Matt in bit of a muggle
PRAT MATT CALLS PREM ACE ‘DANIEL’
MATT Hancock apologised yesterday for confusing Manchester United hero Marcus Rashford with Harry Potter.
The Health Secretary called the free school meals champion “Daniel Rashford” and then blamed Harry Potter – who is played by Daniel Radcliffe – for the mix-up.
The gaffe was just the start of a bad day for Mr Hancock who was later caught on camera breaching social distancing rules by putting his arm across an MP’S back in the Commons. Good
Morning Britain host Piers Morgan said: “He has spent the last three months telling us all to socially distance at least two metres apart. Yet again, one rule for them, another for us.”
Mr Hancock got Rashford’s first name wrong on Sky News yesterday morning.
Presenter Kay Burley had accused the Government of a U-turn over scrapping free school meal vouchers following a campaign by the 22-year-old England footballer. The minister said: “Righty-ho, I’ll tell you what happened. The Prime Minister talked to Daniel Rashford, he considered it and made his decision – I think it’s terrific.”
Mr Hancock then tried to explain his mix-up by saying: “My seven-year-old listens to Harry Potter and reads Harry Potter avidly, including at 5.30 this morning when I got up to do this morning’s media round.”
The minister later tweeted the striker, saying: “Too early. But in all seriousness Marcus you’re a credit to the nation.”
Marcus, who says he went hungry himself while growing up in a single-parent family in Wythenshawe, laughed off the gaffe and said: “I’ve been called much worse over the last couple of days.”
The vouchers in England are worth about £15 a week per child, and extending the scheme over the summer will cost around £120million.