The New Tories - Ruthlessly Incompetent. Post Examples of Tory Stupidity Here

[King Biscuit Time]

How does a reshuffle work with the Tories and the LDs then? To the LDs have set post to fill how they choose, or do Nick and Dave sit down and sketch it out from scratch? Could Webby end up running the DWP, or is that post reserved for top Tory brass only?

 

[treelover]

has this gone viral yet?

 

[Idris2002]

has this gone viral yet?

Well, I got it off Graham Linehan's twitter feed.

 

[Awesome Wells]

would they bother to give a plum position to a lib dem any more? everyone knows the swine are finished

I don't believe any of this personally. Would Hammond swap jobs?

 

[Quartz]

The interesting bit is the line 'Ian is frustrated that the Treasury keeps vetoing his social reforms'. Surely that would only happen if it involved spending more money? Could it really be possible that we have totally misunderstood IDS? And he's really a cuddly teddy bear of a guy who's being oppressed by Gideon?

Spoiler

Somehow I doubt it.

 

[SpookyFrank]

would they bother to give a plum position to a lib dem any more? everyone knows the swine are finished

Perhaps they're wanting to get a scapegoat into position early.

e2a: Equally they could be deliberately moving IDS out of the line of fire, knowing full well that the universal credit paperwork is gonna be published soon and the true scale of the catastrophe will be there for all to see. Add to that the workfare court case that's come back to haunt the DWP and you've got a level of failure that even Cameron couldn't ignore.

I suspect it's a case of promote IDS sideways now, probably to a fairly minor department, or throw him over the side completely.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Why would they want another scapegoat? They know IDS isn't popular with everyone not a tory, so why not let him take the blame?

 

[DotCommunist]

Why would they want another scapegoat? They know IDS isn't popular with everyone not a tory, so why not let him take the blame?

apparently the tory faithful love the shitstain- if he falls spectacularly then itchy feet could go kipperwards. Just my musing of course.

 

[existentialist]

apparently the tory faithful love the shitstain- if he falls spectacularly then itchy feet could go kipperwards. Just my musing of course.

I like your turn of phrase there.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Sources close to Iain Duncan Smith dismissed as nonsense claims that he would be moving from his post as work and pensions secretary. Senior figures at Westminster have been speculating that Duncan Smith, a former Scots Guards officer, might swap jobs with the defence secretary, Philip Hammond.

From the guardian. I just don't see ids moving.

 

[J Ed]

I can see how the MOD would be impressed with his ability to destroy the morale of the population of this country. They surely must want to weaponise that.

 

[Nylock]

Export him to hostile governments as a 'special advisor' in order to soften the populace up?...

 

[DotCommunist]

From the guardian. I just don't see ids moving.

well we've got beeb speculation and that random tweet- thats all that says he is going. Could be wishful thinking.

 

[Awesome Wells]

well we've got beeb speculation and that random tweet- thats all that says he is going. Could be wishful thinking.

Could be scooby.

I just don't want to get my hopes up

 

[SpookyFrank]

Why would they want another scapegoat? They know IDS isn't popular with everyone not a tory, so why not let him take the blame?

Well I don't know, but the fact that he's still got a job at all suggests he draws a lot of water with some important people somewhere. Trying to be popular clearly isn't top priority for this lot anyway.

 

[SpookyFrank]

The Independent is talking up Esther McVey for promotion, claiming that she's 'shone' at the DWP.

There must be more than one Esther McVey working at the DWP then, that's the only explanation.

 

[brogdale]

LOL

 

[Greebo]

LOL

Why is Cameron looking so tense?

 

[jakethesnake]

Why is Cameron looking so tense?

It looks like he's farted and followed through.

 

[Greebo]

It looks like he's farted and followed through.

Given that he used to be able to project calmness and control even under pressure, looking that flustered in the presence of a visibly relaxed underling is something worth noting.

 

[killer b]

surely its just that the media used to choose the photos where he looked calm and in control to publish, and now they choose the ones where he looks flustered or on the hop...

 

[Greebo]

surely its just that the media used to choose the photos where he looked calm and in control to publish, and now they choose the ones where he looks flustered or on the hop...

Still a change worth noting.

 

[Celyn]

It looks like he's farted and followed through.

If he does it to the country, why not do it in his trousies as well?

 

[brogdale]

surely its just that the media used to choose the photos where he looked calm and in control to publish, and now they choose the ones where he looks flustered or on the hop...

This pic, with Cam looking like Steve Bell's version of him, was actually tweeted out by No. 10

 

[brogdale]

I do like the look on Juncker's face.

 

[killer b]

Christ. Well, that's what happens when you give your jobs out to mate's kids rather than people who're competent.

 

[kebabking]

...Could it really be possible that we have totally misunderstood IDS? And he's really a cuddly teddy bear of a guy who's being oppressed by Gideon?...

to be strictly fair, when IDS was talking about reform long before the 2010 election he was talking about a system that had as much carrot as stick - its probably (almost certainly..) true that Treasury veto'd the carrot bit, but deciding to continue with a 'reform' that was only half of what his own plan called for, and the dizzying incompetance in delivering it, thats all IDS.

 

[Greebo]

I do like the look on Juncker's face.

So that's who he is, that slightly explains it.

"Why am I hanging around with this nobody?" or "okay, when do I get to meet somebody really important?"

 

[teqniq]

I do like the look on Juncker's face.

Yep what Greebo says, and Cameron had the rabbit in headlights look along with 'oh god this is the bloke I've been slagging off for weeks'.

 

[brogdale]

So that's who he is, that slightly explains it.

"Why am I hanging around with this nobody?" or "okay, when do I get to meet somebody really important?"

That very eloquent 'gallic' expression just screams "wankure"