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Yes Minister — Why Britain Joined the European Union
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A short Yes Minister clip in which the civil servant explains why Britain joined the European Union, delivered as satire of British foreign policy.
HN posts it, often jokingly, as a prescient and witty explanation of Britain's ambivalent stance toward Europe, especially around Brexit.
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