The daily grind of the job fells most modern prime ministers, as it did Mr Jospin.
The current cabinet is unusually privileged a fact as awkward for Conservative ministers as it is useful for the opposition, which styles itself the voice of common folk.
The memos also reveal how dogged Charles can be in demanding actions from ministers as it emerged that his engagement with key political players has not abated.
Iraq's parliament has approved a new government with Sunni and Kurdish deputy prime ministers, as it seeks to tackle Islamic State (IS) militants who have seized large parts of the country.
On Sunday night, Atos Origin, a computer-services provider, said its chief executive, Philippe Germond, would be replaced by Thierry Breton, a former finance minister, as it moves to overhaul its operations.
But this broadening of perspective doesn't really suit the format of what started out as a TV sitcom – The Office meets Yes, Minister, as it was described.
(Japan's Prime Minister, as it happened, chose the same day to visit the Yasukuni Shrine, where war criminals are among those being honored).
Not everyone is sympathetic, pointing to interest rates on the bonds of 7%.Any hit taken by small savers will be a further blow to the People's Party (PP) government of Mariano Rajoy, the prime minister, as it imposes more austerity to reduce the budget deficit.
Well, there was To The Manor Born - a colleague points out that it was not dissimilar to another Hazlehurst effort, Yes Minister (or Yes, Prime Minister, as it is here) - and Last of the Summer Wine, which takes me from nought to depressed in 6.4 seconds.
"He's a Villa supporter, after all!" The prime minister, as it turns out, would soon add his voice to a raft of high-profile well-wishers that included Angela Merkel, the German national team manager Joachim Löw, and the former German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle, who is also gay.
He claimed England was "not properly represented in the political process" and he called for a Secretary of State of England and First Minister as it got the "raw end of the deal".
