A spokesman said services would "gradually" return to normal but admitted it could take up to two weeks for all necessary work to be carried out.

They're a little tricky at first," the spokesman admitted.

"I don't know," the spokesman admitted, as his companions eyed one another uneasily.

The government's spokesman admitted that its future was in peril.

A spokesman admitted: 'We are more used to councillors asking to rip these things down.'

'With self-employed guys you are never able to give a 100 per cent guarantee,' the spokesman admits.

A spokesman for Bond Corporation admitted the action could wipe out the entire group.

The spokesman admitted, however, that Bush spends a lot of time there.

A spokesman for the department later admitted this had never happened, adding: "we need to pre-empt such incidents."

"It would hardly be your exact personality anyhow," admitted the spokesman.