Mary Dejevsky`s support
for the appointment of Gavin Williamson as Fallon`s replacement as Defence
Secretary is valid in many ways, certainly in view of the unlikelihood that he
will have "the sort of skeletons in his closet that cost Sir Michael his job"
(The real reason Theresa May had to appoint Gavin Williamson, 02/11/17). Even if
he has, few MPs will run the risk of exposing them. Strangely, Dejevsky omitted
to question whether Fallon`s sexual misbehaviour should disqualify him from
holding a knighthood as well as a post in the
Cabinet.
She does, however,
suggest that May is unlikely to be worried by Williamson`s inexperience making
him unsuitable "to fill one of the great offices of state". When have
inexperience and unsuitability ever precluded Tory MPs from holding office?
Doesn`t the fact that most of the recent Cabinet members have been millionaires,
totally out of touch with the people of this country, privately educated with a
skewed view of history, and with little concern for the wellbeing of the least
fortunate, make them all unsuitable and lacking the necessary experience
to govern us? Even Chancellors of the exchequer don`t need to have economics degrees as Osborne showed us!
Even where Dejevsky
sees some suitability, as with Davis taking over Defence because of his time
with the SAS, or Rory Stewart`s job at the Dept for International Development
making him a likely Foreign Secretary, there is massive cause for concern.
Ex-army people in charge of Defence? Really? Stewart recently maintained that
all returning jihadists should be killed, a view which is so contrary to the
rule of law it should ensure his political future is
over.
For once, May has made a
sensible decision. Her next should be to ban all Tory MPs from drinking in the
vast number of subsidised Westminster bars, and threaten to hand over to the
media all MPs` monthly bar accounts.
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