0 An unvarnished statement is expressed in a plain and honest way:
You don't expect a politician to tell you the unvarnished truth.
This is not hyperbole; it is plain, unvarnished truth.
We want an unvarnished independent review that sets out the link between the level of duty and the level of smuggling.
Great care must be taken to ensure that what the public are given is the unvarnished truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
He should have regard to the unvarnished common sense of the situation and not listen too much to the humbugs.
Unfortunately, when the unvarnished truth finally emerges it tends to lead to a considerable reaction.
It is good to hear those unvarnished views, which are too often suppressed, we understand, in the constituencies.
It is from that point of unvarnished reality that any debate about a settlement must start.
That is the unvarnished argument that has been advanced.
