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By Civil Service World
09 Jun 2016
Civil Service World's regular guide to the very best in Whitehallese
Advice please I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing. Your turn
Freedom of Information An ingenious marketing ploy dreamt up by the Post-it note company
I have reservations Look, I knew you were a bit dim, but really now...
Close of play How on earth did you miss this incredibly specific deadline?
Comprehensive Spending Review I comprehensively reckon there’s a bit more blood in these stones. This review should give your department absolute certainty about spending totals for almost five months
Ongoing challenges No, select committee, of course that’s not the sound of everything exploding
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Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. I) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 2) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 3) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 4) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 5) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 6) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 7) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 8) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 9) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 10) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 11) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 12) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 13) Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 14)
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