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Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department. ''
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Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby
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John Nettleton
Sir Arnold Robinson
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Paul Eddington
Rt Hon James Hacker
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ADD QUOTES- Jim Hacker: (Talking about the Chancellor of the Exchequer) He's got to learn to come to heel. He's got to learn to co-operate. Bernard: What do you mean, co-operate? Jim Hacker: I mean obey my commands. Bernard: I see. Jim Hacker: That's what co-operate means when you're Prime Minister. (A little later) Bernard: Sir Humphrey is waiting to see you outside. Jim Hacker: Send him in. At once. Bernard: Yes, Prime Minister. Your word is my co-operation. Edit
- Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, I must warn you of the difficulties. I foresee all sorts of unforeseen problems. Jim Hacker: Such as? Sir Humphrey: If I could foresee them, they wouldn't be unforeseen. Edit
- Sir Humphrey: Notwithstanding the fact that your proposal could conceivably encompass concomitant benefits of a marginal peripheral relevance, there is a countervailing consideration of infinitely superior magnitude, involving your personal complicity and corroborative malfeasance, with the consequence that the taint and stigma of your former associations and diversions could irredeemably and irretrievably invalidate your position, and culminate in public revelations and recriminations of a profoundly embarrassing and ultimately indefensible character. Edit
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