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chief whip
A government officer who is also an MP. It is his job to get everybody to vote in Parliament the way his party wants, even if it is unpopular and the backbenchers are rebelling. There are different le [..]
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regional government
The ultimate nightmare of the Civil Service. Instead of having all government departments involved in the planning for - let's say - an airport, regional governments can quickly decide. This mean [..]
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quango
Acronym for Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organization. Quangos' official purpose is to allow for the public to influence government planning and legislation. Unofficially however quango vaca [..]
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great reform act
Legislation of 1832 that reformed the British political system. It redistributed constituencies, giving the middle class and cities like Birmingham more political power. The electorate was increased b [..]
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governor of the bank of england
Basically the chairman of the Bank of England. In the YPM episode A Conflict of Interest the Treasury and Jim Hacker for the first time want to appoint an intelligent and competent man as Governor. Bu [..]
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government procedure for deciding not to publish a report
Strategy explained by Sir Humphrey in the YM episode The Greasy Pole. It list a couple of steps to suppress a document: - Stage One: You list reasons in terms of the public interest: Security consider [..]
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government health warning
Health warning that is mandatory, like on packages of cigarettes. In the YM episode The Whisky Priest Sir Humphrey jokingly wonders whether there should be government health warnings on arms, like &am [..]
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government circles
Term referring to people (politicians and civil servants) in the government. Bernard also notes in the YM episode The Skeleton in the Cupboard that because there are no ends in government administrati [..]
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going walkabout
Term of Sir Humphrey to indicate that a Minister is visiting other civil servants without his permission. This is something very serious because than Sir Humphrey does not know what information the Mi [..]
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gifts
In Britain there is a government policy for receiving gifts. If a Minister receives a gift that is worth less than fifty pounds he is allowed to keep it, else it becomes the property of the government [..]
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