31 August 2023, 12:14 | Updated: 31 August 2023, 12:46
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As Rishi Sunak carries out his cupboard reshuffle, James O’Brien wonders why Grant Shapps has been appointed to his new place.
James O’Brien stated he was “confused and maybe discombobulated” whereas reflecting on the “absolute absurdity of a rustic the place any individual who made their fortune, made sufficient money to permit him to enter politics by promoting get-rich-quick schemes on the web beneath a wide range of false names”, may develop into the Defence Secretary.
Here, one of many names James was referring to was seen in a photograph that emerged of the Conservative MP carrying a badge that learn “Michael Green”.
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“Grant Shapps is spectacularly unsuitable, I’d argue…to be Secretary of State for Defence, however surveying the expertise puddle that constitutes the present Conservative Party, he is removed from the worst offender”, he stated.
He introduced up Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries, saying that they’re “struggling to succeed in double figures while you add one IQ to the opposite”.
He reminded listeners of Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s interplay with a Holocaust survivor, the place she refused to apologise for utilizing phrases reminiscent of “invasion” in reference to migrants.
Having checked out previous and current cabinet-level Conservatives, James famous that one might need assumed that “there is no earthly manner” {that a} Prime Minister would make “primarily a snake oil salesman utilizing false names” Defence Secretary.
“There should be some obstacles to promotion to Chairman of the Conservative Party” on this context, James added, taking listeners again to David Cameron’s premiership, throughout which era, Mr Shapps held the place.
James O’Brien briefly displays on the political trajectory of Grant Shapps
He additionally referred to his upcoming ebook, How They Broke Britain, explaining how “checks and balances that we as soon as took fully with no consideration have exploded”, and that it goes again to a time earlier than Brexit.
“Truly astonishing while you pause for a nanosecond to consider it”, he mused, including: “What actually worries me is that there’s a a part of me, as I record this litany of insanity…that thinks possibly it is okay.”
He expanded on his level, describing it as “a lifebelt that you simply cling to on this ocean of ethical corruption, of egregious behaviour, of impunity”.
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James listed Mr Shapps’ earlier roles as Secretary of State for the Home Department, Transport, Business, and Energy, including these positions got to him within the area of a 12 months.
“How has this occurred?” he requested, praising the outgoing Defence Secretary Ben Wallace for being “essentially the most competent and most credible member” in the previous couple of cupboards.
“How have we ended up with a snake oil salesman as Secretary of State for Defence?” he questioned once more.
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