Why have you appointed a man as foreign secretary who has:
- Been sacked twice for lying (by Michael Howard and editor of the Times, Charles Wilson);
- Rode around in a bus with a massive lie on it;
- Won a prize for an obscene poem about the Turkish President;
- Insulted the President of the United States;
- Written a range of racist comments (see item 2 here, others covered elsewhere);
- Published, as an editor, racist material;
- Had to visit the city of Liverpool in person to apologise for offending them;
- Discussed arranging an attack on a journalist with Darius Guppy;
For ordinary working people a track record like this would send their CV to the bottom of the pile. Apparently things are different for a senior member of the Tory Party.
