"I will no longer tolerate a half-million Air Force personnel without a combat role. All airmen are to be armed and trained, ready to fight and die in defense of the airfields; every airfield should be the stronghold of fighting air-groundmen, and not the abode of uniformed civilians in the prime of life protected by a detachment of soldiers."
Winston S Churchill 29 June 1941
I can't find what Churchill thought about having 7 miles knocked off a travel claim.
However, Churchill's response to Business Cases was a big rubber stamp with 'ACTION THIS DAY' on it.