"The MP had been exposed as having used a pen name ‘Michael Green’ to run a web marketing company which told people ‘how to become filthy stinking rich online’ by buying his self-help books, which cost £150. There were photos of Shapps in 2004 at a conference in Las Vegas wearing the name tag of his alter-ego. He also posed in publicity material as a successful businessman in convertible cars and a private plane."
Grant Shapps as Defence Secretary...
Shapps is a man with no integrity.
Sunak has no judgment promoting this dreadful spiv to this vital office.
Shapps is essentially a fraudster
ReplyDeleteA secondhand car salesman, an estate agent or a snake oil seller - yes!
DeleteDefence Secretary - no!
Anonymous 1 September 2023 at 23:27 and Anonymous 2 September 2023 at 11:16, you are being unfair to fraudsters, secondhand car salesmen, estate agents and snake oil sellers.
DeleteNew PM speculation: A number of MPs have confirmed that letters have gone in to 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady asking for yet another vote on the leadership. Already allies of Boris Johnson had started sending theirs in but now others have joined them. The Tories recent track record has been to choose the worst possible candidate brings the realisation: Grant Shapps is in with a chance of being made PM. That would make it six cabinet positions in a year!
ReplyDeleteRishi Sunak’s decision to replace Ben Wallace with Grant Shapps has added to the sense of gloom in the Tory ranks. “It’s completely lacking any inspiration - or maybe Grant was simply the only one who answered his phone,” said one unhappy aide. “It just feels a bit like we’ve given up. The crime week announcement that we expect the police to solve crime cemented it for me. It’s a bit like telling teachers to teach kids – no shit Sherlock.”
ReplyDeleteGrant Shapps has been our:
ReplyDelete* Secretary of State for Energy Security;
* Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy;
* Secretary of State for the Home Department;
* Secretary of State for Transport;
* And now … Secretary of State for Defence.
His qualifications? Expert-level sycophancy, spin and spinelessness.