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   Fesshole 🧻 (fesshole@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jul-2026 03:20:09 JST Fesshole 🧻

   Many years ago, as a SpAd, I caught one of my junior ministers working his red box by tossing a coin for all but obvious decisions. He argued they had to be finely balanced if they needed to come to him. The fess is I covered up - but made sure our key policies were "obvious".

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     Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷 (kimsj@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jul-2026 04:27:31 JST Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷

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     @fesshole
     A tugboat captain once told me that when he was first promoted he worried about the new responsibilities his role would entail, so he asked the retiring skipper how to deal with them.
     The old hand's advice... if it answer isn't obvious. answer questions he's asked alternately 'yes' and 'no':
     "Carrots are cheap, shall I buy a sack?" -- Yes.
     "Should I grease the anchor windlass?" -- Not today.
     ...Etc.
     I guess it works for politics too!