But he manages to present politically unpalatable ideas with grace and understatement.

Still, some critics say he has a tendency to sacrifice principle when faced with politically unpalatable decisions.

With conscription politically unpalatable, Kitchener decided to raise a new army of volunteers.

The Government doesn't want to hold 83pc of a business where returns are being diluted by operations that are politically unpalatable.

Politically unpalatable though it would be, Britain may have to stand ready to participate in the process by similarly supporting its own banks.

But no judge should worry that a politically unpalatable decision could lead to removal.

And space in homeless shelters, now considered politically unpalatable, continues to shrink.

But pricing reform remains politically unpalatable, and the supply-siders are winning the debate.

Big property tax increases would be politically unpalatable.

The business-first rollout may be politically unpalatable to some, but it makes economic sense.