Ezelek wrote:
Vass wrote:
Jim: The public does care that this money is misspent.
Sir Humphrey: With respect Minister, they care that it should not be seen to be misspent.
Sir Humphrey: Nobody was remotely concerned about what was really being done with their money, what outraged them was being told about it.
(Both from Yes Minister, The Compassionate Society)
But in the end, Humphrey always wins anyway. It's not until
Yes, Prime Minister that Hacker starts to get one-up on him. [/random observation]
I disagree, Hacker definitely gets the jump on Humphrey in Big Brother, The Greasy Pole and A Question of Loyalty. All three in the first two seasons of Yes Minister. However I do concede that he outmanoeuvres Humphrey more often as prime minister. I've found that the book of Yes Prime Minister to be rather depressing, though, especially when Hacker loses out in reforming the national education service at the end.
Jim Hacker wrote:
My plans were turning to dust. Like all my plans. Suddenly I saw, with a real clarity that I'd never enjoyed before, that although I might win the occasional policy victory, or make some reforms, or be indulged with a few scraps from the table, nothing fundamental was ever ever going to change.
It's quite depressing, but it works as an ending. I've found that the book, while not an exact script of the episodes, does add to the show nicely.