Our sitcom character Jim Hacker continues to cling on " as he takes to the West End stage, nothing has really changed When people praised Tony Jay and me for Yes Minister's prescience, we accepted the compliments graciously. But the reason the TV series always seemed up to date, and still does 40 years later, is that nothing ever really changes. When I was writing the sequel Yes, Prime Minister in 1986, I went to the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AM on February 10, 2026