General Chat

It appears Matt Hancock (MP) has signed up as a 'late arriver' for this show.
Parliament is still sitting, and he will still get his £84,144 MP's pay, plus about £350 k. A bit more than the £82,000 appearance fee Nadine Dorries (MP) got when she appeared (again during Parliamentary time) in 2012.

Hancock has had the Whip removed, for his actions. Not surprising, he won't be there to do the job! However, this doesn't mean he won't get it back when he returns.

What other job allows you to b*gger off during a time of crisis, still get paid, and get a lovely wodge of money??

He’ll either be voted off straight away or he will be voted into all the worst bush Tucker trial until almost the end.

Just about suits his mentality.

The public will be voting him to do all the trials. I cant imagine him doing very well in there at all. Well and truly out of his comfort zone.

Mike Tindall is a survivor and I think he will do well and also; he won't be spilling Royal secrets either. Boy George! hmmm obviously his career and popularity is flagging hence he must be desperate for money. Hope he leaves those ridiculous hats at home.

Fwiw, I agree Maggie. Why should Matt Hancock still get paid whilst he is in the jungle? It's unpaid leave, isn't it?

No other job pays you to take a sabbatical, does it?

The lady that plays Eileen Grimshaw in Corrie looks an unlikely candidate too!

Didn't they have Bo Jo's dad Stanley in the jungle a few years ago too?



Florence in the hebrides

Mike Tindall? I thought he'd have more self respect.

Matt Hancock, ugh, he's bound to get all the trials. He's just a wannabe tv star now.

Any sign of Reesty Moggie? He'll be looking for easy money.

It will not be gracing my living room.

I never watch it.

At least it’s one less vote that the government have in parliament :-D :-D

not even from behind the sofa Ann? :-D :-D
My stepson phoned me this morning to say "I fort I'd better let you know that I'm a Celebrity starts on Sunday" :-D <3 I thanked him most kindly :-D

Too true, Von!

I wonder if he'll be excused some trials on (imaginary) medical grounds?

Maybe he is desperate for money. He must be paying for his kids And his new partner - expensive?

Oh, so it appears Hancock has 'trench foot', that he acquired whilst on Celebrity 'Who Dares, Wins', in October, and it can, apparently take 6 months to get better.
So that's his excuse to avoid any water-based challenges.

Hancock is just a 'bums on seats' casting. :-\

True.
But still, if I heard he'd done anything interesting on the programme, I'd watch it on 'catch up'.

And he is not in it for the money...................... ;-)

Oh no, it's to 'communicate' with the viewers, and to promote his dyslexia campaign.

Have to admit, I've never heard of his dyslexia campaign.
Apparently, the first reading of his Bill to ensure primary school children are screened, went through in March.
He did twitter about it, but I' not a member of the twitterati.

I think he also plans to bring politics to the masses, those that get their information on programmes like good morning Britain and Loose Women

Probably enough to send the other camp mates screaming for the exit.

I don’t know if I made this up because I now can’t find it, but I think I read that he would be contactable if the was a constituency problem :-S. Has he never watched the programme?

Also, with trench foot, how has he passed the medical?

I thought it was celebrities that went in the jungle?? ;-) ;-) ;-)

Since when did he become a celebrity or have i missed something? :-S

At least most people will have heard of him, unlike several of the other camp mates

I suppose that Boy George could really be described as a 'camp' mate

:-D :-D :-D :-D Oh def "Camp"
Wonder what he will look like without the silly hats and makeup? :-D :-D