Sir Humphrey explains Brexit

sure the foreign office is pro-europe isn't it yes no if you'll forgive the expression the foreign office is pro-europe because it is really anti-europe the civil service was united in its desire to make sure that the common market didn't work that's why we went into it britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 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 and italians against the 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 ancient history surely yes and current policy we had to break the whole thing up so we had to get inside we tried to break it up from the outside but that wouldn't work now that we're inside we can make a complete pig's breakfast of the whole thing set the germans against the french so french against the italians the italians against the dutch the foreign office is terribly pleased it's just like old times surely we're all committed to the european ideal really minister not why are we pressing for an increase in the membership well for the same reason it's just like the united nations in fact the more members it has the more arguments it can stir up the more futile and impotent it becomes appalling cynicism yes we call it diplomacy minister

Channel: History Out There

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Keywords: Brexit, UK, Sir Humphrey, Yes Minister, Referendum, Europe, EU, Euro

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Length: 1min 38sec (98 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 27 2016