This interestingly seems to parallel a comment by the current British Prime Minister David Cameron, when he first entered office.
“We’re all going to have things thrown back at us. We’re looking at the bigger picture. … And if it means swallowing some humble pie, and if it means eating some of your words, I cannot think of a more excellent diet.”
This was in response to a reporter who asked him why he was working with Nick Clegg, a man he had once described as a “joke”. At the time I thought it was a spontaneous remark, but after seeing the above, it looks like he may have been quoting.
This interestingly seems to parallel a comment by the current British Prime Minister David Cameron, when he first entered office.
“We’re all going to have things thrown back at us. We’re looking at the bigger picture. … And if it means swallowing some humble pie, and if it means eating some of your words, I cannot think of a more excellent diet.”
This was in response to a reporter who asked him why he was working with Nick Clegg, a man he had once described as a “joke”. At the time I thought it was a spontaneous remark, but after seeing the above, it looks like he may have been quoting.
I love that evergreen politician’s trick of using “we” and “you” to mean “I”.
To be fair, I think he was using “we” to refer to the Conservative party.