That Prize Goof Appleby | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats

you've been briefed by mr5 indeed prime minister fair business unfortunate disastrous i'd say oh not disastrous surely it will never come out you mean things are only disastrous if people find out about them of course even if the cabinet secretary is a spy but i'm happy to say that is not the case how can you be so sure mi5 have just come across this in the houston papers from his private diary another session with that prize goof applebee fooled him completely he never asked any of the difficult questions didn't seem to have read the mi5 report so much wool in his head it's child's play to pull it over his eyes that certainly exonerates uh humphrey arnold can't tell you how happy this makes me shall i no no no i'll keep this then i take it there's really nothing for me to investigate after all well apparently not not on security grounds good then in that case i'll take up no more of your time uh hold on there's still the question of incompetence well of course prime minister we all make mistakes well not on that scale do you think i should sack him i hardly think so why not did you think simple servants should ever be sacked if they deserve it of course they should in principle but not in practice why not there would have to be an inquiry and all inquiries into the incompetence of civil servants somehow seem to lead back to mistakes by minister um second thoughts leave it with me thank you prime minister so humvee's outside show him bernard show him oh goofy i'm happy to tell you that you've been cleared of spying how uh something sir john house did wrote oh that's very gratifying isn't it i knew you'd be there may one see the document one certainly may better still one can have it read to one may the 28th another session with that prize goof applebee fooled him completely yes i see well thank you brian goes on humphrey clears you even more he never asked any of the difficult questions didn't seem to have read the mi5 quite clear so much bull in his head it's child's play to pull it over his heart wonderful you must be a very happy man i always said halstead was a hopeless judge of character you mean we can't believe this he was lying oh no no no no no absolutely true um true that is in the sense of you see he wasn't bright enough to understand subtle questioning techniques the non-confrontational approach lulled him into a true sense of security you

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Length: 3min 38sec (218 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 27 2021

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[u/gammaphreak]

The writing in this series was beyond compare. I have never found an equal match - would love to be proved wrong.

[u/marinesciencedude]

Sir Humphrey is exonerated of claims of treason by revelations in unearthed documents, but the question of incompetence remains...