This book is a text-based adaptation to the successful BBC series, Yes Prime Minister written by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay. The theme of the book is a spoof on the unpredictability of politicians and civil servants. It is a series of short stories that gives a satiric perception of how the British are actually governed. It includes copies of memos, letters, interviews, newspaper clippings, diary entries of several ministers which exposes the cooperation between the British civil servants and their politicians. The role played by media, the foreign office, the various departments are also revealed in humorous and witty manner. On the bestseller lists in England for over three years, this political satire gives insight into what really goes on in the houses of power.