commentary on his expected departure. https://www.theguardian.com/politic...-grayling-the-3bn-master-of-disaster-bows-out
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Exit Failing Grayling: the £3bn master of disaster expected to bow out
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DarloRich
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this is neither news nor a shock. his use as a shield is no longer required. Boris will appoint one of his own, lower level supporters, as a replacement as a reward for their support.
edwin_m
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I've seen the name Raab mentioned.
You ain't seen nothing yet.
You ain't seen nothing yet.
nlogax
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"Exit Failing Grayling: the £3bn master of disaster bows out" ...and nothing of any value was lost.
Oh good grief..really?
Oh good grief..really?
Busaholic
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Rab C Nesbitt would be a better choice.
pdeaves
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Is there actually anyone available to do the job (i.e. in the government!) that even potentially could be a good choice?
Just read the link and almost started to feel sorry for him. Made me think and gave myself a question. Surely no one is that incompetent accidentally, as in Clouseau style. I mean surely no one can give a ferry contract to a company without ferries, unless on purpose. Is it a possibility he didn't do research or had bad advice. Could he have been getting little brown envelopes. I just don't get it, I don't believe someone is just that clueless, unless purposefully.
edwin_m
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Anyone who wants to be a minister under Boris apparently has to support no deal - and as far as I'm concerned any politician who supports such a stupid idea must be presumed incompetent. Certainly I can't think of any Brexiter who's achieved much in government.
Be careful of what you wish for. There could be a lively thread here about Mark Francois, the new transport minister.
I'll trump you with Esther McVey!Be careful of what you wish for. There could be a lively thread here about Mark Francois, the new transport minister.
(Actually, he could offer it to a token 'Remainer' knowing its a poisoned chalice and they will inevitably fail.)
Don't you mean "I'll ***** you with Esther McVey"? The mods might disapprove of your language.
bramling
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Be careful of what you wish for. There could be a lively thread here about Mark Francois, the new transport minister.
Lol!
Unfortunately the role has always been something between a poison chalice and an unglamorous dead-end. Let’s hope the job goes to someone decent this time round.
edwin_m
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It's sometimes a convenient foothold for someone on the way up (Hammond, Darling) but those ones don't usually last long.
Bearing in mind who is almost certainly going to be PM, I wouldn't hold my breath.
Fixed that for you
Don't you mean "I'll ***** you with Esther McVey"? The mods might disapprove of your language.
With the correction above its one and the same is it not?
Thanks for ruining my day with that thought.
True, but its usually a forgotten backwater where to keep it out of the headlines is to succeed. Thanks to Mr G this is no longer the case. The one positive point for whoever gets the job - how difficult can it be to be 'better than ...'?
DarloRich
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Well it will go to a Tory so decent is unlikely!
As I said at the top it will go to a minor player in team boris who needs rewarding but isn't important enough to need one of the top jobs
Especially with the Heathrow expansion on the agenda!
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So it won't be down to Grayling to announce the cancellation of HS2, which is a shame in a way because there's no-one whose squirming I would rather witness. His statement would, of course, not reflect this in any way, as it would be presented as a triumph of good housekeeping and sound government.
'Match' came immediately to mind - and 'brain' and 'crown'. 'Marry' is unlikely since she is engaged to the equally nauseous Philip Davies MP; if ever a couple are destined for a future together, it is that pair - hopefully some distance away from here. Falkland Islands?
Haven't the Falkland Islanders been through enough?!?
Is that the shiny dome of an Argentinian tank coming towards us?
Oh no. It’s far worse than that.
Might act as a deterrent to prevent invasion.
They took little enough notice of their last invaders, ignoring him will be no problem
Almost 500,000 residents with less common sense than him (so he won't feel inferior)
Over 50 islands for him to visit. Every possibility of him getting lost.
I was going to suggest St Helena but that really is dependent on a good transport system.
Very good. I'm glad I made my previous post now, if only for your reply!
edwin_m
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It's a bit unfair to send them another little Napoleon after only a couple of centuries.
LNW-GW Joint
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That's John Crace's sketch-writer's piece (inventor of the term Maybot), and often very funny.
It's not meant as a serious analysis, he does the same satirical dismantling of all the prominent MPs when they hit the headlines.
Grayling is a committed Bexiteer so stands a chance of staying in the cabinet or even the same job.
Of the names mentioned Esther McVey and Liz Truss both seem to me like railway-hostile people, so no thanks.
Don't forget the Chancellor wields a lot of power over rail spending and over any future reorganisation.
It won't be Philip Hammond, who overall was mostly a friend of rail (with a few bad patches like Heathrow Southern Access), and was also a former SoS when Crossrail and GW electrification were approved.
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McVey is hostile to the human race, full stop (except, of course, the ones who can advance her 'career'.)
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