Sir Humphrey has become famous....again

Bern : You have become famous ...again Sir H   (Jonathan Lyn's Play in Melbourne this week )
SirH  ; What I want to know is who is featured most;  HIM or ME
Bern : Don't you want to know HOW you are being portrayed ?
SirH   No No No . I know myself well enough and Anthony Jay knows me well enough . I just think Jonathan might not get the balance of power quite right. I have a feeling that like the public, the subtle balance of respect for knowledge has been overtaken by silly respect for raw power .
Hacker: You mean to say you didn't have much power ... what a laugh .
Bern: A bit like Tony Hodges and Cabinet might be struggling emotionally with a lack of real power ?
Sir H   Yes  Bernard , unlike you, they get too involved emotionally. Our job is to observe. There are enough people running around here with their heads in the clouds and their feet running up a wall or 2  ; Our job is to try and introduce objectivity  by sitting on the emotionally  driven as much as possible.
Bern  Makes us sound quite useful and ...unique ( smiles all round)  How did you cope when you couldn't get your way ; when your emotions ran high ?
SirH  You might remember that I had friends in the lounge . Our power is in knowledge and we remind each other that objectivity usually wins out in the end .
Bern A battle for another time ?!
 Sir H Clearly the objectors and gatekeepers thought in raw power terms . The moment and the superficial That is a huge mistake
"So oppressed they feel violence" nothing new in that : WE all feel powerless from time to time .The issue for democracy is self control .......and mentoring it
Hacker Nice to know... You mean I really did have the power ?
Sir H Yes,  and how do you think your veto power makes us feel when you used it !
We always  have the same challenge - to control our emotions  and to not think that mere status in words will give us status in reality . HE ( looking at Hacker ), or someone else, might choose to either give or take the power every time we ask for it  .
Hacker We will have to go along and see who wins...... I'm  buying the drinks !
Bern That's one thing to be said for status driven - they buy the drinks
SirH  Not only that mate,  they deal with the pathetic and the paltry. Remember, Bernard  that some people are happy with status . Others of us would rather have the power and not have to deal with the populace.
Bern If only they would listen 

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