The Guardian Accuse The Minister of Bribery | Yes Minister | BBC Comedy Greats

his minister i agree with you i see now that there is a moral dimension to everything will you tell the press about the communications remorse lie you know all the scotch in qumran you mean to tell me if i say then you must drop me in in the moral dimension this is completely different not the same thing at all why drinking it's not corruption no it's just deceit that's all we have deceived the comrades i'm wracked with guilt tormented by the knowledge that we have violated their solomon sacred islamic law in their own country sooner or later we'll have to own up and admit that it was all your idea it wasn't it was was it is it 50 lashes or a hundred minister i must ask you to meet this journalist or she'll write something terrible anyway oh yes yes alright yes what am i going to say we may suggest that attack is the best form of defense attack yes good thinking yes got it minister will i introduce miss jenny goodwin from the guard i do carry sit down weren't you jenny i may call you jenny may i not if you'd like now what seems to be the trouble two things really minister both of them rather worrying to the public uh the first is a story that you may have seen in the french press it's about corruption in bes getting the kamrani contract complete nonsense but they quoted reports of payments to officials really this is absolutely typical a british company slogs its guts out to win orders create jobs earn dollars and what did you get from the media a smear campaign but if they won by bribery there is no question of bribery i've had a full internal inquiry and all these so-called payments have been identified what ads ah commissioners administrative overheads operative costs managerial surcharges your introduction expenses miscellaneous outgoings we have looked into every brown envelope every account book and everything is completely an honor i see and may i say one further thing allegations of this nature are symptomatic of a very sick society for which i'm afraid the media must take its share of the blame for media why are you putting thousands of british jobs at risk i am calling on the press council to censor the press for its appalling lack of professional standards and running this story the council and indeed the house of commons must be concerned about the standards which have applied in this disgraceful matter and pressure will be brought to bear to make sure that this sort of gutter press reporting is not repeated i see well um there is this other question it's about the uh rose water jar apparently presented to you in qumran yes well i saw it in your flat actually well yes we're keeping it there temporarily temporarily oh yes it's very valuable you know mrs hacker said that it was an imitation bagless girl burglars until we can get rid of it get rid of it yes i'm presenting it to our local museum as soon as i get up to the constituency at the weekend what can't hold on to it you know it's government property now what was your question you

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Length: 4min 13sec (253 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 18 2021