Yes, Prime Minister (TV Series)
The Smoke Screen (1986)
Derek Fowlds: Bernard Woolley
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Quotes
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Bernard Woolley : Do you think you will win this one? The tobacco lobby is incredibly powerful.
James Hacker : Well, some you win, some you lose, Bernard. This one I shall definitely lose.
Bernard Woolley : Then why?
James Hacker : If you were the Treasury, which would you rather do without? One and a half billion pounds in tax cuts or four billion pounds in lost tobacco tax revenue?
Bernard Woolley : The tax cuts. It's smaller.
James Hacker : Exactly. That's what I want and that's what I shall get.
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Jim Hacker : Tell the Minister that I will see him at the house at 2.30 for ten minutes.
Bernard Woolley : With pleasure, Prime Minister.
Jim Hacker : No, not with pleasure Bernard, but I'll see him anyway.
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Jim Hacker : He's got to learn to co-operate.
Bernard Woolley : What do you mean co-operate?
Jim Hacker : I mean obey my commands. That's what co-operate means when you're Prime Minister.