A dark sense of humour appears to have descended on the government, as
it approaches quite possibly its swansong.
First, the day before Theresa May goes isolated into the Cabinet chamber
in pursuit of her elusive, nay fantasy, Brexit “plan”, she announces free
dancing lessons for the lonely. She has
demonstrated to the nation – more accurately the world – how desperately she needs dancing lessons (not to mention help in improving her international
negotiating skills.)
But even more bizarrely, the Foreign Secretary is pictured this morning
with a number of his EU colleagues in a maze that we learn adorns the garden of
his grace and favour gaff, Chevening. A
number of satirists have commented recently that their job is getting harder
because so much of contemporary politics is self-satirising; but no-one expects
senior government minsters to take the piss out of themselves…