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Yes, Prime Minister · Season 1, Episode 6

Bernard Woolley, Sir Humphrey Appleby and others in “A Victory for Democracy”

Bernard Woolley

What if he demands options?

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Well, it's obvious, Bernard. The Foreign Office will happily present him with three options, two of which are, on close inspection, exactly the same.

RWSir Richard Wharton

Plus a third which is totally unacceptable.

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Like bombing Warsaw or invading France.

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