Now you're definitely on the wind up
I think the chain of events was as follows:
Wrong > Entrenched in wrong position > So entrenched in wrong position, but too late to back out > Covering up with "it was a WUM" all along.
Jesus christ, he has been pretty crap, but he's not in a wheelchair dribbling into a plate of soup while shouting at mice.
I just meant compared to his former mobility.