capture the exact moment that realisation hit). In a further attempt to burnish his alpha-male credentials, he will be seen in the New Year on Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins contest. Hancock lasted 21 days in the jungle camp, survived eight eliminations, 1,700 complaints to the broadcast regulator, Ofcom, a statement from the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group accusing him of “cashing in on his terrible legacy”, metabolised a cow’s anus and, most incredibly of all, was beaten by a Hollyoaks star. Nor am I saying that those who voted to keep Hancock in the jungle were morons with more disposable income than sense who witlessly endorsed a terrible politician trying to sanitise his toxic brand.

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She meant that, as the Observer reported, members of Hancock’s PR team were lobbying for votes on the I’m a Celebrity app – encouraging people to vote for him repeatedly and giving them step-by-step instructions how to do it, often using TikTok videos to court a younger demographic.After eating a witchetty grub in this final instalment, second-placed Owen Warner told Ant and Dec proudly: “It’s going down my windpipe. Everyone hated him for flouting the Government’s own social distancing rules to have an office grope with his mistress, before he publicly dumped his wife. His career was at a pretty low point and he didn’t have much to lose,” says Andrew Bloch, a leading PR adviser whose clients include Lord Sugar. He added: “I just wanted to show what I’m like as a person, lots of people come to me with preconceived ideas for lots of reasons.