The prime minister told the TUC conference in Liverpool the government would "cut costs, cut inefficiencies, cut unnecessary programmes and cut lower priority budgets" but he would not support cuts in "vital frontline services on which people depend".
Source - here
What about the vital backroom services? Somebody has to recruit and pay the frontline guys, as well as providing them with accommodation, computer and accounting support. We need a new campaign, SOB - Save our Bureaucrats. I fear, however, that it unlikely to catch on.
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Save Sir Humphrey!
A better campaign would be more like a Kenny Everett sketch....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMHDBL7CNA4
I'd always assumed that 'frontline' merely meant the most important rather than as in frontroom/backroom, or whatever, but I could be wrong.
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