The good news – and the bad – is that, for all today's chatter and George Osborne's curiously tactless observation that the savings of "hard-working Chinese" can be deployed on UK infrastructure projects, cautious governments will take their time.
Couldn't you hack it?" I can't imagine asking such an tactless question to a divorced person.
Rhodri himself thought it might have been the result of a tactless remark he had made to Blair, tactless remarks being something of a speciality of his.
(Called out on a tactless remark and asked what's wrong with him, he replies: "Chronic inappropriateness").
Pierre's is the type of person who confuses "being real" with "being a tactless prick".
These agents acted in a tactless, obnoxious fashion that offended the pride and sensibilities of both local Bulgarian politicians and of the German-born, Russian-appointed Prince Alexander von Battenberg.
First, the Seleucids were in need of money, and, second, the throne, at a critical time, was occupied by a tactless and neurotic king.
Another significant misstep is the depiction of one of her authors (Austin Nichols), a tactless, voyeuristic creep whose boorish behavior rings false.
Ms Demcsak, a mother of two, wrote a tactless blog post about her apparently traumatic experiences, trying to find a kindergarten for her children.
A tactless candidate was another problem: Maria Hutchings came across as more Ukip and less Conservative than Ukip's own smooth-talking Diane James.
Chi-Raq is a tactless, haranguing, original piece of work, a movie-musical rant about something important.
