To be honest, I don't know for sure it's a reject, as I never received any indication that it got read.
Probably was rejected though. It's pretty lame.
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INTERVIEWER:
The government this week announced plans to abandon the "target culture" for social services introduced by Tony Blair. So does this represent a U-turn in government policy? I put it to the prime minister…
BROWN:
No, it's not a U-turn. What we're announcing is a gradual shift away from the target culture. We're committed to reducing the number of government targets by as much as 50 percent by 2012.
INTERVIEWER:
Fifty percent by 2012? Sounds like another target to me.
BROWN:
Not at all. The target is to eliminate targets altogether. In a very real sense, targets are the enemy. Targets are firmly in our crosshairs.
INTERVIEWER:
Your "crosshairs", Prime Minister?
BROWN:
Yes. Oh, I see what you did there, huhuhuh. No. No more targets of any sort.
INTERVIEWER:
So, to be clear, what you're saying is that you're abandoning targets altogether?
BROWN:
Bullseye! Oh, bugger.