blame predecessor
remake organization
get three envelopes
Based on the passage:
There has been a joke going around Labour MPs over the past week about three envelopes in Soviet Russia.
“Whenever you run into trouble, open them in order,” the instructions go.
Envelope one says: “Blame your predecessor.”
So he does – and it works.
The party officials are satisfied.
A year later, problems arise again. He opens envelope two. It says: “Restructure the organisation.”
He does a big reshuffle, changes some titles, and again buys himself some time.
Finally, another crisis comes.
He opens envelope three.
It says: “Prepare three envelopes.”
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