[Responsibility2nd]

Great Show. Sir Humphrey was the real star of that show.

Quotes.

[HandBasketHell]

Fantastic series. It gets a bit scary when you realize that the bureaucracy really is as subversive and swampy as Sir Humphrey.

[Army Air Corps]

One of my favorite BritComs. The show is STILL relevant to this day.

[Publius]

My favorite episode was "The Skeleton in the Cupboard," where Jim Hacker discovers that Humphrey was the culprit in "that cockup in Scotland in 1956" that cost the government millions.

Humphrey's confession was priceless.

"It was the one by whom your present interlocutor refers to by means of the perpendicular pronouns. It was I, Minister."

[Churchillspirit]

One of my favorite shows.

Did not realize that Americans watched it.

[Liberty Valance]

[Reily]

I recommend the UK series “ The Thick of It”. Its a much much darker satire on UK politics, mostly politics not government. Unlike Yes M\PM none of the characters are likable. You would enjoy drinking beers and socializing with Sir Humphrey & Jim Hacker not so with the characters of “The Thick of It”.

[scrabblehack]

Are there really 200 candidates per seat? I assume nominees are chosen at convention? I can’t see 200 names o a primary ballot.

A few years ago — I counted 1600-ish candidates for the US House who raised enough money to file FEC paperwork.
Many seats are unopposed if there is an entrenched incumbent — but on average 4-5 serious candidates per seat.