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the reason there has never been an integrated transport policy is that such a policy is in everybody's interest except the minister who creates it why now how can i put it in a manner which is close to your heart it is the ultimate vote loser loser why do you think the transport secretary isn't doing it why do you think he suggested the lord privy seal why do you think the lord privy seal suggested the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster and why do you think he suggested the lord president of the council i didn't know all this and why do you think they invited you to number 10 behind my back minister this hideous appointment has been hurtling around whitehall for the last three weeks like a grenade with the pin taken out if i could pull it off it would be a feather in my cap if you pulled it off minister it wouldn't be in your cafe thank you bernard if you pull it off minister no one will feel the benefits for 10 years and long before that you and i will have moved on or up or out in the meantime formulating policy means making choices once you do that you please the people that you favor but you infuriate everybody else one vote gained 10 lost now if you give the job to the road services the rail board and unions will scream if you give it to the railways the road lobby will massacre you and if you cut british airways investment plans they will hold a devastating press conference that same afternoon but i'm going to be transports you primo i believe the civil service vernacular is transport muggins no humphrey the prime minister has asked me to undertake this task this necessary duty and after all we must all endeavor to our duty furthermore so mark thinks there may be votes in it and if so i don't intend to look a gift horse in the mouth i put it to you minister that you are looking at trojan horse in the mouth could you look closely at this gift horse we'll find us full of trojans uh if you had like the trojan horse and the mouth minister you would have found greeks inside but the point is it was the greeks who gave the trojan horse to the trojans so technically it wasn't a trojan horse at all hence the tag tomio danio sedona ferentes which you will recall is usually and somewhat inaccurately translated as beware of greeks bearing gifts or doubtless you would have recalled had you not attended the llc yes i'm sure greek tags are all very well in their way but can we stick to the point sorry sorry greek tags beware of greeks bearing gifts i suppose the eec equivalent would be beware of greeks bearing an olive oil surplus excellent no well the point is minister that just as the trojan horse was in fact greek what you described was a greek tag is in fact latin it's obvious really the greeks would never suggest be wearing of themselves if one can use such a participle be wearing that is and it's clearly latin not because timio ends in oh because the greek first person also though actually there is a greek word tim ao meaning i honor but the os ending is a nominative singular termination of the second defension increase and an accusative plural in latin of course though actually danios is not only the greek for greek it's also the latin for greek it's very interesting really yes i'll take your point humphrey but is it really for a minister perhaps perhaps you will allow me to prove it to you i will arrange a preliminary conference for you with three undersecretaries from the department of transport from the rhodes division the rail division and the air transport division civil servants what will that be well i think it may illustrate you some of the problems you will encounter you may be right humphrey but if i succeed this could be my faultland islands and you could be general galtieri you

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Length: 4min 16sec (256 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 25 2021