Public Service Disciple Gifts

Park cleaner sweeping dirt under a statue.

"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..."

'Just ask yourself -- Are you better off now than you were two thousand years ago?'

"What was I thinking?!"

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

Flat tax - equal burden?

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

Elections

Budget

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

Jesus is Scourged (The Holy Bible).

"And always remember...If you're going to be sick, always do it on the carpet. It's more absorbent."

"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!"

survival of the fittest

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!'

Policeman giving paramedics a fine.

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

Obama.

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

Karine Jean-Pierre

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

"Trust me, Son, you do not want to 'grow up to be president.' "

"The bad news is that we've had to cut most of the services. . . The good news is that we can now tell people in 23 languages what we don't do anymore!"

'I'm going to be honest about this -- I'm from the Government, and I'm here to bamboozle you.'

'I FEEL YOUR PAIN!'