Oct 07, 2009 14:31
"It would be different if the government were a team. When in fact they're a loose confederation of warring tribes."
"What do you mean cooperate?"
"I mean obeying my commands, that's what cooperate means when you're Prime Minister."
"Send him in at once!"
"Yes sir, your word is my cooperation, prime minister."
Thank you, Yes, Prime Minister.
Oh some, Yes Minister quotes while we're at it.
"Minister, Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last five hundred years: to create a disunited Europe. In that cause we have fought with the Dutch against the Spanish, with the Germans against the French, with the French against the Italians and Germans, and with the French against the Germans and Italians. Divide and rule, you see. Why should we change now, when it's worked so well?"
"That's all ancient history, surely?"
"Yes, and current policy."
'Shall I file it?'
"Shall you file it? Shred it!"
"Shred it?"
"No one must ever be able to find it again!"
"In that case, Minister, I think it's best I file it."
And um, some Blackadder for good measure.
"Now, "Any history of insanity in the family?"... Tell you what. I'll cross out the "in." "Any history of sanity in the family?" ... None whatsoever."
Though I should be writing a paper on the power of the Canadian Prime Minister. I think Harper needs a Humphrey in his life xD
politics,
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tv,
blackadder