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Villepin a cinder, Chirac toast? | 93 comments (93 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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The "safe pair of hands" characterisation comes from The Guardian (2003) via Wikipedia.

In the case at hand, she's a "safe pair of hand" in that she'll do nothing of her own initiative, and that's exactly what Blair watns in the Foreign Office.

Finance is the brain [tumour] of the economy

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 11:42:00 AM EST
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