Ten years in jail – Matt Hancock's threat is the distress call of a minister losing his grip | Simon Jenkins

This wild gesture toward would-be holidaymakers has drawn strong criticism from the right. But where is Labour?

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For the health secretary, Matt Hancock, this week to threaten returning holidaymakers with 10 years in jail was an abuse of office. He was wielding weapons of personal destruction to glamorise his role in the pandemic and to cover his political flank for past mistakes. This is not what the criminal law is for. Hancock’s self-ap...