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Recordings › Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth · 19 Jan 2021 › Segment 4 of 41

Clip: Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school meals

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A clip of Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school meals, which Mufti Abu Layth calls the unconscionable neglect of this government.

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Mufti Abu Layth plays a television interview in which the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, says he is glad free meals can reach children who receive free school meals, while the interviewer repeatedly asks why he voted against it and whether he regrets it, saying the government was shamed into it by the footballer Marcus Rashford. Remarks such as that he did vote against it and that it sounds as if he is on trial seem to be Mufti's interjections, though the captions do not separate the voices. Afterwards Mufti condemns what he calls the unconscionable neglect of this government, says one does not know whether to laugh or cry, and jokes about the name Hancock.

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is the stream's coming through all right is there's no issue is there with the sound or the video somebody Ramy shukran for confirming uh yep it's all good shukran guys see the YouTube guys are on it oh you look handsome as always in the Stream of the you teasing me H you you you Haram so where is a what's going on here there you go so what is going on Mente what's preoccupying the precious

thoughts of Mente this is on the news able to send out food for those who receive free School meals when schools are in and I'm really glad that we're able to do that when schools are outad if you're that glad can I just ask you a difficult question why did you vote against it well I'm really glad we were able to put it into place yeah but you're that glad about being able to put it into place again why did you as health secretary vote against this well because um the reason that I'm glad now is because we've been able to sort that out the reason you're glad now is you got

shamed just be honest you got shamed into it by a football player a young football player with a conscience who managed to prick the conscience of you and the government do you regret now given how glad you are that it's now happening do you regret voting against it well of course I'm pleased that we're we're making sure that that wasn't the question if I asked if you regret but hang on it's a very important question because what's so difficult about these people just saying just admitting you were WR question for you is given how glad you now are that is happening do you regret having food in the UK to say I'm really glad that it's happening you regret it you regret voting against it

he voted against it by the way I'll put it this way in the first lockdown uh we took this action and now as you say we're in a yes or no whether you regret it you either regret it or you don't well I I'm I I'm really glad that the Situation's been resolved you so you regret you regret voting against it I I'm really glad it's been resolved we've sorted it out kind of sounds like he's he's on trial own words to describe my own feelings on this so you won't answer the question well it's that I'm I'm answering the question and I'm really glad that we s let's just hope going forward we don't rely let's hope let's just hope we don't have to rely as we have to again this week on

Marcus rashford to once again expose the iniquity of this system because these kids are in lockdown they're suffering they're hungry and they need support and they need proper support from you as health secretary and the government thank you for joining us people God damn the unconscionable neglect of this government ah one does not know whether to laugh or cry but it is what it is there you go MOS

hanok that's what uh is you know the term you couldn't have found a more perfect name for him ancock there's like a uh prediction in that name so what is going on people what awesome right so yeah good old politics everywhere Muti have you been

uh what's going on why are the English so bad at handling interviews I don't think the English are I think the English can be actually very good some politicians or even General spokespeople uh I think people like hanock Boris and you know okay I don't know about hanock he probably is massively incompetent you know Boris I think that he may have a clumsy element to his personality but I think he's actually very intelligent and I think he plays into that clumsiness

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, January 19). Clip: Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school meals [Video, segment 2021-01-19-S04, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/4/

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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Clip: Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school meals}},
  year = {2021},
  month = {1},
  date = {2021-01-19},
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  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/4/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2021-01-19-S04, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}

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