Be not much cop British informal slang
If you say that something or someone is not much cop, you mean that they are not of high quality, not useful or not very good.
I am not much cop at swimming.
This sequel of the book is not much cop.
Being not much cop as a flight attendant, so she ditched this job.
To be much less good than someone or something
The verb " be" must be conjugated according to its tense.
Cop was a slang term for "value" or "use" in the early twentieth century.
People are always inclined to flatter or please a rich man by laughing at his joke which may not be a very good one.
Everyone at the table always flatter the boss by praising his humor. A rich man's jokes are always funny.