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Re:UK is spending £500k on a PR campaign demonising end-to-e... by AlbertCory on Thursday January 20, 2022 @09:56PM (#30018637)
As Sir Humphrey says in Yes, Minister:

The Official Secrets Act is not to protect secrets, it is to protect officials.

[1] https://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/come-on-guys...

This one doesn't have that quote, but I couldn't stop laughing when watching it:

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-s-Y4xA9pk

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Re:UK is spending £500k on a PR campaign demonising end-to-e... by enzino on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:25AM (#30019510)
YM/YPM aged so well!
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Re:UK is spending £500k on a PR campaign demonising end-to-e... by rich_sasha on Friday January 21, 2022 @04:02AM (#30020969)
Amazingly, "The Thick of It" is filmed only 20 years later, but feels like many generations apart.
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Re:UK is spending £500k on a PR campaign demonising end-to-e... by AlbertCory on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:22AM (#30025712)
Thanks. Worth checking out?
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Re:UK is spending £500k on a PR campaign demonising end-to-e... by rich_sasha on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:42AM (#30026010)
Fantastic series, full of pragmatic cynicism like YM but completely completely different world.
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