NOT content with surrounding himself with incompetents, Boris Johnson is expected to appoint failing Grayling as chairman of the Intelligence Committee, an oxymoron if ever there was one.
This new role will undoubtedly enable the hapless nincompoop to substantially increase his portfolio of blunders. Chris Grayling’s adventures are legendary, so why the appointment?
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There are a number of attributes that are essential to being a Johnson appointee to any important position: loyalty, inferior intellect, malleability, and a proclivity for deflecting attention away from the PM.
However this appointment is not without risk, as Grayling could publish the dreaded Russian dossier by mistake.
Nevertheless, at the end of the day he will be only one of the many scapegoats to get the chop when it suits, but for now it’s just another crazy day in Her Majesty’s Government.
Mike Herd
Highland
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