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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Shanti Das and Miranda Bryant

How did he survive? PR and TikTok votes kept Matt Hancock in I’m a Celebrity jungle

Mike Tindall and Matt Hancock  in I'm a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! in Australia.
Mike Tindall and Matt Hancock in I'm a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! in Australia. Photograph: James Gourley/ITV/Rex/Shutterstock

When Matt Hancock entered the I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! jungle, pundits predicted he would be the first to be voted out.

His decision to appear on the ITV show, despite his record during the pandemic and the fact he is a sitting MP, had provoked anger and disgust. More than 1,700 people complained to Ofcom, the broadcast regulator, and the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group issued a searing statement.

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