standing still

Filling this hole would only be enough to "keep public services standing still", the chancellor said this week.

At a political cabinet meeting this morning, Reeves told ministers that filling the "£22bn black hole inheritance from the previous government" would only be enough "to keep public services standing still".

And yet, this incident shows the Russians are not standing still, reliant on their massive human resources and conventional weapons.

“But it's better than silence, and it’s better than standing still.”

“I’m a physical performer, and that impulse, that expression doesn’t go away even if I’m standing still and listening to someone.”