What do Hancock's constituents think about his TV jungle trip?

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced helium volition beryllium joining the formed of ITV amusement I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! He has been suspended arsenic a Conservative MP arsenic a result, and has defended his decision to look connected the world tv show, but what are the thoughts of his West Suffolk constituents?

"I'm perfectly outraged," says Richard Patey, reacting to Mr Hancock swapping the House of Commons for eating bugs - and assorted different carnal parts - successful the Australian jungle.

The 42-year-old, who lives successful Red Lodge, says: "He's expected to beryllium serving arsenic my MP.

"Given the implicit messiness helium and his enactment person got this state in, helium should beryllium successful Westminster and his constituency to hole each the problems were are present facing, and not attention-seeking connected nationalist TV."

Mr Patey says helium ne'er usually watches the ITV world show, but is urging his chap West Suffolk constituents to "vote for Matt for each challenge".

"I'm going to marque it my concern to spot that helium eats kangaroo genitalia each time he's successful the jungle.

"People of West Suffolk, amusement your displeasure," helium adds.

In Haverhill, astatine the different extremity of Mr Hancock's constituency, Clare Reeve says "we wouldn't adjacent announcement the quality present with him gone".

"He does thing for america anyway," the 46-year-old says.

"But it's profoundly disrespectful for an MP to spell disconnected whilst Parliament is sitting during the cost-of-living situation and the impacts this volition person connected his constituents."

"He lone got this spot due to the fact that it is simply a harmless Tory seat," says the 47-year-old.

"I deliberation it is shocking during a cost-of-living situation particularly that helium chooses to bash this.

"I'm not fussed astir him losing the whip due to the fact that I'm not a Tory."

In Newmarket, wherever radical person precocious been warring to save their autobus services, immoderate radical deliberation it is simply a "disgrace".

"I thought it was politics, not celebrities," says Giselle White.

"I truly don't deliberation the authorities should beryllium playing personage games erstwhile they're expected to beryllium looking aft this country.

"You've got each the warfare successful Ukraine going on, we're helping them out. We've got terms changes and everything. Every period it's a lawsuit of 'do I wage my rent oregon bash I wage my energy and my water?'.

"What is helium trying to do? To beryllium a celebrity, get fans, oregon is helium trying to beryllium [part of our] authorities and really marque america judge successful what Britain is expected to be?"

Lisa Smith, besides from the horse-racing town, says: "Honestly, I deliberation him going connected to I'm A Celebrity is simply a disgrace. For a start, helium isn't a celebrity, helium is supposedly a politician.

"He does a mediocre occupation representing his constituents. The lone clip helium truly shows up is if determination is immoderate signifier of media involved.

"Right present determination is simply a situation successful the country with the autobus services being axed, and his precedence is not to assistance his constituents but to spell connected to a TV show. He does not merit to beryllium our section MP."

The West Suffolk Conservative Association agrees determination is simply a "lot of stuff" going connected successful the constituency they request an MP for.

Vice president Fiona Unwin says determination has been a "range of reactions" among members erstwhile they heard the news.

"Some radical thought it was hysterically comic that helium was going to devour bugs and things successful the jungle. Some radical were similar 'oh well, what bash you expect?'. And immoderate radical were truly aggravated - immoderate radical were furious," she says.

Although she thinks a "competitive" Mr Hancock, who antecedently trained arsenic a jockey and ran the London Marathon, volition "revel" successful being connected the show, she does not recognize his prime to instrumentality part.

"I deliberation it's extraordinary, but my sentiment is that I'm disappointed, I'm precise disappointed," she says.

"It isn't the extremity of the world. I conscionable anticipation they springiness him the whip backmost earlier excessively long."

The MP defended his decision to appear, saying the programme is simply a "powerful tool" to scope young people.

Writing successful the Sun, the erstwhile wellness caput said politicians indispensable "go wherever the radical are" and not "sit successful ivory towers successful Westminster".

A governmental state of Mr Hancock's said successful a connection helium did not expect to service successful authorities again, truthful taking portion successful the amusement was "an unthinkable accidental for him to prosecute with the 12m Brits who tune successful each azygous night".

"Matt has told the whips successful Parliament and helium volition usage his clip successful the jungle to beforehand his dyslexia campaign."Matt has an fantabulous squad moving with him successful West Suffolk, but producers person agreed that helium tin pass with them if there's an urgent constituency matter," the connection added.