Tory Ministers Ranked By How Crap Their Week Has Been

In a year comprised almost entirely of crap weeks, a number of Tories have spent the last few days proving that no matter where you think the bar is, it can always be moved slightly lower.

Against a backdrop of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 40,000 Brits and a recession the likes of which has never been seen before, ministers still managed to generate a series of “how is this actually happening?” headlines.

To commemorate this frankly astounding achievement, HuffPost UK has gathered them all in one place and ranked them for your amusement.

Let’s start with the least bad of the bunch...

6. Grant Shapps

Not usually one to shy away from an opportunity to upstage himself, Grant Shapps has actually had a relatively gaffe-free week.

While at first this may seem commendable, it needs to the pointed out that this is largely because he’s been self-isolating and out of public circulation after ruining his own holiday in Spain last month.

5. Liz Truss

Sneaking into the top five after a mixed week is trade secretary Liz Truss who came a bit of a cropper in talks with Japan over a delicious and crumbly stumbling block made of Stilton.

If you want to know the details you can read them here but to be completely honest with you, we’ve only included reference to it so we can bring you this incredible clip of Truss’s dairy-based rant from 2014.

Totally worth it.

4. Rishi Sunak

It’s no surprise to see the chancellor in the list. It’s a tough job at any time but when the economy you’re in charge of drops off a cliff to an extent never seen before, it’s quite the challenge.

Credit where credit is due, Sunak took a sombre tone when the news was announced on Wednesday, opting to say the figures “confirm that hard times are here”.

Thing is, the rest of the country already had...

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