Reassuring words to find in a government consultation paper

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Reassuring words to find in a government consultation paper

By Mark Pack | Fri 11th July 2008 - 4:44 pm

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“The consultation paper considers several questions but in particular looks at:

Pertinent issues…”

Phew, that’s a relief. (Page 3 of the Election Day – Weekend Voting consultation paper if the knowledge that it contains content relevant to its subject hasn’t put you off.)

Read more by Mark Pack or more about weekend voting.
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One Comment

Julian H 12th Jul '08 - 8:49am

If a civil servant was to compose a document which involved no governmentese, no excessive wording, but just got to the bloody point, what would happen? Would they be sacked?

No, sorry, of course they can’t be sacked. Perhaps they’d be punished some other way. Moved to the Treasury, perhaps.

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