"Yes, Prime Minister" The Smoke Screen (TV Episode 1986) Poster

(TV Series)

(1986)

John Barron: Sir Ian Whitworth - DHSS Secretary

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Nigel Hawthorne, John Barron, and Peter Cellier in Yes, Prime Minister (1986) John Barron in Yes, Prime Minister (1986) John Barron in Yes, Prime Minister (1986) Nigel Hawthorne and John Barron in Yes, Prime Minister (1986) John Barron in Yes, Prime Minister (1986) Nigel Hawthorne, John Barron, and Peter Cellier in Yes, Prime Minister (1986)

Quotes 

  • Sir Humphrey Appleby : [discussing how to stop the PM's anti-smoking legislation]  I think the crucial argument is that we are living in a free country and we *must* be free to make our own decisions. After all, government shouldn't be a nursemaid, we don't want the nanny state.

    Sir Frank Gordon : Oh, that's very good.

    Sir Ian Whitworth : Excellent.

    Sir Humphrey Appleby : The only problem is that that is also the argument for legalising the sale of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, arsenic and gelignite.

    Sir Frank Gordon : Well maybe that's a good idea if we can put a big enough tax on them.

    Sir Ian Whitworth : Politically difficult.

    Sir Frank Gordon : Pity.

  • Sir Ian Whitworth : It would be different if the government were a team, but in fact they are a loose confederation of warring tribes.

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