In The Loop

I enjoyed the BBC comedy series 'The Thick of It' in which a foul mouthed British Prime Ministerial senior staffer terrorises hapless Ministers and their staff for their political ineptness.

"In The Loop" is an off shoot from that series using some of the same performers to recreate how British and American bureaucrats engaged in 'negotiations' leading to the US intervention in Iraq. It is all wildly exaggerated - at least I hope it is - and wildly funny as well, provided that you can see the funny side of workplace harrassment, personal abuse and Government bureaucracy gone mad.

Having worked for a Government bureaucracy myself at a reasonably responsible level I can see plenty of truth hidden in the on screen buffonery.

All the best comedy has an underlying basis of truth.