[Boiler]

Yes, I had the misfortune to hear him on the Toady programme this morning.

[satnav]

At this evening's Downing Street briefing Shapps basically said if we can build a hospital in a few weeks why does it take 20 years to build a new road. How the heck did somebody as thick as Shapps get in the cabinet?

[Kreuzberger]

At this evening's Downing Street briefing Shapps basically said if we can build a hospital in a few weeks why does it take 20 years to build a new road. How the heck did somebody as thick as Shapps get in the cabinet?

That'll be one of Michael Green's "'Get roads quick' schemes.)

[bluebellnutter]

"I'm disappointed there weren't more questions about the A66 upgrades"

[oboogie]

I believe him.

[Boiler]

Britain's railways will be 'renationalised' using emergency coronavirus measures - ending the current franchise system

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... sures.html

Now hang on a minute; how is this different to what we have at the moment, or is this Classic Dom's attack on the ORR and Network Rail? Or have they actually realised that the current system genuinely doesn't work?

Mr Shapps' new system, which he will likely oversee as part of a board, would give control of fares and timetables to ministers.

Bring back 'The Kremlin'!! (that's 222 Marylebone Road)

[The Red Arrow]

You can rebrand it all you like...

[Boiler]

"You'd have to have a heart of stone..." etc. etc.

Maybe he can go on and stay at Johnson Senior's pad in Greece and flout the rules that way.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53543198

[Watchman]

So, HM’s Sec of State for Transport didn’t know this was coming?

[crabcakes_windermere]

What will be funny/interesting is to see whether Johnson goes to bat for Shapps like he did Cummings and Gove and let him skip quarantine, or whether he’s considered 2nd tier.

[satnav]

Shapps has spent the last couple of weeks giving interviews from his office at home, defending the indefensible so Boris will probably be quite pleased if Shapps is confined to home when he returns from holiday because he will be the go to minister for media briefings for most of August.

[Bones McCoy]

"You'd have to have a heart of stone..." etc. etc.

Maybe he can go on and stay at Johnson Senior's pad in Greece and flout the rules that way.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53543198

I'm sure he's out on the streets touting timeshares right now.

[AOB]

I'm sure this aborted trip to Spain for Shapps wasn't a Cummings orchestrated PR stunt to show the plebs that poor old Government ministers get caught up in inconveniences, too. Perish the thought.

[Bones McCoy]

I'm sure this aborted trip to Spain for Shapps wasn't a Cummings orchestrated PR stunt to show the plebs that poor old Government ministers get caught up in inconveniences, too. Perish the thought.

It's this week's "One of ours".

See also "Some of my ministers are black".

[Cyclist]

I have just been told that the tosser Shapps has a cousin called Mick Jones.

Yes, *THAT* Mick Jones!