Sir Arnold and Sir Humphrey in “Power to the People”

It's the old logical fallacy: "all cats have fours legs, my dog has four legs...

Sir Humphrey

...therefore my dog is a cat."

He's suffering from politician's logic.

Sir Humphrey

"Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it."

But doing the wrong thing is worse than doing nothing.

Sir Humphrey

Doing anything is worse than doing nothing.