| 8. The Mad
Tea Party page 72
In Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland
by Lewis Caroll, at the Mad Tea Party
the following conversation took place:
“Have some wine “ said the
March Hare in an encouraging tone.
Alice looked all round the table but
there was nothing on it but tea.
“I don’t see any wine.”
she remarked
“There isn’t any. “
said the March Hare.
“It wasn’t very civil of
you to offer it.” said Alice angrily
Pleasant soundbites, wishful thinking and ‘spin’
have become, it seems,
the stock in trade for politicians with little positive
to say.
The latest expression being used
is ‘sexed up’ – In politco-speak
this
involves brightening up an empty and dull document
or statement with
dubious ‘facts’.
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