{"id":17854,"date":"2023-03-06T18:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T18:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/06\/for-once-matt-hancock-speaks-for-us-all-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T18:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T18:24:04","slug":"for-once-matt-hancock-speaks-for-us-all-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/06\/for-once-matt-hancock-speaks-for-us-all-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"For once, Matt Hancock speaks for us all | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1bfjmfh\">I am pleased that Matt Hancock feels massively betrayed (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2023\/mar\/02\/matt-hancock-calls-isabel-oakeshott-whatsapp-messages-leak-massive-betrayal\" title=\"\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Hancock calls Isabel Oakeshott WhatsApp messages leak \u2018massive betrayal\u2019, 2 March<\/a>). Now he knows how we all feel.<br incopy-break-type=\"webbreak\"\/><strong>Dan Martin<\/strong><br incopy-break-type=\"webbreak\"\/><em>Bishop\u2019s Stortford, Hertfordshire<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1bfjmfh\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Re Partygate (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2023\/mar\/03\/boris-johnson-give-evidence-privileges-committee-inquiry\" title=\"\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boris Johnson in battle for political future amid fresh evidence he misled MPs, 3 March<\/a>), perhaps Cincinnatus would now be kind enough to return to his plough.<br incopy-break-type=\"webbreak\"\/><strong>Chris Ainsworth<\/strong><br incopy-break-type=\"webbreak\"\/><em>Rawtenstall, Lancashire<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1bfjmfh\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Has the government underestimated the huge number of people suffering fuel poverty and unable to claim the support of \u00a3400 from energy companies? I\u2019ve been trying to help a friend register online at the new government portal, but it seems to be swamped by the demand. Even in the cold of the night.<br incopy-break-type=\"webbreak\"\/><strong>Mike Vallely<\/strong><br incopy-break-type=\"webbreak\"\/><em>Seaford<\/em><em>, East Sussex<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1bfjmfh\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Even before the correspondence about Mark, Marks, Marx, Spencer and Spenser (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2023\/mar\/02\/why-matt-hancock-is-almost-to-be-pitied\" title=\"\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letters, 2 March<\/a>), if anyone had asked me who were my favourite writers on cricket, I would have said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2017\/nov\/17\/ashes-1982-shared-memories-matthew-engel-vic-marks\" title=\"\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Vic) Marks and (Matthew) Engel<\/a>. But no one ever asked.<br incopy-break-type=\"webbreak\"\/><strong>Roger Bardell<\/strong><br incopy-break-type=\"webbreak\"\/><em>Welwyn, Hertfordshire<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1bfjmfh\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Alison White (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/mar\/03\/the-irish-also-mangle-names-just-ask-my-husband-colin-aka-colm\" title=\"\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letters, 3 March<\/a>) is being too kind. I\u2019d pay good money to throw <em>unboiled<\/em> turnips at Hancock, Williamson and Johnson.<br incopy-break-type=\"webbreak\"\/><strong>Shirley Browne<\/strong><br incopy-break-type=\"webbreak\"\/><em>Dundee<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1bfjmfh\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Try having the Irish first name M\u00e1ir\u00e9ad and combining it with the surname Jennette (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2023\/mar\/05\/want-to-see-a-dentist-best-go-to-ukraine\" title=\"\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letters, 5 March<\/a>). My wife does, daily.<br incopy-break-type=\"webbreak\"\/><strong>James Jennette<\/strong><br incopy-break-type=\"webbreak\"\/><em>Coventry<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-11ey5bz\"><\/p>\n<footer>\n<p><strong><em><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? Please <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2023\/mar\/06\/mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com?body=Please%20include%20your%20name,%20full%20postal%20address%20and%20phone%20number%20with%20your%20letter%20below.%20Letters%20are%20usually%20published%20with%20the%20author%27s%20name%20and%20city\/town\/village.%20The%20rest%20of%20the%20information%20is%20for%20verification%20only%20and%20to%20contact%20you%20where%20necessary.\" title=\"\" data-link-name=\"in body link \" https:=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>email<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tone\/letters\" title=\"\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>letters<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> section.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2023\/mar\/06\/for-once-matt-hancock-speaks-for-us-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased that Matt Hancock feels massively betrayed (Matt Hancock calls Isabel Oakeshott WhatsApp messages leak \u2018massive betrayal\u2019, 2 March). Now he knows how we all feel.Dan MartinBishop\u2019s Stortford, Hertfordshire Re Partygate (Boris Johnson in battle for political future amid fresh evidence he misled MPs, 3 March), perhaps Cincinnatus would now be kind enough [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6803],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}