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We need to
persuade Matt Delaney
not to cross the floor.

I think we should use
the carrot-and-stick approach,
yeah.

You take a carrot,
you stick it up
his fucking ass,

followed by the stick,
followed by an even bigger,
rougher carrot.

-Hello.
-Hi.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Ah, you got past
mad conference security, then?

It's bonkers, isn't it?

It's like trying to get
through Israeli customs

wearing a T-shirt saying,
"I heart bombing Israel."

I know. I mean,
I had to wait for an hour

and they practically gave me
a cavity search.

Aw, only practically?

The sense of disappointment
in your voice is
almost palpable.

Oh,
your bed's bigger than mine.

In fact, your whole room's
bigger than mine.

Well, um... Do you want it?

Mr Lova Lova, full marks
for foreplay there,
Glenn, straight in.

Do I want your room?
No, honestly.

I just thought they'd all
be the same, sort of vanilla
and monotonous.

Did you ask them for
your special tiny kettle?

It's an electric thimble.

Maybe the room only looks
bigger because Glenn's
kettle is so tiny.

So, has our
people's champion arrived?

Have you spoken to her?
Is she all right?

Oh, no, no, no,
she should be over it by now.

Her husband died,
what, four months ago?

So, I mean,
she's beyond the crying phase.

She's clearly not
that over it, Glenn.

She's leading a public
campaign to change
building regulations.

Yeah, well,
you know, seven people died
when that cafe collapsed.

She's entitled
to her 15 minutes.

How do you think I should, um,
mention the tragedy
when I talk to her?

Just,
um, "Sorry for your loss,

"thoughts with you
at this very difficult time"

yadda yadda yadda,
all of, you know...

Not... Without the
"yadda yadda
yadda" bit, obviously.

And I'm going to
need some jokes
for my speech.

Oh, do you think
that's a good idea?

-Not collapsing cafe jokes.
-No.

That's a shame.
I had a bunch of those.

Thought you could call them
the Little Chef Seven.

You know,
special of the day, crumble!

NICOLA: See, that's not funny.

Howdy doody, Minister. I'm
John Duggan, your press
officer at the conference.

-Oh, hello. Nicola Murray, hi.
-Hi. How was your holiday?

Ah, well, you know,
we wanted to go to Florida,

but Malcolm suggested
we went to Suffolk,

and so the kids
were miserable,
weather was miserable,

and Malcolm rang
and shouted at me
for looking miserable.

I saw the photo, uh,
in the wellies
next to the horse.

"Why the long face?"
It was funny. Or not,
depending on your perspective.

Still, things are looking up.
You're in Eastbourne now,

which really is
the jewel in the crown
of our shit seaside resorts.

Clacton of the Southwest,
they call it.

Um, anyway,
I'm here to meet Julie Prince.

Price.

-That's the fellow.
She's the, uh...
-The applause monkey.

(LAUGHING) That's funny,
"the applause monkey".

Show some respect,
for fuck's sake.
Her husband's just died.

I'm so sorry. Glenn, you're
quite right. I will now
observe a moment's silence.

John, do you know what
the Wi-Fi password is?

-I don't know what it is.
-No?

-No.
-You've been here...

I know, I've just...
I'm very busy.
Haven't really had time.

I mean, I assure you,
despite the calm exterior,

I am not waving but drowning.

John, are you across
this thing about, um,

Peter Mannion lining up
a second holiday?

Um, Mannion, right, yeah.

Peter Mannion,
my opposite number,
you know?

-Yes.
-Okay, good.

So you're going to push that
for the press for me, yeah?

'Cause I just
want to remind people

that while he's criticising us
over the recession,

he's,
you know, swanning around
on his friend's massive yacht.

Oh, okay. "He's gay."

-Oh, for fuck...
-OLLY: No, not gay.

It's a hypocrisy thing.

(STAMMERS) Yeah, well, I mean,
in principle yeah,
but it is conference,

so my to-do list is longer
than a big willy.

John, without
wishing to sound blunt...

Um, actually, you know what?
Fuck it, let's sound blunt.

It is your job.

I'll do what I can.
That is a Duggan promise.

-He's not going
to do it, is he?
-Absolutely fucking useless.

He's completely
not going to do it.

I think the reason he's got
that fringe is so that he
hides the lobotomy scars.

-Is that right?
-I'm absolutely certain of it.

So, what's the beard for?

-Who is she, by the way?
-Oh, hello again.

-Olly, right?
-Yes.

She was married to one
of those guys who died when
that cafe collapsed.

She's not going to be crying
or anything, is she?

Get enough of
that at home, right?

(CHUCKLING)

Glenn says that she's changed
her Facebook status

to "single and up for it",

which I believe is actually
why Glenn brought her here
in the first place.

Listen, John,
there's an outside chance
that she may just prefer

to meet a human being,
so I'm going to
come down with you.

Good idea.
You can buy her a coffee,
you can...

You could maybe buy her
a "collapsuccino".

Might bring back memories
of her latte husband.

As in late husband.

We're like Dick
and Dom, aren't we?
Great chemistry.

Except neither
one of you are Doms.

Terri, hi, it's me.

Have you read up about
this Peter Mannion

second holiday thing
on the Dig Deep blog?

No, no,
I haven't actually seen that.
Where's he off to?

Amalfi.

So, could you make
a few phone calls?

See if you can get it
some press traction?

I'm sorry,
I just can't do that.

That's a party
political matter.

You're going to have
to get John Duggan onto that,

'cause it's his
responsibility.

Trouble is, Terri, that the
only thing John
Duggan is doing here

is depriving
a village somewhere
of a twat.

Ah, yes, I've heard he's about
as useless as
a chocolate teapot.

Although I probably shouldn't
say that, sounds a bit racist,
doesn't it?

Where are you, Terri?

I'm just on
the way down to Hastings
to see my sister.

Poor thing,
having some trouble
shifting a piano.

So what I'm doing
is I'm working
from home today.

No, you're not working
and you're not at home,

so as my
16-year-old would say,
you are totally busted.

(EXHALES)

We're really thrilled
to have you on board.

Although, of course, terribly
sad about your news
at the same time.

-Yeah, right, um...
-Yeah.

You are?

John Duggan, press officer.
It is an honour.

Well, maybe that's
pushing it a bit far.

But, I mean, it's always
very nice to meet a civvie,
a normal, as it were.

So have you, um,
seen the charms of Eastbourne,

whatever they may be?

Not really.
I've been
working on me speech.

You've got a speech?

Right, well, what, no problem.
We'll just have
to get it cleared.

Uh, do you have
a copy of it on you?

Sorry about your loss, of your
husband, in the collapse of
that...of that cafe.

(MOBILE PHONE RINGING)

Right.

Okay, right, what have we got
on the workplace
gym reward scheme?

Uh, fighting obesity is one of
the biggest
challenges we face,

sleepwalking into a crisis,
ticking time bomb...

You write almost entirely
in generic, meaningless buzz
words, don't you?

I could take it more street,
if you prefer.

"You is all proper bloaters
and it is well gay, beeyatch."

But, you know, this is...

I just don't
want to come across
all nanny-state and sort of...

"Death By Chocolate is not
a funny name for a pudding.

"It's a real and
genuine concern."
you know?

I don't want to give the press
another opportunity to see me

as Mrs Sour Power Vinegar Tits
sucking on a lemon.

Fine, I understand.
So we'll sugar-coat it.

Well, leaven it, ideally,
with a couple of jokes.

Yeah, all right, no problemo.

-Now... Now? Jokes now?
-Yeah.

Okay,
how about, "We want people
to be fit, not fit to burst"?

Gonna have to go down
the slapstick route, aren't I?

Do the speech straight,
but dressed as
Freddie Starr's Hitler.

I mean, these are the worst
pictures I've seen,
really, they are.

I don't know who
was taking them.

Roy fucking Orbison
you've got doing that.

-Oh, Malcolm?
-Yeah.

Have you seen Rob
Holt's blog today?

Oh, yeah, of course.
Yeah, I read Rob Holt's blog.

I read all the blogs.

'Cause basically
I'm an underemployed,
fat fucking loser.

Got nothing better
to do with my time
than sit in my bedroom

like a fat
space-hopper in a tracksuit,

reading inconsequential,
unspellchecked shit

fabricated by other
fat, farting, fucking losers.

Well, he's saying that the big
health numbers in
the PM's speech,

they're from a false sample.

Apparently, they're lifted
from Andrew Dover's blog,
not from the ONS.

I wouldn't take any notice
of it. There's nothing
in that at all.

Nothing in it?

Nothing at all.
I'll catch yous later, okay?

Sam, the health stats fuck-up
is out there.

And I don't know who's
doing it, but I want his balls
on a fucking plate.

Well, I don't know.
Google "goolies".

Nicola, this is Julie.

Thank you so much for joining
us. What you're doing
is really important.

Well, hi, I'm your regional
photo opportunity for the day.

(LAUGHING) That's...
That's not...

That's not the way it is.
I hope you appreciate that.

-I was just kidding.
-That's a good joke.

Oh,
good, and that's what we need
in this room right now.

Good joke, yeah.

Um, Julie's written a speech.

-Oh, right, for today?
-Yeah.

What's that about, then?

Well, basically, I start
by kind of doing a tribute to
me husband, Jason.

-Uh-huh.
-And then we'll move
on to the campaign.

Um, we'll get to the middle
section and I just really
want to tell everyone

how we're trying to take
that bastard to court,
you know.

-Yeah.
-You'll get that opportunity.

Me and six women,
whose husbands have died,

we're trying our best
to do him. But you know what
that bastard did?

Tell me.

He sent everyone off the site
and he changed the equipment,
you know.

He changed it to the actual,
proper
legal equipment.

-So obviously,
we've got no proof.
-What, overnight?

-Yeah, overnight.
-My God.

-He's clever.
-What a bastard.
What a bastard.

And oh, God, I am sweating
like a fat lass.

Are you...
Maybe this isn't a great room
for you to be in.

We've got to write
some stupid jokes
about a rich bloke on a yacht.

I mean, that's so trivial...

-I've got more to tell you.
-Yeah, I want to hear it.

-There's not...
Just a of couple pages.
-I want to hear it.

Yeah,
we'll knock off this stuff
and then I'm with you.

Nice to meet you.

Olly's a lovely guy.
He'll look after you.

Yeah, look, I'm sorry, chief,

but there's no way that I
can spin these health stats.
They're fucked.

We'll have to
put something else
in the speech.

Yeah, no, I don't know.

Um,
well, what about the missus?
Can we wheel her out again?

Well, she basically has that
thing of appearing to be
a normal human being.

That seems to play well.

Oh,
hey, Malc, how's it hanging?

-Like the Gardens of Babylon.
-Good.

Do you know
where Lord Clarkham's room is?

I'm gonna go and try
and stick his balls
in his fucking trouser press.

-Right.
-I see you've pulled.

Uh, look,
um, this is Julie Price.

She is, uh, the people's
champion that Nicola is
announcing in her speech.

Julie Price...

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Hey, you're being looked after
well enough, yeah?

Yeah, not bad.

(CHUCKLING)

You stick with Olly. He's...
You know, he's a good guy.

I know he looks a bit like
an anorexic Leo
Sayer there, but...

Listen,
could I have a photograph
taken with you?

-Who, me?
-Yeah.

I've got a little collection
of memories, you know.
Mandela and stuff.

Olly, would you be so kind
as to do the honour, good sir?

Do you mind if I...
You all right?

-Just... Fucking hurry up.
-All right.

-You're a stunner, ye.
-Thank you.
No, you're a stunner.

You really are.
Very impressive.

I'm not the only one
who finds you impressive.

The PM,
he finds you very impressive.

-That's good.
-Well, great.

I think that there is a point
in his speech today...

Mmm?

...where he would
be very honoured
to introduce you.

OLLY: Um...

Is that something
that would interest you?

-Yeah.
-Yes, it might clash, though,

with,
uh, with Nicola's championing
of Julie's cause.

Oh, God, look,
the nerves are getting to us.

I need to use your bog.

Well, that's the ladies there.

Malcolm, you can't...
You can't do that.

She's our bonus track.
She's our DVD Easter egg.

We need her for the speech.

Boo-fucking-hoo.
Can do and have done.

Yes, but that... What, in two
hours, two hours,
think of a whole new speech?

Oh, welcome to the men's room!

Jesus Christ, listen.
It's this simple, right?

If she goes on with Nicola,

she'll be watched
by 15 housebound
mouth-breathers.

Oh, and by
the ever-swelling ranks
of the unemployed

who fucking hate us,
by the way.

But if she goes on with Tom,
she'll make
the 10:00 news, right?

Julie, hi. Feel better?

-Yeah, good.
-Yes.

Now, what's it
gonna be, Julie darling?

Do you want to go
with the teasmaid
or with the caravan?

I'm going with the caravan.
That is the Prime Minister?

That is
the Prime Minister, yes.

-Sorry, Olly.
It's nice to meet you.
-Julie, this way, come on.

MALCOLM: Are you
actually in the hotel,
or are you staying...

"So, joking aside...
" Of course, we haven't
fucking got those yet.

-I know.
-Whatever they are, right...

-Right, right.
-"It's now my
great pleasure..."

-We're just doing the...
-No, no, no, listen.

-Um, listen!
-What?

You know when something,
well, something bad,

but you know when something
bad happens and you think
it's not as bad as...

-What's happened?
-GLENN: Where's Julie?

Malcolm's commandeered Julie
for the PM's speech.

We bumped into
each other and he...

What do you mean,
he's commandeered her?

You're supposed to
be looking after her,
for fuck's sake.

No, no, no, no, no, he hasn't.
No.

We can't even fucking
trust you to babysit!

-Malcolm took her...
-Just say no!

-You don't just say no...
-What part of "no"
don't you understand?

Babysitting isn't a fucking...

Fucking fuck Malcolm!
Fuck Malcolm!

Fuck Malcolm! Fuck Malcolm!
Fuck Malcolm!

Well, um, that was my, uh,
initial reaction, as well.

GLENN: Deep breath, Nicola.

Yes, I know. Thank you.
Thank you.
Fuck off! Thank you.

Right, yes.
What do you want us to do?

(PANTING)

(GROANING)

-Do you want
your Rescue Remedy?
-No, fuck off!

Get me some ketamine.
I want to separate
my mind from my body.

Jesus Christ, poor Nicola.

I'm going to go and
talk to the bastard.

-Yes.
-Take some reasonable...

Yeah, that's right,
rip your shirt off!
Go on, Braveheart! Freedom!

-Oh, are you a texter?
-Yeah,
I'll be with you in a minute.

Listen, just casually mention
it to Alan Dunn and, uh,

Lindsay Anorexi at The Mail,

that the PM has
brought Julie Price
to the conference.

That's not strictly true,
though, is it?

Yeah,
well Strictly Come Dancing
isn't strictly dancing, is it?

They also have a bit at the
beginning where an old man
dribbles. So what?

Well,
I didn't really follow that.
Um, my point is...

Oh, Glenn, right. Okay, mate,
look, I can see that you're
a tad peeved.

I'm not having it.
You've gone too far.

Hey, get a grip, Glenn.
I didn't fucking
come in your mouth.

(JOHN LAUGHING)

Are you in on this?

Oh, God, no, no, I'm just
obeying orders,
you know, like a Nazi guard.

Only in a non-gassy way.
You're not Jewish, are you?

-No.
-Oh, good.

-Can you just take her?
-Oh, yeah, uh...

Why don't you go in here?
There's some important people
and biscuits in there.

Have a coffee.
Didn't mean to
bring back bad memories.

-What are you on about?
-Your husband dying in a cafe.

You can't just take her!
That's people-trafficking!

Am I being threatened
by Harold fucking Bishop?

-No, Malcolm...
-Okay, guys, can we just...

Oh,
shit, wow, here's the beige
fucking Power Ranger now.

Yeah,
and we're taking her back!

Do not make this
a disciplinary issue.
You hear me, soldier?

-I found her.
I fucking found her!
-She was on the fucking news!

-Get this guy out of here!
-Can we get a bit
more sane about this?

It is not
a fucking discussion.

Right, nobody argue.

I am going to go in there
and I am going to take her!

-You will fucking not!
-Fuck off! Fuck...

Jesus Christ!

-Oh, my God.
-You've hurt yourself.

-I've got so
much on, as it is.
-You hit me!

I did not hit you!

I went to hit the fucking wall
and pulled my fist back

and hit you in
the fucking face instead.

I think you've broken my nose.

No, no,
that's just a scratch, mate.

Noses can't break, anyway.
That's a myth.

What the fuck are you
talking about?

Look, look, just lean forward.

You know, you want the blood
to flow out of your nose,

not down your throat
like a fucking gurgling drain.

-Don't touch me!
-Look at him.

-Have you got a hanky?
-You go look
after Julie, right?

-John, let's get
Glenn back to his room.
-Okay, yeah.

Nobody saw that, did they?

No, it's like when a fight
starts, you're just like,
"Fight, fight, fight!"

-All right? All right?
-If we can just get...

-Is he okay?
-He's all right.

-He's fine.
-He's just got a nosebleed.

-Say, you...
-Yeah.

-If you breathe
a word of this, right?
-Mmm-hmm.

Listen to me,
Richard fucking Stilgoe,
you fucking jazzy bastard!

I am listening.

Help me here! Let's
get fucking Noses Supposes
back to his fucking...

-Where is he?
-I don't know.

Jesus Christ! Come on!

-Yeah,
it's all right, don't worry.
-It's all... No, no, no.

Oh, my God!
Glenn, what happened?

Well, I don't think Malcolm
saw my point of view.

-Fair point.
-I got punched.

-Oh, that is a lot of blood.
-OLLY: It is.

Is that normal?

We need a cold press or...
Have you got... Is there ice?

-What about the minibar?
-Is there any... Yeah.

-Oh, God that's just...
-Oh,
my God, everything's tiny!

-Are you having a turn, Glenn?
-No, I mean the can is tiny.

-Oh, okay, right, sorry.
-The kettle is tiny.

Yeah, come and sit down.
Come and sit down.

Oh, that's better.

Um, oh, you look like
a squeezed doughnut.

Right, we need a flannel
and some hot water.

-So I'll boil the kettle.
-Look, I'm not having a baby.

No, no, and anyway,
it's a bloody nano-kettle.

Yes,
there is a hot tap, Nicola.

There's a hot tap!
Jesus, what am I like?

I mean, I could make you a cup
of tiny tea.

-Um, so, there's the...
-Right.

What, you want me to...
Okay, I'll have a go.

Um, put your head back...

No,
I think Malcolm said forward.

-Forward. Is it forward?
-Forwards. Yeah, forwards.

I don't know.
I mean,
I've always had childcare.

So, um, can you...

Try and keep the bloody
handkerchief away from my
dress, if you don't mind.

Oh, dear, it looks very sore.

I'm assuming we lost
our people's champion, yeah?

Well, it felt like a no to me.
Did it feel like
a no to you, Glenn?

Um, I think a no.

I'm so fucked.
I mean,
I've got an hour and a half.

With all due respect, Nicola,
there's a human
aspect to all this.

I know, I know,
and you were very brave.

Just look. Realistically,
there is so little
I can do about it.

And I've just got to write
a fucking speech.

-So, Olly,
could you get on with that?
-Yes, yes.

Glenn,
why don't you come to my room
and lie down?

Put a towel down on the bed,
just for...

-Jesus, Malcolm!
-What? Oh, God!

How's the patient?

I don't want to speak
to you right now, Malcolm.

I think you should leave.

-Oh, do you?
-Yes.

-What, are you gonna hit me?
-I don't fucking hit women.

Except Glenn, obviously.

Just you fucking
leave Glenn out of this.

Glenn's been
through enough as it is.

Listen, mate, I'm really...
I'm really sorry, right?

I'm really sorry about what
happened in the heat of
the fucking moment, yeah?

I'm under a lot of pressure
right now, I'm trying to
plug a lot of leaks.

I had my finger in the dyke,
but the dyke's very,
very squirty.

Is it Fat Pat?
I heard that she's, uh...

Shut up.

We're old soldiers, right?
This is life in wartime, okay?

I mean, every now and then
you're going to get an
incident of friendly fire.

-Yeah?
-Yeah.

Good man. Yes, good...

Sorry.

Now that you've
lost Geordie Julie,
the merry fucking widow,

you've got
a hole in your speech.

Right, so have we got
a contingency for that?

-Yeah, we'll figure it out,
thank you. -Well,
look, why don't I help you?

Let's roll some
tits up the flagpole
and see if anyone gets wood.

NICOLA: Oh, Christ.

It's like being trapped
in a fucking boys' toilet.

Right, all we've got
is Mannion's second holiday.

We need to take
the piss out of that.

Okay,
how about, uh, he's called
Peter "Two Holidays" Mannion?

MALCOLM: Glenn, um...

He, um, works really hard
at planning his holidays.

That's really fucking quality
fucking explosive sarcasm

you're lobbing at them, mate.
Boom.

I feel I'm in a therapy group
being run by my own rapist.

-Right,
well, okay, how about...
-(MOBILE RINGING)

Oh, my God. It's got out.

No, really? I thought
it was room
service cold-calling.

Who the fuck is
leaking this out there?

Find out who's pissing this
over the wall.

Yeah, well, the thing about
the internet, Malcolm,

-is it's quite big, so...
-It's on Rob Holt's blog!

I don't know
what he looks like.
I don't...

You need to get
your people's champion
out of this hotel

before some
tabloid minge-flannel
starts soft-soaping her.

So we've got her
back again now.
Is that right?

Don't be so fucking touchy
about this! I've a lot to
fucking deal with here.

My responsibility again now.
Doesn't matter
about the speech.

That's fine, Malcolm.

Yeah, it does fucking matter!

Women, huh? Women! Slam
the door. Where did this
idea come from, huh?

Wilma! Fuck off.

-NICOLA:
I'm making a phone call.
-Make a phone call.

Phone a fucking friend.

Hello?

Terri, it's Nicola again.
We're at DEFCON 1.

Or 5, or whichever
the really bad one is.

You stupid pillock!
Oh, boy racers.

Terri, can you harness that
anger and bring it down to
Eastbourne, please?

I desperately need you
to come down and help me.

The problem is
this party political problem,

because I'm a civil servant

and I cannot possibly be seen
to have anything to do with
a party conference.

Terri, please, I'm standing
in a factory that
makes fans, right?

And a man has walked in
with a giant
shit-spraying machine,

and you happen to
be bunking off work
and not very far away,

so I need you here.

Listen, I've got
a cagoule in the back,

and I could come incognito
with the hood up,

if that's going
to help you out.

This is what my
life's come to,

exchanging
hostages round the back
of a hotel.

-Yeah,
very nice to meet you, Julie.
-And you.

-Thank you so much
for coming with me.
-That's all right.

The cruddiest spy film ever.
The Eastbourne Ultimatum.

(OLLY CHUCKLING)

We thought we
might just get you
out of the hot seat, you know.

-I'm allergic to dogs.
-NICOLA: Look at us! Look...

-OLLY: Come on!
-She's got a dog with her.

-Yeah, that's Max.
-She's got
a fucking dog with her.

Yeah, he's diabetic.
Four shots a day.
Can't leave him anywhere.

Why is she... Just get in!

JULIE: ...as long as we're not
in the car very long.

Now the dog's going in.
Is she going to put
Julie in the boot?

I'm going to ring her.

Excuse me.
You're phone's ringing.

Yes?

Get a fucking move on.

Where are you?

Never mind where I am.

I can see you,
and you're not in the car
and you're not driving away

and you should be,
so fuck off!

-Glenn,
come on, you have a bit more.
-All right, Malcolm.

Go on. Just watch your step.
I don't want you
tripping up again, eh?

Absolutely.

(LAUGHING)

D-Day. What is it, Malcolm?

I thought you were
one of the boxers,
not the emcee.

No,
no, no, it's just, you know,

I've got to show my face
at a few
receptions this evening.

Including the Rod
Hughes do for Tom.

Believe me, I'd rather slip
into something a bit
more comfortable,

like a fucking coma.

(LAUGHING)

Malcolm,
you've started beating up
your own guys.

That has to be a bad sign.

I didn't fight fucking Glenn.
Oh, why would I do that?

Anyway, you've got absolutely
no proof that I did.

Yeah,
whatever you say, Malcolm.

Look at this!
He doesn't flinch, does he?

(LAUGHING)

We have a laugh, that's all.

-No, we're mates.
-We're pals, look.

And look at the size of him.
I wouldn't fucking hit him.

I mean, look,
he's a fucking man-mountain.

-Hey, you saying I'm fat?
-That's the banter.

"Government department...

"The government..."
Oh, fuck, fuck, fuck!

How can I learn this when
you're still writing it?
I feel sick.

No, it's exciting. It's good.
It's really good.

In fact, I would say the fact
that you're hearing it
for the first time

when you say it will possibly
give it a freshness
and a zing, you know...

-You think?
-Yes.

This is politics
as it is, isn't it?
It's The West Wing.

You're not Josh, Olly.
Just write the fucking speech.

It doesn't matter.

Come on, Nicola.
Pull yourself together.

I fucking am Josh.

Nicola Murray can do this.
Come on.

Wow, did you just
refer to yourself

in the second
and third person?
'Cause they're both...

-Write the fucking speech.
-Right, okay, yes.

I'm just slightly distracted
by all the Nicola
Murrays in the room.

Hello, Malcolm.

-Shite to see you,
to see you...
-Shite!

Come with me.

Oh, is this going to take
long, Malcolm? 'Cause I'm
really up against it.

Um,
you're looking very dapper,
by the way, very nice,

like as if there'd been
a Scottish James Bond.

Shut the fuck up.

Okay,
why are we coming in here?

I know you leaked
the punch story.

Fistygate?

Don't call it that.
Where did you hear that?

Well, somebody said
it was called Fistygate.

I said, "I didn't realise
it was called that."

Fuck. Fuck me!

I didn't leak anything, Malc,
I swear to God.

You're not going to
tweezer me, are you?

No, no, no.
I'm just going to
fucking kill you.

Why?

Because you told
some spotty-faced blogger

that I hit Glenn.

-But I didn't.
-But you would say that.

It can't have been me.
I'd know if it was me.

(MOCKING) "It
can't have been me.
I'd know if it was me."

Malcolm,
you're really scaring me now.

I'm scaring you?
I'm so sorry I'm
fucking scaring you.

I mustn't scare you, must I?

I won't scare you, okay?

I'll just explain
what I'm going to
fucking do to you.

I'm going to take your
bollocks, I'm going to
fucking rip them off,

I'm going to fucking
paint eyeballs on them

and I'm going to stitch them
onto a fucking sock

and use that as a mouthpiece.

Hope this is real vinegar.

(SIGHING)

Sure you don't want a chip?

Don't you know any jokes?

I'll tell you what,
the chips down
south are a joke.

I'll text me mate,
I'll see if she knows any.

You're texting
her now, though,
your friend?

No, I'm tweeting.

Tweeting?
You mean, like Twitter?

Just, um...

Just want to
get a pickled egg.
Hang on a sec.

-Hi, Terri.
-Hi, listen, it's Julie.

She tweets.

Hang on. Julie tweets?
What does that mean?

Twitter. Tweets on Twitter.
It's like
a social networking site.

You type in a text
but it goes to anybody,

and anyone in
the world can access it.

And she's...
She's tweeting now, is she?

TERRI: She tweeted...

Right,
find out what she's saying.

(LAUGHING)

Hello.

She's singing like a canary.

She's twittering about Terri.

Listen,
it's too hot for me here.
I've got to get out.

-NICOLA: All right.
-Look, I want out, Nicola.

Okay, Terri, calm down.
I'm going to ring Malcolm.

This is no good
for fucking pacing.

Malcolm, Nicola. Julie tweets.

Tweets on Twitter.
She's on Twitter.

She tweets on Twitter.

Christ on a cross-trainer,
Nicola.
Julie is the fucking leak.

I told you.

Get her back here, right now,
so I can loofah her to death.

Oh, what a day.

Is that her?
Oh, no. Two blokes.

Are you sure you
don't want one?

You mightn't
get another chance
to eat all day.

That is literally mashed-up
Dalmatian head and sawdust,
you know that?

Is it?

On the other hand,
I am fucking starving.

Oh, here comes
Checkpoint Charlie.

She's over there.

-I'm really sorry...
-Yes,
well, the apology's noted.

Noted? Not accepted?

No, not accepted, noted.

Oh, you look awful.

Thanks.
Oh, do you want a chip?

I haven't got time
for chips, Glenn.

Listen,
this is open territory here.
I'm a sitting duck.

-All right,
let's go, let's go.
-I've got to get out.

-No one will
recognise your cover.
-She's over there.

Okay, we'll look after her.

-Come in, ladies.
-Home again, home again.
Jiggety-jig.

(LAUGHING)

Right, I'm just
going to use the loo.

Right, okay.

-Julie?
-Yeah.

Would you like a cup of tea?

Well, I might as well.
There's bott all else to do.

Okey-doke.

Squeeze my cock
and call me Nancy.

Were you born
in a barn, Glenn?

Keep the door
and your ass cheeks
fucking tightly closed, right?

Jesus Christ,
that's a tiny kettle, Glenn.

But then you
know what they say.
Where's glummy mummy?

Uh, she's having a pee.

-Julie, how you doing?
All right?
-Yeah, I'm great.

-Busy, busy, busy.
-Lovely.

Oh, fucking hell, Malcolm!

Julie,
darling, could we just have
a wee word with you?

Why? What's going on?

Do you know a guy
called Rob Holt?

I've never heard of him.
Why? What's this about?

Well, it's just that he's
one of your
followers on...Twitter?

Twitter.

-And I think
that some of your...
-Tweets.

-The tweets that
you've been doing...
-Yeah?

They've actually been
reported out there.

Well,
what are you accusing us of?

No, no, we're not
accusing you of anything.

You look like
you're accusing us
of something.

You fucking sound like
you're accusing
us of something.

-No, no, no.
-I've seen Spooks.

You have treated me
like a bag of shit all day!

I mean, I'm a very, very
patient person, but I have had
yous lot up to here.

I should have known
not to trust yous lot,

when yous fucked over
them Metric Martyrs.

All I was trying to do
was right by my Jason, right?

And if he was here now,
he'd be fucking appalled

by the way yous
lot are carrying on.

He always said you were
a useless bunch of wankers.

Oh, hello. Oh, you're back.
Excellent. Ha!

Every epic needs a hero.

Put tiny kettle on, lad.
I'm gasping.

Every... Everything okay?
What's, uh...
What's going on?

Uh, Malcolm, um, if you could
just come to
the toilet with me...

NICOLA: Get rid of her.

MALCOLM:
Okay, we go out there,
we say our goodbyes,

and I'll get Glenn to go
and do the fucking
desert burial, okay?

NICOLA: Yeah.

MALCOLM: You just try
and compose yourself.

NICOLA: Okay.
MALCOLM: Okay?

NICOLA: Yeah.

Julie...

Get rid of
the Geordie Pauline Fowler.

Put her on the train back
to Shit Town or wherever
the fuck she came from.

Right, would you like to come
with me? Uh, there's been
a change of plan.

I'm taking them for the train.

No wonder the country's gone
to the fucking dogs.

You, you two,
you'll not be there for long.

Okay, do we have anything
that we can use against her?

There's,
um, the Metric Martyr stuff.

Yeah, that is right-wing.

That's really...
That's an insanity signifier.

-Fruit by the pound?
-Well...

That's what I've
got to work with?
Fuck's sake.

Fruit by the pound.
Watch and fucking learn, okay?

We say that we're dropping her
because of
extremist views, right?

We just don't mention that
those extreme views are about

how she feels about
the fucking finer points

of fruit and
fucking veg merchandise.

You shouldn't
work for that lot,
you know.

-I know.
-They're all knobs.

I know, I know.
I don't really, you know...

Did you...
Did you enjoy
anything about today?

No.

NICOLA: You've definitely
taken out all the references
to the people's champion?

Yep, yep, yep, and I've added
a whole page on
Mannion's holiday,

plus jokes.

-Funny jokes! Funny jokes!
-Funny jokes.

I'm a funny man.
I have my texts
read out on 5 Live.

-NICOLA: Very good.
-Is it done?

-Glenn, what have you touched?
-I haven't touched anything.

I didn't do anything.

Guys, the Wi-Fi's out.
What page were we up to?

-Eight.
-Excellent.

You're watching
Nicola's speech
with me and Angela Heaney.

You're my brother from another
mother and that's
the kind of thing we do.

Oh, sounds like a lot of fun.

Yeah, it will be fun.
I bought us some punch.

You'd better get a move on.
You're late.

I know, I know, I know.

-Right, grab the speech.
-Oh, there you go. Good luck.

-Thank you.
-GLENN: Fingers crossed.
Have fun!

They grow up so fast, eh?

Right, go, go, go, go, go!

Oh, my God, look.

How did the Vodcast
with Helen Mirren go?

-Yo, twat features!
-Hang on.

I mean that literally.

This Julie Price woman,

turns out she's a little bit
fucking unstable, you know.

Extremist views.
So we're going to
have to let her go.

Uh, of course,
it's just that, um...

Andrew Dover, the blogger?

So he's just going
to go and spread that
all over the internet, yeah?

Well, probably.

Job done!

I'm away for
a game of crazy golf.
Love those fucking windmills.

Hit the full stops.
Don't run through anything.

I don't know what that means,
hit the full stops.

Just stop... Hit...
Stop at the full stops.

It'll sound good in the hall.

-I won't gabble.
You're putting me off.
-It's not too long.

NICOLA: ...local people
finding their own solutions,
having a real say...

She looks lovely.

...over the future
of the places where they live.

-(APPLAUSE)
-GLENN: Well done.
Well done, indeed.

Some lovely stuff
in there, I thought.

GLENN: Yeah.

I thought it was pretty good,
actually, yeah.

Praise indeed
from
the Scottish Simon Cowell.

-Nicola...
-Thank you.

-What happened to the jokes?
-I didn't say the jokes?

I think Glenn may have given
me the wrong number
on the printer.

We missed a whole
page of Mannion jokes.

Not... Not my fault.

I said, "Where are we up to?"
You said eight.
I printed from nine.

You said,
"Where are we up to?"
So I said eight.

Yes, but we were up to seven,
weren't we?

Well, you should
have gone from eight.
You went from nine?

That would have been quite
good 'cause that
would've just added

a wee bit of Bob Hope,
you know,
to all the doom and the gloom.

Maybe next time, huh?

OLLY: You said we were up to
page eight but we were...

GLENN: No, I didn't.
I said "from eight".