Perhaps, and more credibly, he meant that, had he been at the department, he would have ensured that the president expressly cleared that instruction.

Lucky for the memories BMHS, thanks sm

I know it’s cos ’es new when we’ve got ’im trained ’e’ll be as good as gold like me know ’is place jump when ’es asked no ’olding ’im like a frog ’e’ll be jump jump jump...

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