Gaffes that gave him nickname...

Mr Grayling gave Seaborne Freight a £13.8million ferry contract - only for it to emerge the firm had no ships.

The Ministry of Justice wasted nearly £500million after scrapping its reformed probation services... introduced under Mr Grayling.

Thousands of rail passengers were hit by cancellations and delays last year after a timetabling shambles. Transport Secretary Mr Grayling was accused of not being proactive.

As justice secretary, he was criticised for restricting books for prisoners in a crackdown on ‘perks’.

In 2013, he introduced employment tribunal fees to cut malicious cases. But the courts ruled them unlawful – and ordered the Government to pay back millions of pounds to claimants.