Some have lampooned Chris Grayling for his lack of a legal qualification. Others have sought to undermine him with nicknames, such as Failing Grayling – from which a Twitter account has been spawned. Rather cruelly, said Twitter account recently drew attention to the Justice Secretary’s likeness to a “dead eyed wet fish” – a reference, of course, to the Grayling fish.
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