New Labour Dictionary
devolve centralise on the sly
insensitive the truth
insulting the truth
invest money waste money
looking at a range of options working out what we can get away with
modernise make worse
reform change the words but do nothing
shake up see reform
target miss but hit someone else hard. As in "We will target crime"
tighten up invent some more forms to fill in
tsar someone with all the responsibility but none of the power. Takes the blame when things (inevitably) go wrong (thanks to Brian for this one)
we will create a tsar we haven't a clue
Readers are invited to think up a few of their own
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Opportunist: Somebody who's made a good political point but we don't want to admit it
Tidying up exercise: Hoovering up all those unsightly civil liberties, checks and balances etc. that litter our towns and cities and which public officials are liable to trip over as they walk down the street.
or from the tory dictionary...
modernize: sack an unpopular leader and replace him with an unelectable leader
Opportunist: Somebody who's made a good political point but we don't want to admit it
Posted by Alan on July 16, 2004