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It looks like Gavin Williamson will get a knighthood – no, really

Former fireplace salesman, Gavin Williamson, was sacked as Defence Secretary by Theresa May for leaking sensitive information – which he denied – and oversaw the introduction of a catastrophic algorithm that saw students in lockdown given bizarrely low A-level grades – which he didn’t deny.

His achievements include –

Suggesting the UK use troops to solve knife crime

Proposing the addition of machine guns to tractors to address an army equipment crisis – no, really!

Getting heckled by Siri on his own phone during a Commons speech on Syria

Telling a press conference that Russia should go away and shut up

Criticising how parents managed homeschooling during lockdown

So, he’s not the first MP whose name springs to mind as an example of unmitigated success, yet reports suggest he could be in line for a knighthood.

The move is apparently part of what is being described as Operation Save Big Dog – the push to help Boris Johnson keep his job after revelations of at least 17 parties or other forms of socialising among Tory MPs and aides.

Rumours of the future Sir Gavin were met with levels of scorn previously only reserved for claims of Boris Johnson working hard or Priti Patel having compassion, and these tweets show just what people think of the plan.

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