Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know.

This perceptive insight into the known unkown has handed Donald Rumsfeld this years Foot-In-Mouth award. Awarded by "The Plain English Campaign", whose raison d'être is "fighting for crystal-clear language and against jargon, gobbledygook and other confusing language. "

The Green Man is launching an appeal against the decision on the grounds Mr Rumsfeld had acheived exactly the degree of clarity he was aiming for.

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