Jim Goes AWOL, Humphrey Is Apoplectic | Yes Minister | BBC Comedy Greats

bernard i'm not happy about disciplining south derbyshire well why not minister instinct dr cartridge seemed to be trying to tell me something i think i'll drop in on him oh no no i wouldn't do that minister why not well it is understood if ministers want to know anything it will be brought to their notice if they go out looking for information they might well they might find it yes sir humphrey does not take kind into the idea of ministers just dropping in on people going walkabout he calls it the queen does it well i don't think she drops in on under secretaries not in sir humphries department what's his room number i must formally advise you against this minister advice noted room 4017. darn one flight second corridor on the left i'm not back in 48 hours send out a search party hello graeme it's bernard look i think you better tell sir humphrey that the minister's just gone walkabout yes yes awol well of course i told him yes i know i think you better let him know right away one two three four five six seven eight nine ten what's all this about the minister just left the office to hunt me that's all that's all do you mean he's loose in the building why didn't you warn me well i did advise him to humbly but he is the minister and there's no statutory prohibition of against ministers talking to their staff is that who's he talking to bernard perhaps he was just restless if the minister's restless bernard he can feed the ducks and james's park yes sir humphreys and now tell me who the minister's talking to well surely the minister can talk to anyone bird i'm in the middle of writing your annual report now it is not a responsibility that either of us would wish me to discharge whilst i'm in a bad temper who's the minister talking dude well perhaps you could help me with this humphrey i can quite see that you should be told if the minister calls on an outsider but i fail to see why you should be informed if he just wants to uh to take a hypothetical example to check a point with dr cartwright thank you bernard room 4017. i know so all those things they told me about south derbyshire council are they true they may be for all i know well what are you saying i'm saying that nevertheless south derbyshire is the most efficient local authority in the uk most efficient i'm supposed to be ticking them off for being the least efficient look at the figures i thought they didn't send us any no but they keep their own records perfectly well i'm going on those look they've got the lowest truancy record in the midlands the lowest administrative cost per council house lowest ratio in britain of council workers to rate income a clean bill of public health with the lowest number of environmental health officers what are environmental health officers rat catchers virtually all the children can read and write even though they've had a progressive education oh yes and they've got the smallest establishment of social workers in the uk is that supposed to be a good thing oh yeah sign of efficiency parkinson's law of social work you see it's well known that social problems increase to occupy the total number of social workers available you

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Length: 4min 10sec (250 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 28 2020