Ship-shape

It was accredited to Lynton Crosby to 'scrape the barnacles off the ship' as advice for David Cameron in the run-up to the General Election next year to achieve a smooth-sailing course that would truly engage with voters, rather than muddle them as the 'Big Society' message did in 2010.  So out with 'green crap' initiatives, plain cigarette packaging and minimum pricing for units of alcohol.  Whitehall can be quite limpet-like though and most of these proposals remain in the pipeline.
I too intend to scrape the barnacles off the ship and forgo fripperies to complete a project of some import.  Thus I shall be going dark for the next few days until this project is resolved. Au revoir but not adieu.