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Sir Humphrey Appleby : Didn't you read the Financial Times this morning?

Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Never do.

Sir Humphrey Appleby : Well, you're a banker. Surely you read the Financial Times?

Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Can't understand it. Full of economic theory.

Sir Humphrey Appleby : Why do you buy it?

Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Oh, you know, it's part of the uniform. Took me 30 years to understand Keynes' economics. Then when I'd just cottoned on, everyone started getting hooked on these new monetarist ideas, you know, "I Want To Be Free" by Milton Shulman.

Sir Humphrey Appleby : Milton Friedman.

Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Why are they all called Milton? Anyway, I've only got as far as Milton Keynes.

Sir Humphrey Appleby : Maynard Keynes.

Sir Desmond Glazebrook : I'm sure there's a Milton Keynes.

Sir Humphrey Appleby : Yes, there is, but it's...

[Humphrey gives up]

Such a great show. So much of it still resonates

What show is this?

"Yes, Minister!" And "Yes, Prime Minister!"

And don‘t forget:

Sir Humphrey : The only way to understand the Press is to remember that they pander to their readers' prejudices.

Jim Hacker : Don't tell me about the Press. I know exactly who reads the papers. The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country; The Times is read by the people who actually do run the country; The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country; The Financial Times is read by people who own the country; The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country; and The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.

Sir Humphrey : Oh, and Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?

Bernard Woolley : Sun readers don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big tits.

> I'm sure there's a Milton Keynes.

I‘ve watched the series, and had no idea there‘s a city of that name!

How… why does it look like a given name and family name?

It's not a city in the conventional sense, more a collection of roundabouts without a soul. Never try to hitch-hike near Milton Keynes.

Weirdly, the village the town was built around had that name originally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleton,_Milton_Keynes

Milton is a contraction of Middleton & Keynes was from the Norman de Cahaines family. There are a few other X Keynes dotted around the UK, all presumably on lands gifted to the de Cahaines family after the Norman conquest.

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