Local Government Worker Gifts

"Ah, you'll be wanting our red tape department, third door on the left!"

"No, this is the department for obfuscation, hindrance, confusion and prevarication...you want the department for sophistry, incomprehension, fudging and evasiveness!!"

"I think this new financial controller is going to be trouble..."

Town Hall sign says 'Enter Here for the Old Run Around.'

"The endless string of budget cuts are making things impossible. It's the worst part of this job. Having to spread so much time with people at the very end of their tether...people with no hope, no optimism for the future...people in a state of despair! A

We're from the City Zoning Commission, sir -- we've decided to tear down your house and put up a slum.

'Okay, but for future reference; We never grit the ice in here.'

'foreplay is restricted to ten minutes, that'll be a £75 fixed penalty!'

"We must assure the public that our fiscal review will not result in increased property taxes."

'Our local council's appallingly corrupt.'

Desperate Councils resort to bizarre methods to raise funds.

'I'm afraid the cuts are beginning to bite!'

Driver of Gritter Lorry gritting his teeth.

'I fear council policy may move to the right under Mawdsley-Brown'

Planning Office - In-tray full of Tesco applications.

Who Are You?

Water War

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

"You've got to fill in these forms to join the 'How to reduce bureaucracy' seminar."

"On a more positive note the guidance we’ve published on the services we can’t provide is published in 37 different languages."

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

Storm in the out tray

"Who's got the hammer?"

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

Quality Control

Health Advisory: Flint Water has lead, Ann Arbor water has dioxane.

How a Bill Becomes a Law, 2023

It's a new government directive requiring us to be 58% more cheerful within 18 months.

Why Cows Leave Home

'Someone's got to do something about these pot-holes!'

"We live in the golden age of fake news, alternative facts and spin control. Your resume is too truthful."

'Hi. Due to the regulation fervor, I'm one of the clowns from Washington here to tell you how to run your business.'

Government Offices / In tray, No Exit tray.

Pile of top secret files on a train. Man saying 'Is that seat free'

Backtrack! A game of Political Undoing