John Barron credited as playing...
Sir Ian Whitworth - DHSS Secretary
- Sir Ian Whitworth: It would be different if the government were a team, but in fact they are a loose confederation of warring tribes.
- Sir Humphrey Appleby: [discussing how to stop the PM's anti-smoking legislation] I think the crucial argument is that we are living in a free country and we *must* be free to make our own decisions. After all, government shouldn't be a nursemaid, we don't want the nanny state.
- Sir Frank Gordon: Oh, that's very good.
- Sir Ian Whitworth: Excellent.
- Sir Humphrey Appleby: The only problem is that that is also the argument for legalising the sale of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, arsenic and gelignite.
- Sir Frank Gordon: Well maybe that's a good idea if we can put a big enough tax on them.
- Sir Ian Whitworth: Politically difficult.
- Sir Frank Gordon: Pity.