Yes, prime minister
De legendarische Britse serie blijft actueel. In een bericht op Nu.nl:
De oud-premier sprak zich niet uit voor een nieuw referendum over een Europese grondwet. Volgens Lubbers moet Nederland zich aan internationale verdragen houden. De Tweede Kamer moet daarbij leidend zijn, niet de bevolking, gaf Lubbers aan.
In de aflevering Power to the people komt het volgende fragment voor:
I had a most instructive meeting with Dorothy today. She had plenty to tell me about local government – apparently she’s been thinking about it for months, knowing that I’d get round to it sooner or later. [...]
‘It’s a Them and Us situation. The local authorities ought to be Us.’
I was confused. Did she mean Us the people or Us the government?
‘In a democracy’, Dorothy pointed out quit reasonably, ‘that ought to be the same thing.’
All very well in theory, but we all know that it never is. It turned out that she meant Us the people. ‘Local authorities ought to be running things for Us, they ought to be part of Us… but they’re not, they’re running things for Them. For their convenience, for their benefit.’
Yes, former prime minster….
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