Von der Leyen unhappy with 25% tariffs on cars announced by Trump

Bernard: “What if the Prime Minister insists we help them?”

Humphrey: “Then we follow the four-stage strategy.”

Bernard: “What’s that?”

Richard: “Standard Foreign Office response, in a time of crisis. In stage one, we say nothing is going to happen.”

Humphrey: “In stage two we say something may be going to happen, but we should do nothing about it.”

Richard: “In stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there’s nothing we can do.”

Humphrey: “In stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it’s too late now…”

No no, the British are no longer in the union. Surely she will act on her dissatisfaction. Surely…