• tabris@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I’d also recommend watching Yes Minister so you can laugh at the irony when they’re discussing implementing a national ID card and you forget that it was filmed in the 80s.

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      I’m working my way through that one now. One of the first episodes they try to cut civil service staff but end up hiring a 5000 extra so they know which ones to cut. Reform recently spent £5m in Derbyshire on consultants to “find savings”.

      The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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      7 days ago

      The Prime Minister’s remark about British newspapers is IMHO the apex of both series.