The king had become old and ministers were just doing what they liked.
But these were just the trigger persons," the minister added.
They weren't storied unsuitable for the delicate ears of the ladies either - it was just the Minister being witty.
At first I assumed that I was one of a number of guests, but no: there was just the minister, two of his colleagues, an Asian butler and myself.
Even if Djanogly goes, it is unlikely to make a difference to the reform programme – in my view, he is just another minister having to package unpalatable cuts, rather than a man pursuing his own agenda.
There are just three cabinet ministers: Theresa May, as home secretary AND minister for women and equalities, Caroline Spelman, as environment secretary, and Cheryl Gillan, as Welsh secretary.
"(People) are not looking for a prime minister who is just a Brexit prime minister, but a prime minister who can govern for the whole of the country," she said in an interview on ITV.
There are just three female ministers and no women among Egypt's 29 governors.
At the risk of appearing like I'm banging on about this, but there are just FIVE female ministers of state out of 30.
The spokesman said the first item on the agenda - on the "implications of Oldham" – would be just among the ministers before insisting: "But it is genuinely not some kind of emergency meeting".
