Thanks, Emily Thornberry, for waking Mogadon Mike before he flatlines | John Crace

Catatonic Michael Fallon’s personality was dragged out of its black hole on the Marr Show when he was reminded of his associations with AssadFor a long while it looked as though it wasn’t just the NHS that had had its operating systems hacked. Even on one of his livelier days, the defence secretary, Michael Fallon, gives the impression of a sub-optimal, secondhand android, but for his performance on the Andrew Marr Show he was reduced to a state of near-catatonia. Marr began by chall