Shapes as Defence Secretary …really?

You might think that with a majority of 80 the Tories could find someone to run Defence other than a re-tread. Of course, the Buffoon got rid of some very intelligent Tory MPs with bags of Ministerial experience. Perhaps running out of talent?

It doesn't fill me with any confidence, either.

Let's hope that his civil servants are able to do the actual business and he is just a figurehead.

I did rate Ben Wallace, he was the best of the cabinet in my opinion - loads of experience, sensible and not a game player. I think he is a difficult act to follow, but surely there were better candidates for the role than Schapps.

😄😄😄😄 was my reaction.

“You can’t be serious” Sunak!!

Casdon

I did rate Ben Wallace, he was the best of the cabinet in my opinion - loads of experience, sensible and not a game player. I think he is a difficult act to follow, but surely there were better candidates for the role than Schapps.

I agree.
Defence Sec doesn’t always come with military training or position tho OP.
Grant Shapps doesn’t fill anyone with confidence.

He can turn his hand to anything.. apparently

So many names too!😂
Shapes, Schapps and Shapps.Any others?

Oreo

So many names too!😂
Shapes, Schapps and Shapps.Any others?

shape shifter maybe..

Shapps aka Michael Green.
inews.co.uk/news/who-grant-shapps-michael-green-alias-uk-defense-secretary-2584069

Uanews reports that their own Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov congratulated Grant Schnapps on his appointment as Minister of Defense of Great Britain!
Budmo! 👏

I had hoped Tom Tugendhat might have been given the post. Shapps is a shirt button.

Jack of all trades springs to mind.

‘Smart’ motorways spring to my mind. Buffoon.
No gravitas at all.

He has had at least 3 other names. He is a spiv. Scraping the barrel surely.

Schnapps is quite a good name for him.

It seems Sunak,went for the two people, who were promoted, who aren't considered much use, but do spend a lot of time trawling around the media, telling us all how wonderful Sunak and the Tories are now.🙄

I know there's a dearth of talent in the Tory government now, but there must have been someone better than Schapps/Green/whoever he is today.

I was going to comment that the Tories were running out of talent, but that presupposes there ever was any talent and I fear that since the days of some of those now consigned to the back benches or even further away, talent has been in short supply.

Having a minister that knows the subject is a real handicap for a government because imposing change is much harder, Wallace knew the capabilities and limitations of the UK military, inside out.
Schapps will a yes man for sure, ideal!

It doesn't really matter - as he won't be doing anything important, after all. The Civil Service will run things, as usual. I really don't think 'talent' and 'Tories' belong in the same sentence.

Hetty58

It doesn't really matter - as he won't be doing anything important, after all. The Civil Service will run things, as usual. I really don't think 'talent' and 'Tories' belong in the same sentence.

LOL

Hetty58

It doesn't really matter - as he won't be doing anything important, after all. The Civil Service will run things, as usual. I really don't think 'talent' and 'Tories' belong in the same sentence.

I think the Head of the Armed Forces is the best one to advise a Defence Secretary who may not know anything about defence.

Ghastly spiv. IMO of course.

Witzend

Ghastly spiv. IMO of course.

KC will put him right

Or the Chief of the Defence Staff will sort him out.

This is his fifth job in a year,

He was obviously so useless in all of the other four that he had to be moved on..

Do we really need a conman with absolutely no military knowledge or experience as Minister for Defense?