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well didn't you read the Financial Times this morning never do well you're a banker sure you read the Financial Times can't understand it full of economic theory why'd you buy it oh you know it's part of the Uniform took me 30 years to understand Keynes economics then when I just gotten done everyone started getting hooked on these new monetarist ideas you know I want to be free by Milton Sherman Milton treatment they all called Milton Milton Keynes Maynard Keynes controllers and Milton Keynes so you did read about the minister's speech to the architectural Association last night attacking skyscraper office blocks got him some good publicity the skyscraper how many stories is it 38 well 44 with the extra six were asking for he was talking about the maximum tolerable height is being a doozy damn it hundred surely you could talk him out of it you know it sort of work him upwards mate 1218 I mean that's your job isn't it talking him out of things yes but don't forget there was a promise to prevent any more high-rise buildings in the environment section of the manifesto let's cover it necessarily you see there's an implicit pact offered to every Minister by his senior officials if the minister will help us to implement the opposite policy to the one that he's pledged to which once he's in office he will see is obviously incorrect we will help him to pretend that he is in fact doing what he said he was going to do in his manifesto but unfortunately Desmond among the many extraordinary qualities that politicians possess reasonableness is not necessarily the first that springs to mind not when one contemplates the average Minister Minister is very but we need those extra floors and after all if you're going to join the board when when you retire a bit tricky if there's no office to put you in did entertaining your visitors and a porter cabin in the carpark I'm not taking about get permission I'm saying you won't get it today you'll have to be patient surely once the minister has made his decision that's it isn't it surely our decisions a decision only if it's the decision you want if not it's just a temporary setback ministers are like small children they act on impulse they want something desperately next day they'd forgotten they ever asked for you use a minister of the crown and you know I was called a minister of the crown don't you was he always talking off the top of his head I'll throw that back

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Length: 3min 7sec (187 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 15 2011

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[u/OCPEoireitum]

A shout out to the wonderful Richard Vernon (born in my home town) who played Sir Desmond - and of course Slartibartfast. Linked here for your pleasure with some COVID19 advice

https://youtu.be/47IakV2Vx4Q

[u/Cyanopicacooki]

Always a good watch - another series that (in relative terms) had few episodes, but they were all consistently good.

I picked up the entire box set (minister and Prime Minister) for £3 in Fopp a few years back. It's one of the only reasons I still have an optical drive in my computer.

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