Matt Hancock
 Matt Hancock    (politician) | |
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| Born | 2 October 1978 |
| Nationality | UK |
| Member of | UK Vaccine Task Force |
| Interests | Fourth Industrial Revolution |
Matthew John David Hancock is a British politician working as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since 2018. A relatively young and obscure politician, he came to the limelight during the UK handling of the declared Covid-19 Pandemic, where he fronted several of the government's most draconian lockdown policies.
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Early life
Hancock was born on 2 October 1978 in Chester, Cheshire, to Michael Hancock and Shirley Hills (now Carter).[1]
Hancock attended Farndon County Primary School, in Farndon, Cheshire, and the independent King's School, Chester. He took A-levels in maths, physics, computing and economics.[2] He later studied computing at the further education college, West Cheshire College.[3][4] He studied at Exeter College, Oxford, and graduated with a first in philosophy, politics and economics, and earned a MPhil degree in Economics at Christ's College, Cambridge a few years later.[5] Hancock became a member of the Conservative Party in 1999.[6]
Political Career
A relatively obscure politician, he came to the forefront during the UK handling of the declared Covid-19 Pandemic, where he fronted several of the most draconian lockdown policies.
Before that, he gushed enthusiastically of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, stating in a Parliament speech "And I’m delighted to speak alongside so many impressive colleagues who really understand this, and alongside Professor Klaus Schwab who literally ‘wrote the book’ on the 4th Industrial Revolution. Your work, bringing together as you do all the best minds on the planet, has informed what we are doing, and I’m delighted to work with you."[7]
=Fake Crying
| In one of the least impressive performances of the year, Hancock simulated crying for the new miracle vaccine (Bitchute [1] |
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) |
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| WEF/Annual Meeting/2019 | 22 January 2019 | 25 January 2019 | Switzerland World Economic Forum |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Why the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app failed | Article | 19 June 2020 | Matt Burgess | On 18 June 2020, Matt Hancock announced that the planned centralised NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app, which has been trialled on the Isle of Wight and downloaded by tens of thousands of people, has been ditched in favour of a decentralised system developed by Google and Apple. |
References
- ↑ https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-251113
- ↑ https://www.tatler.com/article/everything-you-need-to-know-about-matt-hancock-conservative-health-secretary
- ↑ https://feweek.co.uk/2014/04/24/with-two-offices-across-two-government-depar
- ↑ https://www.kingschester.co.uk/news/alumni-news/cabinet-role-mp-matt-hancock/
- ↑ https://www.ft.com/content/027bd85e-0290-11e4-a68d-00144feab7de
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120808232448/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/matthew-hancock/84378
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-4th-industrial-revolution
