Eye can exclusively reveal why the Department has been so effective this week!
Half of them aren't there.
Under Operation Step Change, 50% of staff have been asked to stay at home, travel at different times or 're-mode' (yes, really) as a practice run for the Olympics.
Apparently so many have risen to the challenge of staying at home, there's no one left to make all those tricky decisions, silence Greenhorn ministers, etc...
Heaven help us in August.
Eye is delighted to hear that the Carry On team are about to release a new film - Carry On up the Railway
Plot summary: Sir David Ruff-Digger looks after the British railway network. Protected by Col Richard Right-Pryce and the members of the Third Foot and Mouth regiment (ORR Division), you would think they were safe.
But the treacherous Khazi of Greening has other ideas. Having signed off the Baksheesh necessary to keep the network running she is ambushed in a TV studio and completely rewrites government policy!
Fun and japes ensue as the Khazi of Greening tries to justify her volte-face as hoards of senior managers desert the railway and trains grind to a halt.
Cast:
Sir David Ruff-Digger - Sid James
The Khazi of Greening - Hattie Jacques
Crawford Rani of SpAds - Joan Sims
Col Richard Right-Pryce - Charles Hawtrey
Maria the Eagle - Fenella Fielding
Tom Harris MP - Bernard Bresslaw
George Osborne - Kenneth Williams
The Passenger - Terry Scott
"This one will run and run, unlike the trains." Conservative Party Central Office
Rated PG (contains scenes of mild violence and institutional incompetence).
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