Bungling Transport Secretary Chris Grayling brutally mocked by Conservative spin doctors following months of chaos
The Transport Secretary has presided over months of franchising scandals, timetabling chaos and delays to projects — earning him the nickname 'Failing Grayling'
BUNGLING Chris Grayling has been brutally mocked by Tory spin doctors - who have branded his media coverage “raily bad” in a withering briefing circulated to the Cabinet.
The under-fire Transport Secretary has presided over months of franchising scandals, timetabling chaos and delays to projects like Crossrail — earning him the nickname “Failing Grayling”.
Ministers and MPs receive daily email memos from Tory HQ setting out “government wins” and “government losses” in the newspapers and on the airwaves.
They are usually written in boring Whitehall jargon, like “neutral coverage”, “balanced” or “negative”.
But Mr Grayling’s headlines have been so dire that one briefing seen by The Sun described it “raily bad” in a mocking slapdown.
After a report about delays to Crossrail last month, the sassy memo read “Verdict: Raily bad.”
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On Thursday Mr Grayling admitted that his department cocked up doomed timetabling changes that hit British commuters into months of delays and staff shortages earlier this year.
He told the BBC he took “responsibility for what we didn’t do well enough, which is to ask the difficult questions”.
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