The 'grilling' was a whipping with wet lettuce. You wouldn't know it - because there's bi-partisan fear of how each 'side' could use it against the other - but the Parliament has power to summons people, lock them up for contempt if they don't front, to demand that people provide information, documents and answers to questions, and to lock them up for contempt if the information, documents or answers are not provided. But it's deteriorated to mere rhetorical fist waving and Joyce behaved accordingly, having condescended to make himself available to pretend to answer questions.
Last edited by Lead Balloon; 29th Aug 2023 at 07:32.