TheCompleteYesMinister

Contents Cover Title Page Editors’ Note 1 OPEN GOVERNMENT 2 THE OFFICIAL VISIT 3 THE ECONOMY DRIVE 4 BIG BROTHER 5 THE WRITING ON THE WALL 6 THE RIGHT TO KNOW 7 JOBS FOR THE BOYS 8 THE COMPASSIONATE SOCIETY 9 THE DEATH LIST 10 DOING THE HONOURS 11 THE GREASY POLE 12 THE DEVIL YOU KNOW 13 THE QUALITY OF LIFE 14 A QUESTION OF LOYALTY 15 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES 16 THE CHALLENGE 17 THE MORAL DIMENSION 18 THE BED OF NAILS 19 THE WHISKY PRIEST 20 THE MIDDLE-CLASS RIP-OFF 21 THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD Copyright THE COMPLETE YES MINISTER The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister by the Right Hon. James Hacker MP Edited by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay The BBC TV series Yes Minister were written by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay and produced by Sydney Lotterby and Peter Whitmore. The part of James Hacker was played by Paul Eddington, Sir Humphrey Appleby by Nigel Hawthorne and Bernard Woolley by Derek Fowlds. Editors’ Note Some note of explanation is needed on the methods and guidelines that we have used in reducing these collected diaries of many millions of words to one relatively short volume. James Hacker kept his diarie......