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'Ms. Peters, hold all calls. I'm busy implementing yet another hastily conceived and unproven education innovation.'

Michael Gove at the Head Teachers' Conference: 'Mr Gove. We're not angry, we're just disappointed.'

'Looks like he's hitting his targets'

Heath care, then and now.

'Take this mission statement back to the committee and tell them to rework it. I'd like it to mention education.'

NHS recruitment.

Slimming down the budget

A typical gesture of Merkel.

"We deemed this criticism not constructive enough to warrant any changes on our part."

IN-trays 'INSIDERS' and 'OUTSIDERS'.

'I'm afraid we can't PAY you but would you accept endless meaningless platitudes about your valuable contribution to the decision making process instead?'

"Prohibition ends at last. Marijuana now legal in California."

In Guns We Trust.

"One catch phrase sums up direct EU taxation."

'Who has the best insurance?'

Humbug! What has health and safety ever done ! Apart from dramatically reduce accidents at work...cut serious injuries...reduce time off sick...

"Isn't there anything the government can do to help?"

'And for a few hundred more, you get this policy, which covers you in the event you miss a payment on this policy.'

G-8 Summit Result.

"No wonder this thing won't run."

Looking for a way to have their cake and eat it too.

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Power, Right to Work.

Approval rating polls.

Illegal Immigrants.

Ursula von der Leyen

Bernanke gets his wish for Christmas.

Corporate policy is that this company is now paperless. Please use hand.

Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and David Cameron are ecstatic about the possibility of a free trade agreement between the U.S. and the European Union.

Benchwarmer.

'Did you clear this through Legal first?'

Brexit

'If you feel Obamacare doesn't go far enough, we can send you to Canada to see how you like their healthcare.'

'So FOR THE RECORD . . . are you ADMITTING that there are circumstances in which you would not DEMAND an MRI scan for a child with a sniffle for purely BUDGETARY reasons.'

'We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.'

"One day son, none of this will be yours!"