Public Service Enthusiast Gifts

'Once you introduce profit into the NHS what will you end up with?'

'I begged, I pleased with him. I told him he'd be wasting his life. Why would he want to open himself up to public vilification? A life of virtual poverty, of shattered dreams!'

'Remember me, Mr. Sanders? I was a student in your social studies class. You told me I was destined to serve the public.'

"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..."

"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'

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

'Do you remember the good old days when April 15 was the only 'fiscal cliff' people worried about?'

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

survival of the fittest

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

Impotent Democracy

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

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!'

'Daddy! There's a Politician in my closet!'

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

Policeman giving paramedics a fine.

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

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

'This isn't an easy business- you have to stoop low and be high-handed at the same time.'

Obama.

"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.'

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