"A peace to end peace," commented Sir Alfred Milner, that powerhouse of the British war cabinet, as he surveyed the terms of the Versailles treaty that supposedly brought the combat to a close.
Reassuring, but wrong.A self-reporting survey of cabinet ministers conducted by The Economist last week revealed that, compared with their German counterparts, British ministers are linguistically challenged.
"The prime minister (we understand privately) did not want to stir this up before the cabinet discussions on the 1982 survey, nor risk any adverse publicity while the last two byelections were pending.
Not of delight The Derek Draper letters Cobwebs Umpire required Farm lessons Welcome to the cabinet ReprintsHowever, the latest survey by the British Chambers of Commerce showed that businessmen in services as well as manufacturing are starting to feel nervous.
Despite accusations officers lied to undermine then cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell, the ComRes survey of 1,000 people found 82% are still likely to believe what the police say.
Preparations for the disposal of equipment began in the second half of 1944 when the War Cabinet directed the military to survey all stocks and indicate any surpluses.
Mostly, however, we find ourselves surveying Pollock's cabinet of grisly creations and wondering what, besides suffering, is their purpose.
While there's little past polling on cabinet nominations, a few previous surveys on Supreme Court nominations suggest neither Democrats nor Republicans have held a consistent stance on whether the confirmation process should be driven purely by qualifications.
In the catalog Mr. Gioni writes that the show was not conceived as "a classic historical survey" but as a "cabinet of curiosities".
When asked why they disapproved, 59.0% of the survey's respondents said the cabinet lacked leadership.
In a telephone poll conducted Saturday and Sunday by the Kyodo News agency, only 16 percent of the 1,016 voters surveyed approve of Mr. Kan's cabinet.
