Government Insiders Gifts

Junior Ministers in the Cuts Department would often moonlight, looking for unturned stones.

"National security adviser"

Round up all the king's horses and all the king's men for questioning.

"These few weeks off school have convinced me that I'm definitely a stay-at-home kid."

"Hold everything! I just thought up a terrific loophole!"

'Somebody close the window. Those pesky drones are getting in.'

"Dad, why does a huge beast like that let such a small bully control it?"

'Voodoo economics was bad enough, but this voodoo foreign policy....'

Man on left - 'What do you call a public servant who spends half their time doing private work?' Man on right - 'An MP?'

"I'll match donations when you match my tax payments."

Whitehall: Gave honest impartial advice

'Take a letter,'

"I feel that what would really give your next album a major boost would be some kind of well-publicized personal problem."

Fiscal cliff

'Lessee... He's keepin' my ol' guy at Defense, he's got a corrupt warmonger at State, a tax cheat at Treasury, an' the old Marc Rich pardon guy at Justice.... Nope -- I couldn'ta done a better job myself!'

"I got another callback. My agent says it's between me and the guy who's going to get it."

'I know the Oval Office is in the West Wing. I wonder what mischief goes on in the East Wing?'

"Will you two stop giggling every time I say 'assets'?"

"It's part of a deal I worked out with the I.R.S."

The Filibuster.

When government regulations go too far.

"Discussing research funding with ministers can be a little fraught..."

Man about executive: 'Success went to his head. There was plenty of room there.'

'Frankly, I don't know if I feel like having a cup of coffee or trying to misappropriate some funds.'

Merchant Bankers - Patience is a virtue, anyone displaying it will be dismissed

Trump's firings

'Why aren't you guys profiling minorities like other las enforcement agencies?'

A Week in Politics

''Fasting' doesn't mean eating fast food!'

"I wasn't invited to this great party. That proves I'm not a Washington Insider."

"If we're going to keep this quite, we'll need a public enquiry."

"If the men go on strike, we'll run the plant ourselves. Somewhere find out where it is."

"This won best award show last year."

'Well, well. You made more money last year than you did the year before -- You people never learn, do you?'

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