As the leadership election heads towards the end of its phoney war and into the parliamentary phase, it has already begun to be clear how this will pan out over the next few weeks.
The departure of Theresa May is a sad moment and I am sorry that it came to this. However, none of this really started this week. It began right back when, despite her assurances to the contrary, she chose to call a General Election in 2017.
Following a series of serious knife crime incidents in this part of London, local Conservative Councillor Selina Seesunkur, wrote two letters, endorsed by Conservative Council Group Leader Cllr Alan Siggers; one to the Home Secretary Sajid Javid MP and another to the Mayor of London.
Mr Hancock was asked to visit the busy hospital, parts of which date back more than 100 years, after its condition was raised by Tory MP for Chingford & Woodford Green, Iain Duncan Smith at Prime Minister’s Questions.