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by Findecanor 720 days ago
I'm not British, but I'm a fan a silly humour. One message I like is:

"I would make an absolutely cast-iron firm commitment to build the 100bn Trident weapon system ... but then I would make an equally firm private commitment after that public commitment not to build.

Because they are secret submarines and no one will ever know...

Win-win. A hundred billion quid. Shove it in the health service"