As an American leftist, I never thought the show was particularly Thatcherite. Just as often some nitwit politician wants something dumb to win a by-election an

As an American leftist, I never thought the show was particularly Thatcherite. Just as often some nitwit politician wants something dumb to win a by-election and the civil service has to save the day. Sir Humphrey is just as often the hero as the villain. So in a sense what you say is true, there’s not really enough to bad your public policy on. You just learn everyone is self-interested sometimes, and institutional inertia is real.