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Political reporter, BBC News
Matt Hancock supported threatening to block a disability centre in a
Tory MP's constituency in a bid to get him to vote for the Covid tier
system in England, leaked messages suggest.
WhatsApp messages show Mr Hancock agreed to put pressure on James Daly, >Conservative MP for Bury North, if he failed to vote with the government.
Mr Hancock's spokesperson said: "What has been accused here never happened."
Mr Daly said he was "very disappointed" to learn about the exchange.
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However, speaking to BBC Radio Manchester, he said the threat was not
carried out.
Asked how he would have responded if such a conversation had taken
place, the MP said: "I would have told him where to go, and reported
matters to a higher authority.
"To think somebody would use potential funding that could help someone >vulnerable in our community to get votes for the government is just not >acceptable."
Ex-Conservative Party chair Sir Jake Berry accused Mr Hancock of
"weaponising the provision of care to young disabled people" and said it >"crosses a line of what's acceptable in public life".
He said the former health secretary had been "drunk on power".
Hancock messages suggest plan to frighten public
Texts show Hancock concern at isolation relaxation
In messages leaked to the Daily Telegraph, Mr Hancock's political aide
Allan Nixon suggested putting pressure on MPs elected in 2019 whose >"re-election hinges" on central government funding.
Mr Nixon proposed warning Mr Daly that funding for a new centre for
disabled children and adults in his constituency would be "off the
table" if he voted against new plans for a stricter tiered lockdown on 1 >December 2020.
Mr Hancock replied: "Yes 100%."
Mr Daly told the Telegraph he was unaware the Department for Health and >Social Care had plans to give Bury North a disability hub, which would >provide specialists with a dedicated centre for co-ordinating local
activity.
Under the December 2020 tier scheme, every area of England was put into
one of three tiers - medium (one), high (two) and very high (three) -
with the vast majority of the population in the higher two tiers.
According to the paper, leaked messages show Mr Daly was more concerned
with support for pubs in areas placed in the higher tiers because they
were unable to serve food.
Under the system, bars in tier two were only allowed to stay open if
they served "substantial meals", while those in tier three could only
provide takeaways or deliveries.
A bar worker in a facemask during the Covid pandemic
IMAGE SOURCE,EPA
Image caption,
The tier system put restrictions on how pubs and restaurants could operate >MPs eventually backed the government's plans for the tier system by 291
votes to 78 despite a large rebellion by Tory MPs - including Mr Daly.
Fifty-five Conservatives voted against the plan - the largest rebellion
of then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson's time in No 10.
A spokesperson for Mr Hancock said the message exchange was an "entirely >partial account".
"The missing context here is vitally important because this vote was
critical for saving lives," the spokesperson added.
"What's being accused here never happened, demonstrating the story is
wrong, and showing why such a biased, partial approach to the evidence
is a bad mistake, driven by those with a vested interest and an axe to
grind.
"The right place to consider everything about the pandemic objectively
is in the public inquiry."
The BBC has not been able to independently verify the messages.
The texts are the latest release from more than 100,000 WhatsApp
messages leaked to the Telegraph by journalist Isabel Oakeshott.
line
The WhatsApp leaks
A collection of more than 100,000 messages sent between former Health >Secretary Matt Hancock and other ministers and officials at the height
of the Covid-19 pandemic have been obtained by the Telegraph. Here are
some of our stories on the leaks:
Text leak shows people in quarantine hotels mocked
Messages reveal battle over Covid school policy
Rees-Mogg had Covid test couriered during shortage
Hancock denies claim he rejected care home advice
Covid hearings begin in court of public opinion
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Hancock backed pressuring MP into voting for lockdown, messages reveal Published
4 hours ago
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Coronavirus pandemic
Media caption,
Watch: Matt Hancock WhatsApp message row in 83 seconds
By Sam Francis
Political reporter, BBC News
Matt Hancock supported threatening to block a disability centre in a
Tory MP's constituency in a bid to get him to vote for the Covid tier
system in England, leaked messages suggest.
WhatsApp messages show Mr Hancock agreed to put pressure on James Daly, Conservative MP for Bury North, if he failed to vote with the government.
Mr Hancock's spokesperson said: "What has been accused here never
happened."
Mr Daly said he was "very disappointed" to learn about the exchange.
ADVERTISEMENT
However, speaking to BBC Radio Manchester, he said the threat was not
carried out.
Asked how he would have responded if such a conversation had taken
place, the MP said: "I would have told him where to go, and reported
matters to a higher authority.
"To think somebody would use potential funding that could help someone vulnerable in our community to get votes for the government is just not acceptable."
Ex-Conservative Party chair Sir Jake Berry accused Mr Hancock of
"weaponising the provision of care to young disabled people" and said it "crosses a line of what's acceptable in public life".
He said the former health secretary had been "drunk on power".
Hancock messages suggest plan to frighten public
Texts show Hancock concern at isolation relaxation
In messages leaked to the Daily Telegraph, Mr Hancock's political aide
Allan Nixon suggested putting pressure on MPs elected in 2019 whose "re-election hinges" on central government funding.
Mr Nixon proposed warning Mr Daly that funding for a new centre for
disabled children and adults in his constituency would be "off the
table" if he voted against new plans for a stricter tiered lockdown on 1 December 2020.
Mr Hancock replied: "Yes 100%."
Mr Daly told the Telegraph he was unaware the Department for Health and Social Care had plans to give Bury North a disability hub, which would provide specialists with a dedicated centre for co-ordinating local
activity.
Under the December 2020 tier scheme, every area of England was put into
one of three tiers - medium (one), high (two) and very high (three) -
with the vast majority of the population in the higher two tiers.
According to the paper, leaked messages show Mr Daly was more concerned
with support for pubs in areas placed in the higher tiers because they
were unable to serve food.
Under the system, bars in tier two were only allowed to stay open if
they served "substantial meals", while those in tier three could only
provide takeaways or deliveries.
A bar worker in a facemask during the Covid pandemic
IMAGE SOURCE,EPA
Image caption,
The tier system put restrictions on how pubs and restaurants could operate MPs eventually backed the government's plans for the tier system by 291
votes to 78 despite a large rebellion by Tory MPs - including Mr Daly.
Fifty-five Conservatives voted against the plan - the largest rebellion
of then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson's time in No 10.
A spokesperson for Mr Hancock said the message exchange was an "entirely partial account".
"The missing context here is vitally important because this vote was
critical for saving lives," the spokesperson added.
"What's being accused here never happened, demonstrating the story is
wrong, and showing why such a biased, partial approach to the evidence
is a bad mistake, driven by those with a vested interest and an axe to
grind.
"The right place to consider everything about the pandemic objectively
is in the public inquiry."
The BBC has not been able to independently verify the messages.
The texts are the latest release from more than 100,000 WhatsApp
messages leaked to the Telegraph by journalist Isabel Oakeshott.
line
The WhatsApp leaks
A collection of more than 100,000 messages sent between former Health Secretary Matt Hancock and other ministers and officials at the height
of the Covid-19 pandemic have been obtained by the Telegraph. Here are
some of our stories on the leaks:
Text leak shows people in quarantine hotels mocked
Messages reveal battle over Covid school policy
Rees-Mogg had Covid test couriered during shortage
Hancock denies claim he rejected care home advice
Covid hearings begin in court of public opinion
Who is Isabel Oakeshott?
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Hancock backed pressuring MP into voting for lockdown, messages reveal
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Coronavirus pandemic
Media caption,
Watch: Matt Hancock WhatsApp message row in 83 seconds
By Sam Francis
Political reporter, BBC News
Matt Hancock supported threatening to block a disability centre in a
Tory MP's constituency in a bid to get him to vote for the Covid tier
system in England, leaked messages suggest.
WhatsApp messages show Mr Hancock agreed to put pressure on James Daly,
Conservative MP for Bury North, if he failed to vote with the government.
Mr Hancock's spokesperson said: "What has been accused here never happened." >>
Mr Daly said he was "very disappointed" to learn about the exchange.
ADVERTISEMENT
However, speaking to BBC Radio Manchester, he said the threat was not
carried out.
Asked how he would have responded if such a conversation had taken
place, the MP said: "I would have told him where to go, and reported
matters to a higher authority.
"To think somebody would use potential funding that could help someone
vulnerable in our community to get votes for the government is just not
acceptable."
Ex-Conservative Party chair Sir Jake Berry accused Mr Hancock of
"weaponising the provision of care to young disabled people" and said it
"crosses a line of what's acceptable in public life".
He said the former health secretary had been "drunk on power".
Hancock messages suggest plan to frighten public
Texts show Hancock concern at isolation relaxation
In messages leaked to the Daily Telegraph, Mr Hancock's political aide
Allan Nixon suggested putting pressure on MPs elected in 2019 whose
"re-election hinges" on central government funding.
Mr Nixon proposed warning Mr Daly that funding for a new centre for
disabled children and adults in his constituency would be "off the
table" if he voted against new plans for a stricter tiered lockdown on 1
December 2020.
Mr Hancock replied: "Yes 100%."
Mr Daly told the Telegraph he was unaware the Department for Health and
Social Care had plans to give Bury North a disability hub, which would
provide specialists with a dedicated centre for co-ordinating local
activity.
Under the December 2020 tier scheme, every area of England was put into
one of three tiers - medium (one), high (two) and very high (three) -
with the vast majority of the population in the higher two tiers.
According to the paper, leaked messages show Mr Daly was more concerned
with support for pubs in areas placed in the higher tiers because they
were unable to serve food.
Under the system, bars in tier two were only allowed to stay open if
they served "substantial meals", while those in tier three could only
provide takeaways or deliveries.
A bar worker in a facemask during the Covid pandemic
IMAGE SOURCE,EPA
Image caption,
The tier system put restrictions on how pubs and restaurants could operate >> MPs eventually backed the government's plans for the tier system by 291
votes to 78 despite a large rebellion by Tory MPs - including Mr Daly.
Fifty-five Conservatives voted against the plan - the largest rebellion
of then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson's time in No 10.
A spokesperson for Mr Hancock said the message exchange was an "entirely
partial account".
"The missing context here is vitally important because this vote was
critical for saving lives," the spokesperson added.
"What's being accused here never happened, demonstrating the story is
wrong, and showing why such a biased, partial approach to the evidence
is a bad mistake, driven by those with a vested interest and an axe to
grind.
"The right place to consider everything about the pandemic objectively
is in the public inquiry."
The BBC has not been able to independently verify the messages.
The texts are the latest release from more than 100,000 WhatsApp
messages leaked to the Telegraph by journalist Isabel Oakeshott.
line
The WhatsApp leaks
A collection of more than 100,000 messages sent between former Health
Secretary Matt Hancock and other ministers and officials at the height
of the Covid-19 pandemic have been obtained by the Telegraph. Here are
some of our stories on the leaks:
Text leak shows people in quarantine hotels mocked
Messages reveal battle over Covid school policy
Rees-Mogg had Covid test couriered during shortage
Hancock denies claim he rejected care home advice
Covid hearings begin in court of public opinion
In the interim, the only *healthy* way to eradicate the COVID-19
virus, thereby saving lives, in the UK & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) finding out at any given moment,
including even while on-line, who among us are unwittingly contagious
(i.e pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic) in order to http://WDJW.great-site.net/ConvinceItForward (John 15:12) for them to
call their doctor and self-quarantine per their doctor in hopes of
stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the best while
preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations
and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu &
Delta lineage mutations combining via slip-RNA-replication to form
hybrids like http://tinyurl.com/Deltamicron that may render current
COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
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Michael Ejercito wrote:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-64870505
Hancock backed pressuring MP into voting for lockdown, messages reveal
Published
4 hours ago
Share
Related Topics
Coronavirus pandemic
Media caption,
Watch: Matt Hancock WhatsApp message row in 83 seconds
By Sam Francis
Political reporter, BBC News
Matt Hancock supported threatening to block a disability centre in a
Tory MP's constituency in a bid to get him to vote for the Covid tier
system in England, leaked messages suggest.
WhatsApp messages show Mr Hancock agreed to put pressure on James Daly,
Conservative MP for Bury North, if he failed to vote with the government. >>>
Mr Hancock's spokesperson said: "What has been accused here never happened."
Mr Daly said he was "very disappointed" to learn about the exchange.
ADVERTISEMENT
However, speaking to BBC Radio Manchester, he said the threat was not
carried out.
Asked how he would have responded if such a conversation had taken
place, the MP said: "I would have told him where to go, and reported
matters to a higher authority.
"To think somebody would use potential funding that could help someone
vulnerable in our community to get votes for the government is just not
acceptable."
Ex-Conservative Party chair Sir Jake Berry accused Mr Hancock of
"weaponising the provision of care to young disabled people" and said it >>> "crosses a line of what's acceptable in public life".
He said the former health secretary had been "drunk on power".
Hancock messages suggest plan to frighten public
Texts show Hancock concern at isolation relaxation
In messages leaked to the Daily Telegraph, Mr Hancock's political aide
Allan Nixon suggested putting pressure on MPs elected in 2019 whose
"re-election hinges" on central government funding.
Mr Nixon proposed warning Mr Daly that funding for a new centre for
disabled children and adults in his constituency would be "off the
table" if he voted against new plans for a stricter tiered lockdown on 1 >>> December 2020.
Mr Hancock replied: "Yes 100%."
Mr Daly told the Telegraph he was unaware the Department for Health and
Social Care had plans to give Bury North a disability hub, which would
provide specialists with a dedicated centre for co-ordinating local
activity.
Under the December 2020 tier scheme, every area of England was put into
one of three tiers - medium (one), high (two) and very high (three) -
with the vast majority of the population in the higher two tiers.
According to the paper, leaked messages show Mr Daly was more concerned
with support for pubs in areas placed in the higher tiers because they
were unable to serve food.
Under the system, bars in tier two were only allowed to stay open if
they served "substantial meals", while those in tier three could only
provide takeaways or deliveries.
A bar worker in a facemask during the Covid pandemic
IMAGE SOURCE,EPA
Image caption,
The tier system put restrictions on how pubs and restaurants could operate >>> MPs eventually backed the government's plans for the tier system by 291
votes to 78 despite a large rebellion by Tory MPs - including Mr Daly.
Fifty-five Conservatives voted against the plan - the largest rebellion
of then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson's time in No 10.
A spokesperson for Mr Hancock said the message exchange was an "entirely >>> partial account".
"The missing context here is vitally important because this vote was
critical for saving lives," the spokesperson added.
"What's being accused here never happened, demonstrating the story is
wrong, and showing why such a biased, partial approach to the evidence
is a bad mistake, driven by those with a vested interest and an axe to
grind.
"The right place to consider everything about the pandemic objectively
is in the public inquiry."
The BBC has not been able to independently verify the messages.
The texts are the latest release from more than 100,000 WhatsApp
messages leaked to the Telegraph by journalist Isabel Oakeshott.
line
The WhatsApp leaks
A collection of more than 100,000 messages sent between former Health
Secretary Matt Hancock and other ministers and officials at the height
of the Covid-19 pandemic have been obtained by the Telegraph. Here are
some of our stories on the leaks:
Text leak shows people in quarantine hotels mocked
Messages reveal battle over Covid school policy
Rees-Mogg had Covid test couriered during shortage
Hancock denies claim he rejected care home advice
Covid hearings begin in court of public opinion
In the interim, the only *healthy* way to eradicate the COVID-19
virus, thereby saving lives, in the UK & elsewhere is by rapidly (
http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) finding out at any given moment,
including even while on-line, who among us are unwittingly contagious
(i.e pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic) in order to
http://WDJW.great-site.net/ConvinceItForward (John 15:12) for them to
call their doctor and self-quarantine per their doctor in hopes of
stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the best while
preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations
and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu &
Delta lineage mutations combining via slip-RNA-replication to form
hybrids like http://tinyurl.com/Deltamicron that may render current
COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
I am wonderfully hungry!
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