WISE ADVICE FOR MR. ABBOTT. 1. He’s alreadyblamed the previous Government. 2.He’s now blaming the media. What happens next will be interesting … After exchanging pleasantries, the departing PM tells the newcomer that he has left him an invaluable gift - three sealed envelopes in the top drawer of the desk in the study, to be used in times of crisis. When the first crisis hits, open the envelope marked #1; for the second, the envelope marked #2; and for the third, the remaining envelope, #3. The new prime minister offers his thanks for the advice, and thinks no more about it; but in time he is indeed caught up in a political crisis, and his mind goes back to the envelopes. He opens #1 and reads the instruction: Blame your predecessors. Relieved, he does so, insisting that they had left him with the problem, and while his government was doing its best to solve it, it was not, after all, of his making. And it works; delighted, he goes on with business as usual - until the second crisis erupts. Again, he goes to the study desk and opens the envelope #2. This time the instruction is: Blame the media. So he claims the media are engaged in a savage vendetta against him, inventing stories and ignoring the real progress his government is making. And again, it works, so slightly frazzled he presses on until, inevitably, there is a third crisis. He strides confidently to the desk and opens the last envelope, only to read the final instruction: Prepare three envelopes.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 08:58:52 +0000
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