Thousands of people have called for ITV to ditch West Suffolk MP Matt Hancock from it's I’m A Celebrity line-up. More than 36,900 people have already signed a 38 degrees petition, set up by Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice on the 38 Degrees website, calling on ITV to rescind the ex-minister’s invite to the Jungle.
Among them are many who lost loved ones during the pandemic and have expressed their "pain and anguish" and don't want to see the man who oversaw Britain’s Covid response appearing alongside pop stars and actors on the ITV show.
Ann O'Connor, from Durham, lost her beloved mother Elsie Matthewson to Covid-19 in April 2020. Elsie, who had been "strong" and "a fighter" through a number of illnesses, was living in a care home - but despite Matt Hancock's claims to have put "a protective ring" around care homes, the virus had got in.
