A lobbyist, on his way home from work in London traffic came to a dead halt and thought to himself, 'Wow, this seems worse than usual'.
He noticed a police officer walking between the lines of stopped cars, so he rolled down his window and asked 'Officer, what's the hold up?'
The cop replied 'The Prime Minister is depressed, so he stopped his motorcade and is threatening to douse himself with petrol and set himself on fire. He says no-one believes his stories about why we went to war in Iraq, or the connection between Saddam and al-Qaeda or that his tax cuts will help anyone except his wealthy friends. So we're taking up a collection for him.'
The lobbyist asks, 'How much have you got so far?'
The officer replies, 'About 50 litres but a lot of people are still siphoning'.