General election: Matt Hancock goes full Partridge in roadside campaign video | indy100 | indy100

Matt Hancock, the secretary of state for Health and Social Care, has made the cardinal error of going full Partridge. And you never go full Partridge.

In a bizarre video posted online, the Conservative MP is seen approaching the camera in a suit without a tie but, crucially, a poppy pinned to his lapel, holding a cup of coffee (calling to mind the infamous Boris Johnson video of recent times).

Hancock then stares down the lens and says:

It’s Yorkshire, it’s before seven in the morning, it’s raining and we’re ready to go.

Pre-dawn start visiting NHS upgrades across Yorkshire https://t.co/FOv3u69ghH
— Matt Hancock (@Matt Hancock) 1573201051

He proceeds to get into the car and shut the door behind him.

People, understandably, had thoughts.

Good luck finding them https://t.co/laBfqSNojA
— John Crace (@John Crace) 1573203311

Matt is keen to be boasting about doing things he finds hard: — 0655 starts - rain - Yorkshire Also, who is he ge… https://t.co/qZbhe2IDMj
— a49 challenge (@a49 challenge) 1573205978

Do you know what dawn is? https://t.co/cABd5NV8Jt
— Paul O'154775961 (@Paul O'154775961) 1573205202

We often given politicians too hard a time. They're the ones in the arena, while we watch and boo. And then a cabin… https://t.co/lv8zKmG2mW
— Guy Walters (@Guy Walters) 1573209449

Pictured, dawn or shortly thereafter, not "pre-dawn". https://t.co/ORo960ivyD
— Dan Kaszeta (@Dan Kaszeta) 1573210241

Leeds away. #ffc https://t.co/KjSVsDG1xJ
— White Noise (@White Noise) 1573204134

I miss the days when Alan Partridge was merely a work of fiction. https://t.co/rZ7HEL1IMq
— Graham Lithgow (@Graham Lithgow) 1573203708

Matt doesn't have a Keep Cup either https://t.co/SqlcCnVFLq
— Steph Lockhart-Franklin (@Steph Lockhart-Franklin) 1573210675

We often given politicians too hard a time. They're the ones in the arena, while we watch and boo. And then a cabin… https://t.co/lv8zKmG2mW
— Guy Walters (@Guy Walters) 1573209449

#ge2019 content continues to stink. https://t.co/S3mpv1Iq9l
— Richard Chambers (@Richard Chambers) 1573212740

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