Transport secretary’s glib Commons performance had air of pantomime as he relished fight with unions
Anyone could have been forgiven for thinking that Grant Shapps was rather pleased the railway strikes were going ahead. Certainly it’s a long time since the transport secretary was so animated. Probably the last time he was this chipper was as his alter ego, Michael Green, with the get-rich-quick scheme he promoted. Which never made anyone any money. Imagine. You’d have more luck with a Ponzi scheme.
This was Shapps at his most glib. The overexcitement oozed out of every pore. Somewhere in his head he’s made the calculation that the strikes are good for the government. That what the public really wants is another wedge issue that divides the nation. A fight with the unions.
