Council Official Gifts

'A man from the council's here about our roof garden...'

Child Abuse Report

Grave Digger Sackings.

"Nation-building never works."

The Anti-Agent

"You're fired."

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

Mario Draghi

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

Pretty Flowers

US Immigration and Naturalization Service: If you're yearning to breath free...Get Out.

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

"Who's got the hammer?"

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

The Henderson's move to a vertical city took some getting used to.

"National security adviser"

"Excellent, excellent. A fine blend of truths, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods."

"What was I thinking?!"

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

Political convention

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

CIA report

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

'And this one's framed in beautiful Brazilian hardwood.'

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

"... And to our friends in the Liberal Democratic party I award thirty pieces of silver."

"Right, before we look at the covid figures for today, do we need another sheet of paper?"