To be clear, I don't think Hancock should be asked to or even consider resigning over this particular judgement. He published reports late. The finding concluded that the failings were not systemic, meaning that there was no proof that it was a deliberate act. Whilst it probably was, there was insufficient evidence to conclude that. So no, he should not resign because of this.
The legislation waiting in the wings that is pertinent to this discussion is
Operation Moonshot where 100 billion pounds of our money is being committed, and
PPE Procurement.
It is difficult to draw any conclusions from the Moonshot case as the government are flat refusing to provide information. Perhaps you can draw a conclusion from their reticence, but that wouldn't be a legal conclusion. However on the PPE Fiasco there is plenty of evidence in the public domain to draw reasonable conclusions from. In this particular legislation, and Moonshot, which may be abandoned, the government are trying to price the GLP out of the litigation, which in itself is telling. Look at the evidence around procurement of PPE, the government are corrupt, of that there is very little doubt. The government will loose this litigation, and at that point anyone invoved should go, they won't but they should.
To argue that you are waiting for the evidence is a bit of a cop out, it's available in the public domain now. If the presiding Judge rules that the governemnt can spend what they like on legal fees, and claim reparement for those fees then the GLP will probably drop the litigation as they could not afford to loose.
So to conclude, the government, or parts of it, are irreparabley corrupt. The current ruling does not and should not force any resignations, but that does not mean the government are not corrupt, they clearly are, albeit there is no ruling yet. Go look at the current state of any of the GLP litigations, read witness testimony and draw your own conclusions.
Hickton is allowed to say what he wants, I don't know his motivations, nor do I care and I am not sure why anybody else would either, He is not the problem. We have a judicial system that is being stymied by a legal move from the government, THAT'S the problem.