Yes Minister

the [typical, rather than original] theme tune brings smile to my face...

- "Certain informal discussions have taken place, involving a full and frank exchange of views, out of which there arose a series of proposals which on examination proved to indicate certain promising lines of enquiry which when pursued led to the realisation that the alternative courses of action might in fact, in certain circumstances, be ... Read Moresusceptible of discreet modification, in one way or another, leading to a reappraisal of the original areas of difference and pointint the way to encouraging possibilities of significant compromise and co-operation which if bilaterally implemented with appropriate give and take on both sides could if the climate were right have a reasonable possibility at the end of the day of leading, rightly or wrongly, to a mutually satisfactory conclusion."
- What???
- We did a DEAL!