is this a silly question?

[flecc]

Nice one, flecc. I recall Gordon Brown using the same sort of self-referring justification on The Today programme once. Humphrys asked him a question, and rather than answering it Brown said "No, I've already answered that question, so I'm going to say this instead..."

Humphrys must have been having an off-day, as he didn't pursue the point.

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. Yes, I remember that, it was indeed a popular tactic of Gordon Brown's.

Unfortunately he practiced something similar in announcing favourable tax measures repeatedly to make them appear like additional measures each time.
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