Having failed to get its act together over the emergency repatriation of Britons caught up in the Libyan crisis, the government faces media scrutiny over who was responsible for what whilst the PM is off on his mid-east tour.
Sky News picks up on how Nick Clegg offered the aside that he had forgotten he was in charge. Apparently he was only joking.
Meanwhile, the Telegraph focuses on how the government had to borrow a jet from oil giant BP in order to stage evacuations. The original plane waited on the runway at Gatwick airport for 10 hours before taking off late on Wednesday night. Overall its seen as a wretched poor performance that augurs badly for UK preparedness in a state of emergency anywhere else in the world – especially since HMS Cumberland, which is preparing to pick up trapped British ex-pats, is scheduled be scrapped in the next round of cuts.
What continues to amaze political onlookers however is not so much the deadbeat performance the coalition is delivering in terms of crisis management – be it snowfall or whatever – but how former PR kiddies Cameron & Clegg seem unable to extricate themselves from the impending shit-storm. Expect a re-shuffle soon, say the insiders.
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