Yes, Prime Minister (TV Series)
A Conflict of Interest (1987)
Deborah Norton: Dorothy Wainwright
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Quotes
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Jim Hacker : What do you know about Phillips Berenson?
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : What do you know about Phillips Berenson?
Jim Hacker : Well, uh... only what I read in the papers.
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Oh, good. Yes, well, they'e in a bit of trouble, that's all. They lent a bit of money to the wrong chaps. Could happen to anyone.
Dorothy Wainwright : So you haven't heard and rumors?
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : On well, there are always rumors.
Dorothy Wainwright : Of bribery, embezzlement, misappropriation, insider dealing?
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Oh, come, come, dear lady, those are strong words
Dorothy Wainwright : So they're not true?
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Well, there's... there are different uh, different ways of looking at things.
Dorothy Wainwright : What's a different way of looking at embezzlement?
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Oh, well, of course, if a chap embezzles, you have to do something about it.
Jim Hacker : Have a serious word with him?
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Absolutely. Usually it's just a chap who's advanced himself a short-term, unauthorized, unsecured, temporary loan from the company's account, and, uh, invested it unluckily. You, know, horse falls at the first fence, that sort of thing.
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Dorothy Wainwright : [Referring to Desmond Glazebrook] He's too stupid to know whether he's honest or not.
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Jim Hacker : Dorothy, I'm not at all happy about my speech for the party conference. It contains absolutely no good news.
Dorothy Wainwright : We couldn't think of any.