Policy Phrases

Phrases

• 3 6 3 Rule
• A move in the right direction
• Action plan
• Beauty contest (a political contest in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy)
• Beauty parade (a political contest in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy)
• Better by design
• Business plan
• Command and control
• Control freak
• Cook up a plan
• Cost control
• Crowd control
• Cruise control

• Design flaw
• Design for life
• Don't you just love being in control? (British Gas advertising slogan)
• Exit strategy
• Failing to plan is planning to fail
• Game plan
• Golden rule
• Home rule
• Honesty is the best policy
• I have a cunning plan (A catchphrase from Blackadder)
• In the grand scheme of things
• Lose control
• Man with a plan

• Mob rule
• Open door policy
• Out of control
• Plan B
• Plan ahead
• Portion control
• Quality control
• Radio control
• Revolving door policy
• Rubber bullet (a bullet made of rubber or plastic and used for riot control)
• Rule Britannia
• Rule of thumb
• Rule out

• Rule the roost
• Rule with a rod of iron
• Rule with an iron fist
• Scorched Earth Policy
• Spiral out of control
• Surely the best tactic (Tic Tac Candy advertising slogan)
• The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner (9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan)
• The exception which proves the rule
• There is no Plan B
• There's an exception to every rule
• What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction song)
• Work to rule