Downing Phrases

Phrases

• A week is a long time in politics
• Bedroom politics
• Beer and sandwiches at Number 10
• Billion Dollar Man (Nickname of American politician Henry Nowak)
• Gesture politics
• Number 10 Downing Street (address of the British Prime Minister)
• Office politics
• Paddy Pantsdown (Nickname of English politician Paddy Ashdown)
• Pork barrel politics
• The Beast of Bolsover (Nickname of English politician Dennis Skinner)
• The Boy David (Nickname of English politician David Steel)
• The Chingford Strangler (Nickname of English politician Norman Tebbit)