American Reacts Why the UK is in the EU - Yes Prime Minister

[@charlottehardy822]

I know several people who knew Paul Eddington and they all say he was a lovely, gentle and kind man.

[@richcyclo2933]

As you are a great fan of Sir Humphrey, have you seen Sir Nigel Hawthorne in the film " The madness of King George"? He was nominated for an Academy award for his portrayal of King George 111.

[@michaelhurley1497]

I liked him in The Chain, where he played an avaricious snob who is undone by his penny-pinching ways.

[@paulmurrell1301]

I was just about to suggest that film. I remember when he was nominated for the Oscar and it came out he was gay. He was rather surprised as I remember it and basically said nobody had ever really asked before.

[@brianrodney712]

He played a completely different character in the tv series " Mapp and Lucia ".

[@keithbulley2587]

I first saw him playing the apoplectic Archdeacon in the TV dramatisation of Trollope's Barchester Chronicles, playing against Donald Pleasance.

[@joshuagarnham9703]

You’re meant to use Is in monarch numbers. It’s Roman numerals. He wasn’t King George 111th

[@Addsy]

The equivalent of The Foreign And Commonwealth Office in the US is The State Department, so our Foreign Secretary is the same as your Secretary of State (however all of our Departments of State or Government Ministries are headed by a Secretary of State!)

[@datboiwiffdachannel6403]

And Sir Humphrey Appleby would be like the Chief of Staff, responsible for the operations in a government department

[@25dimensionsfrancis42]

It is relevant to today because the elite system does not want to change . Outside forces can change policy somewhat such as the invention of nuclear weapons and the reliance of fossil fuels. But the "system" basically stays the same. We are living through strange times with huge problems with the price of the utilities and i have never seen such mistrust of the political system and authority as today in both Britain and America as well as much of Europe.

[@thetruthhurts7675]

LOL. What are you on about here? We as in the UK have nothing to do with the EU, we left three years ago. EU rules, and laws do not mean anything here, as the EU having it's many tantrums constantly finds out. You have never seen such mistrust of the political system? Honestly are you for realhere? Especially the American system which honestly isn't democracy at all.

[@FXGreggan.]

I guess the foreign office would be the state department

[@norcatch]

Correct.

[@daveloboda1769]

Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister were two of our finest sitcoms, just as funny now as they were then. It was brilliantly written and acted and so much of it is still true.

[@leehallam9365]

The Foriegn Office is the equivalent of the State Department.

[@craigmccullough7333]

All three of the main actors are now deceased, the last to go was Derek Fowlds (Bernard).

[@DevPreston]

I'm just watching back through all of Yes Minister, nearly split my sides watching this one again! What has really been striking me is like you say just how very relevant all the political wrangling, the self interest and tactical scheming still are today.

[@martinscholes2023]

Amazing actors. Several minutes of tricky dialogue, delivered beautifully every time

[@bpf5666]

Bernard prounounced Burnurd not Bernit

[@sallysmith7778]

I loved these shows. Rumour has it that it was Maggie Thatcher's favourite to programme. It was said that she 'knew' every person in government/the civil service that the series portrayed.

[@76ludlow]

The UK Foreign Office is their equivalent of your State Department. Thus the Foreign Secretary is the equivalent of your Secretary of State.

[@lynette.]

Fabulously written with great actors and so near the knuckle.

[@jstrahan2]

They are all dead. The last one of the famous trio, Derek Fowlds who played Bernard, died in early 2020. However, the fourth guy, Neil Fitzwiliam who played Frank Weisel, is still alive (he was only in the first series).

[@gdok6088]

Brilliant - amazingly good acting and revealing the way things really work with humour and razor sharp wit.

[@thomasmount3530]

as a fan myself, one of the things i like is how the actor playing sir Humphrey can remember all his lines in the long takes!

[@doughaslehurst5108]

Please pronounce Bernard as Ber-nard as in Leonard

[@benellis9665]

Foreign Office is the same as the US State Department.

[@willmark100]

Really Minister 🤣Its worked so well and will in the future😉

[@gavinhall6040]

We still don't have a mandatory ID

[@highpath4776]

@@simonrobbins8357 What about the Polling legislation for ID for voting

[@lorraineyoung102]

Timeless comedy genius! How true it is that nothing has really changed in over 500 years except the way we choose to operate tactics! Never really thought of it like that before. 🤣

[@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej]

'Quid pro quo' means literally 'This for that', ie 'This in exchange for that'. 🙂🇬🇧

[@lorddaver5729]

How many times do you have to be told? It is pronounced BernUrd, NOT Burnit...

[@Schiavonas]

He knows, he prefers burnit

[@lorddaver5729]

@@Schiavonas No he doesn't know.

[@kalinaphillips9779]

The Foreign Office is (probably) The Office of Foreign Affairs in the USA

[@daveofyorkshire301]

The EU didn't exist when this was broadcast! It was the EEC! The EU is a complete different animal, with so much wrong with it this video hardly touches on the level of intrusion and overregulation.

[@theotherside8258]

the regulations only intruded on the people who exploit, steal and con their way through life like tories and to create a level playing field

[@RobertClaeson]

The EU being a complete different animal? Really, Mr Dave? The European Community has had the same policy objectives for the past 80+ years.

[@luisnunes3863]

A little detail: the show is very loosely based on the memoirs of a british labour minister in the 60s.

[@josefschiltz2192]

The script books are a wonderful addition to the television series.

[@davidfrost5485]

It is very funny even more so for being not far, if at all, from the truth. The former French President General de Gaul, did not want ze inglish to join his little club. In fact he vetoed our membership three times which made the British more determined for the very reason that we didn't want France to dominant Europe in a Napoleonic way. Also note that West Germany was in no position to do anything.

[@MMcGilchrist]

Home Office is, strangely, involving everything to do with the homelands. Foreign Office is to do with everything the other side of our borders. Things got a bit confusing when we joined the European Market etc etc.

[@annemariefleming]

I have the two full series on dvd. It's genius, and still relevant today.

[@guarda_che_luna]

Bernard, not Burnet. Just FYI Canner.

[@diogenesagogo]

I know that feeling; so sad when you realise actors who were so brilliant & alive on a show are no longer there. Seems wrong somehow. Have you tried The Thick Of It? Nastier, faster, dirtier depiction of today's nastier, faster, dirtier politics but still hilarious & just as insightful. Malcolm Tucker .... scary, scary, scary.

[@dcoughla681]

Definitely recommend The Thick of It.

[@garethbrown9191]

Foreign Office is equivalent to the State Department

[@rickybuhl3176]

Close to the perfect SitCom. Deserves to be better known abroad.

[@richardwest6358]

For the 10th time - who the hell is Bernet ???

[@ilesalmo7724]

As a member of EU, I'm beginning to cautiously like that UK Brexited, if this was in any way close to the truth.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Yes I’m not surprised I am British and deeply deeply ashamed. Please remember it wasn’t a very large number of people who voted and it was very very narrow majority who were stupid enough not to realise they were being lied too

[@artrandy]

Britain's 500 year old policy objective of preventing hegemony in Europe, has served Europe and Britain well. If it wasn't for that, no one would have stood up successfully to the Nazis, Napoleon, Louis XVII and Louis XIV, and before that Philip II of Spain. Consequently, there would be no small countries left in Europe, especially Belgium, created by the British as a buffer zone against French ambitions in the Netherlands. Count your blessings that Europe now only faces a peacetime take over by Germany, disguised as the EU..........

[@jesperolsen8727]

@@phoenix-xu9xj wouldn't you rather have these people run the country, than the ones you have now? :D

[@Drobium77]

@@phoenix-xu9xj excuse me?? I think you'll find you are the ones who were lied to! only the people who could see the truth behind the eu empire, decided to get out

[@andrewgarner2224]

@@phoenix-xu9xj Remind me did we get a vote to join the EU or were the government unwilling to risk that vote

[@markwalford-groom]

im sure there are cast interviews you could react to ,see if they understood what they were acting ..

[@vincentfoxall5704]

Foriegn office is the equivalent of the state department.

[@KyrilPG]

UK Home Office > FR Interior Ministry > USA roughly DHS. UK Foreign Office > FR Foreign Affairs ministry > USA Stare Department.

[@martinbynion1589]

Foreign Office + State Department!

[@vaughanellis7866]

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office = The US State Dept.

[@lkrnpk]

One word in which to say what is foreign office equivalent in USA.... It's Blinken... and his dudes

[@AbuLaith1963]

Foreign Office - State Department

[@vaudevillian7]

Haven’t you watched this a couple times before? Or am I losing the plot..?

[@grzegorzgrzesiak7498]

Nope you're not losing it. He definitely did.

[@johnmichaelwhalen1648]

Im sure it's the third time he's done this clip 😉

[@highpath4776]

@@johnmichaelwhalen1648 its been uploaded by diff persons , often under different titles

[@7bloke]

You really love Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.

[@shanenolan8252]

You would probably like the Humphrey actor . In ( the madness of king George) he played George the 3rd . ( American revolution guy ) Helen Mirren co stars

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

My guess would be that the foreign office deals with international stuff, while the home office deals with domestic shit

[@withonelook1985]

The Home office deals with police and MI5 and internal security. Its somewhat equivalent to Homeland Security in the US

[@ken-u3n]

Foreign Office UK = State Department USA.

[@stirlingmoss4621]

I'm sure we've seen this, already.

[@revbenf6870]

The other guy is called Bernard, it sounds like Burnett because of the British accent....

[@williambranch4283]

Churchill wanted an EU, with GB in it ... to rule it from the shadows. France and Germany stopped that!

[@matbohman]

Bernard!

[@omegasue]

Sadly, they're all deceased now

[@defizr]

Foreign Office = State Department

[@catherinewilkins2760]

The Civil Servants, also known as the snivel Servants or the blob. There is an on-going issue with elected Members and them, no doubt always has been and always will be.

[@MrDunkycraig]

This is the explanation for brexit in its own way

[@squidcaps4308]

Quid pro quo: i'll do the dishes if you hoover the living room and the hallway. Pro bono: i'll do both, for free.

[@nicola1175]

Hello Connor, love, love your channel ❤

[@leehallam9365]

You see that now we have got it to a completely unworkable size, we were able to leave and let them fall out with Hungary and Poland.

[@highpath4776]

Blair went for the EU expansion.

[@yeeticus7206]

What a brilliant clip

[@johnsharp6618]

The state department is a rough equivalent of the foreign office.

[@colourfastt]

It's a good thing that he didn't ask about the Home Office.

[@davidrowlands441]

Great post. Loved this programme, very cleverly scripted.

[@highpath4776]

What about Identity Cards, we were so much against them, and now cons want to have proof of voter registration.

[@shanenolan8252]

Department of state. American equivalent of the foreign office.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

State dept is US foreign office

[@williambranch4283]

GB has been a major trade partner with the rest of Europe, since Alfred the Great repopulated Londinium.

[@cheryla7480]

Should be the US State Dept.

[@3506Dodge]

The US State Department.

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

because the Americans wanted us there ,i also prefer to get out of nato and just keep our nukes.

[@petermcculloch4933]

I wonder if you are ready for The Young Ones?

[@jjwatcher]

The State Department.

[@lostinsweden5039]

State Department

[@jruz1738]

Once again, showing a video you've already reacted to

[@pjmoseley243]

We joined the European market not the EU. progressive politicians altered what we joined. Thats why we left.

[@shanenolan8252]

Something for something.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

I could be wrong but I think all 3 actors are now dead 💀

[@johnstevenson2890]

Your state department.

[@morrisminor56]

BURN-NERD NOT BURN IT

[@AndyK.1]

I’m sure he says that to get more comments and feed the algorithm 😂

[@duncanmit5307]

💜👍💜

[@stirlingmoss4621]

Quid pro quo = like for like

[@colourfastt]

I explain it as "this for that".

[@reluctantheist5224]

All dead I'm afraid.

[@geoffw8565]

Exactly what we now have, all the EU countries fighting amongst themselves and it's slowly breaking up ! Excellent !

[@ruk2023--]

Jesus dude, learn when to stop and start will you?

[@adoculos4521]

Sorry Connor all the main actors are now brown bread.