deadpan - impassive matter of fact manner
parochial - restricted to the confines of a parish
duplicitous - deliberate deceiving manner
verbal diarrhoea - screwing up while talking
gravy train - lucrative endeavour
acquiesce - to comply with
tacit - implied or indicated but not actually expressed
repudiate- to refuse
irrevocable - cannot be revoked

"Suppression is the instrument of totalitarian dictatorships. You can't do that in a free country. We would merely take a democratic decision not to publish it."
-Sir Humphrey Appleby, Yes Minister- The greasy pole