piffle

Nonsense, foolish talk.

The wafflier the piffle, the more sharply Mr Nicholson wields his skewer.

The move is obviously pure piffle: a dumbshow designed to placate (or at least entertain) the conservative base while distracting and antagonising rivals.

To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner.

To waste, to fritter away.

To be squeamish or delicate.