Policy Critic Gifts

'Europe a fortress? What are you talking about?! Can't you see - the door's wide open!'

'And here are the results of our listening exercise.'

'Is my face red! -- I had so many appointments with lobbyists last session, I forgot to VOTE for anything!'

Higher walls around the EU.

'Remember the NHS ethos; if it ain't broke, break it. Then make sure it can't be mended.'

' I appreciate you coming here to personally vouch for him. But we'll still need to see a doctor's note.'

'You can NOT be turned down for this insurance, but we reserve the right not to pay off on claims.'

"See! All we have to do is wait!"

Fort Australia

'It's the new managements policy on how we persecute whistleblowers.'

"It's the new practice policy on how we persecute whistleblowers."

'But this endless growth is unsustainable.'

GP responsibility.

UK border controls relaxed.

Didn't Ask, Didn't Tell.

'...and these are for staying on good terms with our private-sector friends, Bechtel and Halliburton.'

The Invisible Man

"Yes, I did say you needed to back up all your date. But there's an easier way than handwriting thousands of pages."

"The only person whose body I should have authority over is my own. . .and every breeding age woman in the country."

That last prescription drug you gave me doesn't control my hypertension!

"Our policy regarding paid vacations is - if you take a vacation, you'll pay for it."

Federal grant money hooks state and local governments.

Gov't think tank initiative...to offset costs of daily visits to elderly to requiring them to undertake other duties

"More government regulations, Mr. Maslin?"

"Oh, don't mind me...just go on as though I wasn't even here!"

'Are you willing to take a drug test and a vow of chastity while on school property?'

Great rail disasters: 'Privatisation.'

"....rather than spend millions on a potentially fruitless effort to avoid flooding we've decided to focus on public safety!"

FLu jabs delayed for third year running...'GP's are always saying they want more consistency, less change...So we haven't changed ANYTHING for three years!'

We can learn a lot from Macdonalds says Birmingham PCT director of service development.

'We can't cut entitlements for federal employees. We're federal employees.'

'Poor girl - she's suffering from terminal underfunding.'

New Boss, Same as the Old Dictator

Breaking Down the Bailout

Global sum will increase by just 92p per patient