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Hello.
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Gordon. It's me.
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I've called... because
I think we should meet.
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I want to know your decision.
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Oh, I bet you do.
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Also, I think it's important that
you and I resolve this somehow,
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make things better.
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Sometimes you can't have everything.
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Besides, I have plans tonight.
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Please?
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I sense this is
a crucial moment, not just for us.
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For us all.
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What did you have in mind?
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Granita?
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Oh, that's... Islington.
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Or we can go somewhere else.
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No, no, no. That's fine.
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But let's make it early.
I need to get away.
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8:00?
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Um... whatever.
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I'll see you there.
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We should really get going.
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Would you like a glass of wine
while you're waiting?
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- Why not?
- Newspaper?
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Thanks.
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Thanks, Philippe.
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Let me say this, there's nothing trivial
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about the fundamental
issues of this campaign.
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Either we carry on under
a Conservative government,
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or else we go to the alternative,
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and the alternative which
would be a Labour government
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consists of the most extreme program
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I have ever seen laid
before a British electorate.
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George Hunter, SMP:
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2,573.
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Gordon Brown, Labour:
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18,515.
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And I hereby declare the new member
for Dunfermline East
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is Gordon Brown.
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By 2:30, ITN's Alastair Burnett
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was able to confirm
the Conservative victory.
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The Labour leader, Mr
Foot, called it a tragedy.
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He's under pressure to resign
after his party's disastrous showing.
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The election has changed
the political map of Britain.
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Labour, decimated in Southern England,
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is restricted to its industrial stronghold.
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The other parties are scattered thinly...
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Mr Smith said to look after you, sir,
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find you a handy office.
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Have you got a moment?
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It seems we have
an accommodation problem.
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Dave Nellist...
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Trotskyite Solidarity,
Coventry South East...
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has been put in an office
with the new fella from Sedgefield.
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Not a marriage made in heaven.
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No.
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The Chief Whip was wondering
if you'd take him in here.
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Who? Nellist?
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Oh, no. The other one.
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Where?
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You can make room
on that side of the desk.
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Besides, you knew you'd
have to share eventually.
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You'll like him.
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He's a lawyer. Very bright.
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Tell him to give me a call.
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Actually, I have him
here with me now.
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Hi. Tony Blair.
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Thanks for agreeing to this.
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Right. I'll leave you to it.
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Thanks, John.
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Well... I like the view.
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So what did you do
to upset Dave Nellist?
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Do? Nothing.
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Let's just say our political philosophies
didn't match.
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From London, aren't you?
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Yes. Although, originally,
I was brought up in Durham.
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I was actually born in Scotland,
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which, technically,
I suppose, makes me Scottish.
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What about you?
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Technically, I'm Scottish, too.
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- From?
- Fife.
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And your seat?
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Dunfermline East.
Yours is Sedgefield, isn't it?
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Yes.
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Do you have history in Sedgefield?
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No. Not really.
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And you ran in the by-election
at Beaconsfield, if I remember.
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And got hammered.
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Any Labour candidate
would get hammered at Beaconsfield.
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How did you get Sedgefield?
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Connections, I suppose.
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Maybe that's what Nellis picked up on,
and that's why you fell out.
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No, Nellis and I fell
out because, with respect,
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he and his Militant Tendency friends
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are entirely responsible
for this election defeat.
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I mean, look, this party has about
18 months left to live.
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The sooner it modernizes,
the sooner it expels him
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and the rest of those dinousaurs, the better.
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The desk over there.
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First off all, I'd like to thank
the Chartists and the Suffragettes
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who gave every working man and woman
a vote in this country.
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If we remain united,
not only will we never be defeated,
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but in the process,
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we'll roll back the years
of Thatcherism.
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and traitors sneer
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flying here
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take them away
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Did you get one of these?
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Invitation to a Militant fundraiser.
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Yeah, but I can't go.
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Why not?
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I don't possess a Crimplene suit.
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Or a flat cap, I expect.
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Besides, when I say comrade,
it comes out wrong.
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Try it.
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Comrades!
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It needs to be more "Comrades!"
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Comrades!
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Oh, I believe
congratulations are in order.
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Your wife, she's expecting a baby.
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Yes, she is.
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Thanks.
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What about you?
Do you mind my asking?
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What about me?
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What are your circumstances?
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Because I heard this fabulous rumor
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that you were seeing a princess
from Romania or something.
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Is it true?
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That was a long time ago.
If you don't mind,
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I'd like to get on
with my maiden speech.
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Don't bust a gut. It's all pro forma.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker,
for allowing me to make my maiden speech.
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As a new member for blah,
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I hope I can equip myself as well
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as the Honorable Members
who preceeded me.
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Respectful, anonymous, short.
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Whatever you say.
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Mr. Gordon Brown.
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Hear! Hear!
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Mr. Speaker,
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having listened intently
to the front bench speeches,
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I am grateful for the opportunity
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to make my first speech
in this chamber.
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The chance of a laborer
getting a job in my constituency
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are 150-1 against.
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For nearly 500 teenagers
who just left school,
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there was only one job
in the local careers office.
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Where will the new jobs come from?
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I'd like to ask the minister...
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Excuse me.
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...if he still believes, as he did in 1978,
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that there are plenty of jobs
around for the unemployed
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as window cleaners.
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You will recall that he wrote
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that to become a window cleaner,
little equipment was needed:
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A bucket, a leather or two, and a ladder.
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That's the Government's
answer to mass unemployment
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is for Britain to become
a nation of window cleaners.
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When the Prime Minister
talked during the election
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about ladders of opportunity,
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I had not realized that the next
Conservative Government
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had something so specific in mind.
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Well, the papers all agree.
A star is born.
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Let us consider what Gordon's
speech really achieved.
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The Tories will be out for his blood.
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His Labour colleagues know
he is the one to nobble.
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He wilfully ignores
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what any student of recent politcal history
could have told him:
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The bigger the splash
with your maiden speech,
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the greater the political obscurity
in the long term.
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Yes. Oh, yes.
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Get a round in.
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So, how does it feel a few months on?
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Strange. You know,
when you first seat,
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you want to change the world,
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but what can you do
against a majority that size?
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And the Tory?
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How's he?
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Which one? You need
to be more specific.
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There are 263 of the sods.
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The one in your office.
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Him? Blair? No, no. He's very bright.
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He's got some good ideas.
Yeah. He's great.
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So she turns on this poor bugger
like a lion on some antelope.
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"And tell me, Michael,
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"How many people do you think
voted for you in the election?"
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To which he replies,
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"I can tell you exactly, Margaret. 30,463."
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"Well, let me remind you,
just so you don't forget.
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"The 30,000 were for me.
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The 463 were for you. "
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Neil Kinnock elected
as leader of the Labour Party.
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Remember how you felt
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on that dreadful morning
of June 10th.
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Just remember how you felt
and think to yourselves,
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June 9th, 1983,
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never, ever again
will we experience that.
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Is it ready?
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You only gave it to me
half an hour ago.
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Come on.
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We're going to be late.
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Utterly indigestible, isn't it?
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Not for a lawyer.
I actually found the stuff about ballots
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and the legal implications
quite interesting.
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So what does John
actually want us to do?
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No. It's this way.
Bloody maze, this place.
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What does John want us to do?
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We'll never be able to affect
the outcome of the bill,
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not with their majority.
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We can make a nuisance
of ourselves,
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give the hacks something
to write about.
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I have listened to the points raised by
Opposition members,
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have noted their desire to winkle out
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the Government's intentions.
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There is no need to winkle.
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The government's intentions
were made perfectly clear
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the day the bill was published.
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Mr. Chairman,
I think the one thing
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we cannot accuse
the government of in this bill
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is being perfectly clear.
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When it suggested
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that changes in the legislation
should be effected
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across a reasonable time period.
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Perhaps the minister
could be more specific.
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We would like to suggest
a more specific time frame.
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Namely?
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Namely...
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Five years.
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Five years! I mean, That is absurd!
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I accept in extraordinary circumstances
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a union may be granted
six to nine months.
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Could the minister be
specific about which union?
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The TGWU and the NUT,
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as obliquely referred
to in paragraph 4, subsection...
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This is outrageous.
I cannot speak without interruptions...
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Correction.
What is outrageous here
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is the Government
straitjacketing the trade unions.
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I would remind the minister
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that in almost all Western
European democracies,
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there is no state interference
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in the constitution
of trade union movement.
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In his book
Two Cheers For Democracy,
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E. M. Forster said the first cheer
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was because democracy
permitted variety.
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The second because
it admitted criticism.
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These factors are obviously unknown
in today's government.
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Well done, boys.
That's about as much fun
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as you can have in this job
without losing your seat.
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Gordon, well done. That was terrific.
Congratulations.
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Well done.
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Mr. Smith.
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It's Peter Mandelson. He's all right.
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Did you see his socks?
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No.
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They were bright bloody orange.
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So?
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Would you trust a man
who wears brightly colored socks?
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- Mine are blue.
- Blue?
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Which I hope indicates nothing other
than I support Raith Rovers
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and that my black ones
are in the bloody wash.
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Outdated, misplaced,
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irrelevant to the real needs.
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And you end in the grotesque chaos
of a Labour council...
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a Labour council,
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hiring taxis to scuttle around the city
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handing out redundancy notices
to its own workers.
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There should be a certain sensitivity
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to the welfare of the party
and the morale of the party.
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Self-discipline is the
only effective discipline.
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And If people won't obey
that code, then, as adults,
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it's very difficult to inflict
a different code upon them.
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Hi. Tony Blair.
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Neil wants to see me?
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Why?
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Is there some kind of problem?
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And?
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Scottish Office. You?
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Treasury.
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You look surprised.
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I am. To be honest, I thought I was being
called in for a bollocking.
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Instead he's made us
the youngest front bench spokesmen ever.
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Not quite. David Owen
was even younger.
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Still, it's pretty good.
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Yes, it is. So good I'm
almost sorry I said no.
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It would be madness, a cul-de-sac.
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Besides, you forget,
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I've been up to my eyes
in Scottish politics since I was 15.
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I'd be better off waiting
for something better to come along.
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If it doesn't?
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It's a risk I'm prepared to take.
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Besides, nobody got the big
job without taking risks.
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Big job?
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Come on.
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Don't look at me like that.
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Isn't that what we came
into politics for? Huh?
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We're happy to work as a team.
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It's all about a cause
and public service.
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But deep down you won't
change the world
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until you have the big job.
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I drummed up my first speech
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as leader of the Labour Party
when I was 15.
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I'll have been revising it ever since...
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in here.
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We should really get going.
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Well, if we have an election early,
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we can go on holiday in August.
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Yeah.
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If we have an election late...
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We won't go at all.
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No holiday. That's right.
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It is wonderful to be entrusted
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with the government of this country,
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this great country, once again.
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Yes, it was the third
successive defeat,
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but significant gains were made
in a number of areas.
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Look, I can't force you
to write anything.
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You just have to take my word for it.
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The party is absolutely
not downhearted.
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Why? Because we're all
on powerful anti-depressants.
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Neil's made John Smith
his Shadow Chancellor.
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That's fantastic.
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00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:57,728
And Gordon is John's number 2!
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Oh, congratulations.
I'm thrilled for you.
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You're very generous.
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You know you were only this far away
from promotion yourself.
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Next time.
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That is great. With you
in the Shadow Cabinet,
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it will show that Labour
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is finally at last taking
the economy seriously.
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00:20:12,711 --> 00:20:14,406
Nope, no drinking for me,
I'm afraid.
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I must leave to confuse
the British press
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into believing there aren't too many Scots
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in the Shadow Cabinet.
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I wrote some notes...
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slogans to try and get
under Lawson's skin.
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Where did I put that?
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00:20:30,562 --> 00:20:33,326
Hang on. Maybe this is
what you're after.
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00:20:37,636 --> 00:20:39,263
That was Marian, wasn't it?
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Why do we see so little of her?
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I know she lives in Glasgow,
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00:20:49,348 --> 00:20:52,317
but wouldn't she ever
consider moving down?
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00:20:54,219 --> 00:20:56,779
For the sake of the relationship.
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00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:02,756
Because it has gone on
for a while now.
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I understand for a married man,
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a married family man,
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00:21:22,481 --> 00:21:25,314
the to-ing and fro-ing of a bachelor
must seem intriguing.
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00:21:25,384 --> 00:21:26,908
There's no need to be defensive.
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00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:28,282
I wasn't being defensive.
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00:21:28,353 --> 00:21:30,116
- Yes, you were.
- I wasn't. I just...
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00:21:32,724 --> 00:21:35,955
don't find discussing
this kind of stuff easy.
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00:21:40,365 --> 00:21:42,299
You mean sharing.
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00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:43,391
Sorry?
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00:21:43,468 --> 00:21:45,527
That's what the Americans call it.
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00:21:51,209 --> 00:21:53,200
So do you think reticence like yours
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is a specifically Scottish trait?
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00:21:55,881 --> 00:21:58,509
Because I've always thought
there are broadly two kinds of Scot:
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The angry ginger kind
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00:22:01,253 --> 00:22:05,212
and the brooding,
intensely private, satellite kind.
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00:22:05,290 --> 00:22:07,121
You ask this as a Scot
yourself, of course.
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00:22:07,192 --> 00:22:08,921
You may mock, but I am a Scot.
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00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:10,859
As well as being black
and working class.
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00:22:10,929 --> 00:22:12,624
I was born in Scotland.
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00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:15,189
Being born in a stable
doesn't make you a horse.
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00:22:15,267 --> 00:22:16,894
I was educated in Scotland.
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00:22:16,968 --> 00:22:20,426
In Fettes, a posh Edinburgh public school
filled with English.
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00:22:20,505 --> 00:22:22,632
I support Scotland
when they play football.
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00:22:22,708 --> 00:22:23,868
- That's tragic.
- Why?
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00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:25,239
Because you're English!
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00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:26,470
Not just in your accent,
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00:22:26,545 --> 00:22:28,513
but the way you stand,
the way you talk.
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00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:31,310
Everything about you.
I don't know why you bother denying it.
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00:22:31,383 --> 00:22:33,442
It's possibly your biggest strength.
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00:22:33,518 --> 00:22:34,678
Not in the Labour Party.
379
00:22:34,753 --> 00:22:38,018
No. But somewhere
far more important:
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00:22:38,090 --> 00:22:40,820
With the electorate.
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00:22:40,892 --> 00:22:43,588
We should have done
this more often while we had the chance.
382
00:22:43,662 --> 00:22:47,120
Why? Just because I'm getting
a bigger office than you?
383
00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:51,932
Yes. Now you might
just drift off with the top brass
384
00:22:52,003 --> 00:22:54,597
and forget your English friends.
385
00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:57,233
You're going every bit as
far on this journey as me.
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00:22:57,309 --> 00:22:58,708
I'll make sure of that.
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00:22:58,777 --> 00:23:01,302
Only one of us can go all the way.
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00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:03,541
Which one is that?
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00:23:03,615 --> 00:23:06,083
The one that has "Labour Leader"
written all over him.
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00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:25,161
I sometimes worry.
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00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:27,364
I watch my friends
getting on in their careers,
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00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:29,999
making good money.
393
00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:33,010
I wonder, are we pissing
it all away in Opposition?
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00:23:36,848 --> 00:23:38,042
Promise me you'll do it.
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00:23:38,116 --> 00:23:41,313
Promise me you'll
turn this party around.
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00:23:41,386 --> 00:23:43,320
I'll do whatever it takes.
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00:23:56,868 --> 00:23:58,495
Hello.
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00:23:58,570 --> 00:24:00,697
The Shadow Chancellor,
Mr. John Smith, today
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00:24:00,772 --> 00:24:02,433
has suffered a heart attack.
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00:24:02,507 --> 00:24:03,804
He is now recovering
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00:24:03,875 --> 00:24:06,503
in the coronary care unit
of the Edinburgh Infirmary.
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00:24:06,578 --> 00:24:08,239
No. I don't want to use that.
403
00:24:08,313 --> 00:24:09,940
There's no guarantee on that, you see.
404
00:24:13,585 --> 00:24:15,212
That's 13 billion...
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00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:16,447
What's the latest?
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00:24:16,521 --> 00:24:18,250
He's stable.
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00:24:18,323 --> 00:24:19,756
Elizabeth? The girls?
408
00:24:19,825 --> 00:24:23,352
They're shell-shocked, of course,
as we all are, but there at his side.
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00:24:23,428 --> 00:24:24,622
How did it happen?
410
00:24:24,696 --> 00:24:26,721
Bending over doing his shoelaces.
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00:24:26,798 --> 00:24:27,787
God.
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00:24:30,502 --> 00:24:32,936
So, uh, what's the plan?
413
00:24:33,004 --> 00:24:34,869
I just got off the phone to Neil.
414
00:24:34,940 --> 00:24:36,737
How's he?
415
00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:38,275
Apart from being devastated...
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00:24:38,343 --> 00:24:40,243
Of course.
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00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:41,404
He's panicking.
418
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:42,879
Why?
419
00:24:42,948 --> 00:24:46,349
John was going to deal with
Lawson's autumn statement.
420
00:24:46,418 --> 00:24:47,510
So? Gordon can do it.
421
00:24:47,586 --> 00:24:48,712
Of course he can.
422
00:24:48,787 --> 00:24:51,119
I've been dying to lay into him for ages.
423
00:24:51,189 --> 00:24:54,420
I was planning something juicy
the tabloids can pick up on.
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00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:59,521
Like free eye tests for pensioners,
as a bad example.
425
00:24:59,598 --> 00:25:01,361
No, no. That's a good example.
426
00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:04,197
Absolutely.
427
00:25:04,269 --> 00:25:05,930
Very good.
428
00:25:06,004 --> 00:25:07,835
The improved performance of the economy
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00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:11,103
has eased pressures
on a number of programs,
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00:25:11,176 --> 00:25:13,736
giving the government
more scope than ever before
431
00:25:13,812 --> 00:25:16,872
to shift resources
where its own priorities,
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00:25:16,948 --> 00:25:19,940
rather than circumstances, dictate.
433
00:25:20,018 --> 00:25:23,886
This important outcome
has been made possible
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00:25:23,955 --> 00:25:27,584
despite the many claims
for increased public spending
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00:25:27,659 --> 00:25:30,822
by a rigorous reassessment
of priorities,
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00:25:30,896 --> 00:25:34,388
coupled with the continuation
of two of the factors
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00:25:34,466 --> 00:25:37,162
that have contributed
to this year's shortfall.
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00:25:44,109 --> 00:25:47,704
"The prospect that lies before us
is yet further testimony... "
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00:25:47,779 --> 00:25:48,939
Mr. Gordon Brown.
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00:25:49,014 --> 00:25:50,413
"... to the success of the policies
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00:25:50,482 --> 00:25:54,077
"we have been pursuing these
past nine and a half years
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00:25:54,152 --> 00:25:56,518
"and will continue to pursue,
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00:25:56,588 --> 00:25:58,783
"and to the economic transformation
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00:25:58,857 --> 00:26:00,552
that those policies have brought. "
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00:26:00,625 --> 00:26:02,593
Hear, hear!
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00:26:02,661 --> 00:26:03,855
Mr. Gordon Brown.
447
00:26:05,530 --> 00:26:06,963
Mr. Speaker,
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00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:09,933
by the Chancellor's admission
just before he sat down
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00:26:10,001 --> 00:26:13,767
that inflation will rise
beyond 6% by Christmas,
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00:26:13,838 --> 00:26:15,897
and that the balance of payment deficit
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00:26:15,974 --> 00:26:20,809
will be an unparalleled 13 billion
by the end of the year,
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00:26:20,879 --> 00:26:25,441
will he concede that the economic prospects
he promised us in the spring
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00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:29,317
are not the economic realities
we face in the autumn?
454
00:26:29,387 --> 00:26:35,849
Does the Chancellor recall his
objective in 1987 of zero inflation?
455
00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:39,886
Yet the Chancellor still refuses
to find even the tiny amount...
456
00:26:39,965 --> 00:26:41,125
Eye test.
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00:26:41,199 --> 00:26:44,691
...free eyesight tests
even for pensioners.
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00:26:46,504 --> 00:26:50,270
When health costs are rising
faster than even ordinary inflation,
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00:26:50,342 --> 00:26:51,502
the sum that the Chancellor
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00:26:51,576 --> 00:26:53,407
has provided today
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00:26:53,478 --> 00:26:55,776
will barely cover the inflationary prices
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00:26:55,847 --> 00:26:57,781
that the health authorities face,
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00:26:57,849 --> 00:27:02,843
far less deal with their huge backlog
of structural repairs.
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00:27:02,921 --> 00:27:04,718
Hear, hearl
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00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:05,949
One begins to wonder
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00:27:06,024 --> 00:27:09,425
whether this country can still afford the
price it is paying for this government.
467
00:27:09,494 --> 00:27:11,894
By the evidence of this statement,
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00:27:11,963 --> 00:27:15,262
I suggest the answer
is a resounding no.
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00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:23,265
Ladies and gentlemen,
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00:27:23,341 --> 00:27:26,833
we're leaving Downing
Street for the last time
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00:27:26,911 --> 00:27:30,506
after eleven and a half
wonderful years.
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00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:34,245
We're very happy that we
leave the United Kingdom
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00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:36,879
in a very, very much better state
474
00:27:36,955 --> 00:27:40,254
than when we came here
eleven and a half years ago.
475
00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:43,385
There you are. Thatcherism
is now Thatcher war zone.
476
00:27:43,461 --> 00:27:46,521
What can we say finally undid her?
477
00:27:46,598 --> 00:27:47,656
Not us, I'm afraid.
478
00:27:47,732 --> 00:27:50,166
She stayed too long.
479
00:27:50,235 --> 00:27:51,600
Six years, term and a half.
480
00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,262
After that, they start to hate you.
481
00:27:53,338 --> 00:27:55,101
But then
482
00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:57,539
The Iron Lady's composure
almost broke.
483
00:27:57,609 --> 00:27:59,133
Watch her face as she reaches her car.
484
00:27:59,210 --> 00:28:02,543
I think they'll miss
her... her leadership.
485
00:28:02,614 --> 00:28:05,105
Her common sense.
486
00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:06,844
Her clarity of purpose.
487
00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:08,408
Listen to you.
488
00:28:08,486 --> 00:28:09,612
Remember when you were worried
489
00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:11,656
that we were pissing it away
in Opposition?
490
00:28:11,723 --> 00:28:12,815
Friends say, though,
491
00:28:12,891 --> 00:28:14,256
that she is deeply shocked by...
492
00:28:14,325 --> 00:28:15,383
She's gone.
493
00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:17,018
Three election victories
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00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:20,553
and a clear though insufficient majority
in the first ballot,
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00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:23,123
rewarded, as she sees it, with the sack.
496
00:28:24,169 --> 00:28:26,069
Now it's our turn.
497
00:28:29,607 --> 00:28:32,804
And now it is time,
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00:28:32,877 --> 00:28:34,606
time for the next Prime Minister,
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00:28:34,679 --> 00:28:36,044
Neil Kinnock!
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00:28:36,114 --> 00:28:37,513
Well, all right!
501
00:28:38,516 --> 00:28:41,007
Well, all right!
502
00:28:41,086 --> 00:28:43,782
Well, all right!
503
00:28:43,855 --> 00:28:46,517
That's it. The polling stations have closed,
504
00:28:46,591 --> 00:28:47,819
and the counting has started
505
00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:51,487
in what really promises to be
the closest General Election in years.
506
00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:54,054
Of the three major polls this morning,
507
00:28:54,132 --> 00:28:56,760
one had the Conservatives
in a 1-point lead,
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00:28:56,835 --> 00:28:58,894
another had the two parties
neck and neck,
509
00:28:58,970 --> 00:29:01,370
and a third had Labour
with a 3-point lead.
510
00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:04,374
And it really is that close.
511
00:29:04,442 --> 00:29:05,739
How're you feeling, Gordon?
512
00:29:05,810 --> 00:29:06,902
Very well, thank you.
513
00:29:06,978 --> 00:29:08,138
Very good, very good.
514
00:29:10,181 --> 00:29:11,512
Hopeful of a Labour victory?
515
00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:14,177
Well, hopeful, certainly.
516
00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:16,914
So, how're we doing?
517
00:29:16,988 --> 00:29:18,455
Fine. We've murdered them.
518
00:29:18,523 --> 00:29:19,990
I meant nationally.
519
00:29:20,058 --> 00:29:22,618
A plane's on standby in Endinburgh
to take you to London,
520
00:29:22,694 --> 00:29:24,184
so someone must be confident.
521
00:29:25,797 --> 00:29:26,729
Evening, baby brother.
522
00:29:26,798 --> 00:29:30,256
John. Any results?
523
00:29:30,335 --> 00:29:31,700
God, Gordon, look at your tie.
524
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:34,898
What's that? Here, take it off.
525
00:29:34,973 --> 00:29:37,305
There's no news in yet.
526
00:29:37,375 --> 00:29:41,209
If any story breaks during the night,
can I count on you for a live feed?
527
00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:43,372
If it's good news, yes.
528
00:29:45,416 --> 00:29:47,907
Hmm. Good luck.
529
00:29:47,986 --> 00:29:49,647
Thanks.
530
00:29:51,022 --> 00:29:54,514
1, 2. Testing.
Testing. 1, 2.
531
00:29:54,592 --> 00:29:57,026
Hello, Margaret. I never
saw you at any doorsteps.
532
00:29:57,095 --> 00:29:58,187
Because I was inside.
533
00:29:58,263 --> 00:30:00,356
That's what Scottish people do
with politicians they like:
534
00:30:00,431 --> 00:30:01,898
They ask them in.
535
00:30:01,966 --> 00:30:05,299
Gordon, telephone. Tony Blair.
536
00:30:05,370 --> 00:30:06,598
Hello?
537
00:30:10,308 --> 00:30:11,468
Oh, fuck.
538
00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:15,104
Gordon, I need you to go
live for me in 60 seconds.
539
00:30:17,015 --> 00:30:19,040
A quite extraordinary night.
540
00:30:19,117 --> 00:30:22,086
Tory elation.
Frankly, Labour despair.
541
00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:24,917
Dramatic scenes as the Tories
hold their key marginal...
542
00:30:24,989 --> 00:30:27,184
Can we clear the floor, please?
543
00:30:27,258 --> 00:30:28,452
Come on, clear!
544
00:30:28,526 --> 00:30:30,221
We're going live to air
545
00:30:30,295 --> 00:30:33,731
in 3, 2, 1.
546
00:30:33,798 --> 00:30:35,527
We're joined now by Kenneth Clarke
547
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,034
and from Scotland by Gordon Brown.
548
00:30:38,102 --> 00:30:40,696
Mr. Brown, I'd like to start with you first.
549
00:30:40,772 --> 00:30:43,036
This is surely little short of a disaster?
550
00:30:43,107 --> 00:30:45,439
It's barely 11:00.
The evening's just started,
551
00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:48,070
so I think it's a little
early to talk of disasters.
552
00:30:48,146 --> 00:30:52,412
23,692.
553
00:30:52,483 --> 00:30:56,817
I hereby declare the new member
for Dunfermline East
554
00:30:56,888 --> 00:30:59,049
is Gordon Brown.
555
00:31:00,491 --> 00:31:02,789
Gordon! Gordon! Gordon!
556
00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:04,829
Gordon! Gordon!
557
00:31:04,896 --> 00:31:08,627
We... think there are faces there
558
00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:12,295
that did not expect to
witness these scenes tonight
559
00:31:12,370 --> 00:31:14,770
at some points
during the campaign.
560
00:31:14,839 --> 00:31:17,000
But that is the nature of politics.
561
00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:18,303
That is the nature of...
562
00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:23,109
God, how much
must they hate us?
563
00:31:23,181 --> 00:31:25,206
They like this lot more.
564
00:31:28,152 --> 00:31:32,282
I don't know if I have four
more years of opposition in me.
565
00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:38,127
What are you doing tomorrow?
566
00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:40,255
I've arranged to see Peter.
567
00:31:40,331 --> 00:31:42,526
Why don't you both come down here?
568
00:31:44,068 --> 00:31:47,504
I think we need to work out
what we're going to do.
569
00:32:05,456 --> 00:32:10,086
I naturally feel a strong
sense of disappointment,
570
00:32:10,128 --> 00:32:13,928
dismay, sorrow,
571
00:32:13,998 --> 00:32:17,525
for so many people in our country.
572
00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:20,332
They deserve better than they got
573
00:32:20,405 --> 00:32:23,636
on the ninth of April, 1992.
574
00:32:31,716 --> 00:32:34,014
It's far too early to be discussing
the leadership.
575
00:32:34,085 --> 00:32:36,883
Neil Kinnock still has
the whole-hearted respect,
576
00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:39,321
gratitude, and support
of the entire Labour party.
577
00:32:39,390 --> 00:32:42,882
And I for one would be delighted
to continue to serve under him.
578
00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:46,556
He has united the party
as a political force,
579
00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:49,031
modernized it as a
campaigning organization
580
00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:51,568
and quite apart from this legacy,
581
00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:54,935
his own natural charm
and warmth of character
582
00:32:55,006 --> 00:32:58,305
will mark him down as one of the
all-time great leaders of this party.
583
00:32:58,376 --> 00:33:01,174
It should have been easy
if Labour were going...
584
00:33:01,245 --> 00:33:04,612
As long as Neil knows
everyone wants him out by Monday.
585
00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:15,792
I think you should stand
for the leadership, Gordon.
586
00:33:15,860 --> 00:33:18,192
With me as your deputy.
587
00:33:18,262 --> 00:33:20,059
Why would I stand only to lose?
588
00:33:20,131 --> 00:33:22,622
I don't think you would lose.
589
00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:24,190
According to the papers,
590
00:33:24,268 --> 00:33:26,259
it's a one-horse race for John.
591
00:33:26,337 --> 00:33:28,635
The papers, Peter,
said we'd win the election.
592
00:33:28,706 --> 00:33:30,037
Anyway,
593
00:33:30,108 --> 00:33:31,632
I wouldn't feel comfortable
running against him.
594
00:33:31,709 --> 00:33:32,937
I gave him my word I wouldn't.
595
00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:36,037
I don't think this is the time
for sentimentality.
596
00:33:36,114 --> 00:33:37,809
I prefer to call it friendship.
597
00:33:37,882 --> 00:33:40,578
The party's confidence
has been shattered.
598
00:33:40,651 --> 00:33:42,949
They need to be led by someone strong.
599
00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:45,251
Which is exactly what the papers
are saying about John.
600
00:33:45,323 --> 00:33:46,688
But not as strong as you.
601
00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:48,817
He's the best man to unite the party.
602
00:33:48,893 --> 00:33:51,191
He's had experience
of government at cabinet level.
603
00:33:51,262 --> 00:33:55,096
He's clearly the best candidate.
The only candidate.
604
00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:59,500
I know. But just look at him.
605
00:33:59,570 --> 00:34:03,973
I mean, the whole Edinburgh
bank-manager thing.
606
00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:05,873
He's part of the old order.
607
00:34:09,914 --> 00:34:12,542
Look, I really can't
understand this hesitancy.
608
00:34:12,617 --> 00:34:16,747
You said yourself,
our modernization needs to be radical.
609
00:34:16,821 --> 00:34:19,881
Caution and half measures
will get us nowhere,
610
00:34:19,957 --> 00:34:22,016
and that's exactly
what John will give us!
611
00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:23,993
What do you think, Peter?
612
00:34:24,062 --> 00:34:25,927
Seeing as he had
about two hours' sleep,
613
00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:28,397
I thought he did pretty well.
614
00:34:28,466 --> 00:34:30,331
Very well.
615
00:34:46,284 --> 00:34:48,980
It was a different Tony today.
616
00:34:49,053 --> 00:34:50,577
One I've not seen before.
617
00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:53,522
Well, I've some sympathy with him.
618
00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:55,752
Can't be easy living
in his Islington circle
619
00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:58,193
with all his friends banging on
about how much they're earning,
620
00:34:58,262 --> 00:35:00,890
with him sitting out the best years
of his life in Opposition.
621
00:35:00,965 --> 00:35:02,227
Deputy leadership.
622
00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:05,360
No. A dustbin of political ambition.
623
00:35:05,436 --> 00:35:07,802
Besides, John will have
seen those results
624
00:35:07,872 --> 00:35:11,865
and realize the South will
never go for two Scots.
625
00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:17,245
I didn't mean you. I meant for Tony.
626
00:35:17,315 --> 00:35:18,714
He's the obvious candidate, isn't he?
627
00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:20,580
I mean, he's young, he's bright,
628
00:35:20,651 --> 00:35:23,051
he's good in the House,
appeals to the South.
629
00:35:25,256 --> 00:35:27,383
And he's ambitious.
630
00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:28,823
Even with John's endorsement,
631
00:35:28,893 --> 00:35:31,885
Tony's hardly likely to get
more than 30% of the vote.
632
00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:33,988
The unions hate his guts.
633
00:35:34,065 --> 00:35:36,693
And Margaret Beckett's a woman.
634
00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:39,600
I'll be suggesting
as much to John myself.
635
00:35:39,670 --> 00:35:43,936
John Smith is Labour
leader by a landslide.
636
00:35:44,008 --> 00:35:46,101
Margaret Beckett was
elected deputy leader.
637
00:36:12,670 --> 00:36:14,365
Sorry.
638
00:36:16,207 --> 00:36:17,640
Sorry to keep you waiting.
639
00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:19,801
That's okay.
640
00:36:19,877 --> 00:36:24,075
Right. I'll try and make
this as painless as I can.
641
00:36:24,148 --> 00:36:27,140
Don't worry. I always
wanted to be an actor.
642
00:36:27,218 --> 00:36:28,981
Take as long as you like.
643
00:36:29,053 --> 00:36:31,044
You must be disappointed.
644
00:36:31,122 --> 00:36:33,283
Why would I be disappointed?
645
00:36:33,357 --> 00:36:36,053
The Sunday Times magazine
devoted five pages to you
646
00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:38,687
as "The man that Labour missed".
647
00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:41,163
Well, I haven't seen that article.
648
00:36:41,232 --> 00:36:44,167
In any case, I'm delighted
with the result we have.
649
00:36:44,235 --> 00:36:48,103
John and Margaret offer
tremendous intellectual leadership.
650
00:36:48,172 --> 00:36:50,037
They've got immense
political experience.
651
00:36:50,107 --> 00:36:51,938
Both were ministers in the previous Labour
government,
652
00:36:52,009 --> 00:36:53,499
and most important,
653
00:36:53,578 --> 00:36:57,412
will carry on the process of changing
and reforming the Labour Party
654
00:36:57,481 --> 00:37:02,180
to make sure our ideas
and organization fit the age we live in.
655
00:37:02,253 --> 00:37:03,948
Thank you, Mr. Blair.
656
00:37:10,728 --> 00:37:12,059
Thank you very much, Mr. Blair.
657
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,397
What a load of bollocks.
658
00:37:18,502 --> 00:37:19,833
Good evening.
659
00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:23,863
A day when shock waves
swept through Westminster and the city.
660
00:37:23,941 --> 00:37:25,101
Mr. Mellor, the heritage secretary,
661
00:37:25,176 --> 00:37:27,167
said it would be business as usual,
662
00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:28,678
despite the wave of publicity
663
00:37:28,746 --> 00:37:30,373
about his alleged affair with an actress.
664
00:37:30,448 --> 00:37:32,211
A backbench MP, David Ashby,
665
00:37:32,283 --> 00:37:35,013
has shared a hotel bed
with a male friend.
666
00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:38,578
Good evening. Tim Yeo resigned
as Environment Minister today
667
00:37:38,656 --> 00:37:41,591
after it became known he had
an illegitimate daughter.
668
00:37:41,659 --> 00:37:44,958
Lamont, sacked by Major,
refuses another Government job.
669
00:37:45,029 --> 00:37:46,519
Je ne regrette rien.
670
00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:50,192
The cabinet is entirely united
on the issue of Maastricht.
671
00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:52,828
Do you want to be citizens
of a European Union?
672
00:37:52,903 --> 00:37:54,336
Nol
673
00:37:54,405 --> 00:37:56,305
The Danes don't, either.
674
00:38:02,446 --> 00:38:04,004
Hundreds of officers combed Liverpool,
675
00:38:04,081 --> 00:38:05,173
but James...
676
00:38:05,249 --> 00:38:06,443
The murder of Jamie Bulger
677
00:38:06,517 --> 00:38:10,453
comes at a time
of growing disquiet...
678
00:38:10,521 --> 00:38:14,582
I think it's important to be tough on crime
679
00:38:14,659 --> 00:38:17,856
and tough on the causes of crime, too.
680
00:38:17,928 --> 00:38:22,490
Old people are afraid to live
within their own homes,
681
00:38:22,566 --> 00:38:25,034
never mind go out on the streets.
682
00:38:25,102 --> 00:38:31,132
Young people often intimidated
by other young people.
683
00:38:31,208 --> 00:38:35,770
These things are totally unacceptable.
684
00:38:35,846 --> 00:38:38,610
And people who commit
these types of offenses
685
00:38:38,683 --> 00:38:41,413
should be detected, caught...
686
00:38:41,485 --> 00:38:43,419
News bulletins of the past week...
687
00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:44,715
If necessary...
688
00:38:44,789 --> 00:38:46,814
...have been like hammer blows,
689
00:38:46,891 --> 00:38:52,523
struck against the sleeping
conscience of the country,
690
00:38:52,596 --> 00:38:54,826
urging us to wake up
691
00:38:54,899 --> 00:38:58,460
and look unflinchingly at what we see.
692
00:38:58,536 --> 00:39:00,504
This bill...
693
00:39:00,571 --> 00:39:04,473
is a foolish exercise
in mistaken ideology.
694
00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:06,407
No one in the present government
695
00:39:06,477 --> 00:39:09,503
has had the courage to dump it.
696
00:39:09,580 --> 00:39:13,744
It will do nothing to fight crime
or make our communities safe.
697
00:39:13,818 --> 00:39:16,651
It is without support
outside government
698
00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:18,712
and without reason inside it,
699
00:39:18,789 --> 00:39:20,882
and it should not be given
a second reading.
700
00:39:20,958 --> 00:39:21,947
Hear, hearl
701
00:39:27,865 --> 00:39:29,298
No, you don't understand.
702
00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:31,699
See, I can't do it, and I won't do it.
703
00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:33,634
I'm not asking you to
stop making reckless
704
00:39:33,704 --> 00:39:35,934
public-spending commitments
without my authorization.
705
00:39:36,006 --> 00:39:37,030
I am telling you!
706
00:39:39,610 --> 00:39:42,704
Did you see that?
Bloody unhinged.
707
00:39:42,780 --> 00:39:44,975
You need to sort him out.
708
00:39:46,817 --> 00:39:49,650
This is how you're going
to modernize the Labour Party.
709
00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:50,914
I'm not in the mood, John.
710
00:39:50,988 --> 00:39:52,615
He's an old man, for God's sake.
711
00:39:52,690 --> 00:39:54,555
I don't care. Because of people like him,
712
00:39:54,625 --> 00:39:56,684
we're still condemned as
a tax-and-spend party.
713
00:39:56,761 --> 00:39:59,229
You'd want to watch it.
You're losing a lot of friends.
714
00:39:59,296 --> 00:40:01,161
I'm winning my party a lot of votes.
715
00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:03,564
I'm doing this European thing
at the Park Lane Hotel.
716
00:40:03,634 --> 00:40:04,794
Do you fancy it?
717
00:40:04,869 --> 00:40:06,734
I can't. I'm so behind
with my constituents.
718
00:40:06,804 --> 00:40:08,101
Come on. You need a break.
719
00:40:08,172 --> 00:40:09,730
The food's bound to be all right.
720
00:40:09,807 --> 00:40:13,004
Besides, you and I
obviously need to catch up.
721
00:40:16,113 --> 00:40:20,345
Tonight, we are engaged
in a gala European dinner.
722
00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:21,783
And I welcome
the many representatives
723
00:40:21,852 --> 00:40:25,344
from France, Germany,
and Scandinavia,
724
00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:28,756
from the worlds of industry,
finance and banking.
725
00:40:28,826 --> 00:40:31,590
Probably more than we've ever had
at a Labour Party dinner.
726
00:40:31,662 --> 00:40:33,892
And it's right that this should be so.
727
00:40:33,964 --> 00:40:36,626
Because thanks to my good colleagues,
728
00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:39,931
the Labour Party is now the party
that best understands
729
00:40:40,004 --> 00:40:42,734
modern industry, modern society,
730
00:40:42,807 --> 00:40:46,573
modern finance,
and modern economics.
731
00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:49,470
Mr. Smith!
732
00:40:49,547 --> 00:40:50,946
John Maynard Keynes insisted
733
00:40:51,015 --> 00:40:53,142
he only knew two things
about economics.
734
00:40:53,217 --> 00:40:55,708
One of them was not
about economics at all.
735
00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:58,755
It was about a hippopotamus.
736
00:40:58,823 --> 00:41:00,916
What did he know about economics?
737
00:41:00,991 --> 00:41:03,221
Never concern yourself
with the long term.
738
00:41:03,294 --> 00:41:06,320
Because in the long term,
we're all dead.
739
00:41:08,365 --> 00:41:11,027
That was a joke.
740
00:41:11,101 --> 00:41:12,159
Well, good night.
741
00:41:12,236 --> 00:41:13,567
- Good night, Mr. Brown.
- Good night.
742
00:41:13,637 --> 00:41:14,626
Good night.
743
00:41:15,806 --> 00:41:17,831
Jokes are not your forte, are they?
744
00:41:17,908 --> 00:41:19,671
Not to bloody Belgians.
745
00:41:19,743 --> 00:41:22,234
What did you make of the food?
746
00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:24,304
Inedible. I hardly touched it.
747
00:41:24,381 --> 00:41:26,474
Me, neither. I'm famished.
748
00:41:26,550 --> 00:41:27,778
I tell you what.
749
00:41:27,852 --> 00:41:31,618
Terry, there's somewhere
I'd like you to stop.
750
00:41:31,689 --> 00:41:35,682
Right. I have two super dogs
with or without onions,
751
00:41:35,759 --> 00:41:38,125
or the chili burger.
752
00:41:38,195 --> 00:41:40,720
So how're we doing?
753
00:41:40,798 --> 00:41:42,390
We the party or you the leader?
754
00:41:42,466 --> 00:41:44,457
All right, me the leader.
755
00:41:44,535 --> 00:41:46,400
How candid do you want me to be?
756
00:41:46,470 --> 00:41:49,496
Both barrels, if they're loaded.
757
00:41:49,573 --> 00:41:51,939
Lousy. You're letting
them off the hook.
758
00:41:52,009 --> 00:41:52,941
They are loaded.
759
00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:54,375
You're too defensive.
760
00:41:54,445 --> 00:41:55,742
You're relying on their internal divisions
761
00:41:55,813 --> 00:41:57,940
when you should be going in for the kill.
762
00:41:58,015 --> 00:41:59,209
All in good time.
763
00:41:59,283 --> 00:42:00,341
People are nervous.
764
00:42:00,417 --> 00:42:01,475
We're gonna win anyway.
765
00:42:01,552 --> 00:42:03,486
We said that in 1992.
766
00:42:03,554 --> 00:42:05,146
This time it's different.
767
00:42:05,222 --> 00:42:07,520
Not different enough.
768
00:42:07,591 --> 00:42:09,149
For a charming, intelligent man,
769
00:42:09,226 --> 00:42:13,788
you've developed an uncanny knack
of upsetting people.
770
00:42:13,864 --> 00:42:17,459
I can't stand seeing it slip away.
We need to modernize.
771
00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:20,095
I was asked who my natural successor
was the other day.
772
00:42:20,170 --> 00:42:22,035
Until recently, I would have said you.
773
00:42:25,276 --> 00:42:26,368
Who else is there?
774
00:42:26,443 --> 00:42:28,172
Tony.
775
00:42:28,245 --> 00:42:30,338
Tony?
776
00:42:30,414 --> 00:42:33,144
Come on. You can't
seriously endorse that man
777
00:42:33,217 --> 00:42:34,343
as leader of this party.
778
00:42:34,418 --> 00:42:35,715
Why not?
779
00:42:35,786 --> 00:42:37,720
The party would never accept him.
780
00:42:37,788 --> 00:42:39,722
Don't be too sure.
781
00:42:39,790 --> 00:42:41,485
He's a blow-in,
782
00:42:41,559 --> 00:42:43,527
someone who comes to an area
he doesn't belong in
783
00:42:43,594 --> 00:42:44,686
and makes it his home.
784
00:42:44,762 --> 00:42:46,252
Tony's a blow-in to this movement.
785
00:42:46,330 --> 00:42:49,197
Always has been.
786
00:42:49,266 --> 00:42:52,064
When Labour was last in power
and you were a junior minister,
787
00:42:52,136 --> 00:42:54,229
I was chair of the Devolution
Committee of Scotland.
788
00:42:54,305 --> 00:42:57,069
Ask yourself, was he even
a member of the party?
789
00:42:57,141 --> 00:42:58,472
That might be to his advantage.
790
00:42:58,542 --> 00:43:01,067
Not being liked
by your own party?
791
00:43:01,145 --> 00:43:02,169
No.
792
00:43:04,014 --> 00:43:10,510
Besides, there's always been an
understanding between us that I'm the one.
793
00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:13,887
Well, you'd better make
sure it's still valid.
794
00:43:13,958 --> 00:43:16,620
His popularity is growing.
795
00:43:16,694 --> 00:43:18,218
He's smart.
796
00:43:18,295 --> 00:43:20,729
People like him.
797
00:43:20,798 --> 00:43:23,323
He finished ahead of you
in the shadow cabinet election.
798
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:27,063
Once. And only because I was doing
the hard work keeping everybody alive.
799
00:43:27,137 --> 00:43:28,764
And losing friends in the process.
800
00:43:28,839 --> 00:43:31,137
In the party, but making
them in the city.
801
00:43:32,376 --> 00:43:34,367
"It's the economy, stupid. "
802
00:43:34,445 --> 00:43:36,310
You'll thank me when you're in Number 10.
803
00:43:36,380 --> 00:43:37,813
Come on, it's late.
804
00:43:37,881 --> 00:43:40,873
No, John, that's it?
He'd get your vote now?
805
00:43:40,951 --> 00:43:44,148
He certainly impressed
during this whole Bulger thing.
806
00:43:44,221 --> 00:43:46,314
Tough on crime,
tough on the causes of crime.
807
00:43:46,390 --> 00:43:48,255
You've got to admit, it's bloody neat.
808
00:43:48,325 --> 00:43:49,917
I consider it one of my finest.
809
00:43:49,994 --> 00:43:51,222
It's yours?
810
00:43:51,295 --> 00:43:53,593
Came up with it on the plane
coming back from Washington.
811
00:43:53,664 --> 00:43:57,566
Don't tell me privately, John, you're not
concerned about what he's saying?
812
00:43:57,635 --> 00:43:59,626
It's caught a mood with the people.
813
00:43:59,703 --> 00:44:01,170
The right-wing people.
814
00:44:01,238 --> 00:44:05,368
It's a while since one of our lot
caught a mood with anyone.
815
00:44:05,442 --> 00:44:08,809
I wonder which one of us
is Terry gonna drop off first?
816
00:44:19,857 --> 00:44:24,521
Sheena, listen, could you get that for me?
817
00:44:24,595 --> 00:44:25,892
Yeah, hang on.
818
00:44:30,701 --> 00:44:33,363
Hello, Gordon's phone.
819
00:44:33,437 --> 00:44:36,964
Yeah. Yeah, sure. I'll put him on.
820
00:44:37,041 --> 00:44:40,943
Murray Elder.
821
00:44:41,011 --> 00:44:43,138
Murray, it's a bit early for you, eh?
822
00:44:47,184 --> 00:44:48,515
What?
823
00:44:53,991 --> 00:44:55,583
Oh, no.
824
00:44:58,962 --> 00:45:00,452
No, of course.
825
00:45:02,966 --> 00:45:05,730
Well, I'll... We'll talk later.
826
00:45:05,803 --> 00:45:07,202
What's up?
827
00:45:10,507 --> 00:45:11,667
Gordon, what's happened?
828
00:45:17,648 --> 00:45:18,910
Hi.
829
00:45:18,982 --> 00:45:21,075
Where are you?
830
00:45:21,151 --> 00:45:22,482
I'm in Aberdeen.
831
00:45:22,553 --> 00:45:25,647
I've got some bad news, I'm afraid.
832
00:45:25,723 --> 00:45:28,419
Very bad. About John.
833
00:45:33,797 --> 00:45:35,355
Oh, no.
834
00:45:35,432 --> 00:45:39,391
Can't announce his death yet.
835
00:45:39,470 --> 00:45:43,201
Not until they've located
all his daughters.
836
00:45:43,273 --> 00:45:44,570
Poor Elizabeth.
837
00:45:48,579 --> 00:45:50,479
Hello, Gordon's phone.
838
00:45:52,182 --> 00:45:55,709
My phones are going mad.
What are you going to do?
839
00:45:55,786 --> 00:46:01,486
I'll, er, do my business here
and get back as soon as I can.
840
00:46:01,558 --> 00:46:03,025
Let's keep in touch throughout the day.
841
00:46:03,093 --> 00:46:04,253
Sure.
842
00:46:04,328 --> 00:46:06,262
Hello? Speaking.
843
00:46:08,665 --> 00:46:10,428
I think he's just been told.
844
00:46:14,438 --> 00:46:16,065
I'll let him know.
845
00:46:16,140 --> 00:46:19,166
Yes.
846
00:46:19,243 --> 00:46:20,676
Thank you.
847
00:46:20,744 --> 00:46:22,211
Bye.
848
00:46:24,748 --> 00:46:27,046
BBC Scotland.
849
00:46:27,117 --> 00:46:28,982
They want to know if you'll make a statement.
850
00:46:34,458 --> 00:46:37,018
Do me a favor.
Give the office a call.
851
00:46:37,094 --> 00:46:39,062
Tell Angie I need to be
on the first plane back.
852
00:46:45,202 --> 00:46:46,362
Good morning.
853
00:46:46,436 --> 00:46:48,233
And a very warm welcome to you.
854
00:46:48,305 --> 00:46:49,602
It's just
after half past 10
855
00:46:49,673 --> 00:46:50,731
on Thursday 12th of May.
856
00:46:50,808 --> 00:46:51,934
I don't know about you,
857
00:46:52,009 --> 00:46:53,738
but we're all very sad to hear
858
00:46:53,811 --> 00:46:56,143
that Labour leader John Smith is unwell.
859
00:46:56,213 --> 00:46:57,771
He has been rushed to hospital,
860
00:46:57,848 --> 00:47:00,544
as you probably heard
on our 10:00 news,
861
00:47:00,617 --> 00:47:03,279
with chest pains and a
suspected heart attack.
862
00:47:04,521 --> 00:47:07,183
An official statement
will be made when it's made.
863
00:47:07,257 --> 00:47:08,724
Yeah.
864
00:47:08,792 --> 00:47:12,250
I will. I've got it.
865
00:47:19,469 --> 00:47:21,164
I'm... I'm so sorry.
866
00:47:24,474 --> 00:47:26,066
They're still saying
it's a heart attack.
867
00:47:26,143 --> 00:47:27,110
There's no official statement.
868
00:47:27,177 --> 00:47:29,145
Right.
869
00:47:29,213 --> 00:47:31,443
Hello. I know, it's terrible.
870
00:47:31,515 --> 00:47:33,278
Look, I think this is
going to move very quickly.
871
00:47:33,350 --> 00:47:34,681
What's our line to be?
872
00:47:36,386 --> 00:47:37,683
With regard to the leadership?
873
00:47:37,754 --> 00:47:38,982
- Yes.
- Nothing.
874
00:47:39,056 --> 00:47:43,550
Our line, Peter, is strictly grief,
obits, and tributes till after the funeral.
875
00:47:45,195 --> 00:47:46,253
All right.
876
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:52,065
Think I can help with that.
877
00:47:52,135 --> 00:47:56,037
The irony is that this is the exactly
the type of situation
878
00:47:56,106 --> 00:47:57,130
that John would have relished.
879
00:47:57,207 --> 00:47:58,640
Yeah.
880
00:47:58,709 --> 00:48:01,576
He used to joke about any
up and coming by-elections:
881
00:48:01,645 --> 00:48:03,442
Where there's death, there's hope.
882
00:48:03,513 --> 00:48:05,003
Gordon?
It's the Independent.
883
00:48:05,082 --> 00:48:07,812
They want to know if you can you do
a piece for tomorrow's paper?
884
00:48:07,885 --> 00:48:09,079
Yes, yes.
885
00:48:09,152 --> 00:48:10,119
And the Mirror?
886
00:48:11,021 --> 00:48:12,784
Peter Mandelson.
887
00:48:12,856 --> 00:48:14,756
It's me... Tony.
888
00:48:14,825 --> 00:48:16,224
Yes.
889
00:48:16,293 --> 00:48:20,491
I'm in Aberdeen now, but I wonder,
can we meet at the House later?
890
00:48:20,564 --> 00:48:22,054
Yes, of course.
891
00:48:22,132 --> 00:48:25,966
My office will call you later
to set up a meeting place.
892
00:48:26,036 --> 00:48:27,003
About 6:00?
893
00:48:27,070 --> 00:48:28,059
6:00 is fine.
894
00:48:28,138 --> 00:48:30,197
Peter.
895
00:48:30,274 --> 00:48:32,299
Gordon.
896
00:48:34,111 --> 00:48:37,603
I really need to get on with this,
so let's talk later.
897
00:48:37,681 --> 00:48:42,744
Right. Well, let's
keep in constant touch.
898
00:48:49,192 --> 00:48:52,025
Bloody hell!
899
00:48:52,095 --> 00:48:54,256
A thousand hacks are calling me.
900
00:48:54,331 --> 00:48:55,730
They all want to know
when you'll announce
901
00:48:55,799 --> 00:48:57,027
a standing for the leadership.
902
00:48:57,100 --> 00:48:59,625
After we've buried him, Charlie.
903
00:48:59,703 --> 00:49:00,795
Right.
904
00:49:04,908 --> 00:49:07,069
That man smells of vanilla.
905
00:49:07,144 --> 00:49:11,376
Despite full medical
attention to Mr. Smith,
906
00:49:11,448 --> 00:49:14,747
he was pronounced dead at 9:15.
907
00:49:14,818 --> 00:49:18,777
It's just... heart-rending news.
908
00:49:22,559 --> 00:49:25,926
He had this...
extraordinary combination
909
00:49:25,996 --> 00:49:30,330
of strength, authority,
910
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:32,368
humor, humanity.
911
00:49:33,770 --> 00:49:38,139
For all of us who knew him
personally, closely,
912
00:49:38,208 --> 00:49:42,838
we will mourn him... greatly.
913
00:49:42,913 --> 00:49:46,849
I think the whole country
will feel the shock.
914
00:49:46,917 --> 00:49:50,717
Our thoughts and prayers are with Elizabeth
and the family.
915
00:49:50,787 --> 00:49:52,152
There are few people
916
00:49:52,222 --> 00:49:55,282
the announcement of whose death
917
00:49:55,359 --> 00:50:00,262
would bring tears to the eyes
of everyone who knew them.
918
00:50:00,330 --> 00:50:03,094
John Smith was such a man.
919
00:50:06,470 --> 00:50:08,062
Have I got time to go home?
920
00:50:08,138 --> 00:50:09,935
I feel should change
into something darker.
921
00:50:10,007 --> 00:50:12,271
It'll be tight.
You're meeting Peter at 6.
922
00:50:12,342 --> 00:50:14,401
I'll go with Cherie.
I'll see you there.
923
00:50:14,478 --> 00:50:16,173
- Okay?
- Okay.
924
00:50:21,752 --> 00:50:26,587
I know how awful it is to be thinking
about this so soon.
925
00:50:26,656 --> 00:50:29,318
The answer's yes.
926
00:50:29,393 --> 00:50:31,623
Really?
927
00:50:31,695 --> 00:50:35,222
I've never been more sure
of anything in my life.
928
00:50:37,768 --> 00:50:40,100
What about Gordon?
929
00:50:40,170 --> 00:50:42,570
He had his chance, and he bottled.
930
00:50:44,141 --> 00:50:46,701
Your time may never come again.
931
00:50:46,777 --> 00:50:50,440
You know what it'll mean
for you, for the kids?
932
00:50:50,514 --> 00:50:53,677
The worst thing that
could happen to our family
933
00:50:53,750 --> 00:50:55,911
would be sharing
a house with a man
934
00:50:55,986 --> 00:51:00,514
who couldn't forgive himself
for not running.
935
00:51:12,135 --> 00:51:14,035
Okay.
936
00:51:14,104 --> 00:51:18,006
Above all, John
was uniquely equipped,
937
00:51:18,075 --> 00:51:21,442
by his nature, his experience
and commitment,
938
00:51:21,511 --> 00:51:23,308
to bind this nation together.
939
00:51:23,380 --> 00:51:25,280
Do you have that?
940
00:51:25,348 --> 00:51:28,249
Our thoughts and prayers at this time
are with his family,
941
00:51:28,318 --> 00:51:30,343
and he will be terribly missed.
942
00:51:30,420 --> 00:51:31,444
Okay.
943
00:51:32,889 --> 00:51:34,015
Thank you.
944
00:51:40,464 --> 00:51:41,988
Gordon's phone.
945
00:51:46,069 --> 00:51:47,661
Unbelievable.
946
00:51:47,737 --> 00:51:49,329
Man's not even cold in the ground,
947
00:51:49,406 --> 00:51:51,499
and you want to know
who's taking his place.
948
00:51:51,575 --> 00:51:53,338
Everything I'm hearing
suggests that it's Tony.
949
00:51:53,410 --> 00:51:55,674
Hello, Charlie.
950
00:51:55,745 --> 00:51:57,007
Been talking to Mo Mowlam?
951
00:51:57,080 --> 00:51:59,640
Why don't you canvas
some real Labour support?
952
00:51:59,716 --> 00:52:02,310
Get a bit closer to the truth.
953
00:52:02,385 --> 00:52:05,684
Gordon Brown will announce his intentions
after the funeral.
954
00:52:05,755 --> 00:52:08,087
If you want to know
what to do until then...
955
00:52:09,192 --> 00:52:10,318
You could buy some flowers
956
00:52:10,393 --> 00:52:11,724
and send them to John Smith's widow.
957
00:52:11,795 --> 00:52:12,921
Hello. Charlie Whelan.
958
00:52:16,399 --> 00:52:17,764
Thanks for coming.
959
00:52:17,834 --> 00:52:19,768
Of course.
960
00:52:19,836 --> 00:52:23,203
You've probably worked out
why I've asked to see you.
961
00:52:23,273 --> 00:52:25,332
Think I have an idea.
962
00:52:27,978 --> 00:52:29,946
I just...
963
00:52:33,383 --> 00:52:35,248
I just don't want to be ruled out.
964
00:52:35,318 --> 00:52:36,979
Right.
965
00:52:39,956 --> 00:52:41,981
Several key members
of the Shadow Cabinet
966
00:52:42,058 --> 00:52:46,825
have already called
to offer me their support.
967
00:52:50,967 --> 00:52:52,798
Have you seen today's Evening Standard?
968
00:52:52,869 --> 00:52:54,097
Not yet, no.
969
00:52:54,171 --> 00:52:57,299
I'm told they're running a piece for me.
970
00:52:57,374 --> 00:52:59,001
Right.
971
00:53:00,577 --> 00:53:05,571
You know Gordon still
assumes it will be him?
972
00:53:05,649 --> 00:53:09,449
Well, maybe those... assumptions
973
00:53:09,519 --> 00:53:12,511
have been going on too long.
974
00:53:12,589 --> 00:53:14,420
You have to ask yourself
975
00:53:14,491 --> 00:53:18,894
is he still our strongest candidate?
976
00:53:21,731 --> 00:53:25,792
I mean, you know,
Black Wednesday did him no favors.
977
00:53:25,869 --> 00:53:28,895
He let the Tories off the hook.
978
00:53:28,972 --> 00:53:32,135
Plus, he can be moody,
979
00:53:32,209 --> 00:53:34,040
difficult.
980
00:53:34,110 --> 00:53:35,634
He's just...
981
00:53:38,415 --> 00:53:39,905
Gordon.
982
00:54:01,705 --> 00:54:03,639
It's a fucking disgrace.
983
00:54:03,707 --> 00:54:05,698
The leader of the Opposition,
984
00:54:05,775 --> 00:54:07,333
one of the most distinguised
985
00:54:07,410 --> 00:54:11,437
and best-loved figures
in British postwar politics, dies,
986
00:54:11,514 --> 00:54:13,072
and who's everybody's talking about?
987
00:54:13,149 --> 00:54:15,379
Some posh totty in a
dress with safety pins.
988
00:54:17,754 --> 00:54:20,484
Hello. Oh, yes, Michael.
989
00:54:20,557 --> 00:54:22,525
No, somebody gave me that list.
990
00:54:22,592 --> 00:54:25,254
I'm sorry I've not got back to you.
991
00:54:25,328 --> 00:54:27,592
For God's sake, man,
are you still at it?
992
00:54:29,132 --> 00:54:32,260
Give yourself a break.
Take those off the hook.
993
00:54:32,335 --> 00:54:34,132
Go on, tell him, Sheena.
994
00:54:34,204 --> 00:54:36,069
No, there's no comment on that.
995
00:54:38,308 --> 00:54:39,900
Do you remember
when John came back
996
00:54:39,976 --> 00:54:42,410
after the first heart attack?
997
00:54:42,479 --> 00:54:44,674
When was it?
998
00:54:44,748 --> 00:54:47,080
'88.
999
00:54:47,150 --> 00:54:49,118
I remember him sitting in the bar,
1000
00:54:49,185 --> 00:54:52,621
2 stones lighter,
sipping mineral water.
1001
00:54:52,689 --> 00:54:55,021
"I've taken the advice of my doctor,
1002
00:54:55,091 --> 00:54:57,184
"And from now on,
the following things are out...
1003
00:54:57,260 --> 00:54:59,353
"rich food, alcohol,
1004
00:54:59,429 --> 00:55:02,398
"overwork,
over-excitement, and sex.
1005
00:55:02,465 --> 00:55:04,160
"I've therefore made an application
1006
00:55:04,234 --> 00:55:06,464
to join the Liberals
with immediate effect!"
1007
00:55:11,007 --> 00:55:11,996
To John.
1008
00:55:12,075 --> 00:55:13,906
To John.
1009
00:55:13,977 --> 00:55:16,343
I'll draft something up
and fax it over today.
1010
00:55:26,923 --> 00:55:28,117
Five minutes, Mr. Mandelson.
1011
00:55:28,191 --> 00:55:29,453
Yes.
1012
00:56:06,463 --> 00:56:08,556
Peter, everyone knows
1013
00:56:08,631 --> 00:56:12,624
that you're very close to both
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
1014
00:56:12,702 --> 00:56:15,330
Will they run
against each other?
1015
00:56:15,405 --> 00:56:18,966
No, I don't believe they will run
against each other.
1016
00:56:19,042 --> 00:56:21,408
I think, moreover,
1017
00:56:21,478 --> 00:56:25,574
that they haven't come
to any conclusions
1018
00:56:25,648 --> 00:56:29,550
because they, like every other member
of the Labour Party,
1019
00:56:29,619 --> 00:56:33,851
has no appetite
to talk of successions
1020
00:56:33,923 --> 00:56:36,653
or challenges or whatever.
1021
00:56:36,726 --> 00:56:40,321
Why shouldn't they both run
and let the best man win?
1022
00:56:40,397 --> 00:56:43,059
They may or may not.
That's up to them, isn't it?
1023
00:56:43,133 --> 00:56:46,125
Sure, but you think
one of them will step aside,
1024
00:56:46,202 --> 00:56:47,760
as you said earlier.
1025
00:56:47,837 --> 00:56:50,169
I read the reports
1026
00:56:50,240 --> 00:56:53,732
and have the same
understanding as everyone else
1027
00:56:53,810 --> 00:56:57,473
that they agree on so much
1028
00:56:57,547 --> 00:57:01,540
that they would want to
consider who is best fitted
1029
00:57:01,618 --> 00:57:03,813
to lead the Labour Party.
1030
00:57:03,887 --> 00:57:09,382
I mean, who would maximize
support for the party in the country...
1031
00:57:09,459 --> 00:57:12,053
who'll play best at the box office...
1032
00:57:12,128 --> 00:57:13,789
who is not...
1033
00:57:13,863 --> 00:57:15,626
who will not simply appeal
1034
00:57:15,698 --> 00:57:17,825
to the traditional supporters
1035
00:57:17,901 --> 00:57:19,562
and customers of the Labour Party,
1036
00:57:19,636 --> 00:57:20,762
but who will bring in
1037
00:57:20,837 --> 00:57:23,101
those additional voters that we need
1038
00:57:23,173 --> 00:57:25,437
in order to to win convincingly
at the next election.
1039
00:57:25,508 --> 00:57:28,443
That is what each contender
has to ask themselves
1040
00:57:28,511 --> 00:57:31,844
before they put themselves forward.
1041
00:57:31,915 --> 00:57:33,883
You fucker.
1042
00:57:43,293 --> 00:57:44,590
Well, is it true?
1043
00:57:46,162 --> 00:57:47,789
We'll finish this later. What?
1044
00:57:50,667 --> 00:57:52,931
Is it true what every paper
now appears to be saying,
1045
00:57:53,002 --> 00:57:54,230
that you are going to stand?
1046
00:57:54,304 --> 00:57:56,295
What is true is that
in the last 24 hours,
1047
00:57:56,372 --> 00:57:58,340
a number of people
have come up and told me
1048
00:57:58,408 --> 00:57:59,432
they'd like me to stand.
1049
00:57:59,509 --> 00:58:00,567
Including Mandelson?
1050
00:58:00,643 --> 00:58:01,575
Uh, no.
1051
00:58:01,644 --> 00:58:02,770
Well, what is your position?
1052
00:58:02,846 --> 00:58:03,778
I'm still thinking.
1053
00:58:03,847 --> 00:58:04,939
While you were thinking,
1054
00:58:05,014 --> 00:58:06,606
did it occur to you that
we have an understanding?
1055
00:58:06,683 --> 00:58:07,775
What understanding?
1056
00:58:07,851 --> 00:58:10,319
That if it ever came
to this, it would be me!
1057
00:58:10,386 --> 00:58:11,478
What?
1058
00:58:11,554 --> 00:58:13,749
Don't deny it. We had
an actual conversation!
1059
00:58:13,823 --> 00:58:15,154
But not an actual agreement.
1060
00:58:15,225 --> 00:58:16,556
Nothing written down, no.
1061
00:58:16,626 --> 00:58:19,060
But you were quite clear
there was only one of us
1062
00:58:19,128 --> 00:58:20,686
with "Labour Leader"
written all over him.
1063
00:58:20,763 --> 00:58:22,355
Gordon, that was six years ago!
1064
00:58:22,432 --> 00:58:23,763
So?
1065
00:58:23,833 --> 00:58:26,131
Maybe events have overtaken us.
1066
00:58:26,202 --> 00:58:28,500
Really? Which events
did you have in mind?
1067
00:58:28,571 --> 00:58:29,697
There is a growing number
1068
00:58:29,772 --> 00:58:31,763
that think I would be a better candidate,
1069
00:58:31,841 --> 00:58:33,138
that I appeal to new areas.
1070
00:58:33,209 --> 00:58:35,006
You'd get the South,
I grant you that,
1071
00:58:35,078 --> 00:58:36,136
but you'd never win Scotland.
1072
00:58:36,212 --> 00:58:37,702
Scotland is an irrelevance.
1073
00:58:37,780 --> 00:58:40,010
The point is attracting new voters.
1074
00:58:40,083 --> 00:58:41,243
You'll never get Wales
or the North.
1075
00:58:41,317 --> 00:58:42,909
Attracting new Labour
voters in the South,
1076
00:58:42,986 --> 00:58:45,420
the Home Counties,
and the Southwest,
1077
00:58:45,488 --> 00:58:49,515
and I think I'm in a better position
to do that than you.
1078
00:58:50,727 --> 00:58:52,490
And so it's true.
1079
00:58:54,197 --> 00:58:56,062
You are going to stand against me.
1080
00:58:57,467 --> 00:59:01,927
If I'm persuaded it is
better for the party,
1081
00:59:02,005 --> 00:59:03,302
I might.
1082
00:59:03,373 --> 00:59:05,432
Do you think you really
know that, Tony?
1083
00:59:05,508 --> 00:59:09,410
What's best for the Labour Party?
1084
00:59:09,479 --> 00:59:12,209
Being in power might be a start!
1085
00:59:26,029 --> 00:59:31,262
Dear Gordon, I have thought
a lot about your fears
1086
00:59:31,334 --> 00:59:35,202
that you are being
written out by the press.
1087
00:59:35,271 --> 00:59:39,002
I don't believe your fears are justified.
1088
00:59:42,178 --> 00:59:45,636
Nobody is saying that
you're not capable or...
1089
00:59:47,984 --> 00:59:51,317
appropriate as leader,
1090
00:59:51,387 --> 00:59:54,117
merely that the timing is bad for you.
1091
00:59:54,190 --> 00:59:56,420
Definite yeses are Donald Dewar,
1092
00:59:56,492 --> 00:59:58,858
Ron Davies, Tom Clarke...
1093
00:59:58,928 --> 01:00:01,897
The card the media
are playing for Tony
1094
01:00:01,965 --> 01:00:04,957
is his Southern appeal.
1095
01:00:05,034 --> 01:00:06,592
Everyone agrees
1096
01:00:06,669 --> 01:00:09,797
there is no one to rival your political...
1097
01:00:12,475 --> 01:00:14,443
capacity,
1098
01:00:14,510 --> 01:00:16,273
but because you would
be appearing
1099
01:00:16,346 --> 01:00:18,871
to come in as the second runner,
1100
01:00:18,948 --> 01:00:21,917
you would be blamed
for creating the split.
1101
01:00:21,985 --> 01:00:23,350
So definite maybes
1102
01:00:23,419 --> 01:00:25,114
are Jack Cunningham,
Michael Meacher.
1103
01:00:25,188 --> 01:00:26,348
What about Chris Mullin?
1104
01:00:26,422 --> 01:00:27,889
With Tony.
1105
01:00:27,957 --> 01:00:29,083
You would need to mount
1106
01:00:29,158 --> 01:00:31,888
a massive and sustained campaign,
1107
01:00:31,961 --> 01:00:35,362
which could damage
both you and Tony
1108
01:00:35,431 --> 01:00:38,195
and be a gift to our enemies,
1109
01:00:38,267 --> 01:00:41,759
and even then,
I could not guarantee success.
1110
01:00:41,838 --> 01:00:44,033
What about Kinnock?
1111
01:00:44,107 --> 01:00:45,665
With Tony.
1112
01:00:45,742 --> 01:00:46,766
Hattersley?
1113
01:00:46,843 --> 01:00:48,401
With Tony.
1114
01:00:48,478 --> 01:00:49,775
Harriet Harman?
1115
01:00:49,846 --> 01:00:51,370
With Tony.
1116
01:00:51,447 --> 01:00:56,475
Tony's got a third of the entire
Parliamentary party in the bag.
1117
01:00:56,552 --> 01:01:00,613
Well, you need more
than a third to win.
1118
01:01:00,690 --> 01:01:05,286
The Labour Party, if it's got any sense,
will elect the person
1119
01:01:05,361 --> 01:01:10,094
that they feel is most likely
to carry on the work
1120
01:01:10,166 --> 01:01:11,531
of Neil Kinnock and John Smith.
1121
01:01:11,601 --> 01:01:13,091
And who is that, do you think?
1122
01:01:13,169 --> 01:01:15,729
My own view is that
it will probably be Tony Blair.
1123
01:01:27,617 --> 01:01:29,778
Gordon? Gordon?
1124
01:01:29,852 --> 01:01:30,819
Yes?
1125
01:01:30,887 --> 01:01:33,981
It's Peter Mandelson to see you.
1126
01:01:34,057 --> 01:01:35,183
Show him in.
1127
01:01:43,199 --> 01:01:45,724
I won't do it. I won't stand aside.
1128
01:01:48,438 --> 01:01:49,632
Fine.
1129
01:01:52,475 --> 01:01:54,602
And I'll win, too.
1130
01:01:54,677 --> 01:01:55,905
Um...
1131
01:01:58,347 --> 01:01:59,939
That will be difficult.
1132
01:02:02,385 --> 01:02:04,580
You have a problem...
1133
01:02:04,654 --> 01:02:08,112
in no longer appearing
to be the front runner.
1134
01:02:10,793 --> 01:02:13,762
Certainly you are
seen as the biggest intellectual force
1135
01:02:13,830 --> 01:02:17,288
and strategic thinker the party has.
1136
01:02:17,366 --> 01:02:18,560
And no one is saying
1137
01:02:18,634 --> 01:02:21,125
that you would not be
capable as leader.
1138
01:02:23,606 --> 01:02:28,202
Merely that the...
timing is bad for you.
1139
01:02:30,346 --> 01:02:34,407
And that lately, there have been...
1140
01:02:34,484 --> 01:02:36,281
presentational difficulties.
1141
01:02:36,352 --> 01:02:40,652
Oh, really? What's that, hmm?
1142
01:02:40,723 --> 01:02:42,315
PR for "Scottish"?
1143
01:02:42,391 --> 01:02:46,327
It means you alienate people, Gordon.
1144
01:02:46,395 --> 01:02:48,124
You can be moody.
1145
01:02:48,197 --> 01:02:49,755
Others call that passion.
1146
01:02:49,832 --> 01:02:51,060
And intense.
1147
01:02:51,134 --> 01:02:53,568
I have high standards.
1148
01:02:53,636 --> 01:02:55,069
And intolerant.
1149
01:02:55,138 --> 01:02:56,696
I don't countenance fools.
1150
01:02:56,773 --> 01:02:59,833
All of which is admirable,
1151
01:02:59,909 --> 01:03:05,745
but politics is not always
about higher matters.
1152
01:03:05,815 --> 01:03:09,376
Sometimes it is about the ugly business
of making friends.
1153
01:03:10,787 --> 01:03:12,778
Keeping friends...
1154
01:03:15,191 --> 01:03:17,386
Being liked.
1155
01:06:05,895 --> 01:06:06,953
Let's see.
1156
01:06:08,531 --> 01:06:12,467
This one seems to think
Gordon's going to stand.
1157
01:06:12,535 --> 01:06:15,800
They've quoted a senior Labour MP
as saying to stop Gordon,
1158
01:06:15,871 --> 01:06:18,999
you need to put him in a straitjacket
with 20 MPs on top.
1159
01:06:19,075 --> 01:06:21,669
Senior Labour MP. It's Charlie Whelan.
1160
01:06:21,744 --> 01:06:25,475
Also, I managed to get a copy
of the speech he made at Swansea.
1161
01:06:27,450 --> 01:06:30,977
The flame still burns.
The work continues.
1162
01:06:31,053 --> 01:06:33,988
The passion for justice endures,
1163
01:06:34,056 --> 01:06:37,321
and the vision will never fade.
1164
01:06:37,393 --> 01:06:39,054
- The vision...
- What does that mean?
1165
01:06:39,128 --> 01:06:41,460
To me it sounds like he's going to run.
1166
01:06:41,530 --> 01:06:44,055
Rubbish.
1167
01:06:44,133 --> 01:06:47,102
Look, it means nothing.
1168
01:06:47,169 --> 01:06:48,761
...humming with opportunities,
1169
01:06:48,838 --> 01:06:51,534
alive with new possibilities...
1170
01:06:51,607 --> 01:06:52,972
He doesn't know what he thinks.
1171
01:06:53,042 --> 01:06:54,942
...vibrant with a new
dynamism and energy.
1172
01:06:59,949 --> 01:07:04,716
So... hands on hearts, both of you.
1173
01:07:04,787 --> 01:07:08,086
Do you think I should stand aside?
1174
01:07:08,157 --> 01:07:09,522
No, never.
1175
01:07:09,592 --> 01:07:12,026
If you stand, I can guarantee
1176
01:07:12,094 --> 01:07:15,393
the TandG will back you
over Margaret Beckett.
1177
01:07:15,464 --> 01:07:17,989
Which means GandB would follow suit.
1178
01:07:18,067 --> 01:07:20,729
That's a big power base.
1179
01:07:20,803 --> 01:07:24,534
You've got Scotland,
you've got Wales.
1180
01:07:24,607 --> 01:07:26,336
In a fight you can outdebate him,
1181
01:07:26,409 --> 01:07:27,467
you can outthink him,
1182
01:07:27,543 --> 01:07:29,477
you can outperform him,
and he knows it.
1183
01:07:29,545 --> 01:07:30,739
But it would be bloody.
1184
01:07:32,615 --> 01:07:34,810
Ugly.
1185
01:07:34,884 --> 01:07:36,249
And have we come this far
1186
01:07:36,318 --> 01:07:39,378
that we want to go
crawling to the TandG?
1187
01:07:39,455 --> 01:07:41,446
Well, have we come this far
1188
01:07:41,524 --> 01:07:43,958
to see the Labour Party
led by a Tory?
1189
01:08:18,394 --> 01:08:19,691
Okay.
1190
01:08:37,613 --> 01:08:40,013
Shh.
1191
01:08:59,335 --> 01:09:00,302
Hello.
1192
01:09:00,369 --> 01:09:03,930
Gordon? It's me.
1193
01:09:06,609 --> 01:09:10,409
I've called because
I think we should meet.
1194
01:09:13,782 --> 01:09:15,374
I want to know your decision.
1195
01:09:15,451 --> 01:09:17,612
Where did you have in mind?
1196
01:09:17,686 --> 01:09:18,948
Granita?
1197
01:09:19,021 --> 01:09:21,785
Well, that's Islington.
1198
01:09:23,759 --> 01:09:26,091
Or we could go somewhere else.
1199
01:09:26,162 --> 01:09:28,756
Let's make it early.
I need to get away.
1200
01:09:28,831 --> 01:09:30,662
8:00?
1201
01:09:30,733 --> 01:09:33,725
Um... whatever.
1202
01:09:33,802 --> 01:09:35,463
I'll see you there.
1203
01:09:43,479 --> 01:09:45,913
You're going to have
to offer him something.
1204
01:09:49,485 --> 01:09:51,180
Even if it's just hope.
1205
01:10:08,704 --> 01:10:09,762
Come on.
1206
01:10:12,374 --> 01:10:14,137
We should really get going.
1207
01:10:24,753 --> 01:10:26,846
So what's this Granita anyway?
1208
01:10:26,922 --> 01:10:30,551
It's a restaurant.
Tony's favorite.
1209
01:10:30,626 --> 01:10:33,026
The clue's in the address.
1210
01:10:33,095 --> 01:10:34,221
It's on Upper Street.
1211
01:10:34,296 --> 01:10:35,285
Taxi!
1212
01:10:37,333 --> 01:10:39,096
Thanks.
1213
01:11:06,061 --> 01:11:08,757
Thanks for coming, Gordon.
1214
01:11:08,831 --> 01:11:09,923
Ed.
1215
01:11:09,999 --> 01:11:11,398
Are you sure you won't eat?
1216
01:11:11,467 --> 01:11:12,559
Positive.
1217
01:11:12,635 --> 01:11:16,093
Okay, then...
let's get down to it.
1218
01:11:17,973 --> 01:11:19,964
I'll go for a walk around the block.
1219
01:11:31,353 --> 01:11:33,583
Ready to order?
1220
01:11:33,656 --> 01:11:34,680
I'll have the rabbit.
1221
01:11:34,757 --> 01:11:37,555
Tuscan rabbit and a bit of Polenta.
1222
01:11:37,626 --> 01:11:39,389
And another glass of white.
1223
01:11:39,461 --> 01:11:41,895
I'll just have a glass
of water, thank you.
1224
01:11:46,235 --> 01:11:47,896
I'm sorry it's come to this.
1225
01:11:47,970 --> 01:11:51,701
I've hated the last few days.
1226
01:11:51,774 --> 01:11:53,571
Why? In years to come,
1227
01:11:53,642 --> 01:11:56,202
you might come to see them
as your finest hour.
1228
01:11:56,278 --> 01:11:57,404
How can you say that?
1229
01:11:57,479 --> 01:11:58,741
It's a stunning coup.
1230
01:11:58,814 --> 01:12:00,304
You've come from nowhere,
1231
01:12:00,382 --> 01:12:02,350
and you'll probably end up
as Prime Minister.
1232
01:12:02,418 --> 01:12:04,249
Come from nowhere.
1233
01:12:04,320 --> 01:12:07,721
I may not have been out
barefoot on cobble streets
1234
01:12:07,790 --> 01:12:09,382
handing out party leaflets aged 12,
1235
01:12:09,458 --> 01:12:11,358
but I've hardly come
from nowhere, either.
1236
01:12:11,427 --> 01:12:14,328
You and I have been MPs
exactly the same amount of time.
1237
01:12:14,396 --> 01:12:15,829
I taught you everything.
1238
01:12:15,898 --> 01:12:18,093
Without me,
you'd have been consigned
1239
01:12:18,167 --> 01:12:20,328
to the dustbin of also-rans
in this party.
1240
01:12:20,402 --> 01:12:22,700
With respect, Gordon,
that's delusional crap
1241
01:12:22,771 --> 01:12:25,137
and an insult to my supporters.
1242
01:12:29,511 --> 01:12:32,241
I don't want to get
into a slanging match.
1243
01:12:32,314 --> 01:12:36,842
Look, all I want,
all I have ever wanted,
1244
01:12:36,919 --> 01:12:38,250
is to get out of Opposition
1245
01:12:38,320 --> 01:12:39,878
and become part of
a Labour government.
1246
01:12:39,955 --> 01:12:41,855
If I thought
that having you as leader
1247
01:12:41,924 --> 01:12:45,223
would give us the best
chance, I'd step aside.
1248
01:12:45,294 --> 01:12:46,318
Bollocks.
1249
01:12:46,395 --> 01:12:47,953
That is the truth.
1250
01:12:48,030 --> 01:12:52,160
A man who does what you've
done does not stand aside.
1251
01:12:52,234 --> 01:12:53,997
We all come into politics for the big job.
1252
01:12:54,069 --> 01:12:55,263
You admit it?
1253
01:12:55,337 --> 01:12:58,568
Your words, not mine.
1254
01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:00,335
I could never have beaten John.
1255
01:13:00,409 --> 01:13:03,139
You could have tried.
1256
01:13:03,212 --> 01:13:06,648
That was your chance,
and you didn't take it.
1257
01:13:06,715 --> 01:13:07,647
Now it's my turn.
1258
01:13:07,716 --> 01:13:09,240
Despite our understanding?
1259
01:13:09,318 --> 01:13:10,945
What understanding?
1260
01:13:13,655 --> 01:13:15,247
Thank you.
1261
01:13:15,324 --> 01:13:18,987
I accept you are the stronger candidate
in many ways.
1262
01:13:19,061 --> 01:13:20,790
It may be a quirk of fate
1263
01:13:20,863 --> 01:13:24,264
that I emerge as
the better candidate to lead,
1264
01:13:24,333 --> 01:13:27,302
but that fact remains.
1265
01:13:27,369 --> 01:13:31,100
I also acknowledge
that without your support,
1266
01:13:31,173 --> 01:13:33,471
without your
influence in the party,
1267
01:13:33,542 --> 01:13:36,375
my leadership might fail.
1268
01:13:36,445 --> 01:13:38,970
No, it would.
1269
01:13:39,047 --> 01:13:44,280
So I propose that as Chancellor,
1270
01:13:44,353 --> 01:13:49,188
you will have complete control
over economic policy.
1271
01:13:49,258 --> 01:13:54,628
You can choose your own team,
I won't interfere.
1272
01:13:54,696 --> 01:13:59,099
I mean, that will make you the most powerful
chancellor in history.
1273
01:13:59,168 --> 01:14:03,161
What about social policy? Education?
1274
01:14:03,238 --> 01:14:06,696
Unemployment? Health?
1275
01:14:06,775 --> 01:14:09,335
I won't have the party
compromised on those, Tony
1276
01:14:09,411 --> 01:14:11,174
Of course.
1277
01:14:11,246 --> 01:14:13,146
And when we win a second term?
1278
01:14:13,215 --> 01:14:15,945
Gordon, we haven't been
in power for 15 years.
1279
01:14:16,018 --> 01:14:17,747
You mention a second term?
1280
01:14:17,820 --> 01:14:21,449
If the Tories continue to disintegrate,
1281
01:14:21,523 --> 01:14:22,751
it's not inconceivable
1282
01:14:22,825 --> 01:14:25,419
that we could be in power
for a generation.
1283
01:14:29,131 --> 01:14:31,599
Well...
1284
01:14:31,667 --> 01:14:34,636
under those circumstances, I...
1285
01:14:34,703 --> 01:14:36,898
wouldn't make the same
mistake Thatcher made
1286
01:14:36,972 --> 01:14:38,303
and go on too long.
1287
01:14:38,373 --> 01:14:40,034
So in a second term,
you'd stand aside?
1288
01:14:40,108 --> 01:14:43,043
Come on, this
conversation is crazy!
1289
01:14:43,111 --> 01:14:44,669
No, not to me it isn't.
1290
01:14:44,746 --> 01:14:48,443
Well, whatever the circumstances,
1291
01:14:48,517 --> 01:14:50,747
obviously
I couldn't go on forever.
1292
01:14:50,819 --> 01:14:53,947
In which case,
you'd support my candidacy?
1293
01:14:57,593 --> 01:14:59,857
- I suppose so.
- Good.
1294
01:15:01,263 --> 01:15:04,426
- One Tuscan rabbit.
- Thanks.
1295
01:15:04,500 --> 01:15:06,024
I'll leave you to it.
1296
01:15:06,101 --> 01:15:08,399
Before you go, we have
to deal with the press.
1297
01:15:08,470 --> 01:15:11,962
People will need reassuring
that this was done amicably.
1298
01:15:12,040 --> 01:15:15,840
You want me to stand aside
and look happy about it?
1299
01:15:15,911 --> 01:15:19,745
I'll put something on paper,
a briefing statement.
1300
01:15:19,815 --> 01:15:21,077
No, let Peter do it.
1301
01:15:21,149 --> 01:15:23,709
You know how good he is
at that kind of thing.
1302
01:15:23,785 --> 01:15:26,686
And College Green, for the photo call.
1303
01:15:26,755 --> 01:15:28,086
The Backs are too close.
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01:15:28,156 --> 01:15:30,454
You never know, I might
say the wrong thing.
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01:15:32,561 --> 01:15:38,500
On your way out, say hello to that girl.
1306
01:15:38,567 --> 01:15:39,864
Who is she?
1307
01:15:39,935 --> 01:15:41,459
The new girl in EastEnders.
1308
01:15:43,171 --> 01:15:45,162
Forget about politicians,
that's real power.
1309
01:15:45,240 --> 01:15:49,336
She gets 15 million viewers
three times per week.
1310
01:15:50,679 --> 01:15:52,374
Bloody Islington.
1311
01:16:09,831 --> 01:16:13,267
The paramount consideration
for Gordon and Tony throughout
1312
01:16:13,302 --> 01:16:16,738
has been the best way
for the party's interests to be served
1313
01:16:16,805 --> 01:16:20,400
and for party unity to be maximized
in order to win the election.
1314
01:16:20,475 --> 01:16:24,673
A desire to unite the party
is at the forefront of their thinking.
1315
01:16:24,746 --> 01:16:26,407
I suppose we should
add something here
1316
01:16:26,481 --> 01:16:28,972
about Gordon's personal sacrifice.
1317
01:16:29,051 --> 01:16:30,678
How about...
1318
01:16:30,752 --> 01:16:33,220
Gordon has taken,
as he said he would,
1319
01:16:33,288 --> 01:16:37,315
a decision which puts unity and teamwork
above personal ambition.
1320
01:16:37,392 --> 01:16:38,984
Good.
1321
01:16:39,061 --> 01:16:41,325
In his Wales and Luton speeches,
1322
01:16:41,396 --> 01:16:43,023
Gordon has spelled out
the fairness agenda,
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01:16:43,098 --> 01:16:46,033
social justice,
employment opportunities,
1324
01:16:46,101 --> 01:16:47,659
and skills which he believes
1325
01:16:47,736 --> 01:16:50,398
should be the centerpiece
of Labour's program,
1326
01:16:50,472 --> 01:16:53,908
and Tony is in full agreement with this.
1327
01:16:55,811 --> 01:16:56,903
No.
1328
01:16:56,979 --> 01:17:01,814
"And Tony has guaranteed
this will be pursued. "
1329
01:17:16,531 --> 01:17:17,793
Good evening.
1330
01:17:17,866 --> 01:17:19,857
The Shadow Chancellor
Gordon Brown,
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01:17:19,935 --> 01:17:21,960
once tipped as the future Labour leader,
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01:17:22,037 --> 01:17:26,201
has sacrificed his personal ambitions
in favor of party unity.
1333
01:17:26,274 --> 01:17:28,333
Friends of the Shadow Chancellor said
1334
01:17:28,410 --> 01:17:30,742
the decision had been
a long and difficult one,
1335
01:17:30,812 --> 01:17:32,609
but in a statement today,
Mr. Brown said
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01:17:32,681 --> 01:17:35,343
it been taken
in the interests of party unity.
1337
01:17:35,417 --> 01:17:36,406
Mr. Blair!
1338
01:17:37,786 --> 01:17:38,912
Please!
1339
01:17:39,988 --> 01:17:41,250
Mr. Blair!