In Politics
Since Gilbert and Sullivan used the phrase in The Mikado, "short, sharp shock" has been used in political discourse. The phrase met renewed popularity under the Thatcher government in the United Kingdom, when the then Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw introduced the "short, sharp shock" treatment at detention centres for young criminals (advertised as part of the 1979 Conservative Party Manifesto).
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