Yes, Minister - The Six Diplomatic Options

doesn't come in the would you read this now I will not but it's top priority man you say that about everything but this is an advance copy of president's helium speech tomorrow we just got it from the brandon l all about these speeches happy to be here bonds of shared experience ties between our two countries am i right yes that is it all in itself I'm certainly not going to read it tonight well I really think you should mister look I've underlined the important bits in ready I'll just I'll just distributing copies around the train and the Train yes sir Humphrey the foreign secretary the press office they're on the train Landon's feel a special affinity with the Celtic peoples in their struggle for freedom we too have to fight to break free from the chains of British colonialism British colonialism people if Miranda urged the Scots and the English oppression cast of the imperials yoke join the fellowship of free nation good god yes well means that we would appear to been caught with our trousers down you can't say this in front of her well I don't like say I told you so but I tell you sir we can headache all over our face it nadiak Minister just imperialist yoke three Scottish by-elections on Thursday yes it is indeed a catastrophe a tragedy a cataclysmic apocalyptic monumental calamity and the fact that you did it Humphrey you're paid to advise me advise me well this is not our life trying to advise the captain of the Titanic after he struck the iceberg must be something we can do mmm we could sing abide with me Yes Minister oh yes a foreign secretary would like a word ah foreign secretary have you read this yes my ministers concerned that the government will have egg all over its face Scotch egg presumably why is he doing it well maybe it's my own consumption he's only just taken over perhaps he's trying to persuade the other African leaders that he's a [ __ ] anti-colonialist yes yes the the press officer would like a word good yeah warm for littluns I hope you think it's a good idea to issue a statement well minister in practical terms we have the usual six options one do nothing - is your statement deploring see three large an official protest for cutoff a five break off diplomatic relations and six declare war which well if we do nothing we implicitly agree with the speech - if we issue a statement we'll just look foolish three if we lodge a protest it'll be ignored for we can't cut off aid because we don't give them any five if we break off diplomatic relations we can't negotiate the oil rig contracts and six if we declare war it might just look as though we were overreacting in the old days we just send in a gunboat yes I suppose that is absolutely out of question

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Length: 4min 1sec (241 seconds)

Published: Thu May 28 2009