Beyond satire: has Boris Johnson found another way to delay release of the ‘Russia Report’?
Chris Grayling: how can this become chair of an intelligence committee? He’s practically drooling in the photograph.
We are being asked to believe that the long-awaited report on Russian influence in UK politics could soon be released after Boris Johnson announced his nominations for the Parliamentary committee responsible for it.
But how can Parliament approve those nominations when he has nominated legendary dunderhead Chris Grayling to chair the committee?
Grayling is quite possibly the stupidest human being ever to infest the Palace of Westminster. His blunders are legendary and installing him as chair of a committee with the word “intelligence” in its title would be a contradiction in terms.
https://twitter.com/Sigbertganser/status/1281359396581277696
Even if this imbecile is cleared to chair the committee by Parliament, there is no guarantee that he won’t conform to his character and either lose the document that’s causing Boris Johnson so much concern – or destroy it.
Needless to say, Twitter has greeted the situation with both horror and hilarity:
Chris Grayling (of Seaborne Freight fame) set to become chair of influential *Intelligence* and Security Committee… 🙄
Is this a new attempt to delay the relates of the #RussiaReport purely through incompetence? https://t.co/8S7tByluHG— Slough for Europe 🇪🇺 💙 🇺🇦 (@SloughForEU) July 9, 2020
*cough* Aggers for goodness sake stop it
*deep breath*
The member for Epsom and Ewell should chair the Committee, you know the one.— @[email protected] (@thegreatgonzo) July 9, 2020
Intelligence and Chris Grayling in the same sentence has to be ironic!
— Chris Horner (@Chris_Horner1) July 9, 2020
Well 2020 just keeps getting weirder.
I never thought of see the words "Chris Grayling" and "Intelligence" in a sentence together. https://t.co/FJ3wmvf1A9
— Katy (@katy_whitton) July 9, 2020
Boris Johnson nominates Chris Grayling to chair key security committee overseeing Russia report https://t.co/MWjOxOLp8B Just when you thought Britain had reached the peak of absurdity Johnson finds uncharted mountains to climb
— JewishVoiceForLabour (@JVoiceLabour) July 9, 2020
So Johnson nominates Liam Fox to run the WTO and Chris Grayling to Chair the Intelligence Committee. What next? Mark Francois as President of the tall, thin and handsome society?
— Keith Burge (@carryonkeith) July 9, 2020
Chris Grayling – surprised he has time. Thought he was running Trump’s re-election campaign and Prince Andrew’s brand image.
— flynnboy (@flynnboy6) July 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1281362548714090503
https://twitter.com/eljgales2/status/1281360099198611457
This may be the closest that the words "Chris Grayling" and "Powerful intelligence" have been put together in a sentence. pic.twitter.com/KiYLPFhADl
— Matt Wain (@TheMattWain) July 9, 2020
Son doing homework: Dad, what’s an oxymoron?
Dad: Erm, something such as a concept that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements.
Son: Blimey! Can you give me an example?
Dad: Erm, yes. Chris Grayling is heading up the newly formed Intellegence Committee. How’s that?— Paddletramp 🕷 🇪🇺 (@newsboy23) July 9, 2020
Will Chris Grayling release the Russia Report?
Or will he have to first arrange for it to be published … by a company that doesn't do any publishing.. or own a printer. ..or infact have any assets at all. Whose T&C's were nicked from a pizza company?
— Mike Chamberlain 💙 (@mikechamberlain) July 9, 2020
Chris Grayling chairing intelligence and security committee! pic.twitter.com/ELrOKxJj49
— fredjrex (@fredjrex) July 9, 2020
"No, honestly, I've just made Chris Grayling chair of the Intelligence Select Committee….." pic.twitter.com/kn86SIc29i
— Mark Blacklock ([email protected]) (@MarxMedia) July 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/libdemfightbac/status/1281339893298475010
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1281291648673222657
Boris Johnson December 2019: Jeremy Corbyn is a risk to National Security.
July 2020: Chris Grayling should chair The Intelligence Select Committee…..
— Alex Tiffin (@RespectIsVital) July 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1281337693654396929
Still, it is possible to see light at the end of the tunnel…
https://twitter.com/craignicol/status/1281363817096716288
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I would be very surprised if this report is published any-time soon or in its current format. The new committee will as Dominic Grieve say “want to own the report”.