Jim Hacker
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Oct 8, 2026
James DelingpoleHOST
They're, they're, they're bamboozled by their, by the permanent staff, is that right? Who sort of say, "Well, you've...
James DelingpoleHOST
This, this..." It's a bit like, um, Yes Minister, where, where the, the, the advisors were always pushing Jim Hacker, the, the MP into, into m- making these decisions which, which he didn't approve of because they were told this is, this is how it had to be.
James DelingpoleHOST
I imagine that people become counselors wanting to make a difference, and quickly they, they learn that, oh, there's nothing they can do.
James DelingpoleHOST
Um-
James DelingpoleHOST
They- they're, they're bamboozled by their, by the permanent staff, is that right? Who sort of say, "Well, you've...
James DelingpoleHOST
This, this..." It's a bit like, um, Yes Minister, where, where the, the, the advisors were always pushing Jim Hacker, the, the MP into, into m- making these decisions, which, which he didn't approve of because they were told this is, this is how it had to be.
James DelingpoleHOST
I imagine that people become counselors wanting to make a difference, and quickly they, they learn that, oh, there's nothing they can do.
James DelingpoleHOST
Um-
Cory HazlehurstHOST
So Mandy, who...
Cory HazlehurstHOST
Actually, this is quite similar to Yes Minister, in that Mandy, a bit like Jim Hacker's advice in the first series of Yes Minister... randomly disappear from the show without trace.
Cory HazlehurstHOST
A bit like Mr. Weisel, isn't it? So Mandy was working for Butler's main rival in the primaries.
Cory HazlehurstHOST
And she wrote an opposition memo, essentially how you would defeat the Butler administration, what their weaknesses are.