Excuses We May Use To Deal With Allegations

Being in civil service, we can not run away from allegations for something that we may do or we do not do. The famous British TV series sitcom 'Yes, Minister' has laid down several excuses that the Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey always practise.

I am not really sure whether, the excuses is practicable or not but I feel there is a possibility it may works. 

Let's begin the reading of what Sir Humphrey advised his Minister for Administrative Affairs Jim Hacker when they have to face the allegations.

Sir Humphrey said, "We choose one of the five standard excuses to deal with each allegation."

1. The excuse we used in the Anthony Blunt case: "There's an explanation for everything, but security forbids its disclosure."

2. The excuse we used for comprehensive schools: "Because of budget cuts, supervisory resources went beyond their limits."

3. The excuse for Concorde: "A worthwhile experiment, now abandoned, but it had provided much valuable data and employment."

4. The excuse for the Munich Agreement: "It occurred before important facts were known and couldn't re-occur." i.. important fact: That Hitler wanted to conquer Europe. Everybody knew that. Not the Foreign Office.

5. The excuse for the Light Brigade charge: "An unfortunate lapse by an individual, it is now being deal with under internal discipline procedures."

To test whether it works or not, let's try it out. Good luck!!!