What Boris Johnson Meant By Saying Matt Hancock Was Full Of Beans

What Boris Johnson Meant By Saying Matt Hancock Was Full Of Beans

By Gabriel Princewill-

Boris Johnson ‘s interjection during his meeting with the queen in which he said Matt Hancock is ”full of beans” appears to confirm Dominic Cummings revelation that the prime minister once said Matt Hancock is hopeless.

A broad search of the idiom on google brings up two meanings: the first being, full of energy or enthusiasm, and the second being not correct or truthful, or full of nonesense.

In principle, the prime minister could have meant either of the two interpretations , but  critics analyzing the two meanings believe the latter to be the more intuitively compelling deduction. The underlying connotation behind Mr.Johnson’s expression could for argument sake have been in relation to the first ambit of the term, that is energy or enthusiasm, but the latter is more plausible.

Cummings revealed  details contained in a whassap message he exposed in  which  the prime minister describing Matt Hancock as hopeless, and his subsequent aspersions against Mr Hancock which included strong allegations of him being a  deceptive liar who should have been sacked multiple times.

The potential implications of the latest revelation of Boris Johnson’s interjection in his conversation with her Majesty The Queen is far reaching because of its confirmation that the prime minister might be keeping a man he believes is full of nonsense in charge of Health.

The  customarily weekly meetings between the prime minister and the Queen which are usually private  was changed on this occasion, allowing the cameras in to record the start of the first face-to-face meeting since the national lockdown began. What transpired incidentally eclipsed the essence of the meeting itself, raising a growing question

The Queen had just told the prime minister that the health secretary “thinks things are getting better,” in remarks caught on microphone.

The monarch said: “I’ve just been talking to your Secretary of State for Health, poor man…”

“He came for privy council,” she said. “..he’s full of, er…”

Mr Johnson then  interjected, to suggest Mr Hancock was full of “beans.”

While it would have been interesting to know what the Queen had intended to say, Boris Johnson was quick to prevent the unforeseeable ramifications of any utterances that may have been regrettable

The prime minister is known to display a degree of public loyalty to his colleagues, tolerating conduct adjudged to be improper or acceptable, as he did with Mr.Cummings himself following the senior aide’s breach of coronavirus rules during the height of the pandemic when  he drove to  Durham to visit his family, while establishing broad rules for the rest of the country to abide by. The consensus among commentators, the press, and the public, was that Cummings should have been fired at the time.

At the time, our publication begged to differ with the call for Cummings to resign, on the grounds that the government guidelines in cases involving children afforded greater discretion to parents.  straightforward when children are involved. It says: “If you have children, keep following this advice to the best of your ability, however we are aware  that all these measures won’t always be possible”.

However, in the absence of the prime minister categorically stating he has full confidence in Matt Hancock’s ability to deliver is job truthfully and efficiently, the integrity of the Health Secretary and the present Uk government will be called into question more than ever. The British public deserve honest information devoid of corruption, and there are growing calls from analytical experts for Hancock to step down amid the ongoing knock to his credibility, while he continues to set terms and conditions associated with travel rules and vaccination requirements. The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP - GOV.UK

Under Scrutiny: Matt Hancock                                                              Image:gov.uk

The easily missed revelation that the easing of the lockdown was delayed by a month to attain more jabs is problematic only because of the lack of transparency associated with it. Explicitly stating the extension of the lockdown to have been because of the spread of the various, when it was actually to increase jabs was patently spurious, its dis-ingenuity being of serious concern.

If Matt Hancock is ‘full of beans’, and cannot be trusted, then it renders both the British public and the media fools, if he is not fully held accountable in relation to all the issues causing doubt.

We must start by establishing why the prime minister would keep a Health Secretary he is telling the Head Of The Monarch is full of beans, and how the British public can be expected to trust Mr.Hancock who has been dubbed a liar by Mr.Cummings, when there are suspicious ulterior motives for the actions he takes or fails to take.

 

 

 

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