The Local Council Agrees With Jim | Yes Minister | BBC Comedy Greats

hey hold on how do you know about this before i do oh i just happened to be with the cabinet secretary shortly after the decision was taken cabinet minister with the responsibility of the arts indeed well thank you for letting me know humphrey anything more i'm just about to start a meeting oh the meeting yes now minister i do hope that you've considered the implications of your new appointment on the subject you're discussing not rescuing a football club no no no no i was wondering how it would look if as cabinet minister responsible for the arts your first action would be to knock down an art gallery it's quite a decent little art gallery really exactly interesting building great two listed uh minister i do think you ought to start this meeting oh my god what have i got to say councillors wilkinson noble and green smith ryan good to see you thanks doug this is a humphrey appleby my permanent secretary you mean he's only a temp [Laughter] well it's going great jim we've got all the political parties with us now and the county council all we need is your department's approval for using the proceeds from the sale of the art gallery is allowed to the club well i'm i think that's a snag you said there weren't any well there is what well it's just that well it appears well it it it seems right it it it has emerged i think sir humphrey could explain this better than i thought it can't be done gentlemen um the art gallery is it's a trust in terms of the original bequest or something that's right it's trust we should just have to knock something else down school church hospital about to be something i can't believe this you mean i've got to go and tell the people back home that you've gone back on your word i mean it was your own idea it's not me it's the law well why didn't you find out till now well let me be absolutely frank with you the truth is that it would be possible to push this through just possible but it would take an awful long time okay take the time we've spent enough the trouble is you see something else would have to go by the board and the thing that's taking my time at the moment is forcing through this increase in counsellor's expenses and attendance allowances and you see i can't put my personal weight behind both schemes i suppose i could forget about the increased allowances for counselors concentrate on the legal obstacles to the sale of the art gallery tricky things legal obstacles and this is a particularly tricky one and at the end of the day you might still fail every possibility well if that's the way it is there is a chance that we might want to close edge hill road primary at the end of the year that cited fetch a couple of million give or take well there it is then no ill feelings you good uh and you'll explain locally that we can't overcome the legal obstacles of course we will uh carry on with the good work okay you

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Length: 4min 20sec (260 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 09 2021