May has struck gold in finding a Brexit secretary so comfortable with his own mediocrity
Square peg, square hole. Neither David Davis nor Dominic Raab had worked out particularly well as Brexit secretaries. Davis because he was naturally lazy and fatally dim, Raab because he was under the impression his job was significant. With Steve Barclay, the prime minister has struck gold. A man bright enough to know he’s irrelevant, but too stupid to realise that might be a drawback. A man entirely comfortable with his own mediocrity. A minister of no importance.
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