Talk:Jeremy Hunt

Meeting with Rupert Murdoch at the Olympics

The fact that Hunt schmoozed with Rupert during the Olympics really should not be omitted from the main article, otherwise it appears highly biased <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/uk-politics-video/9453079/Jeremy-Hunt-and-Rupert-Murdoch-filmed-meeting-at-the-Olympics.html>,< http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-08-04/rupert-murdoch-meets-jeremy-hunt-outside-aquatics-centre/>. Brief encounter or no, the train appears to have done more than entered the tunnel - with criminal charges against Brooks and the Levenson inquiry still ongoing too -needs some form of organoleptic characterisation...212.139.109.29 (talk) 23:00, 4 September 2012 (UTC)hieronymous212.139.109.29 (talk) 23:00, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

While no fan of any particular party: to say 'schmoozed', isn't that what we said about Andy Burnham and the ministers for health in beginning selective privitisation of the NHS? It is not acceptable to encourage tabloid wording (even on a talk page which is for honest technical advice). Carefully read WP:STYLE instead of using WP:EDITORIAL snippets like that. This is an encylcopedia; it's not a Commons PMQs or mudslinging competition, particularly with regards to one head of media outlet vilified by many of the the others and yet attracting of course plenty of new readers.- Adam37 Talk 14:44, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Statement

I quote - 'Hunt hung back for many years from putting himself forward for selection as a parliamentary candidate. When asked why he argued that he felt that he had "not achieved enough" in the real world outside politics.'

Where is the reference for this statement? This is another miserable example of anonymous MPs trying to increase their profile by editing their own wikipedia entries. Shame on you Mr Hunt. Hyperbole11 15:09, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

British Council

Biased article, with a load of foaming-at-the-mouth cant about the British Council. Revise!

I have added an internal link to the South West Surrey Westminster constituency page, and have added an election result box. I did this through copying and pasting text from the link which used a template: TG312274 18:08, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Two things - 1. what is it about the British COuncil? If people have an allegation to amke they should do it in the open, not through Wikipedia, otherwise I think it is classed as a smear. 2. The photo of Douglas Alexander can hardly be used to suggest that he was flirting New Labour before the 2005 election as the photo was taken when he was an MP! To avoid allegations of pro-unt bias I have removed unsourced statements about his beliefs. Jimbo H 14:45, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

First of all: Jeremy Hunt MP does not declare his very close business interest with The British Council in the House of Commons register of interest but does mention there that Hotcourses of which he is one the directors makes a financial contribution to his office at Westminster.

Whoever deleted from this Wikipedia article the cross-reference to the register of interest that substantiates this link does not act in the ethos of Wikipedia which is all about transparency.

The link between Hunt's parent company and Sheffield Data Services has also been removed from the site despite that also being mentioned in his Commons entry. That too is an important business link between a serving politician and the British Council which the general public is I think entitled to know about - not least given Mr Hunt's recent promotion to a Conservative Shadow Cabinet which has strong links with business. (See: 'Tory MPs' second jobs spark concern' Financial Times Tuesday August 14 2007). His portfolio is now 'culture' but will he, for example, be lining up with Fay Weldon and others to comment on the closure of British Council libraries in Europe?

As to the questions of business ethics the links with his current culture portfolio and with his predecessor Virginia Bottomley MP (who was British Council trustee when questions over intellectual property arose, and were hushed up by British Council - which is accountable to no-one and a public scandal) is established fact. A quick check back through History pages of this site to the original Tory 'puff' will even reveal that this described Bottomley as Jeremy Hunt's 'patron'. The photo of Douglas Alexander MP was, as far as I can see, prominently displayed on Mr Hunt's own constituency website with a reference to the 'Devil's Punch Bowl' that is unambiguous.

I suggest that whoever has tampered with these contributions reinstate the link to this politician's declared interests and the undeclared connection with The British Council which is implicit - but concealed for some reason.

This is the person who was been editing, not tampering Jeremy Hunt's wiki entry. When you say "whoever" I have at least registered my name rather than hiding behing an anonymous IP address.

MPs do not ahev to declare a connection unless they receive a direct financial contribution form an organisation - I assume that this isn't what you're accusing him of? I am still not sure what you accusing him of directly doing but as I stated in my previous post, serious allegations should be dealt with in the open and not anonymously through Wikipedia. Jimbo H 09:13, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Instead of (unsourced) PR waffle about how he hung back from politics until he could make something of his self in life and how doing his finals was the toughest year of his life, it remains my humble - and disinterested - opinion that his current business links with The British Council (a publicly funded organisation falling within his current parliamentary brief)remain a matter of public interest. For some reason best known to himself Jeremy Hunt MP is very coy about these BC links.

Evidence of this can be seen, for example, in The House of Commons Minutes of the International Development Committee for Thursday 14 July 2005 under item 1 where members including Mr Hunt were asked to declare interests. Contrast his entry on that occasion with that of his Labour colleague Joan Ruddock MP: "Jeremy Hunt declared the following interests: remunerated directorship of Hotcourses Ltd. Hotcourses owns 50% of Sheffield Data Services Ltd and 100% of Schoolsnet; Consultant, Bristol Port Company; he declared a loan to his brother for use in his company Peacock Blue Ltd, and was an unremunerated Director and Trustee of the Hotcourse Foundation." What is left undeclared is the link between Hotcourses, Sheffield Data Services and Schoolsnet and The British Council - one of the main organisations this committee comments on.

Contrast Mr Hunt's approach to disclosure with that of Joan Ruddock MP. She has no directorships but "Joan Ruddock declared a non-pecuniary interest in that she is twinned with a woman MP in Zambia, arranged by the British Council". Now take a look at the press release linking Hunt to British Council on http://www.ucas.ac.uk/new/press/archive/news2001/bc2208.html and ask yourself why his Wikipedia entry mentions an old client list (BT, Bull Integris, Zetafax) of one of his previous PR companies but makes no mention of the fact that his parliamentary assistants (who get access to Westminster and Researchers passes) are supported by declared financial contributions from Hotcourses one of whose main clients is this peculiar quasi-governmental body British Council which has semi-diplomatic status, Neil Kinnock as its Chairperson, has recently been designated as a Home Office approved accreditor for immigration purposes, is currently in the midst of a huge row over its 'cultural' role not least in respect of the closures of libraries and information centres and its treatment of staff.

I have no objection whatsoever to this article having a link to Surrey Conservatives - but would point out the apparent contradiction in edits which add that in with one hand while taking out with the other the page reference from that same website in which Jeremy HuntMP is pictured with Labour's Douglas Alexander MP in 'The Devil's Punchbowl' - and expresses his support for the London Olympics. As that issue too may have an impact on his current Shadow Cabinet Culture responsibility that should stay too.

The place to discuss the problems of the British Council is on the British Council page. If you read my previous comments you would see that the reason I pulled out the web page showing Douglas Alexander is that it was inj the context of Jeremy thinking of changing parties BEFORE he was adopted as a candidate when the picture was clearly taken when he was an MP. With regards again to the British Council, as it is sponsored by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office it does not fall within his brief. I would also point out that you are hardly disinterested if you are editing a Wikipedia page.Jimbo H 13:19, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

I am certainly very interested in The British Council which is a strangely unaccountable organisation which tries to edit its own Wikipedia entries to mislead the general public. I also believe very strongly in accountability of MPs and point out again that this concern is shared by 'The Financial Times'. I have no knowledge at all about Jeremy Hunt's political dithering before or after he enters Westminster as successor to Virginia Bottomley who was on the Board of Trustees of The British Council at the time of his business dealings.

If Jeremy Hunt MP or his supporters believe that 'as it is sponsored by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office [British Council - which styles itself as 'the UK international organisation for cultural relations and education'] does not fall within his brief' as Shadow Minister of Culture (sic) then the sooner a Hotcourse sponsored assistant finds the man a dictionary the better.

You are on a losing wicket, Jimbo. Wikipedia is not a personal advertising service for Conservative MPs. The undeclared interest in the British Council by Jeremy Hunt MP when he served on a Select Committee covering that body is clearly sourced above - and remains a matter of considerable public interest.

I would agree that the fact the Hotcourses has The British Council as a client is of interest and I didn't take it down when I last made some changes. It is however the case that the British Council is responsible to FCO rather than DCMS and I'm sure that you should be able to find that out relatively simply - I can tell you where to look if you want. I agree that Wiki should not have negative postings removed by people with a connection to the page in question and neither should i be used for promotion but neither should it be used for smears. You appear to imply that there are some shady dealings going ahead and as I have stated twice before, Wikipedia is not the place to air these grievances. Jimbo H 14:07, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

The British Council is a major client. It is also by no means as transparent as you imply. There is nothing simple about getting answers out of British Council. But if you come across minutes (?) of any meetings involving Jeremy Hunt and the British Council's deal with Hotcourses, do be sure to post them.

Expenses

Is this relevant? There are modest overclaims and a query over his agent staying in his second home. Also he made his personal bank statements available to a loal papaer I think it was. Rich Farmbrough, 12:04, 9 September 2009 (UTC).

Whilst Hunt has notably fallen foul of the authorities for letting his agent use the house, the relatively small overpayments due HOC clerical errors are trivial. I intend to expand the details of the investigation, provide a one line summary of the other overpayments and then give the expenses in context. This section should then look more like an encyclopedia article. JRPG (talk) 18:46, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

I note Henry J. Mute has restored all the old text including frankly trivial details in the expenses section, see wp:undue This is supposed to be a WP:NPOV article. Hunt has clearly made two mistakes, allowing the agent to stay, which appears to me to be a way of boosting party funds and one of which has been described as having been caused by a "disorganised office". A possibly charitable description but the official one. Lets state the facts succinctly and ignore trivia. The mysterious reference to the letter of the 24th of June should be removed. JRPG (talk) 15:12, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Henry J. Mute (talk) 16:06, 18 January 2011 (UTC)Thank you JRPG for your welcome on my user talk page. I have read some of the pages but was struck by:

"Achieving neutrality As a general rule, do not remove sourced information from the encyclopedia solely on the grounds that it seems biased. Instead, try to rewrite the passage or section to achieve a more neutral tone. Biased information can usually be balanced with material cited to other sources to produce a more neutral perspective, so such problems should be fixed when possible through the normal editing process. Remove material only where you have good reason to believe it misinforms or misleads readers in ways that cannot be addressed by rewriting the passage."

I added to what was already there, I did not delete. My sourced information was deleted, and believe it should not have been.

The 1p claim was itself trivial (and refused), but to include it is not. The expenses scandal was not only about the bigger claims like moat cleaning and duck houses, but also bath plugs, biscuits, chewing gum and the 1p phone call. The 1p claim has been on Wikipedia for 18 months, and for most of that time was the only claim that was was listed on the expenses section.

The Mail had claimed that Jeremy Hunt was one of the saints of the expenses scandal and whilst it is right to note that Jeremy Hunt was one of the lowest claimers, he was also one of the highest re-payers.

The other items that have been deleted reflect that there were more than just the two mistakes you refer to and cannot be blamed on a "disorganised office." If you look at Jeremy Hunt's candidate declaration, http://www.jeremyhunt.org/pdf/CandidateDeclarationForm.pdf the handwriting is not dissimilar to the handwriting on some of the claim forms he has blamed other people for.

There is nothing mysterious about the reference to the letter of June 24th. it is listed here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmstnprv/157/15702.htm Jeremy Hunt claimed his agent's use of his taxpayer funded home was proportionate to the equity he owned outright.This claim is also expanded in Jeremy Hunt's interview with the parliamentary commission and warrants a heading under Equity.http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmstnprv/157/15702.htm , so do not understand your argument that it should be removed.

I do agree that the expenses section should not be the largest but that is because so little has been entered in other sections. As a Secretary of State he deserves more.

Henry, firstly thanks for a courteous response and I'm pleased you've shown committment. Looking at the sources, the standards enquiry found Hunt guilty on 2 serious charges. This is most definitely notable. The commission then used extremely mild language to rebuke him. Disorganised office will appear nonsense to most people –hence an exact quotation. I’ll update this with thisTelegraph article which has some additional comments -unless you want to do it.

London MPs –particularly those in wealthy areas where staff aren’t needed to help with visas or benefits - will normally have the lowest expenses and that is true of Hunt. There are usually more press articles on expenses than anything else an MP does so it is important to ensure the section doesn’t fail the undue test. I don’t feel small details including the penny meet notability as overall expenses are low.

The amount he repaid £11554 following the enquiry would have put him 22nd on the Legg repayment list –which would be notable -but Hunt’s claims were not on their remit and hence weren’t included. The Telegraph awarded sainthood to a few people but I don’t think Hunt was one. Re the handwriting, that may be of interest to the press but we are banned from original research.

The Observer article is definitely notable. I’d like to see any follow up from a decent source about this employee.

We agree that the article should be larger. Unlike Cable, Hunt appears to be anti-BBC. This article, this one, and this one may be useful after the decision is made. I'd be delighted if you want to do this potentially most important section and am happy to help.

Regards JRPG (talk) 22:30, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

I've had another look at the errors in expenses. The overclaiming on council tax occurs on other MPs expenses -and seems largely due to the HOC authorities not understanding the rules of Council tax i.e a monthly payment omitted in February and March. There is no question of any wrongdoing, nor is the sum very large in the overall context of an MP's cost. The office supplies overpayment should similarly have been picked up by any self respecting auditing system and I don't think anyone would suggest it was deliberate. That contrasts with the very much larger benefits received by Hunt's agent and PA, both of which are questionable.

JRPG (talk) 21:02, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

@Collect: Thanks for updating his expenses. As someone used to filling in expense forms, I saw very little wrong with many of the things MPs were accused of but a lot wrong with the auditing. I added the bit about relative expenses to provide a wp:npov value to show his costs weren't at all unusual. In practice its impossible to compare like with like, hence it was right to remove it. Regards JRPG (talk) 18:30, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

The C word

The most newsworthy event of this politician's year happened on 06.12.10 on the Today programme when James Naughtie mistakenly employed a rather rude spoonerism (IT is not a Spoonerism unless his first name begins with C) when introducing him. This was reported on every daily newspaper and on television and radio news bulletins on 06.12.10. However my attempts to include this on Wikipedia (without resorting to vulgar language) have lasted barely 30 minutes. It's a form of censorship that's depressingly common on Wikipedia. Furthermore I am being asked to justify myself. Why are the other editors not justifying their attempts to present an airbrushed, sanitised biography of this individual? MyThoughtsExactly (talk) 22:09, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, things like this make the news. They are quickly forgotten about. Being the subject of a gaffe is hardly notable, and in this case, it's probably not even worth mentioning the the gaffe perpetrator's bio. See WP:TRIVIA and WP:UNDUE. Furthermore, a quick look around will confirm that censorship is not common. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 22:16, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Agree with Ohnoitsjamie. If Hunt had used the 'c' word, then it may be noteworthy, but it was someone else who accidentally spoonerised his name, so this story is about Naughtie not Hunt who was merely the innocent object of Naughtie's mistake. BabelStone (talk) 22:21, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

It is not about sanitising or airbrushing. It is about keeping trivia out. This was a trivial incident that some people found amusing for one day or so but will swiftly be forgotten. You are right to describe it as a newsworthy event. But because it was newsworthy does not make it an event of any significance in a biography of Hunt. It's not something he did or said. Rather, somebody else mispronounced his name on radio to briefly amusing effect. There might be an argument for including a reference to the episode on the James Naughtie page, but not here, as far as I am concerned. In fact, thinking about it, I don't even think it should appear on the Naughtie page. I would go so far as to say that in a year or so this incident will be almost completely forgotten. Dubmill (talk) 22:23, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I seem to have touched a raw nerve, I had no idea Mr Hunt had so many active supporters on Wiki. Well using the trivia line of argument could open up a can of worms on this article and many other biographical articles. Who is to say what is trivia? What trivia is deemed worthy of mention? For instance why has mention of his Latin dancing pastime been allowed? Is this essential to the biography of a Cabinet Minister, a Member of Parliament and Privy Councilor? You seem to allow trivia that suits and disallow trivia that might be embarrassing. MyThoughtsExactly (talk) 22:40, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I wouldn't characterize myself as an "active supporter," as I hardly know who he is. I frequently add articles to my watchlist not because I'm interested in the topic, but because they've been targeted with frequent vandalism or POV pushing. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 22:46, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I am not a supporter of Hunt. In fact I had never heard of him until yesterday. The mention of his interest in Latin dancing is perhaps questionable. Then again, it is something he does himself, and seems to fit under the heading of 'Personal life', unlike this. Dubmill (talk) 22:48, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I watch this page because I live in Hunt's constituency, but I have never voted in an election, and am certainly not a supporter of his (I was in favour of keeping in the article the mention of his much-ridiculed 1p expenses claim). I oppose the introduction of this material simply because it is not relevant to his article as he was not involved in the verbal slip by Naughtie. Incidentally, it was a strange coincidence that this irrelevant trivia was readded this morning by an IP belonging to Glasgow City Council when MyThoughtsExactly appears to be a Rangers fan. BabelStone (talk) 10:42, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

User:MyThoughtsExactly has been blocked for sockpuppetry, per WP:DUCK. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:17, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Nearly five years later, this is still remembered.Guy(Help!). Warning: comments may contain traces of sarcasm. 23:01, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm going to make myself unpopular again by saying that mistakes by radio and TV commentators are very notable on their page BUT tell us nothing about Hunt. I agree with BabelStone and since two of those arguing in favour of inclusion have been banned, I will remove it from this page as trivia, albeit offered in good faith.JRPG (talk) 16:39, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

The repeated mistakes by commentators may tell us nothing, but that doesn't mean the response to the mistakes tells us nothing. It is the latter that made the mistakes newsworthy, and remembered for years. It would obviously be inappropriate for a BLP to actually call the minister a cunt, but reporting that people ranging from Roger Mellie to Piers Morgan did so, with a generally positive reaction, is a different matter, and not necessarily trivial in the context of political approval.

See also http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/bbc-accidentally-broadcasts-giant-jeremy-hunt-protest-vagina-on-daily-politics--WyepIZytFl http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/19/bbc-accidentally-broadcasts-giant-vagina-during-jeremy-hunt-interview-5513352/

It tells us that people including Mellie & Morgan really dislike Hunt. We all have our views on him but its much more useful to detail his policies so people can judge for themselves if his ministry is benefiting the country. Regards JRPG (talk) 22:13, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Roger Mellie is a fictional character, from Viz. The people who have called him "Jeremy Cunt" on air accidentally include James Naughtie, Evan Davies, Sky News' Jon Craig, Mark Longhurst (also Sky), and deliberate use has come from Ricky Gervaise and others. I think by now we're at the point where the principle of least astonishment demands that we at least mention it. Guy (Help!) 12:57, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

See also http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/doctor-becomes-question-time-hero-for-refusing-to-pronounce-jeremy-hunts-surname--Wy0a0sQrcl — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.153.186.48 (talk) 09:17, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Guy. I'm reluctant to mention accidental use for reasons stated. However it makes the page a target and since Gervaise regards it comedy I would unenthusiastically support a brief sentence ..something along the lines of

Following unintentional but well publicised spoonerisms of his name by both the BBC's James Naughtie and Sky's Jon Craig, comedian Ricky Gervaise has referred to him as ... JRPG (talk) 14:19, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Nope. Else we would say that calling any person names then becomes fodder for their biography - a path which is quite far from encyclopedic value. This is an area where discretion seems rather in order. Collect (talk) 18:36, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Agreed it tells us very little about Hunt & does nothing to improve the encyclopaedia but a one liner allows us to reject further additions. I was involved in essentially the same discussion at Talk:Ronnie Barker#Son when people kept inserting widely reported material about his son. I expect a lot of problems next week. JRPG (talk) 22:56, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

whether it's in or not, can we PLEASE stop calling it a spoonerism? my vote, if I had one, would be for a brief mention. it's one of the things this no-mark is famous for, besides being under-qualified for cabinet offices like the ones he's held, for making unpopular & misguided policy adjustments, & for diddling his expenses & lying about it.

duncanrmi (talk) 09:37, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Campaigns

I updated the sentence on campaigns he has been involved in but more work is needed. 'Inappropriate over development' is a very biassed, poorly defined phrase - it isn't neutral. 'saving' a hospital is not neutral and shouldn't be used unless there was a campaign of this name - in which case it should have been capitalised. The only citation present was a link to Mr Hunt's page on the Conservative Party website, in which he refers to campaigning against closure of the A&E department of a hospital, not the closure of the hospital itself as previously stated. The other campaigns mentioned lack citation - so if none can be found then mention of them should be removed. I also think it made more sense to list hospital related campaigns together. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.103.6.140 (talk) 21:15, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Strongly agree that "inappropriate" is a loaded word! Also agree that we have a lot of problems with inaccurate summarising of sources -saving a hospital as opposed to the A+E. Another problem is the omission of a summary of the right to reply of politicians.

Hunt's web page isn't ideal as a wp:source but if there's nothing in the local newspaper then it's the best we can get.

"some local developments" is vague to the point of meaningless and lacks a citation, feel free to remove. Hunt's webpage would have mentioned the more important campaigns but I suggest waiting perhaps a couple of weeks, then removing them. Regards JRPG (talk) 21:52, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Needs to feature information

This article needs to feature information about his corruption concerning News International's bid for BSkyB, as well as what this implies about him as an immoral person.  :-) 86.186.94.202 (talk) 18:34, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

We are strictly required to follow a neutral point of view and all information must be verifiable. If we want to refer to him as "corrupt", it must be a quotation from a reliable source and the word should appear in quotes. Regards JRPG (talk) 20:29, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, let's see what we can do! 86.186.94.202 (talk) 07:46, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Under the junior doctor dispute, could it be made clear that his main manifesto pledge is to push through a 7 day routine work service keeping current staffing levels, which are already stretched thin over 5 day routine work + 7 day emergency work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wilson cat (talk • contribs) 22:56, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Work on the page today September 4th

Well done everyone for getting this page up to date so quickly . I went hoping for a imsight into this new SOS Health and got sooooooo much information. Wikipedia for ever.YellowFratello (talk) 18:55, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Cousin of HM Queen Elizabeth II - more reliable source?

Do you know of a more reliable source for this statement? The owner of the amateur geneaology site you have quoted (Darryl Lundy) states himself : "This website is the result of around fourteen years of work by one (somewhat eccentric) person collecting information on the European royal families and on the British Peerage, and then entering it into a range of various genealogy programs. Along the way I have changed the way I have presented information, and adjusted the formatting to reflect the strengths of each new generation of software. I continue to find conflicting info while expanding it."
If you have a reliable source, can you post it please? Its a rather grand connection - 212.139.109.29 (talk) 20:57, 4 September 2012 (UTC)twl212.139.109.29 (talk) 20:57, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

I agree. The statements about Hunt's family history are based on original research and interpretation of primary sources, and the cited sources do not explicitly support any of the claims. For such claims to be included in the article they need to be directly made by a reliable source. Therefore I have removed them from the article. BabelStone (talk) 23:21, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Support for Homeopathy - Royal Spokesperson in Government?

The Guardian of 10/09.2012 <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/poll/2012/sep/04/do-you-believe-in-homeopathy-jeremy-hunt?commentpage=30#comment-18071761> drew attention to Hunt's support for homeopathy and intimated that he promoted this form of alternative medicine at the behest of the Royal Family - who his CV suggests he is distantly related to. There were queries as to whether any parliamentary rules existed re: civil servants and politicians being independent of the monarchy - I was wondering if there should be more links to this, as it appears to have the potential to become a hot topic?212.139.100.203 (talk) 23:25, 9 September 2012 (UTC)twl212.139.100.203 (talk) 23:25, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Support for Homeopathy - Royal Spokesperson in Government?

The Guardian of 10/09.2012 <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/poll/2012/sep/04/do-you-believe-in-homeopathy-jeremy-hunt?commentpage=30#comment-18071761> drew attention to Hunt's support for homeopathy and intimated that he promoted this form of alternative medicine at the behest of the Royal Family - who his CV suggests he is distantly related to. There were queries as to whether any parliamentary rules existed re: civil servants and politicians being independent of the monarchy - I was wondering if there should be more links to this, as it appears to have the potential to become a hot topic?212.139.100.203 (talk) 23:26, 9 September 2012 (UTC)twl212.139.100.203 (talk) 23:26, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Re relationship to the royal family, I don't think this is significant. However Hunt's support for homeopathy has already raised many eyebrows. Whilst Prince Charles is a supporter, Hunt won't get anywhere unless he has the support of Cameron -but that may have been a motive for giving him the job. Crystal ball gazing is verboten so we'll have to wait and see what actions follow. Feel free to post any other links. JRPG (talk) 16:18, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

This morning I ran across a tweet from Richard Dawkins referencing this article. It strikes me that our article, which says bluntly that he's a supporter of homeopathy needs to be updated.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 13:24, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Missed this post but added a summary. Note Hunt also showed support for traditional Chinese medicine last year. JRPG (talk) 15:57, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Wife's surname

I have been reliably informed that his wife's surname is not 'Liu'. Many news reports give the name as 'Guo'. I have made the change, with a reliable source. I grant that there are a number of sources with the incorrect name, but I am told (and have partly confirmed, although a more thorough search may turn up some other original source for the error) that they all appear to follow the first appearance in Wikipedia. A strange side note is this one which says "he refuses to give her surname" - this may have been true in that interview, but does not appear to be true more generally.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 08:20, 25 June 2013 (UTC) [Addendum] This appears to be the first insertion (unsourced).--Jimbo Wales (talk) 08:23, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

PC post nominals

"PC" as a post-nominal is usually only given to those otherwise entitled to the style "The Right Honourable", i.e., Peers of the Realm. Is there a good source for why the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP gets "PC" as well? — 86.156.45.114 (talk) 19:36, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

He is a privy counsellor (see second paragraph of the "Member of Parliament" section Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 21:01, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Some articles relevant to the Health Secretary section

• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-i-took-my-children-to-ae-because-i-didnt-want-to-wait-for-gp-appointment-9882814.html (November 2014)
• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nhs-doctors-and-nurses-respond-to-jeremy-hunts-pledge-to-tackle-ripoff-staff-agencies-10291209.html (June 2015)
• http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/06/17/jeremy-hunt-nhs-babies-killed_n_7601902.html (June 2015)

Requested move 30 July 2015

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: moved. Dab page deleted, a hat note will suffice. Jenks24 (talk) 19:44, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

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Jeremy Hunt (politician) → Jeremy Hunt – According to article traffic, the cyclist has only been viewed just over 1,000 times in the last three months,[1][2][3] whilst the politician has been viewed over 45,000 times in the same time period.[4][5][6] Unreal7 (talk) 20:40, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

• Support. Jeremy Hunt the politician is far more prominent than the retired cyclist. BabelStone (talk) 20:50, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
• Support of course, riding a bike does not satisfy the second criterion of WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, and the first is clear. One might even say that the current situation is unreal. Red Slash 22:50, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose Will he have long-standing notability? Only time will tell. If time does tell, then sure, move it, but for now, leave the identifier. --ipuser90.192.101.114 (talk) 00:02, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

  Umm, I'm fairly confident he's already done far more significant things than someone who's ridden a bike has done. Red Slash 16:07, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

• Support per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 15:58, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

• Comment: Consensus leans toward making politician Jeremy Hunt the primary topic, which would imply dropping '(politician)' from his article title. Nobody has said what to do with the DAB page that currently occupies the base name. Do people want to delete that, and replace it with a hatnote on Jeremy Hunt, referring the interested reader to Jeremy Hunt (cyclist)? EdJohnston (talk) 19:11, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

• Yeah delete that - two topics and one is primary, i.e. get rid. Unreal7 (talk) 23:24, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

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Sources

Please have a look at WP:RS before posting sources such as Buzzfeed, the Express, the Mirror and web blogs on this article, which is about a living person (WP:BLP) and therefore has strict rules about what sources can be used

Wikipedia:Suggested sources#Current news has advice about the Daily Mail. JRPG (talk) 16:46, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

I/P Vandalism block.

NeilN, this page has always been particularly prone to vandalism. Industrial action is expected to start on 8th December and there will be a lot of newspaper coverage before then which I/Ps, possibly using medical journals may be best placed to document. I appreciate WP:NOTNEWS applies but could I ask if you could use pending changes settings to control vandalism? Regards JRPG (talk) 22:29, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Saddened to read that this is a "thing" at the moment [[7]]. It might be prudent to extend the semi-protect. •martyx• tkctgy 10:46, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

There was a similar article at The Huffington Post. As the admin who's currently semi-protected the article I am keeping a close eye on the situation. Most edits to this article from IP users are generally constructive - at least many constructive edits come from IP users, so it is preferable to keep the protection as minimal as possible. There is currently an extended period of PC protection which should prevent the worst from being displayed, while still allowing edits from new users. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 10:56, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Styles section

What evidence supports that Jeremy Hunt was entitled to be styled "The Honourable" from 2005 to 2010? This seems like an error, as his father is not a peer and he is not entitled to this style as a Member of Parliament. Can this section be changed to reflect this (i.e. Mr Hunt until he was made a PC in 2010)?

The section should therefore read:

• until 2005: Jeremy Hunt
• 2005 - 2010: Jeremy Hunt MP
• 2010 on wards: The Right Honourable Jeremy Hunt MP

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcgrs2 (talk • contribs)

 Done -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 08:29, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 February 2016

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Early life: Charterhouse School is not an all boys school.

Secondly, the lead is unsourced and reads non neutral. 86.172.177.53 (talk) 20:41, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

I had edited the lead to make it more neutral just before you posted this, are you happy with the new version? I have removed the claim about Charterhouse as it is not in the source. Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 21:12, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Done --allthefoxes ^(Talk) 23:37, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Leads are generally unsourced, the sources are int he rest of the article. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:40, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 February 2016

Please change the text addressing the costs of migrant use of the NHS from "£7 million" to "£12 million", this is because £33m - £21m = £12m and the source itself quotes this figure. TehMrSkinner (talk) 21:07, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Source confirms. Changed. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)

"As Health Secretary, he has attempted to move the NHS to provide routine care at weekends by introducing a new contract for junior doctors aimed at rostering more doctors in an attempt to reduce mortality in hospitals."

I'm deeply uncomfortable with this statement since, as far as I can tell, no-one in a position of authority besides Hunt accepts that the NHS actually has significant issues at weekends, and given the Hunt Effect where his claims about weekends are causing significant harm, it is irresponsible of us to phrase it like that in the lead. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:39, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Broadband speeds

Is there anything to support the idea that Hunt "achieved" higher broadband speeds as Culture Secretary, as opposed to merely being in office while speeds continued to increase as they did before and afterwards, based on e.g. http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/other/telecoms-research/broadband-speeds/broadband-speeds-november2014/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.44.21.120 (talk) 17:43, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 February 2016

Article states Hunt imposed the contract in February 2016. The contract is not due to be used until August and as such has not yet been imposed. He is still threatening that he will impose the contract in August. As yet nothing is set in stone - regardless of political rhetoric. Dricampbell (talk) 21:01, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 19:58, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Virginia Bottomley cousin rumour

The claim that Virginia Bottomley is a cousin seems false. Roland Charles Colin Hunt was the son of Colin and Dorothea Hunt, Sir Nicholas Hunt was the son of John Montgomerie Hunt and Elizabeth Yates. Internet rumours claim Roland Charles Colin Hunt and Sir Nicholas Hunt were brothers and that's why Virginia Bottomley and Jeremy Hunt must be cousins, but I see no evidence to back up this claim. Uhooep (talk) 02:54, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Edit request

It seems like this article was locked at *just* the wrong moment. Jeremy Hunt was reported to be sacked at just before midday (British time), then it was reported that he had resigned, then that he was merely being moved to another department, and finally that he was staying put.

However the intro implies that he is no longer Health Secretary. Whether you agree with the decision or not, he still is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.132.60 (talk) 18:57, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, I've restored the intro from last week which still works. You are currently able to edit the article so could have fixed it yourself if you wanted. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 19:06, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

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C*** - again

I can't work out if JzG was serious about resurrecting Jeremy Cunt in one form or another - but he is documented in at least one reliable source here that says several civil servants refer to him as "rhyming slang". Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 11:09, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

If I ever advocated that redirect it was wholly for comedic purposes. However, there is a valid case to mention the sheer number of times he has been called Cunt by newsreaders and others. The Jim Naughtie incident, followed by Evan Davies, got lasting coverage and were included in reviews of the year. Guy (Help!) 14:47, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Company co-founded by Jeremy Hunt broke law

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/26/firm-co-founded-by-jeremy-hunt-broke-law

John Cummings (talk) 10:12, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Too long, too much detail

The article is disproportionately long. It's about the same length as the articles about Edward Heath and Harold Wilson, former Prime Ministers. Jeremy Hunt is not of comparable importance and he's still in mid-career for a politician. There is too much detail in almost every section of the article. Example: "Journalist Iain Martin claimed that at a 2010 event held at UCL which Murdoch attended he saw Hunt hide behind a tree to avoid being seen by journalists...". There's also a lot of material which may have been newsworthy at the time it appeared in the media, but whose lasting interest is close to nil. Most of the things newspapers say about politicians, and the rebuttals which may follow, are simply not worth preserving. IMHO this article should be about half the length it presently is. Sayitclearly (talk) 13:40, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

I agree, there are certainly things that can be trimmed down. I would suggest removing the last four paragraphs of the "Junior doctors' contracts" section, i.e. starting with the paragraph which begins "In response to his decision", which are not really needed. I'll also make some fairly minor trims myself. Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 18:47, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Better photograph?

The main picture is truly dreadful. Hunt looks like he's getting blown. Can't we find something a bit more dignified? --OhNoPeedyPeebles (talk) 21:15, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Agreed. I've reverted to the old official photo where he looks less idiotic. BabelStone (talk) 22:23, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Is that his natural expression? --OhNoPeedyPeebles (talk) 21:10, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 October 2018

I want to document some of the responses from political figures to Hunt's EU-USSR comment. Baiba Braže, Latvian Ambassador to the UK, https://twitter.com/BaibaBraze/status/1046442294684123139 ; Lord Ricketts, former head of the Foreign Office, https://twitter.com/LordRickettsP/status/1046463931169067009 ; Vytenis Andriukaitis, EU Commissioner, https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2014-2019/andriukaitis/blog/likening-eu-ussr-not-unreasonable_en Quietconcerned8 (talk) 13:01, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Are these claims which already exist in the article but need references? If not, please mention the specific changes you'd like to be made in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.  Spintendo  15:50, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 October 2018

I would like to suggest an addition to this page of what I feel is quite a pertinent video on the public opinion of Mr. Hunt regarding his actions with the NHS, link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blz50JOlZvQ FrazledFish (talk) 23:52, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. ♪♫Alucard 16♫♪ 13:14, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Pressure into travel to Iran to offer consular services to a dual-national

There are reports that the poor man is being pressured into going to that horrible country, to help a dual-national Palestinian-English woman who cannot avail her civil-rights there nor her rights to Consular Assistance there. Perhaps it was merely a photo-opportunity, but Rupert Murdochs Sky News carried it (Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe) as breaking news yesterday, the 20th of November126.3.49.153 (talk) 21:00, 20 November 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.3.12.168 (talk) Sky news reported yesterday that he would be scolding Iran about civil or consular rights of its citizen, but today most UK newspapers are depicting him shaking hands amicably with counterparts. Is the Rupert Murdoch Sky News less relevent than the others, or should the Zaccari matter simply be dropped?126.3.11.147 (talk) 09:00, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Greetings 126.3.11.147. I reverted the original post as due to the spelling error I thought it was simply a reference to "the C word" discussion which tells us nothing about Hunt. Sky had a reasonable reputation for impartial news which was threatened by Murdoch but my understanding is that its been sold to Comcast. Its important that you don't let your dislike of a country or person colour a WP:NPOV.Other than that I've no problem with Sky. Regards JRPG (talk) 10:52, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

'identifies'

Identify is a transitive verb. Please change "he identifies as" to "he considers himself to be" or something else in correct English.GorisGazoom (talk) 12:56, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

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Politically biased article

Whilst the initial sections relating to Jeremy Hunt’s early life and career are largely balanced and accurate, the accounts of his tenures as Health Secretary and Foreign Secretary are deeply unbalanced and display significant political bias, omitting key features of his tenure and going into inordinate detail on a small number of events designed to denigrate his reputation.

Health Secretary

The section relating to Jeremy Hunt’s period as Health Secretary omits to mention the crucial context of his tenure, which was that his first significant task as Health Secretary (appointed in September 2012) was to respond to the Mid Staffs hospital scandal public inquiry in March 2013 [8]. This report estimated that between 400 and 1200 people lost their lives needlessly. In response to this scandal, Jeremy introduced a series of important reforms designed to improve patient care, regulation and patient safety [9].

These included a new Ofsted style inspection regime to rate GP practices, care homes and hospitals independently on their quality of care https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/may/21/gps-ofsted-inspections-jeremy-hunt , a ‘special measures’ regime to turn around under-performing hospitals, GP practices and care homes https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2365120/Keogh-review-11-NHS-hospitals-placed-special-measures-Jeremy-Hunt-reveals-thousands-patients-needlessly-died.html; https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/16/jeremy-hunt-new-measures-tackle-failing-care-homes, a new ‘duty of candour’ - a legal duty on hospitals to be honest about mistakes in care https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/hospital-safety-website-expose-nhs-staffing-levels-and-never-events-wake-mid-staffs-crisis-8947851.html, a ‘Learning from Deaths’ programme, which legally requires hospitals to publish their own estimates of their numbers of avoidable deaths https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/policies-and-guidance/trusts-told-to-regularly-reveal-data-on-avoidable-patient-deaths-14-12-2017/, a ‘halve it’ campaign to dramatically reduce the number of stillbirths, neonatal deaths and maternal deaths in the NHS https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/13/jeremy-hunt-cut-number-stillbirths-neonatal-deaths, and a system which requires an independent doctor to assess every hospital death https://www.bbc.com/news/health-44413443.

Independent research found the decision to place several hospitals in special measures is likely to have saved hundreds of lives [10]. As a result of these reforms, nearly 3 million more people were being treated in good or outstanding hospitals by the end of his period as Health Secretary [11].

During his period as Health Secretary, he also expanded the number of doctor and nurse training places by 25% https://www.theweek.co.uk/68215/hunt-to-promise-25-rise-in-student-doctor-places/page/0/1, opened 5 new medical schools in Sunderland, Lancashire, Lincoln, Canterbury and Chelmsford [12], and secured a £20bn boost to the NHS budget as part of a ten-year plan agreed in 2017 to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the NHS https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44495598.

The Wikipedia profile on his period as Health Secretary fails to detail a single one of these significant reforms or improvements, instead focusing on a single year’s pay dispute - relatively inconsequential in the context of six years of pay negotiations with multiple healthcare staffing unions; a single hospital downgrade - again, relatively minor in the context of multiple hospital reconfigurations every year across the NHS; the cost of locum staffing agencies; and an initiative to reduce reliance on international doctors working in the NHS, without the crucial context of 5 new medical schools to boost training places – all of which are relatively minor issues compared to the significant reforms to patient safety and regulation that he delivered, which receive no mention.

Subsequent to these paragraphs, 11 out of 16 paragraphs are related to the junior doctors’ dispute and strike. Whilst this was undoubtedly the most memorable feature of his tenure for many people, it is not credible to claim that analysis of a 6-year period (his time as Health Secretary) should be 70% focused on this dispute. The level of detail in this part of the article is exhaustive and includes minutiae which is totally disproportionate to the lack of attention given to other significant features of his tenure as Health Secretary.

It is hard to escape the conclusion that this section was authored and maintained by a political critic of Jeremy Hunt who wishes to perpetuate a deeply biased account of his period at the Department of Health.

As an objective comparison of what a neutral or fair-minded summary of this period would cover, this BBC profile of Jeremy’s period as Health Secretary devotes 5 out of 30 paragraphs to the junior doctors’ dispute, 7 out of 30 paragraphs to his work to improve patient safety and regulation, and 3 out of 30 on his efforts to secure more funding for the NHS: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40162245.

Foreign Secretary

The paragraphs relating to Jeremy Hunt’s period as Foreign Secretary also seem to feature a random selection of facts designed to portray his tenure in a negative light, rather than a balanced attempt to summarise the key milestones and events during his tenure.

For example, this New Statesman profile includes a prominent reference to the fact that the two causes Jeremy Hunt focused on most as Foreign Secretary were media freedom and religious freedom for persecuted Christians, yet the profile makes no mention of either initiative [13].

On media freedom, Jeremy Hunt initiated a global conference co-hosted with Canada to defend media freedom attended by 50 countries. He appointed Amal Clooney as the UK’s Special Envoy for media freedom. Jeremy Hunt set up a High-Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom jointly chaired by Lord Neuberger the former President of the UK Supreme Court and Amal Clooney [ https://cfnhri.org/updates/jeremy-hunt-and-amal-clooney-agree-joint-legal-plan-to-defend-media-freedom-around-the-world/].

On religious freedom for persecuted Christians, Jeremy Hunt commissioned the Bishop of Truro to review what more the UK could do to support persecuted Christians around the world [ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/26/jeremy-hunt-orders-global-review-into-persecution-of-christians]. Christians are believed to be targets of about 80% of all acts of religious discrimination or persecution [ https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/persecution-of-christians-review-foreign-secretarys-speech-following-the-final-report], and the review found that levels of persecution against Christians were ‘at near genocide levels’ [14].

The review recommended that the UK should be prepared to sanction abusers of religious rights, and also suggested the UK should adopt a definition of anti-Christian discrimination. Jeremy Hunt committed to implementing the review’s recommendations in full [15].

Jeremy Hunt also devoted considerable effort as Foreign Secretary to securing the release of Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman imprisoned in Iran on trumped-up charges of spying, and other dual nationals falsely imprisoned in Iran. He visited Iran to argue for her release [16], and subsequently took the unprecedented step of granting her ‘diplomatic protection’ [17], which elevates the issue to a state to state dispute between the U.K. and Iran. Nazanin’s husband, Richard Ratcliffe, praised Jeremy Hunt’s approach stating: "I wanted him to make her a priority - it feels like he has. He's issued statements saying he thought she was innocent. He's been as strong as we could have wanted. It feels like she's got a big brother in the playground. It feels like we've got a more strident tone being taken from the foreign secretary." [18]

The paragraphs on Jeremy Hunt’s period as Foreign Secretary highlight the fact that he defended arms sales to Saudi Arabia but omits the crucial detail that he personally devoted a great deal of time and energy to negotiating a ceasefire in Yemen between the Saudi Arabians and the Houtis. Jeremy Hunt was the only UK Foreign Secretary to have visited Yemen during the protracted conflict [19], and personally attended and helped to negotiate a ceasefire in negotiations in Stockholm https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-attends-un-yemen-peace-talks-in-stockholm. This think tank analysis highlighted the importance of Jeremy Hunt’s efforts:

‘The following November, then U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt shuttled between Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and Tehran, applying pressure on the coalition, arch-rival Iran, and the various Yemeni parties. This eventually culminated in the signing of the Stockholm Agreement.’ [20] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christinarobinson123 (talk • contribs) 14:49, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 October 2022

Change Following the resignation of Boris Johnson over the Chequers Agreement, Hunt was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in July 2018.

to

Following the resignation of Theresa May over the Chequers Agreement, Hunt was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in July 2018. 81.129.155.171 (talk) 18:33, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Not done. The source states "Jeremy Hunt has been named as foreign secretary to replace Boris Johnson". EddieHugh (talk) 23:26, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 October 2022

On October 17th, Hunt announced he was scaling back Kwarteng's budget reform,tax cuts and shortening the Energy Price guarantee to April 2023. Ipotato69 (talk) 11:50, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. —Sirdog (talk) 05:37, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 October 2022

2 things should be added to the new Chancellor section:

1) That he has reversed most of the mini budget September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget (as per https://news.sky.com/story/chancellor-reverses-almost-all-tax-cuts-of-mini-budget-and-says-energy-bills-support-scheme-will-be-scaled-back-12722880)

2) That he has also appointed economic experts Rupert Harrison, Karen Ward, Gertjan Vlieghe, Sushil Wadhwani, to assist him in the role. (as per https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/17/economic-experts-jeremy-hunt-advisory-panel-osborne-mini-budget)

--Whidsakjel (talk) 22:55, 18 October 2022 (UTC) Whidsakjel (talk) 22:55, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: When creating edit requests you must present desired changes in the form of please change X to Y. Asking editors to generate prose based on sources is outside the scope of an edit request. Feel free to create a new edit request or reopen this one once you have done so. —Sirdog (talk) 02:11, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 October 2022

Hello this is a follow up of the above request.

My request is to make a change in the section: Political career > Chancellor of the Exchequer (2022–present): to add a new sentence The day after his appointment, Hunt reversed most of the September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget.[21] (or alter my version of this sentence if necessary)

Also another sentence or a new paragraph to be added in the same section with the words: Following the changes made in the mini-budget, Hunt appointed economic experts Rupert Harrison, Karen Ward, Gertjan Vlieghe and Sushil Wadhwani to assist him in his role as Chancellor.[22] Whidsakjel2 (talk) 12:46, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: The page's protection level has changed since this request was placed. You should now be able to edit the page yourself. If you still seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:32, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

De facto Prime minister as per media

Please name reason as per Wikipedia:Reverting and Wikipedia:Revert only when necessary for reverting edit with multiple reliable sources. FT does not give personal opinion. I removed name of Guardian journos and also can remove The Guardian references as compromise, but if I write that this was echoed in media, I need to base that on some references, I need to give examples of the media. Second, I wrote about media to explicitly state that this is not an opinion of one MP. Reliable sources write about this, there are more now - Bloomberg, Spectator, more publications from Telegraph, and others. What is Hunt doing during his tenure in the office is vital for this article, and also for encyclopedia. This is the most important post he held. And it should be mentioned in the article. Kirill C1 (talk) 17:20, 21 October 2022 (UTC)