He is the government’s secret weapon to make even the most incompetent and second-rate of ministers feel good about themselves. Failing Grayling wears his hopelessness as a badge of honour. There had been some progress and there again there hadn’t been some progress, he said gnomically, while repeatedly reassuring himself under his breath that at least he wasn’t Failing Grayling. “I’m not Chris Grayling, I’m not Chris Grayling,” he mumbled, dying on his feet. Apart from being angry about May’s absence, Corbyn wasn’t quite sure what he was actually angry about.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2019 19:30 UTC