Subj : hey euro-brits!
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John Iwaniszek
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 23:45:26

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Congratulations on your new security adviser!  Once again you show us up.


'He was permanent secretary at the Department of Transport when, on 
September 11 2001, Jo Moore, an aide to Stephen Byers, then secretary of 
state, told officials in an email that it would be "a very good day" to 
"get out anything we want to bury". A few months later, in February 2002, 
Ms Moore and Martin Sixsmith, the department's director of communications, 
allegedly discussed whether the day of Princess Margaret's funeral would be 
a good time to release potentially damaging figures about the state of the 
railways.

It was subsequently announced that both Ms Moore and Mr Sixsmith had 
resigned. Mr Sixsmith denied this, and Mr Byers, who did later resign, gave 
a confusing account in the Commons about what had gone on. Sir Richard put 
it more succinctly. He is said to have told a colleague: "We're all fucked. 
I'm fucked. You're fucked. The whole department's fucked. It's been the 
biggest cock-up ever and we're all completely fucked."'

(http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,9061,1580619,00.html)

If only this administration could produce someone so forthright.  
Unfortunately it is filled with Moores and Sixsmiths, and they only have 
their own interests at heart.  We're all fucked... etc.

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