Matt Hancock: Opens Up About His Affair, Mistakes & The Pandemic

One of the reasons I wanted to come in and talk to you was because I want to just talk freely. How does that all feel for you personally? That thought that one week earlier we could have saved twenty one thousand lives. There were some mistakes that we made in terms of the measures. Yeah. How they were brought in. Well now you see, Steven, you're getting into Gotcha questions. No, I genuinely. No, I've not even asked the question yet. There needs to be boundaries, you won't. No, those rules Yeah. were not in place. Can I ask the question? You can ask a question. I'm gonna ask this bit is really hard for me. People say you you were a contradiction. Yeah. What's your response to that? Uh

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And the same applies to this episode. So without further ado. I'm Steven Bartlett. And this is the Driver CEO. I hope nobody's listening.

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