The Conservatives in Brighton: The Tory Dictionary of Political Abuse
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Bastards: MPs with whom John Major disagrees. (Major)
cp Barmy: ditto, but may have been knighted for political service in the Conservative party. (Major)
Deeply lippy: outspoken critic of John Patten. (Patten)
Flapping of white coats: The sound the Prime Minister hears around dissident knights of the shires. (Major)
Nutter: chief education officer attempting to improve the country's worst schools. (Patten)
S-H-one-T: numberplate on a bastard's Jaguar. (Major)
Socialists: bastards, but they don't let you down. (Tory ministers)
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