Don't Panic! - The babelfish phrase book for meetings

"I'm pushing hard for"

I sent an email

"Spades are going in the ground soon"

Building starts

"I can't give you a definitive answer right now"

I don't know

"We’ll let you know more news when we have it"

I don't know

"I’ve been approached by a member of the community"

My wife asked me

"We must work together"

I hate you

"It’s been a busy week"

I had to have a good vent to a colleague

"I’d like to thank my fellow councillor"

The pair of us are so fantastic

"I was delighted to"

Behold, oh lesser people

"It hasn’t been easy"

I was asked some questions

"We have to think of the environmental impact"

I have just thought of something I can say after all

Can we defer this?

I don’t know what I am on about

Can I suggest we move this forward?

Now I am irritated

"We’ve kicked this around the grass for long enough"

I'm sick of listening to people with different opinions

"Shall we move to a vote?"

I really wish the councillor opposing me would shut up

"I’ve been working hard"

Please like me

"The office have been working very hard"

Staff, please like me

"We tried that before"

We tried a crap version of it before that didn’t work

"I think we can all agree that"

You should all be agreeing with me

Do you have a vote in Ross?

I wish you’d piss off with your questions