"Quockerwodger."

[bindeweede]

This from Susie Dent.

My word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’: a 19th century wooden toy puppet whose limbs jerk about at the whim of the puppet master. It soon became used for a politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Now then, suggestions for current politicians????????

[Tony.Williams]

Is there a name for a politician whose strings are being pulled by different people with conflicting priorities?