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Nothing lasts for ever.
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Even the longest, most glittering reign
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must come to an end some day.
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Who could replace her? Plenty of contenders.
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Old warriors, young pretenders.
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Lord Billsborough, say. Party Chairman.
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Too old and too familiar.
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Tainted by a thousand shabby deals.
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Michael Samuels. Too young.
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And too clever.
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Patrick Woolton.
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Bit of a lout. Bit of a bully-boy.
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Yes, it could well be Woolton.
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Henry Collingridge.
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The people's favourite.
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A well-meaning fool.
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No background and no bottom.
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What, me? Oh, no, no, no.
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I'm the Chief Whip. Merely a functionary.
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I keep the troops in line.
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I put a bit of stick about, make 'em jump.
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I shall, of course, give my absolute loyalty
to whoever emerges as my leader.
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You'll have to excuse me now.
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Henry Collingridge
is Britain's new Prime Minister.
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Today Henry Collingridge emerged
as the popular choice to lead his party
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as Prime Minister in the general election.
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Mr Collingridge, 48 years old, has served
as Minister for the Environment
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and Minister for Inner City Growth,
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and has been described
as the acceptable face of capitalism.
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Well...let's see how he does.
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Throughout the span of this government,
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we have transformed this country
beyond all recognition.
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We are now a nation of property owners,
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a nation of shareholders,
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a proud nation of men and women
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who know how to get off their backsides
and help themselves.
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We have achieved
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all that we set out to achieve.
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Now is the time
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when we can afford
to share our hard-won gains
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with those less successful than ourselves.
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And now, let our watchword be this.
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Let's find the right way
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for all of our people
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to come together.
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Bloody nonsense. All come together?
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Sounds like a motto
of a knocking-shop in Marrakech.
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Dear old Patrick.
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Knocking-shop in Marrakech!
Very wide of the mark.
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Our esteemed new leader wouldn't
know a knocking-shop if he saw one.
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His morality is strictly backstreet
Sunday school hypocritical cant
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picked up in Peterborough or Rugeley
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or some such God-awful place.
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Not that one holds that against him,
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but we started something when we let
fellows like that climb up the greasy pole.
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Good boy. My own background,
as you see, is somewhat different.
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But privilege carries responsibility.
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I am a loyal servant of the state
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and proud to be so.
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Besides, I may not think highly
of Henry Collingridge,
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but I believe he thinks highly of me.
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I have hopes of high office, I confess.
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I have been promised as much by him.
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But first things first.
We have a general election to win.
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Good evening, and welcome to "Election Special".
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The polling stations have just closed,
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and we have a long night ahead of us.
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Early indications are that the government
will be returned with a reduced majority.
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# For he's a jolly good fellow!
For he's a jolly good fellow!
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# And so say all of us! #
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- Ghastly people.
- OUR people.
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What was that frightful woman saying?
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Wanted the smack of firm government.
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She wanted YOU to smack her bottom.
I could see that much.
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What is Collingridge going to do for you?
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I don't know. Perhaps nothing.
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- I've done enough for him.
- More than he deserves.
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That woman thought I should be Prime Minister.
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"Glamis and Cawdor, and King hereafter".
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I think that you should be Prime Minister.
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You're twice the man Collingridge is,
or ever will be.
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Well, yes, my wife is very loyal.
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A politician needs a wife -
and other people, too, regrettably.
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A man of state needs helpers,
little elves and sprites to do his bidding.
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Even unwitting pawns
who don't know who they serve.
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Roger O'Neill,
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the party's Publicity Director,
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Lord Billsborough's right-hand man.
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Jesus, Roger!
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Ah, but that sidestep. Magical. I had
Phil Bennett with that at Lansdowne Road.
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Open the window, Rog.
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Where were you, anyway?
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Picking something up to celebrate with.
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Has his little weaknesses.
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Very... warm nature.
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Very...human.
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But I don't mind that.
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They make him more...
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They make him easier to deal with.
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Of course, one needs a sympathetic ear
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amongst the ladies and gentlemen
of the press,
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those valiant seekers after truth.
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As we wait to go over to Torbay
for the first result,
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let's see what the countrywide swing
would look like if our exit poll is correct.
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An overall majority of 31 seats
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would mean that the political map
of Great Britain would look like this.
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Jesus!
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What's this? We backed those bastards.
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- Why can't they deliver?
- They won't lose.
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Starting with a majority of 100 and losing
70-odd seats isn't a vote of confidence.
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Never a word in the polls. Nobody forecast this.
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Greville, I told you
it'll be closer than the polls said.
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They're not coming out for Collingridge.
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Thank you very much, Mattie.
That's extremely helpful at this juncture
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What are we going to do? Christ, look.
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"Home & Dry." Home and bloody dry.
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- BrilliantWho wrote that nonsense?
- I thought you did, Greville.
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It was dictated to me over the phone
by our proprietor, Mr Benjamin Landless.
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Even he wouldn't want the late edition
to go out looking like that.
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Mattie? Any thoughts?
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Government Majority Slashed.
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Back In By A Whisker.
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I'm Still Standing - But Only Just.
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It's YOUR job on the bloody line as well.
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Greville, we can afford to wait a bit.
It's only 20 minutes till the first result.
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Don't worry. I'll be back in just a sec.
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Come here, you.
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- Jeremy is scared shitless.
- I told him it'd be close.
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And I've told him that our analysis
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will show how his ads zapped
the target voters in every category.
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So if we win, headquarters will know
they owe it all to us. And if we lose...
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If we lose, everyone will say
we ran the best campaign ever
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and the lousy politicians blew it.
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Rog, are you OK?
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Bloody hay fever.
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Fine. Fine!
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Never better.
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Oh, Lord. I think this is it.
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- Terry Aloysius Alabaster...
- Happy Sunshine Party.
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..43 votes.
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- Labour.
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..sixteen thousand,
three hundred and fourteen.
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- George Timothy Granville Green...
- Conservative.
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..twenty-three thousand,
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seven hundred and eighty-five.
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What's 23,000?
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Eight per cent swing.
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Majority of 30 or so, just what they
forecast in the exit poll. We're all right.
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We've just about saved our bacon.
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Well done, Roger! Well done indeed!
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If that doesn't get you a knighthood,
what will? Didn't mean to interrupt.
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- My assistant, Penny Guy.
- Delighted.
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So you assist young Roger?
What exactly do you assist him with?
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Just about anything at all.
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I say!
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Shall I, er...?
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Oh, about...15 minutes.
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Right. Bye.
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You don't have an arrangement
for leasing her out, do you?
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- Excuse me, sir.
- It's all right. I'm Charles Collingridge.
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- Here is my membership card.
- I'm sorry, sir.
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Erm...
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- It's all right, Constable.
- Ah, Teddy. I've got myself into a pickle.
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- Come on, Charles.
- I'm sorry, sir.
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Sir, the Prime Minister's expected in five minutes.
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Well, boys, we're back.
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They're all here. Is it all right for a chap
to come and drink his brother's health?
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Absolutely, Charles. We're delighted to see you.
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- Where's Hal?
- On his way, Charles. Soon be here.
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Hal?
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It could have been worse.
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- Atchoo!
- Mr O'Neill!
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- Mr O'Neill!
- Who is it?
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The Prime Minister's office.
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I can't hear you.
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It's the Prime Minister for you, Mr O'Neill!
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Hello.
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Yes, this is Roger O'Neill.
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Thank you.
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Just putting me through.
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Prime Minister! Many congratulations,
and how very good of you it is to call.
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And then I'd like to lick it all off
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very, very slowly.
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Thank you very much, Prime Minister.
That'll be very much appreciated.
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Did I say that this would be taking place
in the fifth-year dorm at Benenden?
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I'm overwhelmed. May I tell them that?
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The Prime Minister just wants me
to thank you on his behalf
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for running such a fabulous campaign,
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and he's not going to ask for his money back.
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- Well done!
- Thank you, Bertie.
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- Well done, Michael.
- Thanks, Lucy.
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Isn't he lovely?
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- Many congratulations, Michael.
- Thank you, Francis.
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So sorry. Please let me get you another one.
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Charles Collingridge. I've asked
Francis Urquhart to keep an eye on him.
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Urquhart?
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Hardly see him as a natural nursemaid.
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Not so sure. He's got a good heart
but he won't stand for bloody nonsense.
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Ideal nursemaid in my opinion.
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- He's a bore.
- Damn good thing.
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Dull dog, but sound as a bell.
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He doesn't care much for me.
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You're younger than he is.
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You're clever, and you make no effort
to hide it. You're better looking than he is.
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- And I'm Jewish.
- Well, quite.
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The odd thing about Francis Urquhart is,
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he'd never stab you in the back,
however much he disliked you.
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Not many left like Urquhart.
A dying breed, more's the pity.
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Teddy?
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He's here.
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- Coming down?
- I'll wait up here.
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Thank you all so much. You've been magnificent.
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- How's it looking?
- 24, possibly 25.
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- As bad as that?
- It's a majority. Five more years.
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Yes.
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- Francis!
- Welcome back, Prime Minister.
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I've had one or two thoughts
about the new cabinet.
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I'm sure you have, Francis. Good man.
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- Come round first thing in the morning.
- My pleasure.
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Hal!
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It's me!
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Oh, God, Charlie. Not tonight.
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Don't worry. I'll look after him. Charlie!
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I've been hoping for a word all night.
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Francis. Francis Urquhart. My dear old friend.
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Do you know what I feel like doing?
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- Getting rat-arsed?
- Exactly.
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I know a good place round the corner.
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Splendid. Two good chaps
getting rat-arsed together.
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Surprised? Well, everybody
can be valuable. That's my philosophy.
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Mr Urquhart! Mr Urquhart!
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No, no, no. Nothing to report.
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Oh, hello, Charles. I hope you had
a little bet on the winning team.
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You understand I really can't...
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Does the new cabinet have a job for you?
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I advise the Prime Minister on many matters,
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and my advice is confidential.
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Word is that you're in line
for a senior cabinet position. Is that so?
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Don't expect me to comment on rumours
or to keep my Prime Minister waiting.
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Thank you very much, gentlemen, ladies.
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Mr Urquhart!
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Mr Urquhart, can I have a word?
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Sorry to keep you waiting, Chief Whip.
He's ready for you now. Come up.
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Thank you.
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Prime Minister...
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Teddy. Didn't realise you'd be here.
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Pull up a chair, Francis.
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Now, I've had a careful look
at this memorandum of yours.
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You're proposing a very radical change.
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- I'd like you to tell me why.
- Well, er...
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- Just in general terms.
- All right.
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We have been in power longer than any party
since the war. It's a new challenge.
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We need to show we're not stagnating,
we're capable of self-renewal.
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Your own succession to the leadership
is a good example of that sort of thing.
255
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And you want to see more of "that sort of thing"?
256
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We've had a clear indication
that people are looking for change.
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You think so?
258
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The new names you've put forward
are not on the liberal wing of the party.
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- Wouldn't you agree, Francis?
- No one from the radical right, either.
260
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They're all good, sound men.
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Good, sound men from the Shires.
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Guaranteed to do what they're told?
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Men who have been bred and educated
in a tradition of public service
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and have proved their reliability over long years.
265
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Yes, that is another way of putting it.
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I see you're offering your own services
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in high office.
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You will remember, Prime Minister,
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that some months ago we talked
about the possibility that there might be
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a senior ministerial post.
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Yes, I do remember that.
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Thing do change so very quickly
in politics, don't they, Francis?
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I'm very grateful indeed for your suggestions,
274
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but we disagree with you.
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Do you remember Macmillan,
the Night of the Long Knives?
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Sacked a third of his cabinet.
Destroyed his government in the process.
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He was out within a year, Francis.
278
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Now...here is what I have in mind.
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As you see, no cabinet changes at all.
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It'll be seen for what it is -
a sign of strength and sureness of purpose.
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I hope the parliamentary party will agree.
282
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I count on you to press it home to them,
as Chief Whip.
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- I do assume I have your full support.
- Of course. That goes without saying.
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Good. I still regard you
285
00:20:55,257 --> 00:20:58,170
as a candidate for high office, but...
286
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you are the strongest and most deeply
respected Chief Whip this party has had,
287
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I think I may say, since the war.
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Such a slender majority.
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A good Chief Whip is more important
to me than a good Home Secretary.
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You are too kind, Prime Minister.
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Much too kind.
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Nothing!
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Nothing! Not a damn thing!
294
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He had the gall to say he counted
on my support! His fate was in my hands!
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Melodramatic twaddle.
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Is it?
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What?
298
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Isn't there...some truth in it?
299
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- Isn't his fate in your hands?
- No. No, no. I'm in charge of discipline.
300
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I can't deliver if my troops are disaffected.
301
00:21:55,492 --> 00:21:57,882
But aren't they disaffected now?
302
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His weakness,
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00:22:00,622 --> 00:22:04,411
his refusal to take
responsibility for firm leadership,
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is going to bring this government down.
305
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Yes. And sooner rather than later, in my view.
306
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- Unless...
- Unless...
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he were to relinquish the leadership.
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He won't do that.
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Unless a better man
were to take the leadership from him.
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Have you any idea what that would involve?
311
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No, but I would imagine
that you have a very good idea, Francis.
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And I know that you're capable
of doing whatever is necessary.
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- We're not expecting anyone, are we?
- No.
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I'll go.
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Mr Urquhart. Mattie Storin, "Chronicle".
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Sorry. I've been trying to contact you.
317
00:23:17,917 --> 00:23:23,709
I'd appreciate help in understanding the thinking
behind the lack of cabinet changes.
318
00:23:24,133 --> 00:23:26,728
I don't mean to be rude. No comment.
319
00:23:27,011 --> 00:23:30,607
Great story. You wouldn't like us to run it.
320
00:23:30,932 --> 00:23:33,401
I beg your pardon? What story?
321
00:23:33,685 --> 00:23:37,725
"Last night there were signs
of deep division in the highest party circles.
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00:23:38,107 --> 00:23:42,499
"Francis Urquhart, the Chief Whip,
who has been denied promotion again,
323
00:23:42,862 --> 00:23:46,651
"refused to comment on
or defend the Prime Minister's decision."
324
00:23:48,118 --> 00:23:53,512
I know you. The new girl Greville took on
when they pensioned off Cecil Roach.
325
00:23:53,916 --> 00:23:57,705
I'm the newish political correspondent
on the "Chronicle".
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00:23:58,046 --> 00:23:59,366
Yes.
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Quite.
328
00:24:01,299 --> 00:24:03,768
Do come inside, Miss Storin.
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Oh, let me take your coat.
330
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Good evening.
331
00:24:18,694 --> 00:24:20,890
Good evening, Mrs Urquhart.
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Miss Storin. A journalist.
333
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We'll talk in my study, Elizabeth.
334
00:24:27,579 --> 00:24:31,289
My wife likes to listen to Wagner. Do come in.
335
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,599
- Drink?
- Whatever you're having.
336
00:24:41,887 --> 00:24:44,482
- Whisky. All right?
- Thank you.
337
00:24:45,974 --> 00:24:48,967
Bruichcladdich...if you know your malts.
338
00:24:49,270 --> 00:24:51,068
Thank you.
339
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,237
Do sit down.
340
00:25:04,996 --> 00:25:06,988
Well, now...
341
00:25:10,043 --> 00:25:12,035
Mr Urquhart,
342
00:25:12,296 --> 00:25:16,290
in my piece I'll faithfully record
your public loyalty to the Prime Minister
343
00:25:16,634 --> 00:25:20,423
and your defence of his actions -
or, in this case, lack of actions.
344
00:25:20,763 --> 00:25:24,439
But I want to understand
what people are really thinking.
345
00:25:24,810 --> 00:25:27,405
I want to know what you really feel.
346
00:25:27,688 --> 00:25:31,477
I think you'd like to talk to me,
in confidence, on lobby terms.
347
00:25:31,818 --> 00:25:35,528
- What makes you think that?
- You didn't have to let me in.
348
00:25:35,905 --> 00:25:39,899
You could have phoned Greville Preston
and complained about my harassment
349
00:25:40,244 --> 00:25:42,634
and threatened him, and he'd listen.
350
00:25:42,913 --> 00:25:47,112
Everyone knows that threats
from Francis Urquhart are not idle threats.
351
00:25:47,460 --> 00:25:49,975
- Good.
- If I betray your confidence,
352
00:25:50,297 --> 00:25:54,086
you could have me sacked
and unemployable within the week.
353
00:25:54,468 --> 00:25:58,462
- I'm going to confide in you, am I?
- I hope so.
354
00:25:58,806 --> 00:26:03,198
Everyone says, "Francis Urquhart
could tell you the answer, but he won't."
355
00:26:03,561 --> 00:26:08,556
Well, at this stage in my career, I need
to understand more than I need scoops.
356
00:26:08,943 --> 00:26:12,414
I need a friend in high places, Mr Urquhart.
357
00:26:12,738 --> 00:26:15,253
And I think you'd like to talk to me.
358
00:26:16,451 --> 00:26:19,125
And nobody knows I'm here tonight.
359
00:26:19,413 --> 00:26:21,723
And nobody will.
360
00:26:31,635 --> 00:26:35,345
Perhaps you'd like to ask me questions,
Miss Storin.
361
00:26:36,432 --> 00:26:38,628
Mattie, please.
362
00:26:38,893 --> 00:26:41,010
Yes. Mattie.
363
00:26:42,355 --> 00:26:45,553
There really is a lot of rivalry and dissent
364
00:26:45,859 --> 00:26:48,249
within the cabinet, isn't there?
365
00:26:51,031 --> 00:26:55,025
Some elements of the party,
some elements in the cabinet,
366
00:26:55,370 --> 00:26:57,566
are deeply distressed.
367
00:26:57,831 --> 00:27:01,825
They don't think the PM has
what it takes for a full five-year term.
368
00:27:02,169 --> 00:27:04,559
They see a leadership crisis looming.
369
00:27:04,839 --> 00:27:08,833
The more ambitious of them
want to be well placed when it comes.
370
00:27:09,177 --> 00:27:13,171
They're not thinking about the good
of the party or the good of the country,
371
00:27:13,515 --> 00:27:15,825
but about the next leadership race.
372
00:27:16,101 --> 00:27:20,539
One might say the same about the Prime Minister.
He's thinking about his survival.
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00:27:20,940 --> 00:27:24,934
- Not the good of the country.
- You might say that. I couldn't.
374
00:27:25,278 --> 00:27:29,272
- If one word of this is linked with my...
- I am a lobby correspondent.
375
00:27:29,616 --> 00:27:34,008
Don't worry. It's "senior party members
and sources close to the Prime Minister".
376
00:27:34,413 --> 00:27:36,211
Good. Very good.
377
00:27:38,001 --> 00:27:41,597
Could I ask you why you've decided to talk to me?
378
00:27:41,964 --> 00:27:44,559
You don't usually give interviews at all.
379
00:27:45,676 --> 00:27:49,875
Let's say you turned up at the right time.
No, no, that's not fair.
380
00:27:50,223 --> 00:27:52,454
Things need to be aired publicly.
381
00:27:52,726 --> 00:27:55,321
I've read your stuff. It's very good.
382
00:27:55,604 --> 00:27:58,403
I think I can trust you to be honest.
383
00:27:58,691 --> 00:28:02,480
Perhaps you haven't been here
long enough to be corrupted.
384
00:28:02,820 --> 00:28:05,619
Thank you. I hope I never will be.
385
00:28:05,907 --> 00:28:07,899
Could I ask you,
386
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,358
if the Prime Minister is experiencing discord,
387
00:28:11,664 --> 00:28:14,020
shouldn't he sack the dissidents?
388
00:28:14,333 --> 00:28:16,928
Get in new people and fresh policies.
389
00:28:17,211 --> 00:28:20,010
You might think so, but it isn't so easy.
390
00:28:20,298 --> 00:28:23,097
He's not certain where the danger lies.
391
00:28:23,385 --> 00:28:26,617
A flurry of changes might look like panic.
392
00:28:26,972 --> 00:28:29,965
- That's the officialview.
- You don't agree?
393
00:28:30,268 --> 00:28:32,658
Of course I agree. I have to agree.
394
00:28:32,979 --> 00:28:38,976
You, on the other hand, might feel
that if you were the captain of the Titanic,
395
00:28:39,403 --> 00:28:41,918
you wouldn't say, "Steady as she goes."
396
00:28:43,032 --> 00:28:48,027
Should he...? I don't know how to put it
in a way that you'll be able to answer.
397
00:28:48,413 --> 00:28:49,813
Try.
398
00:28:51,750 --> 00:28:53,742
If I were...
399
00:28:54,003 --> 00:28:56,359
captain of the Titanic,
400
00:28:57,340 --> 00:29:01,254
which of my senior officers
should I be worried about?
401
00:29:01,595 --> 00:29:04,793
"Beware of an old man in a hurry."
402
00:29:05,098 --> 00:29:07,897
Have you heard that phrase, Mattie?
403
00:29:11,564 --> 00:29:13,556
Lord Billsborough.
404
00:29:13,817 --> 00:29:16,377
But he's Collingridge's closest adviser.
405
00:29:17,195 --> 00:29:21,394
He can't still think he could be leader?
Not at his age, not from the Lords.
406
00:29:21,784 --> 00:29:23,537
So?
407
00:29:24,787 --> 00:29:27,382
He doesn't want it for himself.
408
00:29:27,665 --> 00:29:30,339
He wants to pull the strings.
409
00:29:30,669 --> 00:29:34,060
He wants the party leadership for a protégé.
410
00:29:34,381 --> 00:29:37,374
You might think that. I couldn't possibly comment.
411
00:29:37,677 --> 00:29:40,670
- Michael Samuels?
- You might think that.
412
00:29:42,766 --> 00:29:46,760
Lord Billsborough is setting up
Collingridge as an Aunt Sally
413
00:29:47,104 --> 00:29:50,415
so that Michael Samuels can take his place.
414
00:29:52,485 --> 00:29:56,081
You might think that. I couldn't possibly comment.
415
00:29:56,406 --> 00:29:59,126
And how do you feel about all this?
416
00:29:59,409 --> 00:30:03,608
Oh, I'm just the Chief Whip, Mattie.
My feelings are neither here nor there.
417
00:30:03,956 --> 00:30:08,189
I look after morale of the back-benchers,
keep them up to the mark,
418
00:30:08,586 --> 00:30:11,784
listen to their problems,
help them out when I can,
419
00:30:12,090 --> 00:30:15,686
administer kicks up the backside when indicated.
420
00:30:16,011 --> 00:30:18,731
Just like a prefect, head of house.
421
00:30:19,056 --> 00:30:21,252
I'm sorry. That sounds cheeky.
422
00:30:21,518 --> 00:30:24,158
Not at all. That's exactly what it's like.
423
00:30:24,938 --> 00:30:27,214
Everyone says you're very good at it.
424
00:30:28,067 --> 00:30:30,263
I believe I am, Mattie.
425
00:30:30,528 --> 00:30:32,645
I believe I am.
426
00:30:36,409 --> 00:30:39,447
- Thank you for your time.
- Not at all.
427
00:30:51,635 --> 00:30:53,228
Well?
428
00:30:54,972 --> 00:30:57,168
Interesting girl.
429
00:30:57,433 --> 00:30:59,026
Clever.
430
00:30:59,310 --> 00:31:01,586
- Not TOO clever?
- No.
431
00:31:01,896 --> 00:31:04,616
Just clever enough, I should say.
432
00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:07,495
She might be the little friend you need.
433
00:31:08,862 --> 00:31:12,219
A political correspondent with her way to make.
434
00:31:17,455 --> 00:31:21,972
No, Prime Minister,
I haven't seen the papers yet. Yes.
435
00:31:22,377 --> 00:31:27,247
"Speculation that the Prime Minister
was unlikely to fight another election.
436
00:31:27,633 --> 00:31:32,662
"Ministers manoeuvring for position
in the event of a leadership struggle."
437
00:31:33,098 --> 00:31:36,296
It's insubstantial. Someone's flying a kite.
438
00:31:36,602 --> 00:31:39,071
Someone's bloody well making mischief.
439
00:31:39,355 --> 00:31:44,749
"Lord Billsborough dismissed
any suggestion of a leadership election.
440
00:31:45,153 --> 00:31:50,148
"However, the Party Chairman would
be crucial during a leadership race.
441
00:31:50,534 --> 00:31:54,323
"Billsborough is known
to be close to Michael Samuels,
442
00:31:54,664 --> 00:31:57,099
"who could be one of the contenders."
443
00:31:57,417 --> 00:32:01,411
Dammit, Francis. This is the "Chronicle".
They're supposed to be our people.
444
00:32:01,755 --> 00:32:03,872
Quite right. Leave this with me.
445
00:32:04,174 --> 00:32:08,168
I'll get on to Greville Preston
and find out who's been telling tales,
446
00:32:08,513 --> 00:32:10,664
or we'll go to Ben Landless.
447
00:32:10,974 --> 00:32:15,765
Absolutely right. We don't need this
from the "Chronicle." Leave it with me.
448
00:32:16,188 --> 00:32:20,023
Thank you, Francis.
I'm very grateful for your support.
449
00:32:20,401 --> 00:32:22,597
Not at all. Goodbye.
450
00:32:26,116 --> 00:32:31,066
Now, then, Mr Stoat. You seem
to have got yourself into a bit of a mess,
451
00:32:31,497 --> 00:32:35,491
and you haven't done a lot
for the image of the party, have you?
452
00:32:35,835 --> 00:32:39,829
No, Chief Whip. I'd like to say
how terribly sorry I am...
453
00:32:40,173 --> 00:32:44,326
You should have thought of that before.
Can we do anything for him, Stamper?
454
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,712
Not easy, Chief Whip.
455
00:32:46,972 --> 00:32:50,966
The sergeant is reluctant to believe
our friend here stopped his car
456
00:32:51,311 --> 00:32:53,701
to ask the way to his own constituency.
457
00:32:53,980 --> 00:32:55,699
Dear God.
458
00:32:55,941 --> 00:32:58,934
- I'm awfully...
- Do shut up, Stoat.
459
00:32:59,236 --> 00:33:01,512
I did persuade him to stretch a point.
460
00:33:01,822 --> 00:33:04,018
He won't be proceeding.
461
00:33:04,283 --> 00:33:07,082
Really? Oh, my gosh.
462
00:33:07,370 --> 00:33:11,603
- I can't begin to tell you how grateful...
- Stoat, you've been lucky.
463
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:17,200
I heard you're thinking of abstaining
on the second reading of the environment bill.
464
00:33:17,632 --> 00:33:20,830
- Don't.
- No. No, of course not.
465
00:33:21,136 --> 00:33:23,970
Stoat, be off. Try not to be such a fool.
466
00:33:24,306 --> 00:33:28,505
If you must use whores, for God's sake
go to a decent knocking-shop
467
00:33:28,853 --> 00:33:31,368
where they understand discretion.
468
00:33:31,648 --> 00:33:35,403
- Stamper will give you a list.
- Yes, right.
469
00:33:35,777 --> 00:33:41,250
Thank you very much. I'm very... I mean,
if ever there's anything, anything at all...
470
00:33:41,659 --> 00:33:45,653
- Yes, yes, yes. Off you go now.
- Goodbye. And, well...
471
00:33:46,539 --> 00:33:48,531
Thanks again.
472
00:33:50,752 --> 00:33:52,948
What a frightful little man.
473
00:33:53,213 --> 00:33:55,603
Where do they find them these days?
474
00:33:55,883 --> 00:33:59,399
God knows. If I had a dog like that, I'd shoot it.
475
00:33:59,721 --> 00:34:01,440
Yes, quite.
476
00:34:01,681 --> 00:34:05,072
- Roger O'Neill's in the outer office.
- Oh, yes.
477
00:34:05,394 --> 00:34:08,910
I think I'll make this one a private chat, Stamper.
478
00:34:09,231 --> 00:34:11,621
Whatever you say.
479
00:34:13,695 --> 00:34:15,493
Roger.
480
00:34:15,739 --> 00:34:20,052
- Good to see you. Squash sometime?
- I'd like that very much.
481
00:34:20,411 --> 00:34:23,210
- Roger.
- Good morning, Francis.
482
00:34:23,497 --> 00:34:25,966
- I'll be on my way.
- All right.
483
00:34:26,250 --> 00:34:29,846
Have a seat, Roger. Good of you to come in. Drink?
484
00:34:30,172 --> 00:34:33,768
It's a bit early for me, but if you're offering...
485
00:34:34,093 --> 00:34:36,688
- Whisky?
- Sure. Why not?
486
00:34:36,971 --> 00:34:41,762
Wanted to thank you for the good job
you did in the run-up to the election.
487
00:34:43,270 --> 00:34:47,662
One or two wanted to make you
a scapegoat, but I'd have none of that.
488
00:34:48,025 --> 00:34:52,622
- Neither would the PM.
- I hadn't realised anyone blamed me.
489
00:34:53,573 --> 00:34:58,602
- You're not having one yourself?
- It is a bit early in the day for me.
490
00:35:06,170 --> 00:35:08,446
You've been a bit of a bad lad, Roger.
491
00:35:09,299 --> 00:35:13,088
- What?
- You've had your hand in the till.
492
00:35:13,428 --> 00:35:17,422
- Francis, you're joking...
- Expenses are paid by Central Office.
493
00:35:17,767 --> 00:35:22,046
You've been claiming quite large sums
from the advertising agency as well.
494
00:35:23,106 --> 00:35:26,702
- It's a bit naughty, Roger.
- Ah, that.
495
00:35:27,027 --> 00:35:29,622
It's perfectly simple, Francis.
496
00:35:29,905 --> 00:35:35,617
Accounting at Smith Square is so slow.
I'd wait months to get my money back.
497
00:35:36,079 --> 00:35:39,311
It's much simpler to get it from the agency.
498
00:35:41,126 --> 00:35:46,520
I've never taken a penny in expenses
that wasn't absolutely legitimate, Francis.
499
00:35:46,924 --> 00:35:50,759
Not a single penny. I swear on my mother's grave.
500
00:35:51,137 --> 00:35:53,493
£22,370
501
00:35:53,807 --> 00:35:56,800
in the last ten months, I make it.
502
00:35:57,144 --> 00:35:59,898
Here we are. Have a look at the figures.
503
00:36:00,231 --> 00:36:04,510
Might be slightly out,
but not by more than a tenner or so.
504
00:36:05,487 --> 00:36:08,958
Bit steep for a few lunches, wouldn't you say?
505
00:36:11,911 --> 00:36:13,903
It's all...
506
00:36:14,163 --> 00:36:16,394
Atchoo! Atchoo!
507
00:36:17,542 --> 00:36:20,137
Cocaine's awfully expensive, isn't it?
508
00:36:21,171 --> 00:36:24,562
Is it worth it?
They say it makes a good man brilliant.
509
00:36:24,925 --> 00:36:27,520
If that's so, you must be a genius.
510
00:36:29,931 --> 00:36:32,321
Francis, you must believe me.
511
00:36:33,351 --> 00:36:35,741
I haven't got a problem.
512
00:36:36,021 --> 00:36:38,331
I'm not addicted.
513
00:36:39,066 --> 00:36:43,857
I just use it occasionally for recreational
purposes and when I have to work late.
514
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:48,240
I understand, Roger.
But there are not many who would.
515
00:36:48,618 --> 00:36:52,771
And I know this sounds old-fashioned,
but isn't it illegal?
516
00:36:56,502 --> 00:37:00,291
- What are you going to do?
- I know what we SHOULD do.
517
00:37:00,674 --> 00:37:04,668
Write off the money as a bad debt
and toss you overboard.
518
00:37:07,056 --> 00:37:09,571
But I must have a soft spot for you.
519
00:37:11,102 --> 00:37:14,061
I'll bail you out. I'll save your bacon.
520
00:37:14,397 --> 00:37:18,789
And in return I want
your absolute, unquestioning loyalty.
521
00:37:20,029 --> 00:37:22,783
Yes. Yes, of course.
522
00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:25,543
To me personally, not to the Chairman.
523
00:37:26,494 --> 00:37:31,888
I need someone I can trust to keep
an eye on things and help out in general.
524
00:37:32,292 --> 00:37:36,286
- Anything, Francis. Anything at all.
- All right, Roger.
525
00:37:39,801 --> 00:37:42,839
Now, listen to me very carefully.
526
00:37:43,972 --> 00:37:48,251
Why are we consorting with socialists tonight?
Isn't that against the rules?
527
00:37:48,602 --> 00:37:51,595
Not a bit of it. Steve Kendrick's not bad.
528
00:37:51,898 --> 00:37:54,413
We used to work together years ago.
529
00:37:54,693 --> 00:37:57,652
He's going to be pleased with me tonight.
530
00:37:58,614 --> 00:38:02,005
Flash git, don't you think? Fancies himself.
531
00:38:02,368 --> 00:38:06,681
- Fancies you, too.
- Everybody fancies me, except you.
532
00:38:09,584 --> 00:38:12,099
Here he comes. Teeth and tits.
533
00:38:14,089 --> 00:38:16,399
One for you, and one for you.
534
00:38:18,386 --> 00:38:21,777
- I gather you've got something for me.
- Yes.
535
00:38:23,058 --> 00:38:27,496
How do you fancy being the star
of Prime Minister's Question Time?
536
00:38:27,897 --> 00:38:30,253
Mr Kendrick!
537
00:38:32,694 --> 00:38:34,890
Number six, sir.
538
00:38:35,947 --> 00:38:39,941
I refer the Honourable Member
to the reply I gave some moments ago.
539
00:38:40,285 --> 00:38:42,277
Mr Kendrick!
540
00:38:43,247 --> 00:38:46,240
Will the Prime Minister explain to the House
541
00:38:46,542 --> 00:38:51,537
why he is not going ahead
with the hospital expansion programme?
542
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:02,152
I note the Honourable Member's
concern with the health service.
543
00:39:02,519 --> 00:39:05,034
I remind him that under this government
544
00:39:05,314 --> 00:39:09,513
the health service has enjoyed
an annual increase of 7%.
545
00:39:09,860 --> 00:39:12,455
7% in real terms.
546
00:39:12,739 --> 00:39:18,019
Furthermore, the health service has
benefited more than any other service
547
00:39:18,453 --> 00:39:21,332
from our determination to reduce inflation
548
00:39:21,665 --> 00:39:25,659
and to operate
in a sensible and cost-efficient way.
549
00:39:26,003 --> 00:39:29,838
- Answer the question!
- That is what I'm doing.
550
00:39:32,135 --> 00:39:36,687
This government made a commitment
to expand the hospital building programme.
551
00:39:39,894 --> 00:39:42,125
It is not this government's practice
552
00:39:42,439 --> 00:39:44,635
to discuss the specifics...
553
00:39:44,900 --> 00:39:48,610
- It is not this government's practice
554
00:39:48,946 --> 00:39:53,145
to discuss the specifics of new
spending plans in terms of precise dates.
555
00:39:59,166 --> 00:40:01,476
Order! Order!
556
00:40:02,378 --> 00:40:04,688
- I refuse...
- Order!
557
00:40:07,133 --> 00:40:09,250
I am not prepared...
558
00:40:14,057 --> 00:40:16,367
I am not prepared...
559
00:40:16,685 --> 00:40:19,075
- I refuse to...
- Order!
560
00:40:20,815 --> 00:40:23,205
Order! Order!
561
00:40:23,485 --> 00:40:25,078
Order!
562
00:40:29,158 --> 00:40:33,949
How did that bastard Kendrick know?
The cabinet didn't know till this morning.
563
00:40:34,330 --> 00:40:38,722
No time. It must have leaked out
of yesterday's cabinet committee meeting.
564
00:40:39,085 --> 00:40:41,475
Peter McKenzie was upset about cuts.
565
00:40:41,797 --> 00:40:45,029
He wouldn't leak to an opposition MP.
566
00:40:45,384 --> 00:40:50,618
Then who did? I want him found.
I want an example made of the bastard.
567
00:40:51,057 --> 00:40:55,051
I think it was someone who wanted
to make things difficult for you.
568
00:40:55,395 --> 00:41:00,311
That's why it was leaked to Kendrick
rather than the press.
569
00:41:00,735 --> 00:41:03,011
It may be someone very close to you.
570
00:41:03,905 --> 00:41:07,899
Someone you've always trusted
and who now wants to break you.
571
00:41:09,995 --> 00:41:11,987
Henry, I've just heard.
572
00:41:12,706 --> 00:41:14,698
I came straight over.
573
00:41:15,877 --> 00:41:18,676
Later, Teddy, if you'd be so good.
574
00:41:18,963 --> 00:41:23,355
I...just have to chew over a few things
with Francis here.
575
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:25,119
Yes.
576
00:41:25,387 --> 00:41:27,697
Yes, of course. I'll...
577
00:41:28,683 --> 00:41:30,993
..come back later, then.
578
00:41:35,524 --> 00:41:41,316
Those of us who care for the nation's defence
have been astonished to hear
579
00:41:41,739 --> 00:41:46,177
that confidential documents
have been left in a public house.
580
00:41:48,497 --> 00:41:51,888
And they have rather less surprisingly
581
00:41:52,209 --> 00:41:56,408
found their way into the pages
of the "Independent" newspaper.
582
00:41:58,466 --> 00:42:02,779
We have been gravely alarmed
to read in these documents
583
00:42:03,138 --> 00:42:07,929
of huge, unnecessary and positively dangerous cuts
584
00:42:08,310 --> 00:42:10,825
in the Territorial Army establishment.
585
00:42:13,233 --> 00:42:17,705
Does the Prime Minister understand
the damage that will be done
586
00:42:18,071 --> 00:42:20,984
to the government's support?
587
00:42:21,325 --> 00:42:25,035
Will the Leader of the House allow time
588
00:42:25,371 --> 00:42:29,445
to debate and to reverse this decision?
589
00:42:29,835 --> 00:42:31,952
Hear, hear!
590
00:42:35,299 --> 00:42:37,768
I remind my Right Honourable Friend
591
00:42:38,094 --> 00:42:41,326
that to discuss the contents
of this stolen document
592
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:43,836
is tantamount to condoning theft.
593
00:42:45,227 --> 00:42:49,824
- Point of order, Mr Speaker!
- Point of order. Sir Jasper Grainger.
594
00:42:50,191 --> 00:42:52,581
Would you not agree, Mr Speaker,
595
00:42:52,860 --> 00:42:56,649
that not to discuss the content
of this stolen document
596
00:42:56,990 --> 00:43:01,906
would be a breach of faith, a betrayal
by the government of its supporters?
597
00:43:08,211 --> 00:43:11,761
Mr Speaker, my Right Honourable Friends and I
598
00:43:12,132 --> 00:43:14,727
have listened to the mood of the House.
599
00:43:16,429 --> 00:43:20,423
In the light of representations
put from all sides today,
600
00:43:20,767 --> 00:43:25,159
the government, which prides itself
on being a listening government...
601
00:43:27,983 --> 00:43:29,576
Order!
602
00:43:31,195 --> 00:43:33,915
The government will temporarily...
603
00:43:35,909 --> 00:43:40,267
..rescind the cuts while it takes
a further look at the whole question.
604
00:43:40,622 --> 00:43:42,818
Resign!
605
00:43:43,125 --> 00:43:46,243
- Resign!
- Order! Order!
606
00:43:51,259 --> 00:43:54,058
Mr Urquhart! Mr Urquhart!
607
00:43:55,598 --> 00:44:00,593
- Could you spare me a few seconds?
- Ah, Miss Storin. Yes, I think I could.
608
00:44:00,979 --> 00:44:03,289
Let's go over there.
609
00:44:06,193 --> 00:44:08,185
I've been following your work.
610
00:44:08,445 --> 00:44:12,439
So has the Prime Minister,
though he's not quite such an admirer.
611
00:44:12,825 --> 00:44:17,820
- He had a terrible day today.
- A Prime Minister can change his mind.
612
00:44:18,206 --> 00:44:22,200
Though we're not often privileged
to see him do it in public.
613
00:44:22,544 --> 00:44:24,934
Well, it'll all blow over, I dare say.
614
00:44:25,214 --> 00:44:29,845
Will it? Two major leaks in less than a month.
Where are they from?
615
00:44:30,261 --> 00:44:35,939
I don't know. I'm responsible
for the back-benchers, not the cabinet.
616
00:44:36,393 --> 00:44:38,862
I dare say I'll be asked to find out.
617
00:44:39,188 --> 00:44:41,657
The leaks are coming out of the cabinet?
618
00:44:41,941 --> 00:44:45,935
The Prime Minister is investigating
his own closest colleagues?
619
00:44:46,321 --> 00:44:50,520
You might think that. I couldn't possibly comment.
620
00:44:52,161 --> 00:44:53,959
Thank you.
621
00:44:55,331 --> 00:45:00,122
All right! Don't tell me about it!
DO something about it!
622
00:45:01,129 --> 00:45:05,726
That is exactly what is wrong
with this goddamn country.
623
00:45:06,093 --> 00:45:08,483
Everyone wants to give you their analysis
624
00:45:08,763 --> 00:45:12,552
of what's wrong
and why nothing ever goddamn works!
625
00:45:12,893 --> 00:45:17,684
Nobody wants to get off their butt
and MAKE the goddamn thing work!
626
00:45:18,065 --> 00:45:23,459
London! Jesus! I'd rather
run a business in the Solomon Islands!
627
00:45:23,863 --> 00:45:26,662
Thoughts of a newspaper proprietor.
628
00:45:26,950 --> 00:45:31,263
- He may be right. Oh, God!
- What are you working on?
629
00:45:32,331 --> 00:45:36,325
It's a thing about the leaks.
Urquhart's leading the witch-hunt.
630
00:45:36,669 --> 00:45:40,140
I do think he has a sort of... I don't know.
631
00:45:41,049 --> 00:45:43,325
..magnetism about him.
632
00:45:43,594 --> 00:45:45,790
Kissinger syndrome.
633
00:45:48,599 --> 00:45:50,909
The aphrodisiac effect of power.
634
00:45:52,187 --> 00:45:56,181
- I guess that must be it.
- Not much chance for the likes of me.
635
00:45:56,567 --> 00:46:01,767
Women don't tremble at the unbridled
domination of the deputy editor.
636
00:46:02,156 --> 00:46:05,388
Well, no. You've got a nice face, though.
637
00:46:07,412 --> 00:46:12,009
I don't know what's the matter with him,
Francis. I feel he's not listening.
638
00:46:12,376 --> 00:46:15,050
As though he doesn't trust me any more.
639
00:46:15,379 --> 00:46:18,372
He owes it all to you. He recognises that.
640
00:46:18,675 --> 00:46:21,747
But he doesn't trust any of us any more.
641
00:46:22,095 --> 00:46:26,726
It's very distressing. How can we help
the man when he won't let us help him?
642
00:46:27,143 --> 00:46:31,137
Well, I'll continue to put the fear of God
into the troops as long as I can.
643
00:46:31,481 --> 00:46:34,952
But there comes a time... Not yet, of course.
644
00:46:35,318 --> 00:46:37,787
Yes, yes, yes, quite.
645
00:46:38,071 --> 00:46:41,781
You will keep me informed, won't you, Francis?
646
00:46:42,118 --> 00:46:45,794
Now more than ever he needs wise counsel.
647
00:46:46,164 --> 00:46:48,633
Of course I will, Teddy. Goodbye, now.
648
00:46:49,459 --> 00:46:51,928
I think Lord Billsborough's losing touch.
649
00:46:52,212 --> 00:46:55,603
Shame. Was a hell of an operator in his day.
650
00:46:55,925 --> 00:46:58,201
Well, work to do.
651
00:47:03,517 --> 00:47:08,114
Well, yes. A couple of leaks are allvery well,
but it takes more than that.
652
00:47:08,481 --> 00:47:10,791
A big scandal, perhaps.
653
00:47:11,067 --> 00:47:15,664
A political scandal. Or a scandal
about something people really understand.
654
00:47:16,031 --> 00:47:18,307
Sex. Or money.
655
00:47:21,704 --> 00:47:24,424
£50,000, Mr Urquhart.
656
00:47:24,749 --> 00:47:28,265
It's a very generous donation, Mr Jhabwala.
657
00:47:28,586 --> 00:47:32,580
We don't often see such large sums in cash.
658
00:47:32,925 --> 00:47:37,920
I'm a little old-fashioned.
I prefer to trust cash rather than cashiers.
659
00:47:38,306 --> 00:47:43,097
Strictly speaking, you should hand it
to the Party Treasurer, not to me.
660
00:47:43,478 --> 00:47:47,597
But you are my Member of Parliament,
Mr Urquhart. I know you.
661
00:47:47,983 --> 00:47:52,978
I trust you. Oh, I'm sure
the Party Treasurer is an excellent man.
662
00:47:53,364 --> 00:47:57,278
But you, Mr Urquhart...you are my friend.
663
00:47:57,661 --> 00:48:00,699
Well, I'm very touched, erm...
664
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,635
And no, I hope to gain nothing.
665
00:48:03,918 --> 00:48:08,117
Except...my wife and I would be thrilled
to meet the Prime Minister
666
00:48:08,506 --> 00:48:11,021
if he should ever visit the constituency.
667
00:48:11,301 --> 00:48:13,691
I'm sure that can be arranged.
668
00:48:46,132 --> 00:48:48,727
Accommodation address.
669
00:48:49,010 --> 00:48:52,003
Three months' payment in advance.
670
00:48:52,305 --> 00:48:56,777
- Fine. You're working round here now?
- Yeah, that's right.
671
00:48:57,186 --> 00:49:01,226
- And the name is?
- Collingridge. C Collingridge.
672
00:49:02,942 --> 00:49:04,740
Right.
673
00:49:04,986 --> 00:49:08,980
I might look you up myself one of these days.
674
00:49:09,324 --> 00:49:14,558
- Do you specialise at all, like?
- Yeah. Verbal abuse, colonic irrigation.
675
00:49:16,749 --> 00:49:19,139
- Bye, then.
- Bye.
676
00:49:29,848 --> 00:49:31,840
Nasty little man.
677
00:49:32,142 --> 00:49:37,137
- It was all right, though?
- Yes. Couldn't Charlie Collingridge do it?
678
00:49:37,523 --> 00:49:41,517
It's a waste of money
paying me 18 grand to run errands.
679
00:49:41,861 --> 00:49:46,572
- I'm supposed to be the brains.
- You are. You are, I swear it.
680
00:49:46,950 --> 00:49:51,342
Well, what's he want it for?
Don't tell me he's going on the game.
681
00:49:51,705 --> 00:49:55,096
Hardly. PM's brother needs to be careful.
682
00:49:55,418 --> 00:49:58,456
I don't know what it's for. Spanking mags?
683
00:49:58,797 --> 00:50:02,586
- Using his real name?
- Ours is not to reason why.
684
00:50:02,926 --> 00:50:08,126
We're doing a favour. The request came
from the top. We don't breathe a word.
685
00:50:37,632 --> 00:50:41,421
- You wish to open the account with...?
- £50,000.
686
00:50:41,762 --> 00:50:44,641
- Excellent.
- In cash.
687
00:50:46,976 --> 00:50:50,765
Excellent. A high-interest current account, sir?
688
00:50:51,105 --> 00:50:53,904
No. I shan't draw on it immediately.
689
00:50:54,192 --> 00:50:58,983
- Could I purchase shares through you?
- But of course. It would be a pleasure.
690
00:50:59,365 --> 00:51:01,755
Mendox Chemicals.
691
00:51:02,034 --> 00:51:06,825
20,000. You should be able
to get them for about 240 pence.
692
00:51:07,207 --> 00:51:11,201
Um...I'm rather pressed for time.
Could I leave that with you?
693
00:51:11,545 --> 00:51:14,902
We should be able to confirm it by four.
694
00:51:15,257 --> 00:51:20,855
- Excellent. Thank you very much.
- Not at all, Mr Collingridge. A pleasure.
695
00:51:26,020 --> 00:51:29,411
Junior Minister of Health, Mrs Makepeace.
696
00:51:29,732 --> 00:51:32,122
Mr Speaker, I'd like to make a statement.
697
00:51:32,402 --> 00:51:36,396
The Department of Health,
on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer,
698
00:51:36,740 --> 00:51:39,539
has today licensed three new drugs.
699
00:51:39,827 --> 00:51:44,822
Cybernox, manufactured
by Mendox Chemical Company,
700
00:51:45,208 --> 00:51:49,919
with general application in the treatment
of rheumatoid arthritis...
701
00:51:51,214 --> 00:51:55,731
Charles Collingridge here.
You opened an account for me last week.
702
00:51:56,095 --> 00:51:58,690
I'm afraid I've had to alter my plans.
703
00:51:58,973 --> 00:52:02,762
Negotiations on the hotel in Turkey
have fallen through,
704
00:52:03,103 --> 00:52:06,813
and I'm flying back to Kenya
at the end of the week.
705
00:52:07,149 --> 00:52:11,348
Well, can't be helped. Had a bit of luck
with those Mendox shares, though.
706
00:52:11,696 --> 00:52:14,086
Should clear 9 or 10,000 on them.
707
00:52:14,365 --> 00:52:18,154
Can you sell those today at anything over 295?
708
00:52:18,495 --> 00:52:22,489
I'll come in tomorrow morning to close the account.
709
00:52:22,833 --> 00:52:27,225
Can you send a closing statement
to my London address?
710
00:52:27,589 --> 00:52:29,581
Charles Collingridge,
711
00:52:29,841 --> 00:52:32,151
216 Praed Street,
712
00:52:32,427 --> 00:52:34,020
W2.
713
00:52:35,764 --> 00:52:38,438
Thank you for all your help. Goodbye.
714
00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:45,151
- Not working this morning, Francis?
- Oh, yes, Elizabeth, I am working.
715
00:52:45,567 --> 00:52:49,356
I'm working very well, as a matter of fact.
716
00:52:50,656 --> 00:52:55,651
Very good of you to come in, Humphrey.
I didn't feel comfortable with this money.
717
00:52:56,037 --> 00:52:59,030
50,000. What's he hoping to get?
718
00:52:59,333 --> 00:53:01,848
Five minutes with the PM, he says.
719
00:53:02,127 --> 00:53:04,517
Bit more than the going rate, isn't it?
720
00:53:04,797 --> 00:53:08,791
I'll write to Mr Jhabwala today.
Chaps like him should be encouraged.
721
00:53:09,135 --> 00:53:11,969
- Indeed.
- I'll see the PM is informed.
722
00:53:12,305 --> 00:53:14,581
About time he heard a bit of good news.
723
00:53:55,437 --> 00:53:57,633
Mr Urquhart.
724
00:53:58,524 --> 00:54:00,834
Good morning, Mattie.
725
00:54:04,114 --> 00:54:08,108
I couldn't believe it when you said
"roof garden". I'd no idea it was here.
726
00:54:08,452 --> 00:54:13,447
Surprisingly few people know about it.
Good place to get away from the rabble.
727
00:54:14,625 --> 00:54:17,015
So, what was it, Mattie?
728
00:54:17,295 --> 00:54:22,370
Thanks for your help over the last couple
of months. Must be glad they're over.
729
00:54:22,801 --> 00:54:25,191
Well, we've known easier times.
730
00:54:25,471 --> 00:54:29,784
What makes you think the summer's
going to be any better for us?
731
00:54:30,143 --> 00:54:32,339
What do you mean?
732
00:54:32,604 --> 00:54:37,599
Can I say something in absolute confidence,
not even on lobby terms?
733
00:54:37,985 --> 00:54:40,944
Yes. Yes, of course you can.
734
00:54:43,533 --> 00:54:47,607
I've heard that the tabloids are going
to mount a personal attack on the PM.
735
00:54:47,996 --> 00:54:52,195
- A nasty one. They're going to use his brother.
- His brother?
736
00:54:52,585 --> 00:54:57,614
Charles Collingridge. You know him?
Between the two of us, he's a liability.
737
00:54:58,049 --> 00:55:00,439
Alcohol problem. Debts everywhere.
738
00:55:00,719 --> 00:55:04,759
When he's had too much to drink,
he's not sure of his sexual orientation.
739
00:55:06,100 --> 00:55:11,095
See the problem? If the PM disowns
his brother, he's a heartless bastard.
740
00:55:11,481 --> 00:55:16,272
If he stands by him, he's a security risk.
That's how they'll play it.
741
00:55:17,321 --> 00:55:19,517
Why are you telling me?
742
00:55:19,782 --> 00:55:24,811
Because I think you're a responsible
and honourable journalist. I trust you.
743
00:55:25,246 --> 00:55:26,805
And...
744
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:32,035
well, because I think we're going
to need all the friends we can get.
745
00:55:32,421 --> 00:55:37,416
There isn't any chance he's involved
in something unsavoury with his brother?
746
00:55:37,844 --> 00:55:39,836
Oh, no.
747
00:55:40,096 --> 00:55:45,569
No, I'm sure there isn't. He's fond
of his brother, but he's not a complete fool.
748
00:55:46,020 --> 00:55:51,015
You'd have to say that. You'd cover up
for him even if there was something.
749
00:55:51,401 --> 00:55:54,280
Perhaps. But there isn't, is there?
750
00:55:56,740 --> 00:55:59,733
He seems to need a lot of propping up.
751
00:56:00,035 --> 00:56:02,630
Well, that's all part of my job.
752
00:56:02,913 --> 00:56:05,712
And it's all worth it, wouldn't you say?
753
00:56:06,835 --> 00:56:12,706
Since you ask, no. I think there's
at least one man who'd make a better leader.
754
00:56:16,971 --> 00:56:19,566
You might think that, Mattie.
755
00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:23,195
I couldn't possibly comment.
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