Out Foxed?

Well, all I can say is - what do you expect if you employ an ex-Capital FM DJ as Defence Secretary? As soon as I saw that Cameron had appointed 'Doctor' Fox to a cabinet post, I just knew that trouble would inevitably follow. It didn't help that he only took the job because Capital had passed him over for the breakfast slot after Chris Tarrant left, and he wanted to show them what a bad mistake they'd made. But the fact is that playing mediocre middle of the road pop to mediocre middle-aged listeners, interspersed with some inane egotistical chat, isn't a good preparation for running a major government department. I mean, his attempts to answer difficult questions in the Commons by playing a jingle were woeful, as was his constant use of a musical 'bed' behind all his statements. And the less said about his countdown of the 'Top Ten Defence Spending Cuts', the better.

So, we shouldn't really be surprised that he's been letting one of his mates sit in on meetings and the like. It's standard practice for radio DJs - they all have sidekicks, don't they? Chris Moyles has Comedy Dave, Mark Radcliffe has got Stuart Maconie, Colin had Edith, Geoff had Pete and so on, so it's only natural that Foxy should have this Adam guy. I daresay that he performed the usual sidekick functions of simultaneously being a foil for Foxy's 'hilarious' insults, whilst also sycophantically boosting Foxy's ego by constantly pointing out how brilliant he was. After all, Foxy needed all the support he could get, faced with all those military types and civil servants who seem to think that just because you've been doing a job for years, it means that you know what you are doing. Still, even if Dave is forced to sack him, it isn't necessarily the end of he road - there's bound to be a breakfast slot at some local radio station available. Either that or a Defence brief in the government of some tinpot banana republic somewhere...