Public Sector Gifts

Why Cows Leave Home

Child Protection Team: 'Someone applied for the job...'

U.S.Postal Service - Then and Now

'You need to stop employees flushing money down the toilet!'

"This is Jim the Jolly council manager and LOOk it's Caring Clara who likes to work for minimum wage..."

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

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

'Am I being too suspicious or do you think it's possible that they're crooked?'

'...We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause..."

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

Quality Control

"What was I thinking?!"

'It's historic that the inauguration of a minority is now routine.'

Elections

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

Flat tax - equal burden?

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

Budget

'Our union contract keeps us from cutting salaries, but nothing prevents us from charging for parking.'

"To be honest, I'm leaving public service so I can make some real money as a talking head on a cable news network."

"Efficiency savings...protect front line services BLAH! BLAH! refocus on core objectives BLAH BLAH!"

'If you'll excuse me, my car is on fire.'

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

'Why don't you start a small business with a loan from a bank?'

I've decided to run for office so I can spend more time away from my family.

Impotent Democracy

Whitehall: Gave honest impartial advice

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

'The government is telling us to get rid of 43% of meaningless targets within the next 6 months!'

'Dalrymple came to us from the public sector.'

Funding Cuts for the Arts

NHS Reforms: See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Speak No Evil.

Policeman giving paramedics a fine.

"The government's finance settlement is coming out really late this year!"

"He just doesn't know what to do with himself since he got elected to Congress."