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Business Secretary Grant Shapps said Matt Hancock’s stint in the jungle indicates he may have come to the conclusion his career in Westminster is “pretty much done.”
As the former health secretary returns home after coming third in ITV’s I’m A Celebrity, Mr Shapps told Times Radio: “I do think... that his true position should have been in Parliament this last few weeks, and serving his constituents.
“You know, it’s often said that... politics is showbusiness for ugly people. He should be with us uglies back in the House rather than the jungle down under.”
Asked if that means Mr Hancock should leave politics, he said: “I don’t know, I haven’t spoken to him about it but I suspect he may have already reached that conclusion.
“Why would you go off and spend all that time in the jungle if you were going to carry on in Parliament? I’m only speculating.”
The West Suffolk MP was suspended from the Conservative parliamentary party and received widespread backlash for his decision to leave his constituency to participate in the reality show more than 10,000 miles away.
