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There are men - I'm one of them -
who cannot bear to be idle.
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I could reveal that the Prime Minister
and his brother are both implicated
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in an outrageous piece
of insider dealing.
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But I think we'll let that one
mature a little first.
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But we need to keep Charles
and Henry Collingridge
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in the public eye, if possible.
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And the press are grateful for anything
in the silly season.
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Now, the Prime Minister
usually takes the precaution
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of packing his embarrassment
of a brother somewhere well out of sight
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until the end of September.
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Some rural French slum in the
Poitou-Charentes this year, I gather,
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where Charlie could get
peacefully blotto
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while the Prime Minister saves
his money and holidays at home,
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posing as a country gentleman
at Chequers.
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So it was most unfortunate
when someone tipped off the tabloids
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about Charles's holiday address.
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Bastards. What the hell has
poor old Charlie done to deserve that?
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Just has the bad luck to be my brother.
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Most families have someone
who can't make it on their own.
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Right.
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You're right.
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If I stick by Charlie, people will
respect me all the more for it.
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I'd like to think you did it for him,
not just for the opinion polls, Hal.
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Well, of course.
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Duty and self-interest
happily coinciding.
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For once.
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Then comes the conference season.
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Good morning.
Opposition did rather well this year.
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Abandoned their usual tactic
of shooting themselves in the foot.
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Had a go at us instead. Especially
the Prime Minister, I'm sorry to say.
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Most unsporting.
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Good morning, Teddy!
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It's important that our Party Chairman
gets his fine-tuning right
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before we all sally off to Brighton.
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The essential thing is to present
a totally united and confident front.
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Avoid any impression of complacency.
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The natural party of government,
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but at the same time,
a listening government.
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- Roger.
- Thank you, sir.
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The big banner, and that's the spirit
and the theme of this year's conference,
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prompted by the PM's last speech,
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is "Finding the right way."
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- Patrick?
- I don't mind "the right way".
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"Finding" is a bit bloody silly.
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We should have found the way by now.
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Are we the natural party of government
or the babes in the bloody wood?
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I take your point, but market research
shows us to be too sure of ourselves.
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So we bloody well should be. People
aren't going to vote for "don't knows".
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- Perhaps "Going the right way"?
- Implies that someone in the party
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is on the way out, don't you think,
with the greatest respect.
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Going, going, gone.
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Thank you, Francis. A good point.
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Out! Out! Out!
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- He's arrived.
- Who?
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- Our leader, Elizabeth. Who else?
- The broken reed.
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The man of straw.
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"Good things of day
begin to droop and drowse."
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A party conference can be many things.
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A show of confidence.
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An agonising reappraisal.
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Or, as in this case,
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a series of auditions by
pretenders to the throne
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while the lost leader
withers before our very eyes.
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Michael Samuels, Environment.
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Intelligent, sensitive, caring -
all in the same sentence, I bet you.
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Not a return to subsistence farming.
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What it means is sensitive exploitation
of natural resources,
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intelligent self-interest
to motivate long-term gains
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in a caring, capitalist concept.
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Told you.
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Peter McKenzie, Health.
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Ease the pressure on the state system,
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enabling our professionals
to do a better job
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for those unable
to fend for themselves financially.
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So that now we can say
with real confidence,
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"Carry on, nurse."
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God, what an idiot that man is.
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Harold Earle, Education.
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We've made schools accountable.
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We've grasped the nettle
and taken it on board.
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It's not always been comfortable.
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One thing I do know. Time will prove it.
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It's the right way.
It's the right...way.
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And Patrick Woolton, Foreign Secretary.
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No one's more admiring than I am
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about the strides taken
by our friends in Eastern Europe.
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But hold on. I mean, sorry, tovarich.
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If I'm going into the conference chamber
to have big hugs with Russian bears,
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I'd rather not leave
my six-guns at the door.
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Dear old Patrick.
Likes to sound like a buccaneer.
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But he's behind Henry Collingridge
all the way. He'll tell you so himself.
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Roger, have you got a moment?
I won't deprive you for too long.
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Glad to be rescued. Like being
in a loose maul with the French pack.
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Don't get me wrong, Francis.
Loving every minute.
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How's it coming across?
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You can see. The press aren't buying it.
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They saw Patrick Woolton having a go.
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"Leadership crisis"
is the story they want.
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We do our best with what they give us.
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Your assistant's doing sterling work.
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- That girl is like gold, Francis.
- I'm sure.
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She's your mistress as well, I take it.
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Is that a privilege
exclusive to yourself?
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- What?
- Do you enjoy her body exclusively?
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Or is she available to others as well?
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Now, hold on, Francis.
I don't think that's really the kind...
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Don't be coy with me. I could have you
in the gutter. Answer my question.
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Well, me and Penny go back a long way.
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In some ways,
we're more like brother and sister.
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We allow each other a little time off
now and then, if you follow me.
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Now listen, Francis, it's not simple.
She's not a... You can't just...
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I'm sure she'd be flattered to think...
If you ask her really nicely...
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Shut up. Did you think I wanted her?
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Oops. Sorry, my mistake.
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Didn't you lend her to Patrick Woolton?
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That was research. He wanted a bright
girl for a bit of research in a hurry.
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Where would the House be
without bright girls
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I think he may want to borrow her again.
More urgent research needs.
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Would she be available, do you think?
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It's not impossible.
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- I'll broach it gently. Leave it to me.
- I have another task for you.
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Just a small delivery job.
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- Morning, sir.
- Morning.
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Come on, come on, Sleeping Beauty.
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Bloody hell, Rog. What do you want?
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To drown in your eyes
and hide in your arms, darling.
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I've only just set eyes
on the bloody thing.
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It's very bad.
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The poll was taken
before the conference.
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I'm sure you'll turn it round this week.
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We've seen it all before, after all.
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You're a good fellow, Francis.
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But 30% is a hell of a lead
to pull back.
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Right, speak to you soon.
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Do you know, Elizabeth, I believe
our leader is starting to worry.
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It's a major story.
Greville will want to know about it.
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All right, who's dead?
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Henry Collingridge. Well, not literally.
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Grev, I've got hold of the secret poll.
The Tories' own one.
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Sensational. 30% behind. Collingridge
is about as popular as Captain Hook.
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And who decided to make you a present
of this secret Tory poll?
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I don't know. It was
left outside my door.
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All right, I know it sounds weird.
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- But it's genuine. I'm convinced.
- You've been set up, you silly cow.
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Don't let me hear any more about this
unless you have proof it's kosher.
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Don't ever wake me again
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unless it's adultery in the
royal family with photographs!
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Pig!
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Right...
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K.J.S.
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Kevin Spence, Central Office, Research.
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Damn!
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Lovely. Nothing can beat you.
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- I wish you really meant that.
- I do, I do, truly.
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- Lovely girl.
- No. No, Rog...
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Don't... Oh!
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Oh, Rog!
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Got a little surprise.
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What? What are you up to?
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Oh, Roger. Taking cocaine at eight a.m.
at the Conservative Party Conference?
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Don't you think I have fantastic style?
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- I think you're barmy.
- Nonsense.
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This is brilliant stuff.
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Know where I got it?
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Grosvenor Square.
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This stuff is usually only available
to the CIA. Yum-yum!
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What are you trying to do?
Kill yourself?
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Rubbish. Not a bit of it.
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Just been a tense week, that's all.
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I could kick this stuff
any time I liked.
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I tell you what. Get this week over.
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We'll go to a health farm for ten days.
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No drugs.
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No drink.
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Shag ourselves silly. How about that?
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That would be lovely.
If only you really meant it.
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I do. You'll see.
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- Listen, Pen.
- Now what?
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It's a bit delicate, this.
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Remember you had that thing
with Pat Woolton?
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I'd hardly forget that, would I?
What a character
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- You liked him, though, didn't you?
- What a maniac. He was all right.
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- Really good fun.
- He's still carrying a torch for you.
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Torch? Is that what he calls it now?
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He was wondering if you'd have dinner
with him. He's shy about asking you.
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Shy? Him?
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He put his hand
in my knickers in Langan's.
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Yeah, well...
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I said I'd pass it on.
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Pimping now, is it?
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Jesus Christ, Roger!
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Don't you care about me at all?
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Ah, Pen. Of course I do. I didn't think
you'd be upset. I thought you liked him.
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I went with him because I wanted to,
not because you promised him a favour!
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Listen, Pen, it's not like that at all.
I wish I didn't have to ask you.
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I wish I could be everything to you,
but I can't.
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You know I'd never ask you
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to do a thing like this
unless my arse was on the line.
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And it is.
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It truly is.
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I don't know what I'm going to do,
and that's the truth.
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You do believe me, don't you?
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Yes, I do believe you.
It's that stuff!
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Partly.
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I mean, it's...it's not as though
you hate the man, Pen. You liked him.
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You know if it was me,
I'd do anything for you. Don't you?
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- I love you, Pen. You know that.
- Just shut up, Rog.
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Why?
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What's the matter? What have I said?
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Kevin Spence?
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Oh.
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- Oh, Lord...
- Have mine. I hate the stuff.
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Mattie Storin, the "Chronicle".
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- Oh, y-yes, I...
- Don't pretend you recognise my name.
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- Well, I do, actually.
- I wanted to check some facts with you.
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Me? I'm in research,
not the press office.
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- I did say "facts", Kevin.
- Ah, yes.
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Is this...a genuine report
from your department?
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Not a fake?
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- Where did you get this?
- K.J.S. That's you, isn't it?
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Look, please.
I can't possibly discuss this.
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If someone knew I'd
leaked those figures,
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confirmed they were genuine...
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- Please don't drag me into this.
- I won't. It's all right, Kevin.
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I don't give away my sources.
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It is a genuine report, isn't it?
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What's the circulation?
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Very limited, I take it.
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Just cabinet ministers
and five senior people at Smith Square.
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The Chairman and 4 senior directors.
Don't ask me anything else.
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No, I won't. You've been very helpful.
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Stay in touch.
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I'd rather not...
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Francis!
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Patrick.
Good of you to spare the time.
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The Chief Whip says he wants an urgent
word in private, you make time.
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I've been wondering what I've done
wrong. I can't think of anything.
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Depressing, that - looked at one way.
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Still, I suppose it's better
than finding your picture
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in the "News of the World".
241
00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:19,915
I need to take your mind, Patrick.
This is a meeting that never took place.
242
00:20:20,300 --> 00:20:22,695
All right. If this is
what I think it is,
243
00:20:22,996 --> 00:20:25,091
it's come sooner than I thought.
244
00:20:25,472 --> 00:20:27,969
We're in trouble, Patrick.
245
00:20:27,970 --> 00:20:30,467
There's a view around that
this is not a passing phase.
246
00:20:30,852 --> 00:20:34,766
This view says that the problem
is the Prime Minister.
247
00:20:35,106 --> 00:20:40,306
His unpopularity is dragging the party
down. He refuses to see the danger.
248
00:20:40,695 --> 00:20:45,008
He's insisted on holding the Dorset
by-election in conference week.
249
00:20:45,366 --> 00:20:47,961
It looks like a bad miscalculation.
250
00:20:48,244 --> 00:20:53,797
You understand, this...
is not necessarily my personalview.
251
00:20:54,208 --> 00:20:56,405
It's a view I've been
asked to put to you.
252
00:20:56,506 --> 00:20:58,202
Who by?
253
00:20:58,546 --> 00:21:01,744
- One or two senior colleagues.
- Just one or two?
254
00:21:02,049 --> 00:21:06,362
Three, in absolute confidence.
Three very senior colleagues.
255
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,519
All right. Go on.
256
00:21:09,806 --> 00:21:14,597
Do you think Henry still has
what it takes to be Prime Minister?
257
00:21:14,978 --> 00:21:18,174
If he were...persuaded to retire,
258
00:21:18,175 --> 00:21:21,771
would you be interested
in taking his place?
259
00:21:22,235 --> 00:21:25,706
Bloody hell, Francis.
You don't mess about.
260
00:21:26,030 --> 00:21:30,627
You know I prefer plain speaking
and plain dealing, as you do.
261
00:21:30,993 --> 00:21:33,792
All right. Let's analyse the situation.
262
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,780
First of all,
have we really got a problem?
263
00:21:36,981 --> 00:21:39,280
Yes, the polls are bloody terrifying.
264
00:21:40,586 --> 00:21:45,900
Second, do we have to do something?
Can we swing the country round?
265
00:21:46,342 --> 00:21:48,732
That's up to the Prime Minister.
266
00:21:49,011 --> 00:21:51,509
My view is,
he does not have what it takes.
267
00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:53,608
The voters don't think he has.
268
00:21:53,974 --> 00:21:56,284
Another election, we'll get stuffed.
269
00:21:56,602 --> 00:22:00,596
That's probably the majority view
on the back benches.
270
00:22:00,939 --> 00:22:04,933
But if we get rid of him so early,
we'll look like a banana republic.
271
00:22:05,277 --> 00:22:07,837
I don't want to be seen as an Idi Amin.
272
00:22:08,154 --> 00:22:13,183
Well, yes. Quite. But you are
still interested in the leadership?
273
00:22:13,618 --> 00:22:16,013
In confidence, of course I bloody am.
274
00:22:16,014 --> 00:22:18,409
I stood against Henry
when Margaret left.
275
00:22:18,790 --> 00:22:21,430
I still think I was the best candidate.
276
00:22:21,431 --> 00:22:24,070
If I stood again, I'd
look for your support.
277
00:22:25,296 --> 00:22:27,606
But it's too early.
278
00:22:27,882 --> 00:22:32,877
We need time to get the public used
to the idea of a change of leadership.
279
00:22:33,262 --> 00:22:35,759
Move too soon, we'll
look like assassins.
280
00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,257
Too late, the party will be in pieces.
281
00:22:39,601 --> 00:22:41,899
I'll say one thing, Francis.
282
00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:44,198
I'm damn glad it's you
that's handling this.
283
00:22:44,564 --> 00:22:47,238
There's not many men
I'd trust with this.
284
00:22:47,526 --> 00:22:50,121
Thank you, Patrick. I appreciate that.
285
00:22:51,071 --> 00:22:53,540
I appreciate your frankness as well.
286
00:22:54,741 --> 00:22:58,257
I'll continue to take soundings
and keep you informed.
287
00:22:58,578 --> 00:23:02,572
Good. As long as we keep
that slimy little sod Samuels out.
288
00:23:02,916 --> 00:23:06,910
Well, yes, quite. Absolutely.
Good talking to you, Patrick.
289
00:23:08,004 --> 00:23:12,476
- You won't miss the party later?
- Wild horses, Francis. Wild horses.
290
00:23:12,842 --> 00:23:16,233
Don't suppose you've got any wild women?
291
00:23:16,554 --> 00:23:19,228
You'd be surprised.
292
00:23:23,727 --> 00:23:26,322
The man's a lout, of course. A lout.
293
00:23:26,605 --> 00:23:30,599
A lecher. An anti-Semite.
A racist. And a bully.
294
00:23:30,943 --> 00:23:33,936
But he is more intelligent
than he seems.
295
00:23:34,237 --> 00:23:39,437
He is, we mustn't forget, Her Majesty's
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
296
00:23:40,911 --> 00:23:45,508
We mustn't make the mistake
of underestimating Patrick Woolton.
297
00:23:49,669 --> 00:23:52,867
Call my secretary if you want
to follow this up.
298
00:23:53,172 --> 00:23:55,767
Thank you. I will. Bye for now, then.
299
00:23:58,553 --> 00:24:01,751
- Miss Storin. Mattie.
- Oh, hello.
300
00:24:02,056 --> 00:24:05,447
- You're neglecting me.
- I'm not pestering you.
301
00:24:05,768 --> 00:24:09,762
I feel slighted.
Was Michael Samuels illuminating?
302
00:24:10,105 --> 00:24:12,904
Oddly, not nearly
as illuminating as you.
303
00:24:13,192 --> 00:24:16,344
- I'm astounded.
- I don't think you are.
304
00:24:17,321 --> 00:24:20,120
How are things? A good conference?
305
00:24:20,449 --> 00:24:24,921
- Apart from your neglect of me, yes.
- That's not my information.
306
00:24:25,871 --> 00:24:29,342
- My information is you're in trouble.
- Really?
307
00:24:29,666 --> 00:24:33,182
- Not you personally.
- That's a relief.
308
00:24:33,503 --> 00:24:37,895
- I was wondering if we could chat.
- Were you, Mattie?
309
00:24:40,718 --> 00:24:43,455
I get the impression that
the conference is in code.
310
00:24:43,656 --> 00:24:45,793
It's all about something else.
311
00:24:46,224 --> 00:24:50,616
I haven't had a real conversation
with a real person here.
312
00:24:50,978 --> 00:24:55,689
You think I'll decode the conference
for you? A tall order, Mattie.
313
00:24:56,066 --> 00:24:58,662
I'd settle just for a chat.
314
00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:01,858
At least you're a real person.
You ARE real, aren't you?
315
00:25:02,281 --> 00:25:04,876
Oh, yes. I'm a real person.
316
00:25:06,827 --> 00:25:08,147
So...
317
00:25:08,370 --> 00:25:13,161
I'd like very much to spend some time
with you, Mattie, as I think you know.
318
00:25:14,167 --> 00:25:16,966
But this evening I'm otherwise engaged.
319
00:25:17,253 --> 00:25:19,149
A little drinks thing.
320
00:25:19,450 --> 00:25:21,645
Some of my guests are
shy of journalists.
321
00:25:22,008 --> 00:25:24,603
They don't like to be seen relaxing.
322
00:25:24,886 --> 00:25:27,281
Really? Who would that be?
323
00:25:27,282 --> 00:25:29,677
Mattie,
you can't expect me to tell you.
324
00:25:30,057 --> 00:25:35,052
- Who's coming? Tell me one guest.
- Your proprietor, for one, Mattie.
325
00:25:35,438 --> 00:25:37,998
Benjamin Landless? Is he in Brighton?
326
00:25:38,315 --> 00:25:41,706
We get all the riffraff.
You'd be surprised.
327
00:25:42,069 --> 00:25:44,664
Telephone call for Mattie Storin.
328
00:25:46,031 --> 00:25:48,830
Don't you think you'd better get that?
329
00:25:49,118 --> 00:25:51,553
Oh, right. Well...
330
00:25:53,163 --> 00:25:57,157
- See you later in the week, perhaps.
- I hope so, Mattie.
331
00:26:08,178 --> 00:26:10,488
Hello. Mattie Storin here.
332
00:26:11,306 --> 00:26:13,901
John, sorry.
You got the story all right?
333
00:26:14,225 --> 00:26:17,536
- Yes, we got it.
- Brilliant story, or what?
334
00:26:17,854 --> 00:26:20,847
- Yes, a brilliant story.
- And?
335
00:26:21,774 --> 00:26:26,644
- And we're not running it.
- What?! Let me speak to Preston.
336
00:26:27,071 --> 00:26:29,268
He's in a meeting,
337
00:26:29,269 --> 00:26:32,066
He won't run the story because
he thinks you've been set up.
338
00:26:32,493 --> 00:26:34,962
I've checked that survey. It's genuine.
339
00:26:35,245 --> 00:26:37,714
Can we speak to your source?
340
00:26:37,998 --> 00:26:40,797
Of course not. Let me speak to Preston.
341
00:26:41,126 --> 00:26:44,437
He's in a meeting.
It wouldn't do any good.
342
00:26:44,755 --> 00:26:48,226
We've backed the government.
We stick with them.
343
00:26:48,592 --> 00:26:52,632
- It's not just you that's been let off.
- Greville's been fixed, hasn't he?
344
00:26:53,513 --> 00:26:58,508
He's there with you, isn't he?
Ask him who got at him. Ask him.
345
00:26:58,935 --> 00:27:02,212
It was Benjamin Landless, wasn't it?
346
00:27:02,522 --> 00:27:04,832
Hold on. A call on the other line.
347
00:27:05,149 --> 00:27:09,143
Hold on for what?
There's nothing to talk about!
348
00:27:16,035 --> 00:27:20,632
- Oh, God! That's all I need.
- I'm so sorry. Please allow me to...
349
00:27:20,998 --> 00:27:23,593
Perhaps not. Only make it worse. Um...
350
00:27:23,876 --> 00:27:28,667
- Oh, Lord. Oh, Lord. In trouble again.
- It's all right. Most of it missed.
351
00:27:29,047 --> 00:27:34,042
Are you sure? It was vodka. Very pure.
My mother-in-law cleans silver with it.
352
00:27:35,220 --> 00:27:38,019
May I...buy you a drink, Miss...?
353
00:27:38,306 --> 00:27:42,300
Mattie Storin. No, let my editor
buy you one, Mr Collingridge.
354
00:27:42,644 --> 00:27:45,239
Two large vodkas and tonics. Ice, lemon.
355
00:27:45,522 --> 00:27:48,435
You know who I am? Amazing. Amazing.
356
00:27:48,733 --> 00:27:53,524
- I am a journalist, Mr Collingridge.
- Call me Charlie. Everyone else does.
357
00:27:53,905 --> 00:27:56,420
Why are you in this den of thieves?
358
00:27:56,699 --> 00:27:59,692
Not all thieves.
A few good blokes about.
359
00:27:59,994 --> 00:28:03,385
- Like your brother?
- Exactly. Salt of the earth.
360
00:28:03,706 --> 00:28:06,619
That's nice. I'd heard he disowned you.
361
00:28:06,917 --> 00:28:09,414
No, no. He lets people think that.
362
00:28:09,415 --> 00:28:11,912
Best brother in the world, Hal.
Looks after me.
363
00:28:12,339 --> 00:28:15,332
Likes to do good by stealth.
364
00:28:16,176 --> 00:28:18,486
Enough said. End of story.
365
00:28:18,762 --> 00:28:21,755
- Cheers. Good health.
- Cheers.
366
00:28:24,476 --> 00:28:28,436
Lord, you are a pretty girl.
Oh, no offence.
367
00:28:28,813 --> 00:28:31,692
I've got a daughter your age.
Lovely girl.
368
00:28:31,983 --> 00:28:34,782
Lovely face. Never, never see her.
369
00:28:36,070 --> 00:28:39,188
Own fault. Water under the thingy.
370
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,590
Do miss her, though.
371
00:28:43,869 --> 00:28:46,566
No, no! Absolutely not!
Get the hell out.
372
00:28:46,767 --> 00:28:49,263
Do I make myself clear?
373
00:28:49,667 --> 00:28:53,661
- Lord, I can't stand that man.
- Don't come back till tomorrow.
374
00:28:54,004 --> 00:28:56,519
Large whisky, and be quick about it.
375
00:28:56,799 --> 00:29:01,510
I gotta go to this goddamn reception.
I need something to line my gut with.
376
00:29:01,929 --> 00:29:04,649
- Charlie!
- Evening, Ben.
377
00:29:04,973 --> 00:29:09,047
One for him, too, I suppose.
And you, young lady?
378
00:29:09,436 --> 00:29:13,589
What are you staring at?
Is my zipper undone, or what?
379
00:29:15,275 --> 00:29:20,589
- Am I supposed to know you?
- We haven't met. I am your employee.
380
00:29:20,989 --> 00:29:24,983
Half the hacks in Brighton
are getting wrecked at my expense.
381
00:29:25,326 --> 00:29:29,320
In fact, you've been influential
in getting my story spiked.
382
00:29:29,664 --> 00:29:34,420
Is that so? What was it? "Knit your man
a willy-warmer for Christmas"?
383
00:29:34,835 --> 00:29:38,431
No, it was about the Tories
going 30 points behind.
384
00:29:38,797 --> 00:29:40,390
Ah.
385
00:29:41,383 --> 00:29:44,182
You're...Minnie what's-her-name.
386
00:29:44,470 --> 00:29:47,065
- Mattie Storin.
- Yes.
387
00:29:48,307 --> 00:29:50,617
Damn good story.
388
00:29:50,892 --> 00:29:56,570
Wrong damn paper. What do you think
we are? The "New Statesman"? Cheers.
389
00:29:58,483 --> 00:30:02,272
Thanks. Keep the change.
Have one yourself.
390
00:30:03,988 --> 00:30:07,777
It's chaps like that
that drive chaps to drink.
391
00:30:09,369 --> 00:30:12,043
Could you cope with another one?
392
00:30:12,372 --> 00:30:14,967
Yes. Why not?
393
00:30:16,792 --> 00:30:19,990
- Evening. Jolly good do.
- Thank you.
394
00:30:20,296 --> 00:30:21,969
Not here yet.
395
00:30:22,256 --> 00:30:26,853
I told the bugger, "Any more of that
and you're for Northern Ireland."
396
00:30:27,219 --> 00:30:29,819
I dare say that called his bluff.
397
00:30:29,820 --> 00:30:32,419
Wasn't seen on his feet again till 1987.
398
00:30:32,808 --> 00:30:35,198
He's not here yet.
399
00:30:35,477 --> 00:30:39,869
- McKenzie's wife's a genius with a wok.
- Is that so?
400
00:30:40,232 --> 00:30:44,829
I used to think the wok solved
everything, but now I know otherwise.
401
00:30:45,195 --> 00:30:49,951
You really must allow me to give you
my recipe for brill. Brill is a fish.
402
00:30:50,367 --> 00:30:53,360
- Yes...
- Mr O'Neill, how are you?
403
00:30:53,661 --> 00:30:56,335
- Never better.
- Good.
404
00:30:59,667 --> 00:31:04,059
We put the boys down for Wellington.
What do you think?
405
00:31:04,422 --> 00:31:07,221
I don't know.
A bit dear. Is it worth it?
406
00:31:07,508 --> 00:31:10,899
Miss Guy! Elizabeth Urquhart.
407
00:31:11,846 --> 00:31:14,839
Really? You write the PM's speeches?
408
00:31:15,140 --> 00:31:20,659
If they chucked me out, it'd be like
a lobotomy for Hal. That's confidential.
409
00:31:31,072 --> 00:31:33,064
Excuse me. Hay fever.
410
00:31:33,325 --> 00:31:36,921
- Ben! Good to see you.
- Never mind that.
411
00:31:37,245 --> 00:31:42,240
What are you boys playing at?
No, I don't want these stupid things.
412
00:31:42,625 --> 00:31:44,617
Go away.
413
00:31:44,877 --> 00:31:49,668
I put the whole damn chain of papers
behind your lot, and you cock it up.
414
00:31:50,049 --> 00:31:52,769
Ben, we can't talk here.
Walls have ears.
415
00:31:53,052 --> 00:31:55,249
To hell with that.
416
00:31:55,250 --> 00:31:58,047
I didn't come 200 miles for
canap�s. Where's the bathroom?
417
00:31:58,432 --> 00:32:01,630
- It's over there.
- Great. Let's go.
418
00:32:05,981 --> 00:32:08,701
I've seen that latest poll of yours.
419
00:32:10,402 --> 00:32:13,793
- Girl of mine got hold of it.
- It's just a poll.
420
00:32:14,114 --> 00:32:16,993
Bullshit, my friend. It's disastrous.
421
00:32:18,869 --> 00:32:22,658
But don't worry.
I told Greville Preston to pull it.
422
00:32:22,998 --> 00:32:25,194
Ah. Thank you, Ben.
423
00:32:25,458 --> 00:32:28,929
It'll leak,
but not till after the by-election.
424
00:32:29,254 --> 00:32:31,974
The Prime Minister
will be very grateful.
425
00:32:32,257 --> 00:32:35,933
That limp dick! Where does it leave me?
426
00:32:37,095 --> 00:32:39,815
I wanna buy Transglobal Newspapers.
427
00:32:40,097 --> 00:32:43,090
I wanna buy two ITV regions.
428
00:32:43,392 --> 00:32:45,861
Under Maggie, I knew the score.
429
00:32:46,145 --> 00:32:50,537
Everyone facing the same way,
defending freedom's frontiers.
430
00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:55,691
Everything was up for grabs.
No lame ducks and no sore losers, right?
431
00:32:56,113 --> 00:33:00,710
Now my lawyers are talking
Monopolies and Mergers Commission.
432
00:33:01,076 --> 00:33:05,753
This government won't back me up
because they haven't got the guts.
433
00:33:06,873 --> 00:33:09,069
Hell, Francis.
434
00:33:09,334 --> 00:33:13,533
What sort of country is it when a man
can't spend his money how he likes?
435
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,679
Very true, and very well put, Ben.
436
00:33:17,008 --> 00:33:21,002
Screw "well put".
What are we gonna do about it?
437
00:33:24,557 --> 00:33:26,947
Dump Collingridge.
438
00:33:27,935 --> 00:33:30,131
Holy shit!
439
00:33:31,397 --> 00:33:33,787
You really mean that, don't you?
440
00:33:34,066 --> 00:33:38,982
This crisis of confidence isn't
about policy. It's about leadership.
441
00:33:39,363 --> 00:33:41,958
I'm very fond of Henry Collingridge.
442
00:33:42,241 --> 00:33:44,836
I respect him, in many ways.
443
00:33:45,118 --> 00:33:50,512
But we need a strong, right-wing leader
with the courage to defend freedom.
444
00:33:50,957 --> 00:33:53,152
And increase it.
445
00:33:53,153 --> 00:33:55,748
Exactly.
That's the way Europe's going.
446
00:33:56,129 --> 00:33:59,122
This used to be
a country fit for heroes.
447
00:33:59,424 --> 00:34:03,020
Explorers, soldiers,
merchant adventurers.
448
00:34:03,344 --> 00:34:07,816
We want a leader who's prepared
to let his dogs off the leash.
449
00:34:08,224 --> 00:34:11,740
- Give us a little room to run, huh?
- Quite.
450
00:34:12,103 --> 00:34:17,132
A leader who's prepared to put himself
about a bit, give 'em some stick.
451
00:34:17,525 --> 00:34:20,040
I like the things you say, Francis.
452
00:34:21,028 --> 00:34:24,260
So...who did you have in mind?
453
00:34:24,615 --> 00:34:28,086
Patrick Woolton would give us
what we want.
454
00:34:28,410 --> 00:34:33,007
- You don't want it for yourself?
- What, me? Oh, no, no, no.
455
00:34:33,373 --> 00:34:37,413
I'm just the Chief Whip, Ben.
I just keep the troops in order.
456
00:34:37,794 --> 00:34:41,993
- Chief Whips have made it to the top.
- Well...
457
00:34:42,340 --> 00:34:45,135
If it ever did come to that,
458
00:34:45,136 --> 00:34:48,530
I'd make sure they didn't
tie you up in red tape, Ben.
459
00:34:48,972 --> 00:34:52,648
Know you would, Francis. Know you would.
460
00:34:53,017 --> 00:34:57,011
OK, so...let's do it to Collingridge.
461
00:34:57,355 --> 00:34:59,950
Run that poll story for a start, huh?
462
00:35:00,233 --> 00:35:04,432
First edition closes in 40 minutes.
Better make a phone call.
463
00:35:04,779 --> 00:35:07,374
Nice party, Francis.
464
00:35:12,661 --> 00:35:14,971
Atchoo!
465
00:35:19,543 --> 00:35:22,820
Enough about me. How about you?
466
00:35:24,172 --> 00:35:27,802
- Would you be into quickies, Amanda?
- Into what?
467
00:35:42,023 --> 00:35:45,221
So... The party's over.
468
00:35:46,402 --> 00:35:50,316
It's a quiet night.
Our fortunes prosper well.
469
00:35:52,199 --> 00:35:57,399
The Foreign Secretary finds succour
from the harsh affairs of state
470
00:35:57,788 --> 00:36:01,907
in the soft fragrance
of a daughter of the game.
471
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,520
One for the archives,
472
00:36:05,796 --> 00:36:08,311
if he did but know it.
473
00:36:09,299 --> 00:36:11,494
And all the while,
474
00:36:11,495 --> 00:36:14,090
Landless's armies are labouring
for me through the darkness
475
00:36:14,513 --> 00:36:16,505
towards dawn,
476
00:36:16,765 --> 00:36:18,961
telling the story.
477
00:36:19,267 --> 00:36:21,657
A leader out of touch.
478
00:36:21,936 --> 00:36:25,725
A man of straw clutching at straws,
479
00:36:26,065 --> 00:36:30,662
his future closing
in front of him like a fist.
480
00:36:32,530 --> 00:36:36,922
Who would be a leader
in this wicked world?
481
00:36:38,244 --> 00:36:42,238
Sorry, Prime Minister.
We thought you'd better see it.
482
00:36:42,581 --> 00:36:47,372
Graham, not at breakfast. Hal was up
till four working on his speech.
483
00:36:47,753 --> 00:36:52,703
So were we, Mrs Collingridge. I'm
awfully sorry, but it is very serious.
484
00:36:53,133 --> 00:36:56,012
If you read the paragraph I've marked.
485
00:36:56,345 --> 00:36:59,861
It's not just a leak.
It's a personal attack.
486
00:37:01,099 --> 00:37:05,616
"A leading minister commented,
'Our position is being undermined
487
00:37:05,979 --> 00:37:08,574
"'by the leader's lack of appeal.'
488
00:37:08,857 --> 00:37:11,326
"Another senior figure party suggested
489
00:37:11,609 --> 00:37:14,006
"that Henry Collingridge
490
00:37:14,007 --> 00:37:16,604
would be invited to stand down
for the good of the party."
491
00:37:16,990 --> 00:37:20,028
Who's doing this? Who is it?
492
00:37:20,910 --> 00:37:23,505
Are they trying to destroy us all?
493
00:37:25,915 --> 00:37:29,909
I want to know who this is, Graham.
I have to know.
494
00:37:30,252 --> 00:37:32,767
Shall I give Lord Billsborough a call?
495
00:37:33,047 --> 00:37:35,243
Yes. No!
496
00:37:36,717 --> 00:37:39,107
No, not Billsborough.
497
00:37:40,012 --> 00:37:44,006
Get Francis Urquhart over.
In my suite in half an hour.
498
00:37:44,349 --> 00:37:46,739
Yes, Prime Minister. Erm...
499
00:37:47,019 --> 00:37:51,013
In view of this report,
with the Dorset by-election today,
500
00:37:51,356 --> 00:37:54,474
you'll want to adjust your speech.
501
00:37:54,776 --> 00:37:56,096
No.
502
00:37:56,361 --> 00:38:01,152
- I really feel that we should...
- It was a good speech at four a.m.
503
00:38:01,533 --> 00:38:04,002
It's still a good speech.
504
00:38:31,979 --> 00:38:34,574
- Urquhart.
- Pat here.
505
00:38:34,856 --> 00:38:40,056
- Patrick, what can I do for you?
- You left your case and took mine.
506
00:38:40,445 --> 00:38:45,042
- Or I hope you did. Could you check?
- Hold on, Patrick.
507
00:38:57,587 --> 00:39:00,244
My dear chap. I'm frightfully sorry.
508
00:39:00,245 --> 00:39:02,901
You're quite right.
Shall I bring it round?
509
00:39:03,300 --> 00:39:06,896
- No, I'm on my way. Two minutes.
- Bye.
510
00:39:07,263 --> 00:39:09,858
John, first you pull my story.
511
00:39:10,140 --> 00:39:14,419
Then you print it without my name.
What's going on?
512
00:39:14,812 --> 00:39:18,010
Do you promise not to bite my head off?
513
00:39:18,357 --> 00:39:22,397
All right. I'm sorry about last night,
but I was so bloody angry.
514
00:39:22,736 --> 00:39:25,126
It's not your fault. What happened?
515
00:39:25,447 --> 00:39:28,838
Well, I don't know exactly.
516
00:39:29,159 --> 00:39:34,678
Grev was on the phone for half an hour.
He came out very pleased with himself.
517
00:39:35,123 --> 00:39:38,116
High drama."Kill the front page."
518
00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:42,658
Grev says he checked your story
and it stands up.
519
00:39:43,005 --> 00:39:45,998
- So, who wrote it?
- He did.
520
00:39:46,342 --> 00:39:51,133
Ben Landless was here. Urquhart had
a party. Landless was a guest.
521
00:39:51,514 --> 00:39:53,983
And Woolton, Samuels, Billsborough.
522
00:39:54,308 --> 00:39:58,507
- So it's true.
- It's really happening, John.
523
00:39:58,854 --> 00:40:01,688
They're going to junk Collingridge.
524
00:40:03,817 --> 00:40:07,606
- So stupid of me, Patrick.
- No harm done.
525
00:40:09,323 --> 00:40:12,919
- Good party, Francis.
- Glad you enjoyed it.
526
00:40:13,243 --> 00:40:16,839
- Seen the papers?
- Yes. Bad business.
527
00:40:17,163 --> 00:40:19,678
Bad for some. Not so bad for others.
528
00:40:19,958 --> 00:40:23,156
- Keep in touch, Patrick.
- Right.
529
00:40:31,969 --> 00:40:34,165
Yes. Of course.
530
00:40:34,430 --> 00:40:38,060
Francis, the Prime Minister
would like to see you.
531
00:40:47,818 --> 00:40:52,017
- Prime Minister.
- Who is it? Who's betraying me?
532
00:41:02,290 --> 00:41:03,883
Who?
533
00:41:04,834 --> 00:41:07,224
It's Teddy Billsborough.
534
00:41:12,967 --> 00:41:15,277
Are you sure?
535
00:41:15,553 --> 00:41:18,068
No one else it could be.
536
00:41:19,348 --> 00:41:21,738
I'm terribly sorry.
537
00:41:23,436 --> 00:41:25,826
Thank you, Francis.
538
00:41:26,564 --> 00:41:28,954
You're a good man.
539
00:41:41,578 --> 00:41:45,777
The '80s had to be
the decade of confrontation.
540
00:41:46,124 --> 00:41:50,641
The '90s will be seen, I think,
as the decade of conciliation.
541
00:41:51,004 --> 00:41:53,803
The decade of cooperation.
542
00:41:54,090 --> 00:41:56,889
The decade of maturity.
543
00:41:57,969 --> 00:42:02,885
Stifling dissent is not going
to help us find The Right Way.
544
00:42:04,183 --> 00:42:08,780
Surely events in Eastern Europe
have taught us that much.
545
00:42:09,146 --> 00:42:12,503
The British, open, democratic process
546
00:42:12,858 --> 00:42:15,873
has been an inspiration
to seekers after freedom
547
00:42:16,174 --> 00:42:18,889
in Poland, Russia, Hungary,
548
00:42:19,323 --> 00:42:21,792
and in Czechoslovakia.
549
00:42:22,076 --> 00:42:25,308
And I, for one, am proud of that.
550
00:42:31,084 --> 00:42:36,159
It is only through
frank and open exchange of views
551
00:42:36,590 --> 00:42:39,389
that good government is possible.
552
00:42:39,676 --> 00:42:42,754
Frank and open exchange of views
553
00:42:43,055 --> 00:42:45,832
in an atmosphere of trust.
554
00:42:47,934 --> 00:42:50,529
Pale-faced and clearly agitated,
555
00:42:50,812 --> 00:42:54,408
in his keynote address
to conference, comma,
556
00:42:54,732 --> 00:42:59,682
the Prime Minister gave what observers
agree was a lacklustre performance.
557
00:43:09,079 --> 00:43:11,674
Good morning to you, Miss Storin.
558
00:43:12,666 --> 00:43:14,862
And to you.
559
00:43:15,836 --> 00:43:20,547
- Is it a good morning?
- The result is a little disappointing.
560
00:43:20,966 --> 00:43:25,165
But it's hardly cheering news
for Labour either, is it?
561
00:43:27,055 --> 00:43:29,729
By-elections allow folk
to let off steam.
562
00:43:30,016 --> 00:43:34,010
- Funny things happen in Dorset.
- You're not worried?
563
00:43:34,395 --> 00:43:37,171
Oh, we shall take it seriously.
564
00:43:37,172 --> 00:43:39,948
It may be we're not
getting our message across.
565
00:43:40,401 --> 00:43:44,918
- Can I quote you on that?
- Yes, I think you may, Miss Storin.
566
00:43:47,825 --> 00:43:50,420
I'm very glad I bumped into you, Mattie.
567
00:43:50,703 --> 00:43:53,298
Another piece of news is going to break.
568
00:43:53,581 --> 00:43:56,415
And I know you'll handle it responsibly.
569
00:43:59,586 --> 00:44:01,976
Lord Billsborough!
570
00:44:07,427 --> 00:44:09,623
No comment!
571
00:44:19,189 --> 00:44:23,263
"In what was described
by a senior government spokesman
572
00:44:23,651 --> 00:44:29,443
"as a fit of pique and panic, the Prime
Minister sacked Lord Billsborough,
573
00:44:29,866 --> 00:44:34,383
"the greatly loved and longest-serving
member of his government."
574
00:44:34,787 --> 00:44:37,177
Pique and panic.
575
00:44:37,456 --> 00:44:40,051
Oh, yes, I'm sure it was.
576
00:44:40,334 --> 00:44:44,328
Your girl was supposed
to be handling things responsibly.
577
00:44:44,672 --> 00:44:50,623
I'm sure she did, Elizabeth. Someone
must have been getting at her editor.
578
00:44:51,094 --> 00:44:53,814
She's proving to be rather a treasure.
579
00:44:54,139 --> 00:44:56,449
You could say that.
580
00:44:56,725 --> 00:44:59,923
- And you trust her?
- Yes.
581
00:45:00,228 --> 00:45:02,538
Up to a point.
582
00:45:03,857 --> 00:45:08,648
If you wanted to be
quite certain of her loyalty,
583
00:45:09,028 --> 00:45:14,228
perhaps one night when you're in town
and I'm here in the country...
584
00:45:15,284 --> 00:45:18,482
Well,
I should quite understand, Francis.
585
00:45:18,788 --> 00:45:21,383
I'll leave that up to you entirely.
586
00:45:31,550 --> 00:45:35,339
Thank you, Elizabeth.
587
00:45:38,140 --> 00:45:39,938
Urquhart.
588
00:45:40,934 --> 00:45:43,529
Yes, of course, Prime Minister.
589
00:45:44,521 --> 00:45:47,036
Yes, yes, of course. At once.
590
00:45:48,024 --> 00:45:51,574
- Well, well, well.
- He isn't going to sack you?
591
00:45:51,903 --> 00:45:54,896
He'd better not bloody well try.
592
00:46:24,309 --> 00:46:29,668
The "Observer" rang the Press Office
about a story they're going to run.
593
00:46:30,107 --> 00:46:33,896
They say Charlie's been
buying shares in companies
594
00:46:34,236 --> 00:46:39,231
just before they benefit from government
decisions, and making a killing on them.
595
00:46:39,616 --> 00:46:44,611
- You know Charlie. He hasn't the wit.
- Charlie? Of course he hasn't.
596
00:46:44,996 --> 00:46:47,716
And... Well, he has his weaknesses, Hal.
597
00:46:48,041 --> 00:46:51,432
But he'd never do anything criminal.
598
00:46:51,752 --> 00:46:56,747
Thank you, Francis. God, it's such a
relief to talk to someone with a bit of.
599
00:46:57,717 --> 00:47:00,915
You do believe I know nothing about it?
600
00:47:01,262 --> 00:47:05,336
Absolutely, Hal.
Without the slightest reservation.
601
00:47:05,683 --> 00:47:09,677
You're a good man. They say they've got
evidence.
602
00:47:10,062 --> 00:47:14,659
- Bank statements, receipts.
- But nothing that connects it with you?
603
00:47:15,025 --> 00:47:18,018
No, but what else would they assume?
604
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:21,313
If he has inside information, who from?
605
00:47:21,656 --> 00:47:27,414
- Francis, what am I going to do?
- You're innocent. Tell them you'll sue.
606
00:47:27,871 --> 00:47:31,660
Set your solicitor onto it.
Where's your brother?
607
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:35,789
In his flat. I told him
to take the phone off the hook.
608
00:47:36,129 --> 00:47:41,523
Have to do more. When the "Observer"
hits the streets, he'll be under siege.
609
00:47:41,926 --> 00:47:46,717
Listen, there's a place we use in Kent
for the dipsos and druggies
610
00:47:47,139 --> 00:47:51,133
on the back benches,
sort of safe house cum asylum.
611
00:47:51,477 --> 00:47:53,867
- I'm sorry...
- I know.
612
00:47:54,146 --> 00:47:59,540
I'll get Stamper to fix it. Can someone
who knows him be there? Not you.
613
00:47:59,943 --> 00:48:02,742
- Anne will go.
- Not her.
614
00:48:03,071 --> 00:48:05,950
Francis, we're all he has now.
615
00:48:06,283 --> 00:48:09,082
Right. She'd better go straight away.
616
00:48:09,369 --> 00:48:12,407
Don't worry, Hal. They're very kind.
617
00:48:12,747 --> 00:48:15,057
Absolutely discreet.
618
00:48:15,333 --> 00:48:17,848
Doctor Christian's a very sound man.
619
00:48:18,169 --> 00:48:21,958
It may be a blessing in disguise
for Charlie.
620
00:48:22,298 --> 00:48:25,370
You're a tower of strength. Thank you.
621
00:48:25,676 --> 00:48:29,670
Don't embarrass me, Hal.
I'm just doing my job.
622
00:48:34,852 --> 00:48:37,447
I don't know what's happening!
623
00:48:41,317 --> 00:48:43,627
No! Get away!
624
00:48:43,902 --> 00:48:47,293
- Go on! Go on!
- Get away, you people!
625
00:48:48,782 --> 00:48:52,776
- A comment for the press, Charlie?
- Get out! Get out!
626
00:48:55,914 --> 00:48:58,634
Where are they taking you, Charlie?
627
00:49:20,312 --> 00:49:22,304
- How bad is it?
- I've seen worse.
628
00:49:22,565 --> 00:49:26,559
Oh, come on. No one's ever been
this low in the polls and won.
629
00:49:26,902 --> 00:49:30,578
- Be the first. Make 'em cry.
- Oh, Francis.
630
00:49:31,907 --> 00:49:36,618
However this comes out, I'll tell
the world what a hell of a man you are.
631
00:49:36,995 --> 00:49:41,387
- What are we up against?
- The "Observer" doesn't implicate you.
632
00:49:41,750 --> 00:49:46,666
Very sensible of them. It'll blow over.
These things always do. What else?
633
00:49:47,047 --> 00:49:50,563
A run on the pound.
Doesn't mean a thing.
634
00:49:50,884 --> 00:49:53,683
It may bother the teenagers
in the City with the Porsches,
635
00:49:53,984 --> 00:49:56,482
but voters don't care.
636
00:49:56,889 --> 00:49:59,707
"Leadership crisis"?
637
00:49:59,708 --> 00:50:03,125
That cretinous dwarf Bairsted's
forcing a leadership contest.
638
00:50:03,604 --> 00:50:05,999
Want me to lean on him?
639
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:08,395
I'll frighten the wits out of
the little sod, if you like.
640
00:50:08,776 --> 00:50:11,575
Well, he's publicly declared now.
641
00:50:11,862 --> 00:50:15,776
Get him to publicly retract.
Humiliate the little bastard.
642
00:50:16,158 --> 00:50:19,947
But, no. I think you're right,
Prime Minister.
643
00:50:20,287 --> 00:50:24,884
Let him come onto the punch.
Knock him down and trample him.
644
00:50:25,250 --> 00:50:28,243
And do the TV interview on Wednesday?
645
00:50:28,545 --> 00:50:34,098
I'd say so, yes. Insist they leave this
Mendox shares nonsense till the end.
646
00:50:34,551 --> 00:50:37,549
By then, everyone
will be rooting for you.
647
00:50:37,750 --> 00:50:40,548
It'll seem like an irrelevance,
which it is.
648
00:50:40,974 --> 00:50:44,206
Yes. Thank you. We're not finished yet.
649
00:50:47,397 --> 00:50:52,188
Right, stand by, studio, please.
Counting from VT in ten seconds.
650
00:50:52,568 --> 00:50:57,085
- Very quiet.
- Very quiet, please, now. Five...
651
00:50:57,448 --> 00:51:00,520
- All right?
- Yes, fine.
652
00:51:01,827 --> 00:51:04,422
For the last few minutes
of this interview,
653
00:51:04,747 --> 00:51:10,744
could we turn to the allegations about
improper share dealing by your brother?
654
00:51:11,169 --> 00:51:14,560
- With pleasure.
- You issued a statement.
655
00:51:14,881 --> 00:51:19,876
You denied any connection with this,
and suggested it was mistaken identity.
656
00:51:20,262 --> 00:51:22,380
That's correct.
657
00:51:22,381 --> 00:51:26,498
It's not for me to explain the
"Observer's" extraordinary mistake.
658
00:51:26,976 --> 00:51:31,767
All I can tell you is that none of
my family has anything to do with it.
659
00:51:32,148 --> 00:51:36,347
You have my word of honour on that.
660
00:51:36,694 --> 00:51:40,893
Solicitors have initiated proceedings
against the "Observer".
661
00:51:41,240 --> 00:51:46,759
They'll do so against anyone who repeats
these false and malicious statements.
662
00:51:47,163 --> 00:51:51,362
- Thank you. We'll bear that in mind.
- That would be wise.
663
00:51:51,709 --> 00:51:56,738
You and your brother deny that either
of you opened an accommodation address
664
00:51:57,130 --> 00:51:59,599
- at a newsagent's?
- Correct.
665
00:51:59,925 --> 00:52:04,795
On Monday of this week, Jane Hartston
of our staff visited the address.
666
00:52:05,180 --> 00:52:07,775
She photographed
envelopes addressed to your brother.
667
00:52:08,058 --> 00:52:10,413
Now, look here...
668
00:52:10,414 --> 00:52:12,769
This, clearly marked
"Ottoman Union Bank".
669
00:52:13,188 --> 00:52:15,987
The second is addressed to your brother
670
00:52:15,988 --> 00:52:18,786
from the Conservative
Party sales office.
671
00:52:22,488 --> 00:52:25,481
I really cannot see
any relevance in this.
672
00:52:25,783 --> 00:52:29,572
Quite clearly it is a case
of mistaken identity.
673
00:52:30,496 --> 00:52:33,335
I do have to warn you...
674
00:52:33,336 --> 00:52:36,174
We thought about
the name Collingridge.
675
00:52:36,627 --> 00:52:39,523
Maybe an other Charles Collingridge
676
00:52:39,524 --> 00:52:42,419
took advantage of secret
government decisions.
677
00:52:42,841 --> 00:52:45,539
But there's only one
678
00:52:45,540 --> 00:52:48,838
Charles Collingridge listed in
the London telephone directory.
679
00:52:49,264 --> 00:52:51,654
Your brother.
680
00:52:54,060 --> 00:52:59,055
Prime Minister, we've almost finished.
Is there anything you would like to say?
681
00:53:10,535 --> 00:53:14,654
Well, the Prime Minister
declines to comment any further
682
00:53:14,997 --> 00:53:17,717
on his alleged involvement
in the Mendox shares scandal.
683
00:53:18,042 --> 00:53:22,036
That's all from us at "World Watch"
tonight. Good night.
684
00:53:25,174 --> 00:53:26,972
Urquhart.
685
00:53:28,010 --> 00:53:30,400
I had a feeling it might be you.
686
00:53:30,679 --> 00:53:33,176
Sorry to disturb you at home.
687
00:53:33,177 --> 00:53:35,674
I'd be very grateful if
you give me a few minutes.
688
00:53:36,101 --> 00:53:39,094
Not on the telephone. Come here.
689
00:53:39,396 --> 00:53:42,594
I'd prefer it
if you didn't tell your colleagues.
690
00:53:42,941 --> 00:53:45,331
I'll see you in ten minutes.
691
00:53:51,741 --> 00:53:54,739
He can't survive this, can he?
692
00:53:54,740 --> 00:53:57,738
I shall rally all the support I can get.
693
00:53:58,164 --> 00:54:00,918
Off the record,
it's not going to be easy.
694
00:54:01,250 --> 00:54:05,039
Do you think he told his brother
about those shares?
695
00:54:05,379 --> 00:54:08,372
I find it impossible
to believe he'd do that.
696
00:54:08,716 --> 00:54:11,515
I consider him a totally honourable man.
697
00:54:11,802 --> 00:54:14,192
- But?
- But, Mattie?
698
00:54:14,471 --> 00:54:16,707
Not quite up to his job.
699
00:54:16,708 --> 00:54:18,943
Mattie,
you might very well think that.
700
00:54:19,309 --> 00:54:21,778
You know I couldn't possibly comment.
701
00:54:24,398 --> 00:54:27,914
- I really like talking to you.
- Of course you do.
702
00:54:28,235 --> 00:54:30,830
You love tempting me into indiscretions.
703
00:54:31,112 --> 00:54:33,830
Others give me the party line.
704
00:54:33,831 --> 00:54:36,949
You talk like
an intelligent human being.
705
00:54:37,410 --> 00:54:39,925
I like talking to you.
706
00:54:40,204 --> 00:54:42,594
I'm interested in you.
707
00:54:43,541 --> 00:54:45,851
You find that strange?
708
00:54:46,127 --> 00:54:48,323
I find it very flattering.
709
00:54:48,588 --> 00:54:52,218
I happen to think you're
the ablest man in this government.
710
00:54:52,591 --> 00:54:57,382
- Oh, no, no, no. You're too kind.
- You underestimate yourself. Shame.
711
00:54:57,763 --> 00:55:01,154
Underestimate myself? In what way?
712
00:55:01,475 --> 00:55:06,470
You underestimate your ability
and your capacity for power, I think.
713
00:55:06,855 --> 00:55:11,054
And I think you underestimate
your personal attractiveness.
714
00:55:11,401 --> 00:55:16,192
Now, that is absurd, Mattie.
You can't expect me to fall for that.
715
00:55:16,573 --> 00:55:19,372
I'm old enough to be your father.
716
00:55:19,659 --> 00:55:22,458
Perhaps that's something to do with it.
717
00:55:38,636 --> 00:55:42,425
Oddly enough,
I always wanted a daughter.
718
00:55:42,765 --> 00:55:45,485
My wife and I have no children.
719
00:55:50,272 --> 00:55:54,551
What a very unusual interview
this has turned out to be.
720
00:55:54,902 --> 00:55:58,213
Perhaps we should...
No, I must say this.
721
00:55:59,865 --> 00:56:03,063
You mustn't underestimate
your abilities.
722
00:56:03,368 --> 00:56:05,166
Really.
723
00:56:06,579 --> 00:56:11,574
You know you could go much further
than you have done, don't you?
724
00:56:13,795 --> 00:56:16,105
Do you think so?
725
00:56:17,173 --> 00:56:19,563
If you put your mind to it...
726
00:56:20,718 --> 00:56:24,507
..I think you could achieve
anything you wanted.
727
00:56:24,847 --> 00:56:26,520
You might think that, Mattie.
728
00:56:27,850 --> 00:56:31,048
I'm afraid I couldn't possibly comment.
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