Right now, FCA is what the British call a 'quango,' for Quasi-Autonomous National Governmental Organization, and Popejoy is a quangocrat playing chicken.
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Quangocrat
Synonyms for "quangocrat"
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In many parts of Britain a new class of quangocrat has emerged, and nowhere more so than in Wales.
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As Nolan moved in to stop payments for sitting on such boards, The Guardian identified the main 'quangocrat' as Sir Brian Shaw, who received £4000 per day...
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In the hands of a genuinely well-meaning Arts Council, it also means 'power', exercised by some genuinely well-meaning quangocrat.
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