'I'm A Celebrity': Matt Hancock says Liz Truss’s political career is 'over'

Watch: Matt Hancock says Liz Truss’s political career is 'over'

Matt Hancock declared Liz Truss’s political career “over” as he talked about the government with his I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! campmates.

The 44-year-old shared his thoughts on Truss – who lasted just 45 days as the Prime Minister - as camp chat turned to whether Rishi Sunak was still in position.

“Yeah, he will be,” Hancock said, before Sue Cleaver asked the former health secretary what he thought had gone wrong with Truss.

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“In a way, they were unlucky,” he said. “In that globally interest rates all went up, just at the time that they were also… bringing in a financial statement where you say, ‘We’re going to do all these expensive things and we’re not going to say how we’re going to pay for them’.”

When the Corrie actor asked where that left Truss now, Hancock said: “Her political career is over. No ambiguity at all.”

Loose Women star Charlene White asked: “Why do you think Tory Party members went for the less experienced?”

“I think that’s all about how Boris (Johnson) got kicked out,” said Hancock.

“It was all about people seeing Rishi as wielding the knife against Boris.”

Comedian Seann Walsh asked Hancock if he’d been a “Boris die-hard”.

He replied: “Look, I was very supportive of him, but it was time. When it was time to go, it was time to go.”

White asked: “When he flew back from his holiday in the Caribbean, what was your first thought?”

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Hancock said: “I texted him and I said, ‘You know I think you’re wonderful but it’s not your time. The best thing for the country is that you should back Rishi and that we should get him in post as soon as possible'."

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! - Watch the next live episode tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9pm on ITV1 and ITV Hub.

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