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Not the metaphor Raab wanted to use: "shifting of the Whitehall deckchairs" [View all]
on the subject of May taking greater charge of Brexit negotiations:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-44940844/brexit-dominic-raab-on-shifting-of-whitehall-deckchairs
"There is some changes and some shifting of the Whitehall deckchairs..."
Has anyone ever heard of "shifting" or "rearranging" of deckchairs in a metaphor without it being the Titanic?
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