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The Margaret Thatcher Memorial.
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Is there really no way of preventing it?
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It would seem not.
It's all being paid for out of a foundation.
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The site was earmarked 15 years ago.
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For a time, there seemed some possibility
of putting it up in Grantham
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where no one would have to look at it.
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Except the unfortunate inhabitants.
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Where is Grantham, anyway?
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No one seems quite sure.
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Couldn't the Arts Council do something?
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You forget. We abolished it a year ago.
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Yes. Department of National Heritage.
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Not their pigeon, apparently.
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The best we can hope for
is to keep the scale of that thing down
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and plan a larger memorial of oneself
to stand nearby.
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How is she to be represented?
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- As the saviour of the Falklands.
- A small war in a godforsaken place!
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A small war, but very serendipitous.
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- Lucky for some, but not for others?
- Well, isn't that the way with wars?
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A small war in Cyprus over 40 years ago,
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and now the Cyprus settlement
will inscribe my name in history.
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And the Cyprus oilfields
will provide my personal pension
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if all our enterprises prosper.
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The Urquhart Trust, a very comfortable
retirement plan for when the day comes.
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Not yet, of course.
Lots more fun to be had before that.
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Statement from the Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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Madam Speaker,
it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce
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that with the cooperation
of the Ministry of Defence
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I am raising the embargo
on a large number of War Office documents.
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These documents date
from the early '50s to 1956
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and contain a lot of interesting material
about events in Cyprus, Egypt
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and the Middle East generally.
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Freedom of information is a hallmark
of good, democratic government
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and I'd just like to say I'm very happy
to be able to add to its store today.
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Mr Joe Badger.
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If he's so keen on freedom of information,
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will he tell us how he got his knees brown
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and who paid for his last little trip
to the Philippines?
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(LAUGHTER)
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As I'm sure the Honourable Member knows,
my essential fact-finding trip...
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(JEERING)
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My essential fact-finding trip
was funded jointly by my department
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and the Filipino government
in the interests of ethnically sensitive tourism.
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Is that what they call it?
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Fun without exploitation,
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models of imaginative cooperation
between the First and Third World
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of economic and cultural benefit to all.
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Surely the Honourable Member
doesn't begrudge me a tan!
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And in the strict interests of open government
and freedom of information,
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I'm prepared to inform the Honourable Member
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that I got a good deal more than my knees brown.
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I bet you did!
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And furthermore, furthermore...
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if he plays his cards right, he might be allowed
to come along with me next time.
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- (LAUGHTER AND JEERING)
- Order!
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You might regret that.
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Not from what I've heard!
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- (UPROAR)
- Order! Order!
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Mr Urquhart?
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Hello. Do we know each other?
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I believe you met my father once in Cyprus, 1956.
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I wrote to you about the war graves.
You said you'd help.
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- Then I shall. What's your name?
- Passolides. Maria Passolides.
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How do you do, Miss Passolides?
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- Phone my secretary for an appointment.
- Thank you.
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Well, goodbye for the present.
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(MAN) It was him.We prove it now, prove it for certain.
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Dad, it was over 40 years ago.
How can you be so sure?
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I saw it happen.
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I was there, but I couldn't stop it.
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I saw him.
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Those eyes. Pale, pale eyes.
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But if you only saw him once...
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That was enough. It was the same man.
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I should have looked after my brothers.
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You did your best, Dad.
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They were my little brothers.
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Nobody in the village said nothing to me.
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But you could see what everyone was thinking.
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"He should have looked after his brothers."
How could I stay after that?
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Are you quite sure you want to find out?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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But when I know for certain it was that man,
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what can I do to punish him?
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Oh!
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- (PHONE BUZZES)
- Yes?
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- Mr Booza Pitt would like to talk to you.
- Yes, all right.
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(KNOCK AT DOOR)
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Come in, Geoffrey.
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FU?
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- All right?
- Perfectly, thank you.
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That was a rather louche performance
you gave us this afternoon.
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Yeah, it was a bit end of the pier,
but the chaps liked it.
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I've had a bit of a shock since then.
Rather an unpleasant phone call.
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- Newspapers?
- Not yet.
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Francis, I'm awfully sorry,
but I've got myself into a spot of bother.
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- Sex or money?
- Bit of both, I'm afraid.
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Let's have it, then.
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My local party chairman is divorcing
his wife for adultery, citing me.
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That's rather small beer for you.
You might have a slight reselection problem.
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He says he's going to resign from the party
and take his story to the tabloids.
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There are details, nothing too dreadful.
It's a bit embarrassing, though.
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Oh, erm...
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Uniforms and so on.
Doctors and nurses. Awfully harmless.
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But there are photographs.
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- Geoffrey, Geoffrey...
- You know me.
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Anything else?
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Er, well...
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He says he's going to say that I tipped off
his wife about some shares.
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Brindox Chemicals.
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- Ahead of the takeover?
- Yeah, obviously.
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Otherwise there wouldn't be much point
in buying them. He should be grateful!
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Francis?
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I want you to write me a letter of resignation
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and I want it on my desk within the hour!
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Right.
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I thought you might possibly...
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Right.
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Please, Francis, couldn't you just...
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No, of course, you're right. I see that.
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Please, Francis, I couldn't bear it,
out there in the cold.
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Sign the letter, but don't date it.
What's this wretched man's name?
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Tennent. Richard Porterhouse Tennent.
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- Francis, I need hardly say...
- Sit down and shut up!
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Get me a Richard Tennent,
local chairman, Hampshire Southeast.
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Francis?
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- You really are utterly contemptible.
- I wouldn't go that far.
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No background, no bottom, absolutely
no informing principle but the will to survive.
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Just a plump little bag of squirming appetites.
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- Francis, that's a bit harsh.
- Shut up!
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You thought you could endanger
my government with impunity
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just because I may find your company amusing
and smile at your little jokes?
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I've been an utter fool. I am an utter fool.
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But, Francis, I've always been for you.
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You've been my guiding light, my hero,
right from way back.
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Look into your heart, Francis.
You know, I'd do anything for you.
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- (PHONE BUZZES)
- Yes?
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- Mr Tennent, sir.
- Good. Put him on.
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Mr Tennent, Francis Urquhart.
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Sorry to spring this on you,
but I wanted a confidential word.
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You know you've been put up for an honour
for public and political services?
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No? Well, I think
you deserve something a little better.
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A knighthood, in fact.
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Yes.
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Well, special people don't always realise
how special they are.
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There's a waiting list of about 18 months
and all this must remain confidential.
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You do understand that?
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Good, but I shall be inviting you
and...Lady Tennent to dinner very soon.
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Yes. Now, one last thing.
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I'm sorry to have to ask you this,
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but as this will be carrying
my personal recommendation,
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the Scrutiny Committee isn't likely
to come across anything embarrassing?
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Sadly, we've had one or two cases
where honours have had to be withdrawn.
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Excellent.
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Goodbye, then,
and my best regards to Lady Tennent.
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We'll see you both very soon.
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Bye-bye.
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Francis, what can I say?
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I still want that letter, Geoffrey.
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I decide who comes and goes
from my cabinet and when.
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Not the tabloids and not
some dreary little constituency chairman.
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All right, Geoffrey, off you go.
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- Thank you, Francis. With all my heart.
- Yes, yes.
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Oh, and, Geoffrey,
that was your knighthood I bought him off with.
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Oh, hello, Claire.
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- You're looking gorgeous, as ever.
- Thank you, Geoffrey.
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- How is he today?
- In cracking form. Never better.
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Having a whale of a time.
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- (KNOCK AT DOOR)
- Yes?
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Claire!
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- Do sit down.
- Thank you.
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Well?
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Is Geoffrey Booza Pitt OK?
He usually looks like the cat that got the cream.
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I think he just lost one of his nine lives.
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Why do you want to be
my Parliamentary Private Secretary?
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I think I could do the job well.
I think I have the sort of cleverness you need.
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What sort of cleverness is that?
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The Prime Minister's PPS
needs to be very well informed,
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but a lot of it comes down to instinct,
being clever about people,
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screening out the self-seekers, lots more.
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You realise that my PPS
is a spare set of brains for me?
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You wouldn't be able to be seen
to have any political views of your own
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and all your talents would be at my disposal.
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That's one of the attractions.
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I'm not driven by burning visions of a holy city.
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I just love politics, you know.
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I can't get enough of it.
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Good.
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Could I ask you something?
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Why did you appoint Barry Crumb to this job
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and why did you keep him on in it so long
when clearly he wasn't up to it?
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As you're so clever about people,
perhaps you'd like to suggest an answer.
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My guess is that you're extremely wary
about trusting people.
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You prefer to appoint a fool to the job
rather than risk appointing a knave.
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Very good.
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Very near the mark.
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So, erm...
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What should I do this time?
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You know what I'm going to say.
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Appoint someone both clever and trustworthy.
And trust her.
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Could I trust you, Claire?
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Yes, you could.
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I'd like to take a little more time
to think about this. One last thing...
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Is there anything I should know about you
that might affect my decision?
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Anything in your past life,
anything in your personal life?
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The kind of thing that if I found out about it later,
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I might think I wish I'd known about that
when I appointed her.
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I've been having an affair with Tom Makepeace.
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Really?
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Thank you for sharing that with me.
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I felt in all fairness you should know.
You deserve absolute honesty from me.
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I said you could trust me and you can.
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Being clever about people,
you took the gamble that I knew already.
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If I knew already and you lied about it,
you'd be utterly sunk.
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Coming clean would limit the damage at worst.
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But what if I didn't know?
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What if this were the first time I'd heard of it
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and you've just blurted it out unnecessarily?
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Well, that was the gamble,
that was the risk you had to take.
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At worst, I'd think this woman is
a bit too open with herself,
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a bit too honest to get on in politics.
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But she's awfully sweet.
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I don't want anyone to think of me as sweet.
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- Or devious.
- Don't you?
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- Did you know I was having an affair?
- Of course!
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I should imagine half Westminster knows.
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It's the common gossip of the House.
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And you think I should engage you as my PPS
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and make you privy
to all my thinking and decisions
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while you're conducting a liaison
with the man who wants to chop me down?
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You're clearly considering it seriously.
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You're far too busy to get me up here
simply to embarrass and humiliate me.
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That's very good, Claire.
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You're thinking of gambling too,
that I might betray him to you.
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And would you?
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There's surprisingly little to betray.
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He doesn't want to chop you down.
He admires you very much.
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Does he? That's awfully good of him.
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He wishes you valued him more.
He feels misunderstood.
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Good God!
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00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:41,196
He's soft in the middle.
He's weak and sentimental. He's a loser.
243
00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:46,150
If it came to a fight, you could take him any time.
You could take any of them.
244
00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,914
That's why I want to be with you.
245
00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,955
But can I really trust her?
246
00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:01,636
Why, with so much at stake,
should I feel this urge to put myself at risk?
247
00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,917
Why don't I just ditch the pair of them now?
248
00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,470
Unprofessional conduct, palpable security risk,
249
00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:13,111
selfish pursuit of private pleasure
at the expense of the public good
250
00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:18,274
and the whole smug, hypocritical,
"Times" editorial slop bucket of morality.
251
00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,908
Nothing simpler, nothing safer.
252
00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,875
Two at a stroke. Finish.
253
00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,039
Right...
254
00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,675
(PHONE RINGS)
255
00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:36,879
Yes?
256
00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,395
Claire Carlsen, Francis Urquhart.
257
00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,791
I thought you'd like to know the job is yours.
258
00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:48,871
That's absolutely confidential.
Don't tell anyone else for the time being.
259
00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:51,275
No, of course not.
260
00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,237
Thank you.
261
00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:54,799
It's...
262
00:17:55,920 --> 00:18:00,311
Forgive me, it's...rather a shock.
I convinced myself I'd blown it.
263
00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,637
Yes, I rather surprised myself. Goodnight.
264
00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:06,759
Yes!
265
00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,277
Sometimes the safe thing
is just too safe and sensible.
266
00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,710
Some games are just too interesting to resist.
267
00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,953
You haven't picked the best year
for record-keeping in Cyprus.
268
00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:29,276
October 1956 was Suez
and Cyprus turned into one big transit camp,
269
00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,908
whole regiments coming through.
270
00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,072
The last thing anyone worried about
was paperwork.
271
00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,595
You might be lucky, though.
272
00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,752
- There. Troodos Mountains.
- Are you sure?
273
00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,798
- I was there.
- We'd like to see this one.
274
00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:48,994
7438. "Report on security situation
and EOKA resistance interception
275
00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,630
"in the Troodos Mountains,
April to October 1956."
276
00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:57,999
OK. The search may take at least an hour.
It's never been digitally referenced.
277
00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,589
That's all right. We'll wait.
278
00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,469
Go and have a coffee.
I'll give you a bleep when we find it.
279
00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,633
- Thank you very much.
- All mod cons. Coffee shop's that way.
280
00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:13,032
The coffee's a bit crap,
but they do lemon tea. That's quite good.
281
00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,754
I thought I'd mention it. Cyprus and so on.
282
00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,474
- Thanks.
- You're very welcome.
283
00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,838
- How long have you got?
- Ten minutes. You didn't have to cook.
284
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,639
I love to cook. I love to cook for you.
285
00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,268
This is about the only chance I get.
286
00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,551
I wish we had time for a bloody great blowout!
287
00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:39,111
There you go.
288
00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,070
- What about you?
- I'm fine. Go on, eat.
289
00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:54,359
Look...
290
00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,909
This is a bit awkward.
291
00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:00,231
I think we ought to let this cool off for a while.
292
00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,872
- What do you mean?
- People know about us.
293
00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,514
- Besides Hilary?
- So I understand.
294
00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:09,671
From whom?
295
00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:13,310
- Geoffrey Booza Pitt hinted at it.
- How does he know?
296
00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,472
Does it matter? If he knows, everybody knows.
297
00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:17,959
Hell!
298
00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:22,591
If he's telling people about us,
it's best it isn't true, for the time being.
299
00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:26,389
Or come out in the open.
Let them do the worst they can.
300
00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,678
You know I'd never leave Bjorn.
I told you right from the start.
301
00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,308
And you'd never leave Hilary.
302
00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:37,553
I don't know. Might be the best thing for her,
as well as me.
303
00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,316
- There's something else.
- What?
304
00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,512
It's absolutely confidential. I haven't told Bjorn.
305
00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:46,671
What is it?
306
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,952
Francis Urquhart has asked me to be his PPS.
307
00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:54,112
- And you've accepted?
- Yes, of course.
308
00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,635
Don't look at me like that, Tom.
309
00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,718
I'm ambitious. It's the fast lane to promotion.
310
00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:04,755
Is that all it is for you? I thought
you wanted to change things for the better.
311
00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,798
I do. I just need to get myself a foothold.
312
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,468
It isn't easy for a woman, Tom.
313
00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,837
This is the chance to make myself a power base
314
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,514
and when I've got it, I'll use it for good.
315
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,148
- You said you loved me.
- I do.
316
00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,710
And you couldn't imagine life without me. Cool off?
317
00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:24,990
Tom, you're the best.
318
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,230
The very best for me.
319
00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,229
You give pure gold.
320
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,155
It's just that it's a bit...
321
00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,869
..a bit bloody awkward at the moment, Tom.
That's all.
322
00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,953
"From the information received,
I arranged to meet my contact
323
00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:52,591
"at the red rocks above Spilia village.
I was attacked by rifle fire..."
324
00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,230
- Bloody liar!
- "There were two, possibly three men.
325
00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:01,394
"I took cover, returned fire
and managed to shoot both the terrorists dead."
326
00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:05,235
He murdered them in cold blood! My brothers.
327
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,868
"I was unable to identify the gunmen.
328
00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,715
"They had nothing
to enable me to make the identification.
329
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:16,715
"I had to consider the risks of reprisal,
so I buried the bodies at map reference..."
330
00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,354
And there's no signature.
331
00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,031
It was him.
332
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,349
- This is a photocopy?
- Yes.
333
00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:36,991
- So there'll be an original?
- Probably at the Ministry of Defence.
334
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,630
They won't release it
till well after everyone's dead
335
00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:44,315
to protect the identity
of British personnel still living.
336
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,074
They're keen not to upset people.
337
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,669
Yeah, I bet they are!
338
00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,348
Update on the Cyprus talks, Tom.
339
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,876
Prime Minister,
I thought you'd taken it off my hands.
340
00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,237
No, you do the hard work and I take the credit.
341
00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:04,718
I think we all know that.
It's an arrangement that works very well.
342
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:09,431
Well, I keep in constant touch
with both sides and I remain optimistic.
343
00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:14,756
Dimitri Nicolaou and Yassa Yunis
are exceptionally enlightened politicians,
344
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,310
both prepared to bury decades of bitter strife.
345
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,950
It's been almost 25 years
since the Turkish invasion
346
00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:27,114
and a Greek Cypriot can see a Turk
living in what he regards as his house.
347
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:33,399
Nicolaou has to deal very tactfully
with a lot of very fierce nationalist opposition.
348
00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,593
A lot depends on the final details
of the border demarcation.
349
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,036
If that's seen by all sides as fair and equitable...
350
00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,879
A British judge will make damn sure it is.
351
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:49,313
I trust and pray that he will.
This Cyprus settlement is very close to my heart.
352
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,275
In more ways than one.
353
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,558
Which reminds me it's time
to do a little priming of the pension plan.
354
00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:20,315
There he is over there.
355
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,790
Oh, yes, I remember now. Rather a nice man.
356
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,719
Rather a useful man, I hope. Be careful.
357
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:31,192
He's very sharp on the nuances
and utterly incorruptible.
358
00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:35,831
You go and chat to your new prot�g�e.
I can handle this.
359
00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:39,511
Good hunting.
360
00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,359
Hello.
361
00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:47,750
I'm Elizabeth Urquhart.
362
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,912
We did meet briefly at a do at Mansion House,
363
00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,548
but you probably won't remember me.
364
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:58,191
- Of course I do. Clive Watling.
- Oh, yes! It was on the tip of my tongue.
365
00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:00,794
Now, you're the er...
366
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:05,636
Don't tell me, it's coming.
You're the judge, the international judge.
367
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:10,590
The most distinguished international judge
in Europe, my husband tells me.
368
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:15,631
Should I be frightened of you?
Not unless I've done something wrong!
369
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:17,279
Exactly.
370
00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,715
So...what's it like?
371
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,998
Are you actually doing any of it at the moment?
Judging, I mean.
372
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,628
I'm so frightfully ignorant about the law.
373
00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:31,920
I sort of picture you sitting in judgment
over some frightful international criminal
374
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:36,870
like that chap in "Batman",
but I suppose it's rather more cerebral than that.
375
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:42,239
It can be like that, but more typically
one arbitrates in some international negotiation.
376
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:47,829
Just now it's Cyprus, finalising
the sea boundaries, fishing rights and so on.
377
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,514
Cyprus! That must be a tricky one.
378
00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:55,037
Not especially. The area of difference
is clear and not very large.
379
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,034
There's a certain amount
of ritual posturing to endure.
380
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,398
The French are often prone to that
and this case is no exception.
381
00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,552
And all that oil must complicate things too.
382
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,508
What oil? There isn't any oil.
Not in significant amounts.
383
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:15,151
We have the most recent seismic surveys.
Oil's not part of the picture.
384
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:20,269
But didn't the French have another survey done,
all very hush-hush?
385
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:24,672
I'm sure I heard something about it.
Perhaps I wasn't supposed to.
386
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,354
Apparently there's oodles of the stuff.
387
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:32,116
If it goes to the Greek side,
the French will have the exploitation rights.
388
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,110
Something like that.
389
00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:39,193
But wouldn't that make things
very difficult for a French judge?
390
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,392
You know, to remain impartial and so on?
391
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,393
Yes, it would. It should.
392
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,032
Oh, I do hope I haven't complicated things.
393
00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,794
I was sure you would know all about it.
394
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,390
I've rather put my foot in it.
395
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,591
No, not at all.
396
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:03,356
I have to deal with the facts
as they're presented to me as evidence.
397
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:07,115
And I shall. One or two things
have just become clear.
398
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,436
Oh, I really am awful.
399
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,194
Still a blurter after all these years!
400
00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:15,352
- Please say you'll forgive me.
- Yes, of course.
401
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,190
You weren't to know.
402
00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:25,148
(URQUHART) I'd like to talk to you
about Tom Makepeace, Claire.
403
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,550
Yes, I thought you would.
404
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:32,669
It's all right. Of course I'll stop seeing him.
I was ready to end it in any case.
405
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:38,352
Tom doesn't handle these things well
and if half Westminster knows about it...
406
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,511
I exaggerated.
407
00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:46,955
If I said that I would prefer it
if you didn't cut off from him completely,
408
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,197
would that make life impossibly difficult for you?
409
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,630
Not impossibly difficult, no.
410
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,833
I haven't gone off him or anything.
Not in the physical sense.
411
00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,835
Quite the reverse, in fact.
412
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,390
We're extraordinarily well attuned in that respect.
413
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,990
(CLEARS THROAT)
414
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,313
You want me to spy on him?
415
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,080
I want to know what he really wants.
416
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,670
No one could be as selfless
as he purports to be.
417
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,759
- What does he say to you?
- We don't talk about politics much.
418
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,118
- That's not what we're about.
- Claire, what does he say about me?
419
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,271
The whole truth, now!
420
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,557
He doesn't like you, but that won't surprise you.
421
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,435
He admires your ability,
but thinks you've used it to wrong ends.
422
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,997
He thinks your policy on Europe
could lead to England's isolation.
423
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,388
He thinks you're past it, in decline.
424
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,955
Too old to cut the mustard.
425
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,115
Only one question remains.
426
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:55,273
Is he going to challenge
for the leadership and if so, when?
427
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,835
- I don't know.
- Find out!
428
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,630
Oh, you know...
429
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,268
I really thought I'd lost you.
430
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,911
I couldn't...
431
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:33,837
I couldn't bear the thought of not doing this,
not giving you all...
432
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,550
It feels so good.
433
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,110
So this is cooling off?
434
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,910
Being sensible, is it?
435
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,071
Don't mock me!
436
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,708
I can't help it if I'm hooked on you.
437
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,513
Oh, God!
438
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,710
You're so lovely.
439
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:07,831
I'm so lucky.
440
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:10,433
We are.
441
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,594
Oh, we are lucky!
442
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,035
Does he know about us?
443
00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,515
I really don't think I care.
444
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,674
I'm sure he doesn't have much interest.
445
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:42,359
He's so cold-blooded,
he's like an old lizard on a rock,
446
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,875
those pale eyes flickering!
447
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,318
I think he's quite scared of you, Tom.
448
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:57,354
He's never shown me much sign of it.
449
00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:02,116
You're far less dangerous to him
inside the cabinet than outside.
450
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,437
He'd love to sack you,
but he's scared that if he did...
451
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,909
I'd go for the party leadership?
452
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,749
Everyone knows you could win the next election.
453
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,474
You're far more popular now than he is.
454
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,631
You know what?
455
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,311
Foreign Secretary.
456
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,990
That's all I ever wanted.
457
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,148
But if he continues to interfere,
458
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,552
if he undoes all those patient achievements,
459
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,914
if he stops me doing my job,
460
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:40,869
then I'll bloody well have his!
461
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:43,079
Yes!
462
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,238
And you might communicate that to him
463
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:53,674
in that...tactful way
464
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,434
you PPSs...cultivate.
465
00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:01,911
I'll try.
466
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:03,718
Oh, Tom!
467
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,275
I'm so glad you said that.
468
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:12,036
I think you should challenge,
and the sooner the better for all of us.
469
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,511
I really thought you'd gone over to his side.
470
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,070
How could I do that?
471
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,155
You're in my heart, Tom.
472
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,956
You're in my bones.
473
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,756
- (WOMAN) Mrs Carlsen, have you a moment?
- Later.
474
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:47,636
He'll take any shit you hand out
so long as he can keep his job.
475
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,633
What if I take his job away from him?
476
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,308
He might feel he had to fight you then.
477
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,789
What should I do, Claire?
478
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:59,748
Don't ask me that about Tom.
Not after all we've had together.
479
00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:02,554
What would you do in my place?
480
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,591
Get rid of him.
481
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:21,792
Elizabeth?
482
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,349
Oh! Thank you.
483
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,389
Forgive me, Francis...
484
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,074
Is what you're considering wise?
485
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:37,629
I haven't made up my mind yet.
486
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:41,918
Francis, you might do something
on a whim or in a flash of temper.
487
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,868
- All the more fun.
- Think, Francis. Remember Stamper.
488
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:51,034
You underestimated him,
his capacity for malice, resentment, revenge.
489
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:55,193
You thought he was your creature,
but he turned against you.
490
00:33:55,360 --> 00:34:00,150
Ultimately Stamper underestimated me,
but this case is entirely different.
491
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,993
Makepeace was never my creature.
492
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:07,312
He's a disruptive influence,
totally isolated in the cabinet.
493
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,472
Not in the parliamentary party
or in the country.
494
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:14,758
If you humiliate him in the reshuffle,
he'll turn against you.
495
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,549
Leave him where he is
and he has to make supportive noises.
496
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,630
In public at any rate.
497
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:26,590
Wait until he does something
to make himself less popular, then be rid of him.
498
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,910
That would be sensible.
499
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:34,439
One wonders if your new girl
is giving you the best advice.
500
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:38,070
She's not just telling you
what you want to hear, I hope?
501
00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:42,233
One doesn't detect
the tiniest trace of jealousy, does one?
502
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,391
Hardly, Francis.
503
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:50,199
A little pique perhaps
because I didn't choose her for you.
504
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:54,632
But overwhelmingly concerned
for your welfare, your security.
505
00:34:55,360 --> 00:35:00,036
These final years should be a triumphant
consolidation, not a desperate struggle.
506
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:04,518
You're not suggesting that a contest
between Makepeace and myself
507
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,148
would be a desperate struggle?
508
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,993
I can take the man any time I like.
509
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,628
Of course you could.
510
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:18,190
What thrillingly pugnacious language!
But why put yourself to all that trouble?
511
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:22,555
After all, it's not as if you had anything to prove.
512
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,029
I think I'll go up, Francis.
513
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,589
Well, I won't be very long.
514
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:37,356
Of course she's right.
I have nothing to prove and I have nothing to fear.
515
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:41,672
No one can threaten me now.
No one is left who can threaten me now.
516
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,354
Mattie gone, Stamper and Sarah gone,
517
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:48,149
Roger O'Neill,
with his brave, terrified smile, gone.
518
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:49,833
All gone.
519
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,429
No one knows anything
that could possibly damage me,
520
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,068
except Corder and Elizabeth.
521
00:35:57,240 --> 00:35:59,231
And myself.
522
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,755
So what do I have to fear...
523
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:04,711
..but fear itself?
524
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:10,912
You're very privileged. I don't know
anyone else who's invited up here.
525
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:15,710
- I'm still waiting for my invitation.
- It's his own private roof garden?
526
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,633
Not quite. In theory, any MP can use it,
527
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,759
but the Prime Minister comes up here
when he needs to be alone
528
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:27,436
to think something through,
and doesn't welcome any intrusions.
529
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:32,594
There's a tragic story. A young journalist
he befriended killed herself up here.
530
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:36,594
Jumped off the roof.
He saw it happen, couldn't stop her.
531
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,194
That was before he was Prime Minister.
532
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,670
- He still likes to go there?
- He's not like other people.
533
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,394
Your connection with him is Cyprus?
534
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:50,509
I'm trying to help my father find out
about his brothers who were killed there in '56.
535
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:53,672
He'll help you. He's very interested in Cyprus.
536
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:58,278
Prime Minister! Here's Miss Passolides.
537
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,352
- Thank you, Claire.
- Thank you.
538
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:05,633
Miss Passolides!
I hope you didn't mind all those stairs.
539
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,791
No, not at all.
540
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,428
What an extraordinary place this is!
541
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,990
One likes to get away now and then,
get above it all.
542
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,909
I like to imagine
that the air is a little purer up here.
543
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,474
I was born in the Highlands of Scotland.
544
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:26,156
One could stand on the rocks,
see ten miles and not another living soul!
545
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,873
Sometimes I think I was a complete fool
to come into politics,
546
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,270
but, well, here we are.
547
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:39,079
I'm very grateful for this. Very surprised too.
I'm not one of your supporters.
548
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:43,193
I guessed something of the kind
and it's completely immaterial.
549
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:48,599
It's my privilege and my pleasure to serve you,
whether you voted for me or not.
550
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,752
Whatever else you may have done or not done,
551
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:54,912
the Cyprus settlement was
a wonderful achievement.
552
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:57,548
Thank you. It's very close to my heart.
553
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,908
I love Cyprus, the island, the people.
554
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:06,193
I didn't always meet them
in the happiest of circumstances.
555
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:10,592
Some of my memories of that place
are rather painful to recall now.
556
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,068
Did you go there on national service?
557
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:18,512
No, I took a short service commission -
three years instead of two.
558
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,672
I was only 19 when I first went out there.
559
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:26,158
Very naive, idealistic, passionate
about Greek culture and language.
560
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,676
- You speak Greek?
- It's a bit rusty now.
561
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,195
(SPEAKS IN GREEK)
562
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,149
(REPLIES IN GREEK)
563
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,190
- That's very good.
- One or two bits stick in the mind.
564
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:44,354
Did you gather information on EOKA resistance
or did you capture them?
565
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,512
No, nothing so dramatic, I assure you, Maria.
566
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:51,958
Someone who spoke Greek
would have been useful in interrogation.
567
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,715
No, I was lucky enough
to miss all that kind of thing.
568
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,872
Our problem...I don't know if you can help...
569
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,554
We're trying to locate my uncles' graves.
570
00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:06,191
They were killed in a skirmish
in the Troodos Mountains above Spilia.
571
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,318
- I see.
- We went to the Public Records Office.
572
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,513
We found a copy
of the official report on the incident,
573
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:17,070
but the name of the officer in charge
was blanked out.
574
00:39:17,240 --> 00:39:18,912
Yes, I see.
575
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,755
The clerk said it's likely
there is a more detailed account,
576
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:26,635
perhaps on a secret file
at the Ministry of Defence.
577
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,229
We don't want to stir up trouble.
578
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,392
I just want to set my father's mind at rest.
579
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:36,189
I understand.
So much unfinished business from that time.
580
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,597
And later in 1974 when the Turks invaded.
581
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,836
- That's when I lost my mother.
- So much blood.
582
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:46,874
So much sorrow.
583
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:52,873
- Will you let me see what I can do?
- Yes. You're very kind.
584
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:56,311
It's the least I can do. I wish it could be more.
585
00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:58,988
Yes, I believe you. Thank you.
586
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,991
I've just had a telephone call from Mr Nures.
587
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:13,836
The judges have decided
on the sea boundaries. They split 50/50.
588
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:18,272
And Sir Clive has given his casting vote
to the Turkish side.
589
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,677
Excellent. Thanks in no small measure to you.
590
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,513
- To the future.
- To the Urquhart Trust.
591
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,672
- To our personal pension plan.
- Happy days.
592
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,552
Sorry. Frightfully sorry, Prime Minister.
593
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:39,188
Was that a political point, Polecutt?
594
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:43,069
Good God, no.
A spasm of cramp, Prime Minister. Sorry.
595
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:45,231
Spasm of cramp.
596
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:54,156
Order! Questions to the Prime Minister.
597
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,669
Mr Hugh Pugh.
598
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:01,919
Does the Prime Minister
have any thoughts to share with us
599
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:05,436
on the eve of another crucial European summit,
600
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,592
particularly about
when he'll do something practical
601
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:11,228
to make Europe work efficiently?
602
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:16,756
For example, if he believes
in a single market as he says he does,
603
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:20,396
why does he turn his back on a single currency?
604
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,070
When is he going to put his money
where his mouth is?
605
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:31,436
The Honourable Gentleman
makes an excellent point and I agree with him.
606
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,592
We all want an effective single market in Europe.
607
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:39,629
I'm not sure that destroying the image
of our young king on the coin of the realm,
608
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:44,715
with all the disrespect to the monarchy
that implies, will bring Utopia any closer,
609
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:49,112
but the Honourable Gentleman believes it
and who am I to argue him
610
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:51,748
into common sense and sanity?
611
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,428
Let me say this to him, however.
612
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:58,229
It is my conviction
that we can do most good for Europe
613
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,868
by being resolutely British,
614
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:05,909
by showing Europe the way to go,
rather than trotting at Europe's heels.
615
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:11,911
Europe has a great deal more to learn from
the cradle of democracy than it has to teach us,
616
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:15,590
and if the Honourable Gentleman
doesn't believe that,
617
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:20,436
perhaps he should be rustling sheep
in the border country like his ancestors.
618
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:23,234
Order! Order! Order!
619
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:26,671
Prime Minister.
620
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:30,355
If we want to build
a really efficient single market,
621
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:35,310
here is a proposal I intend to suggest
to my fellow leaders at the summit.
622
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:38,432
A single language for Europe.
623
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:42,954
The waste of money
in dealing in a multitude of languages
624
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:47,312
must run into billions,
measured in whatever currency you will,
625
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:50,796
waste, confusion, misunderstanding.
626
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:55,198
Clearly we need to be able
to speak with one voice.
627
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:59,795
I suppose it's just
one of those accidents of history
628
00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:02,952
that the only possible language is English.
629
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:06,795
Order! Order!
630
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:27,112
- How was I?
- I've never seen anything like it.
631
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:30,033
You were completely bloody impossible!
632
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:34,273
Thank you. It pays to be
completely impossible from time to time.
633
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:38,678
Put a bit of stick about,
show them what's what, just for badness!
634
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:43,152
- So you don't want a single language?
- It wouldn't be a bad idea.
635
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:45,828
But it was just a bit of mischief.
636
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,231
It'll hold up
that single currency nonsense for a while
637
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:53,916
and be worth a few per cent in the polls
and it'll make some people angry.
638
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:56,355
Not bad for five minutes' work!
639
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:58,755
All right, let's be serious.
640
00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:02,276
I'd like to run a few thoughts past you
on the reshuffle.
641
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:06,473
Who wins, who loses,
how we stick it to them, placing the leaks.
642
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:08,995
- (SHOUTING)
- Liaise with Geoffrey.
643
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,428
Hello, Tom. How's tricks?
644
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:23,918
- Francis, I'd like a few words in private.
- That won't be necessary, Tom.
645
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:27,072
My PPS is very discreet, as I'm sure you know.
646
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:33,273
- Look, I think it would be better if...
- Stay where you are, Claire.
647
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,550
You have a job to do.
648
00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:39,190
Sorry about that, Tom.
What was it you wanted exactly?
649
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:41,828
What the hell were you playing at?
650
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:46,835
For the sake of a few cheap cracks,
you put everything we've done in jeopardy!
651
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:50,470
What will our European partners think
of that performance?
652
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,108
You make it impossible for me to do my job.
653
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:57,950
I build up relationships of trust over years
patiently with serious professionals,
654
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:01,396
international statesmen,
and you throw it away! What for?
655
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,068
To get on the front page of the "Sun"?
656
00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:08,518
Don't take it so seriously.
And it's not all Queensberry Rules in Europe.
657
00:45:08,720 --> 00:45:12,110
Occasionally, one needs a bit of pepper
on the gloves.
658
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,271
That's not good enough.
659
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:18,433
You can't screw around with foreign policy
without consulting me!
660
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:21,956
It seems I can,
but in future the problem won't arise.
661
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:24,958
I have come to a momentous decision
662
00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:28,118
and I'm glad you're the first to hear the news.
663
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,748
- You're resigning?
- No, Tom, you are.
664
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,428
As Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
665
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:36,592
I want to keep your talent
in the government,
666
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:40,673
but you're a bit too influenced
by your continental chums
667
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:43,678
with their baccalaureates and their Mercedes.
668
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:46,952
I thought you might like
to take a stab at Education.
669
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:51,352
Some might see that as a step down,
but it's right up your street.
670
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:55,712
You could have long chats
with teachers about the meaning of life
671
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:58,314
and Plato's "Republic" and all that.
672
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:01,512
I should imagine you would enjoy that, Tom.
673
00:46:02,240 --> 00:46:04,231
You bastard!
674
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:06,630
Education doesn't appeal, then?
675
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:10,435
- Did you think I'd accept?
- No, but it was worth a try.
676
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:13,068
- It's that or nothing.
- I choose nothing.
677
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,635
Up to you.
678
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:18,473
Tom...
679
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,353
You will put it in writing, won't you?
680
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:26,957
- You'll regret this, Francis.
- Well, now, I wonder if I shall.
681
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,552
- Sorry.
- No good in knocking the press about.
682
00:46:55,720 --> 00:47:00,919
It wasn't our fault this time. What did you think
of his performance? Unnecessary?
683
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:04,231
Don't fancy a comment, do you,
on or off the record?
684
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:08,279
Yes, I thought it was outrageous.
The last straw, in fact.
685
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:10,908
I've just given him my resignation.
686
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:13,469
Good one, Tom. One day, eh?
687
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:17,110
- You're not serious?
- Dicky, get your chaps together.
688
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:21,637
Meet me in the lobby room in 15 minutes.
I'll be making a statement.
689
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:24,314
- Right.
- Tell them it'll be well worth it.
690
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:26,799
Right!
691
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:29,389
(HUM OF CONVERSATION)
692
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:41,275
Thank you all for coming along
at such short notice.
693
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:52,478
This afternoon I resigned
as Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary
694
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:55,632
and the Prime Minister accepted my resignation.
695
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:59,270
I shall make a full statement
to the House next week,
696
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:04,070
but the reason for my resignation
is that "areas of disagreement on policy,
697
00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:09,155
"in particular in Europe,
have made it very difficult for this government
698
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:13,478
"to maintain a consistent position
vis-�-vis our neighbours
699
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:17,952
"and have made it impossible for me
to do my job as Foreign Secretary,
700
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:22,193
"a job I've always aspired to
and which I relinquish with bitter regret."
701
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:23,992
That's all.
702
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:27,630
And you're not moving
to another government post?
703
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:31,270
- That's right, I'm not.
- Were you offered another post?
704
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:33,431
- Yes.
- Which one?
705
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:37,070
- No comment.
- You sound bitter and angry, Tom.
706
00:48:37,240 --> 00:48:39,629
Would that be fair comment? Are you angry?
707
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:41,995
Yes, I'm extremely...
708
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,628
bitterly disappointed.
709
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:50,597
OK, I'm angry that I've been forced to resign
from a job I've loved doing.
710
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:54,156
- So what are your plans now?
- Go home and relax.
711
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:58,199
Enjoy my first weekend in ten yearswith no red boxesI
712
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:02,757
But in the longer term, well,I shall make a full statement next week.
713
00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:07,954
Tom, it's known that your major areasof disagreement are with the Prime Minister.
714
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:11,510
You said some of his speecheshave been irresponsible
715
00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:14,712
and embarrassing to our European neighbours.
716
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:19,192
Would you say it's timefor Francis Urquhart to step down now?
717
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:21,794
That's really not for me to say.
718
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:24,394
Come on, Tom. Should he go?
719
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:29,519
Well, in his own words,you might very well think that.
720
00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:32,956
- I could not possibly comment.
- You bastard!
721
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:37,199
Thomas Makepeace commentingon his shock resignation today
722
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:39,516
from the post of Foreign Secretary.
723
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:43,673
Bastard! He'll be dangling in the wind
before I've done with him!
724
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:47,355
- I did warn you.
- What can he do? He's not a fighter.
725
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:50,910
He's soft in the middle.
He's a sentimental dreamer.
726
00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:53,548
I can take him any time I like.
727
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:57,756
Of course you can, my dear. Of course you can.
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