Sir
Humphrey Appleby [played
by Nigel Hawthorne]: “Oh, what about, Prime Minister?”
Hacker: “About the Americans.”
Appleby: “Oh yes, well, we're all
worried about the Americans.” — Yes,
Prime Minister,
Season 1, Episode 6, “A Victory for Democracy,” original air date Feb.
13, 1986, teleplay by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, directed by Sydney Lotterby
Forty
years after this episode in this hilarious series aired, the British have even more
to worry about their partner in the “special relationship” than they did back
when it only concerned Americans going crazy about Communist subversion.
Now, the
Prime Minister has so much more on his mind—like whether the current American
President will destroy the transatlantic alliance, subvert representative governments around the globe, spark a trade war by
ratcheting up tariffs, or use Royal Air Force bases for potential unilateral
strikes on Iran.
Moreover,
the Prime Minister and King Charles are sweating over what else the Americans
have in the Epstein files—like whether they could make matters even worse, if
possible, for the former Prince Andrew, and, with more revelations spilling out
about additional cabinet ministers, whether the government of Keir Starmer
could fall.
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