The religious left's message is muddier, because no one has the faintest idea how Jesus would set about fixing the inner cities.

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The row erupted after the UK's head of immigration removals David Roberts told MPs on Tuesday he did not "have the faintest idea" of the numbers.

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Sir George Young replied that there had been three opposition debates on the Health Bill - which is in its final stages in the Lords - but he still "hadn't the faintest idea" what Labour's policy on health was.

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So when the women's 100m champion is crowned at the London Games on Saturday, it is unlikely the champion or the vast majority of the 80, 000 crowd in the Olympic Stadium will have the faintest idea who Robinson was.

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Or to put it another way, if you have the faintest idea how to turn the Big Four into the Not-Quite-So-Big Eight, with consequential benefits to the cost and quality of audits, I know a watchdog desperate to hear from you.

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If you have the faintest idea what that means, you will be doing quite a lot better than quite a lot of the individuals who sit on the boards of big international banks and are supposed to keep them on the straight and narrow.

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