"What I would say to you..." "What I MEANT to say to you..." "When I misspoke..."

"I meant to say when I was down on the tiles with all your microphones in front of me 'thousands'. The figure that we always had in mind was around about in the low teens.

All those pesky microphones.....tsk tsk

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/588661/immigration-minister-erica-stanford-apologises-after-inflating-overstayer-figures

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Immigration Minister Erica Stanford apologises after inflating overstayer figures

The government has been accused of scaremongering about overstayer numbers after Erica Stanford told reporters there were "tens of thousands more" than she had expected last month.

RNZ
Honey, I threw the case! πŸ˜¬πŸ’€ | @destiny

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Contrapoints needs to fa..uh..FIGHT | @destiny & Conor

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A quotation from Franklin, Benjamin:

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Better slip with foot than tongue.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/66994/

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Poor Richard (1734 ed.) - Franklin, Benjamin | WIST Quotations

Better slip with foot than tongue.

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