Dabbing it here! dabbing it there!

Home Secretary John Reid has admitted he is bound to uncover further problems in the Home Office



John Reid said: "If you renovate a house you start by taking the wallpaper off. It is only then that you discover more problems. That's what it is like in the Home Office.

Reminds me of the music hall ditty When Father papered the parlour

the Chorus of which
When Father papered the parlour
You couldn't see him for paste
Dabbing it here! dabbing it there!
Paste and paper everywhere
Mother was stuck to the ceiling
The children stuck to the floor
I never knew a blooming family
So 'stuck up' before.


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