"Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence.“

-John Major

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"If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government."

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