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Why I Removed The Whip From Matt Hancock | Former Chief Whip
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14:11Now Playing“You can’t just take an open ended holiday when you feel like it. Nobody else in any business in the country would get away with that.”
Simon Hart, former Chief Whip under Rishi Sunak, details what happened when former MP Matt Hancock told him he was appearing on ITV’s ‘I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!’, and the process of removing the whip from him.
Simon Hart was speaking to Ed Vaizey on Times Radio. Listen live every Friday from 10am-1pm.
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