MATT Hancock lost his temper during a live radio interview with Nick Robinson after the BBC Radio 4 host tried to interject.
The Health Secretary was questioned on the Today programme about the UK Government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis after criticism from top scientists.
Dismissing the criticism, Hancock went on to talk about a subject he said was “really, really important”.
The Tory minister stated: “How we communicate as a government, as ministers, has a direct impact on the amount of cases that we have and therefore the amount of people who die.
“Because the clarity of messaging that people need to stay at home because that protects the NHS – because as you said in the intro we have this core goal to make sure the NHS isn’t overwhelmed, which everybody a month ago was telling me it was impossible to achieve and that has been achieved thus far – that core messaging has a direct impact on how many people follow the guidelines…”
But as the BBC attempted to interject, Hancock blasted: “Let me, please, let me finish the … answer!”
Listen to the exchange here.
In case you missed it, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock lost his temper with Nick Robinson on Radio 4 earlier.
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You can hear his outburst at 1:07. pic.twitter.com/Jvr1l0JmRh
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The outburst was quickly picked up on on social media.
Labour MP Diane Abbott tweeted: “So Matt Hancock loses his temper on BBCr4today just now. Maybe he is upset that all his misrepresentations are catching up with him.”
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