| Now a gaffe by the Highways Agency and the county council has left Lancastrians open to gibes from their Yorkshire neighbours. |
| Offered a chance to walk his gaffe back, the poor fellow only digs himself deeper. |
| Only then, having realised their diplomatic gaffe, did the White House alter its stance. |
| Jubilant children can now go to their chosen schools after education chiefs admitted an embarrassing gaffe. |
| Once a commentator commits a major rhetorical gaffe or colossal misstatement of fact, it becomes impossible to take them seriously. |
| However, while it looks like the gaffe of the decade, there are mitigating circumstances. |
