strawite
n.— «Strawite (strô-it), noun. Technocrat and adherent to the John Major theory of succession, which argues that a charismatic leader who brings misadventure to the party should be replaced by a grey man who will be seen as a “safe pair of hands” by the public, named Jack Straw.» —“Jostling begins for the Blair succession” by Fraser Nelson The Scotsman (Scotland) Apr. 28, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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