Pyne lamented that because of the 24-hour news cycle voters expected "new tricks from governments, new ideas and solutions to every problem... [but] the reality is the government can't solve every problem".
Since the key aim in primary campaigns is to do better than anyone expected, the trick is to proclaim that your vote exceeded your fondest expectations.
"We were warned to expect 'dirty tricks,' " he said.
North, realizing his club king was golden, bid seven hearts, expecting 13 tricks from seven hearts, one diamond and five clubs.
Mr Assange, who still faces questioning over a separate allegation of molestation, said he had been warned to expect "dirty tricks" after Wikileaks released more than 75,000 classified Afghan war logs in July.Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Germany's defence minister, presented parliament with five options to reform the country's military.
Defending himself against the Swedish allegations on Saturday in Twitter feeds, he said that the accusations were "without basis" and implied that they were payback for his disclosures: "We were warned to expect 'dirty tricks.' Now we have the first one".
It may be as daft to expect new tricks from McIntyre as from the Queen herself, but even by his standards, this is an unadventurous set, featuring routines about service stations, snoring spouses and – not for the first time – funny walking.
A later message on the Wikileaks Twitter feed says the group has been warned to expect "dirty tricks".
"The level of competition is certainly going to crank up and expect bigger tricks than we've ever seen before on the global stage.
In a series of other messages posted on the Wikileaks Twitter feed, the whistle-blowing website said: "No-one here has been contacted by Swedish police", and that it had been warned to expect "dirty tricks".
