Ok. Ok. 
Alright. 
Hello. My name is Professor Hanbury.
I come before you today to make a full and frank apology.
What I did was...
foolish and embarrassing. As chief scientific 
officer to the government.
I eh... Well, I should have known better.
 If I am asking all of you to
make sacrifices then I should be prepared 
to make those same sacrifices myself.
But what I did was done out of love.
 I assure you of that. And I hope my...
resignation as chief advisor will mark an
end to this deeply regrettable incident.
An end to this incident, which I deeply regret.
There is no indication, I repeat, no indication
that my actions were in any way connected 
to the outbreak and subsequent
loss of life in Larchview Care Home and 
I am fully prepared to fight
any such allegations with litigation if necessary.
That's too harsh. Don’t end on that.
Once again, I offer my sincere...
and unconditional apologies to the British
public, whose trust I have abused.
Eroded. Don’t say abused.
Hello. 
Hello. 
Hello. My name is Professor Hanbury.
And I come before you today to
make a full and frank apology.
What I did was... 
misguided. But it was done out of love.
My mother was alone. 
Frightened. Cut off. Suffering.
But I should have sought permission 
from the staff before entering.
I accept that. It was an oversight on my part.
I want to make it clear that I wore protective
equipment at all times.
I stayed two metres away from her.
 I mean, 
her face lit up when I went in you know.
It was done out of love. She was alone and afraid.
But there is no way that I contaminated her
or any of the other residents at Larchview Care Home. 
I was incredibly careful about that.
Nonetheless, I am in no way excusing any of
my actions, which were undoubtedly wrong. 
I offer my sincere and unconditional apologies 
to the British public.
But I am certain that those of you with
isolated, vulnerable relatives, will 
understand why I did what I did.
You're too easy on yourself. 
Too easy.
Hello. My name is Professor Hanbury and...
Look, I’m not going to sit here today and
excuse what I did. Ok I was wrong. 
I was bang out of order. I snuck into
a care home in the dead of night like 
some cat burglar
because I was worried about my mother’s
mental health and I love her.
And me, chief medical advisor to the government.
On TV telling all of you to respect the guidelines
and I can’t even respect them myself.
I’m sorry.
 I really am. 
 I made a huge mistake.
And I am resigning my position as of now.
I should have worn protective equipment
you know but it was a...
it was a spur of the moment thing. 
I'd had a glass or two.
Three.
She had called me that evening in tears.
I washed my hands before going in. I stayed
two metres away from her at all times.
I didn’t touch her. I didn’t touch anything
in that place. 
Hardly anything so I really think blaming me for 
the outbreak is a fucking stretch. It really is.
I lost my mother to this you know. 
So give me a fucking break.
[sighs]
Hello. My name is Martin Hanbury.
 I’m sorry.
I am. 
The truth.
The truth.
Well, here’s the truth.
I was drunk. I was really quite drunk. 
I've not been coping very well these
last few months just because I’m
chief advisor doesn’t make me immune to all this.
I live alone you know. 
I mean other people they have
folk they can go home to at end of the day to hold. 
People they're allowed to hug.
I hadn’t touched another human being for five weeks and ...
You’ll think me pathetic when I tell you this.
I just...
I just wanted my mum. 
I just wanted a hug.
From my mother.
See. I told you. Pathetic. 
And stupid. 
I took my temperature. I had zero symptoms.
Zero. But eh ...
I had a test a few days later for work and
Well some people have it without symptoms.
You’ve probably heard me saying that on television.
And... I mean
seventeen residents.
Seventeen.
And I've got to live with...
I mean I have to...
Fuck it.
Hello. My name is Professor Hanbury and I
come before you today to
make a full and frank apology. 
What I did was foolish.
And embarrassing. 
As chief scientific officer to the government
I should have known better if I am asking all of you
to make sacrifices.
Then I should be prepared to make 
those same sacrifices myself.
But what I did was done out of love. 
I assure you of that.
And I hope my resignation as chief advisor
will mark an end to this
incident, which I deeply regret.
There is no indication that my actions 
were in any way connected
 to the seventeen deaths at Larchview Care Home,
which tragically included my own mother.
I am fully prepared to fight any such allegations 
with litigation if necessary.
Once again, I offer my sincere and unconditional apologies 
to the British public, whose trust I have eroded.   
I hope that you can forgive me for this...
indiscretion.
Thank you.
That’s the one.
