PRIME MINISTER 'These trousers are getting a bit tight, I must cut down on my fine tax payer three course lunches'
HUMPHREY ' Oh No Prime Minister look I got this new suit from T. M. Levin don't I look dapper and put that on expenses as well as the dinning out'
Yes Sir Humphrey, my tie is from T M Lewin, and yes, so is my suit. The cufflink? Bernard gave me these wonderful Lewins cufflinks for having helped him with his little.... difficulty over a certain diplomatic missunderstanding, didn't you Bernard... What, tax perk... oh I don't think so, do you..?
Look at him; he looks as if he's been dragged through the parliamentary standards committee backwards. It's just as well there isn't a sartorial standards committee!
Humphrey! You can hardly blame me for getting shirty with you. You were, after all, supposed to produce my off-the-cuff speech for the Parliamentary Select Committee meeting about why we’re having to increase taxes, but you're obviously struggling to find it. What’s more, you knew my hand was tied behind my back on this issue, and, what with my having to talk and keep my fingers crossed back there at the same time...
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