Public Service Supporters Mugs

"Sorry, we only do cats in trees."

"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!'

Elections

Flat tax - equal burden?

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

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

Budget

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

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

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!'

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

Policeman giving paramedics a fine.

What sort of society would we have if everybody put public interest ahead of government interest?

'I FEEL YOUR PAIN!'

Privatisation of the NHS

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

"We're striking for minimum levels of service."

"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!"

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

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

Karine Jean-Pierre

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

Obama.

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