Matt Hancock has been slammed by his local vicar who claims the MP has “neglected his constituents” by going on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!.
The former health secretary entered the ITV jungle last Wednesday (November 9) and has already been voted by the public to do five trials.
It’s clear Hancock is in for a rough ride on this year’s series, but he’s now been criticised by his local vicar who reckons the MP should quit.
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The Revd Max Drinkwater blasted his MP for signing up to the show during a sermon at St Mary’s in Haverhill, Suffolk, according to The Mirror.
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He ripped into Hancock’s £400k show stint as he told parishioners: “Our MP has quite clearly neglected his constituents by going into the jungle.”
The vicar backed calls for Hancock to quit but signalled ‘redemption was possible if resurrected new life is about holding those with power over us to account’.
“I’ve been pleased to see lots of messages, including from our mayor, encouraging him to resign – this is part of that fight for justice,” he added.
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The reverend told the Sunday Mirror he stands by his remarks at a time when many parishioners and constituents are facing tough times.
He told the publication: “We have a rising cost of living and people are struggling with the uncertainty, making it very difficult to plan, to budget and to cope with the changes that are happening.”
It comes after Hancock revealed he’d joined the show for “forgiveness”, after being forced to step down from the cabinet amid his affair.
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He explained many local residents currently have no hope of getting out of poverty or debt in the near future and that foodbanks were originally intended to tide people over.
Revd Max Drinkwater said that as vicar of the church, forgiveness is open to everybody but that a practical response is expected where Hancock addresses the issues raised by his constituents.
I’m A Celebrity airs Monday to Sunday on ITV and ITVHub.
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