啊，伯纳德
Ah, Bernard.

我们的首相兼第一财政大臣怎么样了
How's the Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury?

睡得正香呢，爵士
Sleeping peacefully, Sir.

伯纳德，我们有麻烦了
Bernard, we have a problem.

谁有麻烦了？
Who has?

你，我，还有整个白厅
You and I Bernard and the whole of Whitehall.

就是首相要命的新防御观点
The problem is the Prime Minister's disastrous new defence ideas

取消三叉戟，恢复征兵的荒谬想法
cancelling Trident, reintroducing conscription and all that rubbish.

伟大计划？
The Grand Design?

对，他就是这么叫的
Yes. I believe that's what he call it.

但如果能省钱，降低失业率...
But if it saves money and reduces unemployment...

伯纳德，我们国防政策的目的是什么？
Bernard, what is the purpose of our Defence Policy?

保卫英国
To defend Britain.

不，伯纳德
No, Bernard.

是为了让人们相信英国受到了保卫
It is to make people believe Britain is defended.

让俄国人吗？
The Russians?

不是俄国人，是英国人！
Not the Russians, the British!

俄国人知道没有
The Russians know it's not.

为了让我们天真，单纯的人民穿梭在家庭，公交车，工厂以及内阁
It's for all our simple, ignorant people shuffing in and out of houses, buses, factories and the Cabinet Room.

国防政策的目的是让他们感到安全
The aim of the Defence Policy is to make them fell secure.

但如果有更好的办法...
But if there's a better way...

伯纳德，我们有一个魔杖，叫做三叉戟
Bernard, we have a magic wand. It is called Trident.

没人完全了解它
Nobody understands everything about it,

除了它耗资150亿英镑
except that it will cose 15 billion pound,

就是说它肯定很棒，很神奇
which means it must be wonderful, magical.

我们只要签个支票，就都可以放松了
All we have to do is write a cheque and then we can all relax,

但是，如果政府官员开始谈论这个问题
But, if people in government start to talking about it,

你知道会发生什么吗
do you know what'll happen?

不
No.

最后，他们会开始思考这个问题
In the end, they'll start thinking about it.

他们将逐渐意识到有问题
They will come to realise the problems,

理论中的缺陷
the flaws in the reasoning.

国家就会焦虑，动乱，质疑，批评...
The nation will get worried, agitation, questions, criticism...

最后改变
change.

改变吗？
Change?

对，改变
Change.

好的，汉弗莱爵士，还有件事
Yes Sir Humphrey. There is one thing though,

这次电视演讲
this TV broadcast he's doing.

如果他要宣布他的新政策呢
Suppose he uses it to announce his new policy?

他不能 - 首先要通过内阁和下议院
He can't - First it would have to go through Cabinet and the House

他可以通过引起全国辩论来做到这一点
Well he could do that - In terms of opening the National Debate.

伯纳德，在政府私下做出决定之前
Bernard, you do not open a National Debate

你不能引发全国性的辩论
until the Government has privately made up its mind.

但如果首相已经下定决心了呢
But if the Prime Minister has made up hist mind...

那他就得打消
Then he must unmake it.

但是他是首相
But he's the Prime Minister.

是，确实是，伯纳德
Yes, indeed he is, Bernard.

他有公派车，在伦敦有漂亮的房子，乡间有别墅，无尽的宣传，终身养老金，他还想要什么？
He gets his own car, a nice house in London, a place in the country, endless publicity and a persion for life. What more does he want?

我认为他想要统治英国
I think he wants to govern Britain.

阻止他，伯纳德
Well, stop him, Bernard.