James Stockdale (VP Candidate in the 1992 election) is an example of how glasses can be perceived as indecisive

She's so hot fuck sake

This is called push polling and it is what the MSM and university polling is up to in this current election cycle.

Well this aged well.

This was funny when it aired In 2024 they're introducing blasphemy laws that only protect Islam

"Only goes up to Appendix K." "Six more to follow." In the Jim Hacker diaries, he refers to this report going up to Appendix Q. K+6=Q. Brilliant Easter egg.

nothing has changed just more marxists and anti british

Funny enough I saw this so long ago and it didn't occur to me that we could be using the same against russia. Case and point the so called "red lines" the UA war. Now Ukranians are in Kursk and they have F16s. Next they will probably get authorisation to use ATACMS

Some programmes date as well as curdled milk! Others just get better and better over time and more and more appreciated. This was voted in the all time Top Ten of British sitcoms. It will still be there now.

Watch this series and you 'know politics' in the Westminster system countries.

Sir Arnold - my favourite character. Fabulous acting.

This show is based, genuinely provides insight into how it all works

Dorothy Wainwright/Deborah Norton is just brilliant, cutting through the BS like a razor 😂

I have watched this since I was a kid with my dad. But now as an adult I can tell you that this series perfectly sums up the Brits & their politics.

Ill relay the message to ohm i forgot his name 👋 plutonium

One of the reasons we all despise government is creatures like Humphrey. In real life he's a useless creature, he serves no purpose and would be killed by anyone trying to do the right thing. He's allowed to survive because of red tape, lies, back room deals and deliberate deception.

My parents loved Yes Minister and I did too when I got old enough to understand it. Just magnificent comedy/satire. It's quite amazing how little has changed too hehe.

It is shocking how accurate this remains even now!

The dining rooms where Sir Humphrey and Sir Arnold ate at would probably cost regular people in the 1980s about most of their weekly wage if they wanted to eat in them.

partners in crime. robbing the British tax payer.

Gordon was one of my most favorite characters on the show! Hell the whole show is perfectly cast!

Simpsons? Not only…

If only we had PMs and advisers like that in real life

this was so ahead of its time and so correct!

Coming here from 2024, and this has never been more relevant.

Hacker often comes off as a rather lovable goof. But God help you if you cross him, because he's a political shark.

Sir Humphrey is a gem in this skit.

Sir Arnold and Sir Humphrey really are the most conniving snobs aren't they?. All joking aside true civil servants like these guys and their underlings are literally untouchable in terms of accountability or competency. They've got very good salaries, a crown guaranteed, inflation linked, defined benefit pension and if they are high enough up the chain - they can guarantee a directorship or two at a number of companies when they "retire" at 60.

2024 😆

I bought in the Great Covid War... and ended up in Colney Hatch...Asylum... So much for British Honor 😮😮

The Prime Minister has an aura of darkness about him. A Sith i smell.

Surely not 😂

OK, but why dose he need 41?

A battle that Hacker comes out on the winning side thanks to the Israelie ambassador giving him a helping hand. Which he uses to to give the foreign office and Humphrey bloody nose and shoes himself in a heroic churchillian light.

Humphrey is so duplicitously Machiavellian as he leads jim up the garden oath in respect of the dog and uses the cost of said operation to vget hacker to back dowen over defence cuts.

Its Machiavellian brilliant to see that as soon as they get a whiff of advancement or demotion, that both Humphrey and Frank haver the knifes out and doing their level best to preserve their position or nick their colleagues. Climbing the greasy pole as it were.

I wonder if George R R Martin watched this show and based Baelish/Varys on Sir Humphrey. The whole show is like a comedic version of GoT’s small carbinet meetings.

Absolutely hilarious, yet depressingly timeless.

Watching this & they're all passed now...😢 Brilliant series. Could it be made today..?

43%

I use this as a reference whenever I debate the merit of poles.

Some of the best writing in the history of UK television went into YM and YPM. No exaggeration to say we may never see their like again.

I often wonder if we should do away with politicians and let the Civil Service rule but- of course - they already do.

4:30 reminding me of the USA's stance on Israel Palestine crisis

Absolutely brilliant - it has lost nothing of its currency since the time of filming. Although 'raves in the naves' of the cathedrals stolen from Rome after Henry VIII's apostasy were considered impossible when this episode of Yes PM was written and recorded. So if one does a 'fast forward' from there, then the state of the CofE is utterly dire now in direct comparison. 'Collapse' and 'Oblivion' are now the words to describe the process and outcome of the CofE. Once a formidable, even if heretical and protestant denomination, the CofE is finished - apart from in the Global South which will last a little longer, but where the end is assured. Ave Virgo Sanctissima! Exterminatrix of Heresies!

Once again, this scene is another example of some of the most brilliant writing, dramatic or otherwise, ever seen on television.

Salami tactics is not a joke. The chinese are doing it in the himalayas. This show predicted the future.

Why can’t he have lunch with Bernard?

Greatest sitcom of all time. Uk is class at these

The goddess, Ma'at, with sword in mouth, skilfully wielded, cojones a-piling. Heh, heh.