Coalition (2015) with Mark Gatiss as Peter Mandelson. An accurate depiction of the events surrounding the United Kingdom hung parliament in 2010 and the aftermath involving the three main party leaders in attempting to form a government, despite contrasting policies and personal beliefs.
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00:00:00Political history will remain for the leaders of the three main Westminster political parties
00:00:29to take part in Britain's first ever Prime Ministerial TV debate.
00:00:34Yes, imagine this as the biggest job interview in politics.
00:00:37It's not just that there's never been an election TV debate before,
00:00:40these men have never debated before,
00:00:43unless you count the weekly slangy match across the country.
00:00:45Okay, move slightly closer in.
00:00:47Gesture around a bit.
00:00:48Uh, hello, I'm Gordon Brown, and so on and so on.
00:00:51Scottish, Scottish, Scottish.
00:00:52No Prime Minister has done what Gordon Brown will do here tonight.
00:00:56Uh, hello, something about this, something about that.
00:01:00David Cameron, Cameron, Cameron, posh, posh, posh.
00:01:02David Cameron knows this debate could make or break his chance to be Prime Minister.
00:01:06Someone else, someone else, someone else.
00:01:08No idea, no idea, no idea.
00:01:10No Lib Dem leader has ever had this kind of exposure and opportunity,
00:01:15so it has to be a nerve-wracking night for him.
00:01:19Uh, more slow.
00:01:20Nick, come on.
00:01:23You should go up and say hi or something.
00:01:25Look, there's Mendelsohn.
00:01:27No wonder he's called the Prince of Dalton.
00:01:30Uh, so, this is the Prime Minister's stand.
00:01:32Stage left as agreed, because of the...
00:01:35So that he can...
00:01:36Don't be so squeamish, because of his gammy eye, yeah.
00:01:39Hello.
00:01:40Hi, how are you?
00:01:41Prime Minister.
00:01:42All right, be calm, relax.
00:01:45Why did we agree to this?
00:01:47I believe.
00:01:48I hate it.
00:01:50It's just a popularity contest.
00:01:53It is not, don't you?
00:01:55All right, you will experience the moral center.
00:01:58All he has is brill cream and a smile.
00:02:01Oh, by the way, don't forget to smile.
00:02:04Hello, Gordon.
00:02:06Good to see you.
00:02:08You'll understand if I don't wish you too much good luck.
00:02:15David.
00:02:16Gordon.
00:02:17Nick.
00:02:19Excuse me, sorry.
00:02:20So, we need to draw lots.
00:02:23Someone would like to choose?
00:02:24Gordon.
00:02:25No, no, please, I insist.
00:02:27Mr. Clegg.
00:02:28Right.
00:02:31Number one, so you'll be speaking first.
00:02:34Who's next?
00:02:37Quite a coup when you think about it.
00:02:39The first ever party leader to speak in the first ever debate.
00:02:43We should use this then, right?
00:02:45Isn't it, I don't know, an opportunity to tell people how we can change things?
00:02:50Okay, well, we've got some pretty good stuff in the speech already.
00:02:53This is your 15-minute call.
00:02:54All technicians on the floor, 15 minutes, please.
00:02:56Right.
00:02:57So, as per.
00:02:59Start with, I believe in creating a fair society.
00:03:02A society in which...
00:03:03I want to change my opening remarks.
00:03:07If I'm going to be the first to say something,
00:03:12I should bloody well say something, shouldn't I?
00:03:14Stand by for number two.
00:03:16Five, four, three, two, one.
00:03:19Over the past 50 years, there have been numerous attempts
00:03:22to get the leaders of the three biggest political parties
00:03:25to debate with each other during an election.
00:03:28Tonight, history in the making,
00:03:30as we are joined by the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg.
00:03:40I believe the way things are is not the way things have to be.
00:03:45Now, you're going to be told tonight by these two
00:03:48that the only choice you can make is between two old parties
00:03:52who've been running things for years.
00:03:55I'm here to persuade you that there is an alternative.
00:04:00I think we have a fantastic opportunity to do things differently for once.
00:04:06The fight for who becomes our next prime minister
00:04:08has just been blown wide open.
00:04:11We are forking the political equivalence of that volcanic eruption.
00:04:15Create a fair society, a fair country.
00:04:18We all want a fair tax system, better schools,
00:04:22an economy no longer held hostage by greedy bankers.
00:04:26The words keep ringing in my ear of both the other two leaders saying,
00:04:30we agree with Nick.
00:04:31Decent, open politics.
00:04:33Those are the changes I believe in.
00:04:35Clegg's star rises in great TV showdown.
00:04:38Clegg nearly as popular as Churchill or it might be Obama or Gandhi.
00:04:42It's almost a feeling of hysteria.
00:04:45So don't let anyone tell you that the only choice is old politics.
00:04:49For Nick Clegg, the road to Downing Street has never seemed so clear.
00:04:54More popular than Churchill.
00:04:55Piss off.
00:04:56Don't be daft.
00:04:56Latest poll puts us first.
00:04:5932%.
00:05:01It won't last though, you watch.
00:05:02So what?
00:05:03Even if it goes down by like 10,
00:05:04it still gives us more seats than we've ever had before.
00:05:07I'm near him.
00:05:08Well, then they're actually going to have to start listening to us then, aren't they?
00:05:12Three party politics at last.
00:05:14Enough of our own MPs to finally make a difference.
00:05:16Listen, we get nearly as many...
00:05:19Fuck it, more than Labour.
00:05:22Then?
00:05:24The opposition.
00:05:25I could get behind two party politics then.
00:05:27Oh yeah, no, well then it works fine.
00:05:36Welcome to election night here on the BBC.
00:05:40It began as a two-horse race.
00:05:43It ended with three starters at the line.
00:05:57Where is he?
00:05:58Bed.
00:06:00I can't blame him, he's exhausted.
00:06:10The night is young, the night is young.
00:06:13In a moment, as Big Ben strikes 10,
00:06:16we'll be able to give the result of our exit poll.
00:06:19For the first time...
00:06:19The exit poll's in.
00:06:21Not people say anything after they've voted.
00:06:24But remember, this is only an exit poll.
00:06:2710 o'clock.
00:06:28And this is what we're saying.
00:06:30It's going to be a hung parliament,
00:06:32with the Conservatives on 307,
00:06:35short of the 326 they'd need for an overall majority.
00:06:38Oh shit.
00:06:40255 seats for Labour.
00:06:43And the shock of the night, I think, at this early stage,
00:06:45is the Liberal Democrats on 59 seats.
00:06:49We've gone down.
00:06:49The Liberal Democrats, despite all that noise and fury,
00:06:52have actually dropped.
00:06:54Labour will still be a very strong fighting force after this.
00:06:57That's great.
00:06:58The Conservatives and possibly the Liberals have got...
00:06:59I bloody knew it.
00:07:01Tie, where's my tie?
00:07:03Why is the Labour vote that high?
00:07:05And what happened to the Lib Dems?
00:07:07Look, it's fine, we're the largest party,
00:07:09as expected.
00:07:10Not large enough.
00:07:11I'm getting everyone on the line.
00:07:13Well, please explain it to me.
00:07:14It can't be right, right?
00:07:16We can't be about to lose seats.
00:07:18Those who said Gordon Brown was a spent force
00:07:21may have spoken too soon.
00:07:22Fuck!
00:07:23Fucking Tony.
00:07:25People say they're sick of the same old politics,
00:07:27but every time, every time,
00:07:28you give them a chance to change.
00:07:29Indeed.
00:07:30Better than devil, you know.
00:07:31Anybody would think they don't really want to change.
00:07:33Sir, David Cameron just arrived.
00:07:36So well.
00:07:37Cameron.
00:07:38David Cameron.
00:07:38Just arrived at the count in Whitney.
00:07:41My duty to the country,
00:07:43coming out of this election,
00:07:44is to play my part
00:07:46in Britain becoming a strong,
00:07:48stable and principled government
00:07:51and able to implement our commitments
00:07:53to far-reaching reforms...
00:07:54Er, hang on a minute.
00:07:56He's talking to Clegg.
00:07:57...around which there is a growing consensus in our country.
00:07:59Political reform.
00:08:00Christ, he doesn't think he's out of it, does he?
00:08:02Where's Coulson?
00:08:03David.
00:08:04Don't be weirded out.
00:08:05It's the Governor of California.
00:08:09Mr Schwarzenegger.
00:08:15I must be honest with you.
00:08:16I'm not quite Prime Minister yet.
00:08:18May need to get some others on side first.
00:08:22Our system can be a little complicated.
00:08:24Oldest parliamentary democracy and all that.
00:08:28Oh, I wish I could terminate the whole thing.
00:08:32Yep, will do.
00:08:33Bye-bye.
00:08:37Yes, I heard what I said.
00:08:45This isn't going to plan.
00:08:48Shit.
00:08:50Can David Cameron pave the way to number 10?
00:08:53Well, we're just taxiing down the runway now.
00:08:55The Prime Minister did come down the plane to speak to us
00:08:58and I have to say, he was pretty upbeat.
00:09:00Reasons to hope.
00:09:01Grunts for fear for David Cameron tonight.
00:09:04David Cameron arriving at 3.
00:09:06Thank you, everyone.
00:09:13What if Gordon Brown tried to cling on?
00:09:16It's still possible to get things done
00:09:18but the only thing certain would be a great deal of uncertainty.
00:09:21We're able now to go back to Sheffield
00:09:23where Nick Clegg is still waiting the result of his count.
00:09:27And here's his problem.
00:09:28The Lib Dems increased their share of the votes overall
00:09:31but because of the way the voting system works
00:09:33they have actually lost seats in the House.
00:09:36You can understand their frustration.
00:09:38Yeah, well, I'm sorry again.
00:09:41Yeah.
00:09:42Excuse me.
00:09:45Hello.
00:09:47Paul.
00:09:48Yes, I'm, um...
00:09:51I am so sorry.
00:10:06This is the exit result of the votes recorded.
00:10:26Nick.
00:10:28Sorry, buddy.
00:10:29I know what you're feeling.
00:10:31I've felt it myself many times.
00:10:35Our best chance ever.
00:10:37Sorry.
00:10:37Why on earth are you sorry?
00:10:39I feel so stupid.
00:10:41Buying into all that hype.
00:10:45None of it was real.
00:10:48Listen, Nick.
00:10:48It was a fantastic campaign
00:10:51and it's shit that it wasn't reflected in the number of seats.
00:10:54But that's why we campaign for reform.
00:10:59Remember, it's a hung parliament, Nick.
00:11:01Yeah, okay.
00:11:03Our voice can still be heard.
00:11:05Yeah.
00:11:07You're right.
00:11:17We now find ourselves in uncharted political territory.
00:11:20This morning, all eyes will be on them to see what their next steps will be.
00:11:24George?
00:11:26George?
00:11:32Hmm, what's wrong with your hair?
00:11:37Hmm.
00:11:39Despite everything being in our favor,
00:11:43I still couldn't do it.
00:11:46There's still something that scares people.
00:11:51Mind you, those old loyalists on the right, they scare me, so...
00:11:59We could always get a momentum going before the dust settles and form a minority now.
00:12:05But you don't think we should?
00:12:07No.
00:12:08Oh, good. Neither do I.
00:12:12So, let's turn this into an opportunity.
00:12:15If we ally with the Lib Dems, we'll be forced to move the party center,
00:12:19making us more electable for 2015.
00:12:21What, by them taking the credit for the fuzzy warm stuff and us the blame for the cuts?
00:12:27Brilliant.
00:12:28Or this way, we can share the blame.
00:12:32If anything, they get more of it.
00:12:35People expect us to be ruthless.
00:12:38They'll be seen as traitors.
00:12:49We need the shadow cabinet.
00:12:51David!
00:13:02Paddy.
00:13:04Ah, David.
00:13:09I'm worried about Nick. He's in a bad place.
00:13:14Sheffield.
00:13:17I mean emotionally.
00:13:18He's in one of those dark moods he gets in.
00:13:21I'm not surprised.
00:13:23I can't think of a more torturous situation for the electorate to have put us in.
00:13:28Not giving Labour enough for us to easily go with them,
00:13:31not giving the Tories enough to toddle off on their own.
00:13:36But what about going with the Tories?
00:13:38It'd be complete heresy. They'd string us up.
00:13:42So, Parliament.
00:13:45So, Parliament.
00:13:49Cabinet will claim that it's his right to govern.
00:13:52So we have to offer a strong alternative.
00:13:55A coalition with the Liberals.
00:13:56Alternative?
00:13:59There's...
00:14:01Well, they don't add up, do they?
00:14:03Labour and the Lib Dems won't make over 50% of the house.
00:14:06Peter, you've been all over the airwaves talking us up.
00:14:09Yeah, as a way of going out on a high, not clinging on to power.
00:14:13With all their extra money, double what we had,
00:14:16they still only got 33% of the popular vote.
00:14:19That's nearly 70% who voted against them.
00:14:22We have a moral duty to begin talks with Clegg.
00:14:27Harriet.
00:14:30There are risks, yes, of course.
00:14:33But I couldn't, in my heart of hearts, go back to my constituents
00:14:38and say there was a chance to stop the Tories and I didn't take it.
00:14:44All right.
00:14:47But let's be discreet.
00:14:49Well, well, hold on, it's not that simple, is it?
00:14:52There's, um...
00:14:53The rules?
00:14:57There's a reason why they call him God.
00:14:59And it's not just because of his initials.
00:15:01What is that?
00:15:02Garceau D'Arnault, Cabinet Secretary.
00:15:05D-Day, everyone.
00:15:06Right.
00:15:07His helpful guide to negotiation.
00:15:10Road-tested every possible scenario to within an inch of its life.
00:15:14So, it's scenario four.
00:15:16Failure to form a government.
00:15:17Our worst case scenario.
00:15:19We couldn't see how the Tories would agree to voting reform
00:15:21and the Lib Dems couldn't join the coalition without it.
00:15:24So, reality check.
00:15:26If the markets open on Monday and we don't have a government,
00:15:29they'll begin selling our debt.
00:15:31Well, let's get back to number 10 then, before they lock us out.
00:15:35So in the shortest possible time, British politics is going to have to grow up.
00:15:40Do something it hasn't done in peacetime in over 70 years.
00:15:44Work together.
00:15:51Hello, Peter.
00:15:52Gus, we're coming in.
00:15:53You're what?
00:15:54Gordon's almost at the gates. We're following him.
00:15:56Well, Peter, just wait a minute.
00:15:58This is the seat of government.
00:15:59You are not officially the government anymore.
00:16:02You cannot use Downing Street for party purposes.
00:16:04Gordon's still Prime Minister.
00:16:06Technically, he...
00:16:06Not technically, actually.
00:16:08All right, fine.
00:16:10The sitting PM can enter through the front.
00:16:12I can't stress how confusing it would be for his party aides to do the same.
00:16:15Come to the cabinet office.
00:16:18Fucking civil servants.
00:16:20We're going to have to break in.
00:16:24Toodle-oo.
00:16:36Didn't think we'd see the old place again.
00:16:38Can't log on to my account.
00:16:49Me neither.
00:16:50Ah, yes.
00:16:53Well, we've deleted you.
00:16:56It's a new term, new government.
00:16:57Not yet, bloody hell.
00:16:59Well, as you're no longer technically...
00:17:00Oh, come on.
00:17:05What are we funnying about at?
00:17:07Let's bowl up to number 10.
00:17:08Please, please, you lot, piss off.
00:17:10I agree.
00:17:11That's right.
00:17:13Something happened last night, OK?
00:17:17People want something different.
00:17:18Ken Clark here, and I concur.
00:17:21Do you hear me?
00:17:22Shit, no bed.
00:17:23This.
00:17:25You're not going to take the party with you.
00:17:27You think they want to get into bed with the Lib Dems
00:17:29and start hugging whatever Lib Dems like to hug?
00:17:31Trees.
00:17:32Europeans.
00:17:33Exactly.
00:17:34We couldn't be further apart on energy, crimes.
00:17:37That's not completely true.
00:17:40We went through their manifesto, a small team of us,
00:17:44to see if there were overlaps, and there are.
00:17:49You've been planning this?
00:17:54All eyes are on Mr. Clegg right now
00:17:56and what decision he will make,
00:17:57but we are being told that he will sit down
00:17:59and think long and hard about
00:18:01who he wants to jump into bed with,
00:18:03and even when he's made that decision,
00:18:05it then has to be put to the party.
00:18:06This becomes quite a convoluted process.
00:18:09We'll be making a statement shortly.
00:18:24Cameron or Brown said anything yet?
00:18:27Crazy as it sounds,
00:18:28I think they might actually be waiting for us.
00:18:33We need to use this then, right?
00:18:35If we can get real reform on the agenda,
00:18:38we'll never have to find ourselves in this position ever again.
00:18:41The question is, assuming they're willing,
00:18:45who with?
00:18:47The Tories won't touch reform with a barge pole.
00:18:49They might not have the numbers to deliver it.
00:18:53We're between a rock and a sodding hard place.
00:18:59A hundred yards, turn right.
00:19:01Let's just say it, you and me,
00:19:04now while we have the chance.
00:19:06Will I not ever agree to do a deal with the Tories?
00:19:10It'll be difficult.
00:19:13Maybe impossible.
00:19:16What's more difficult than Gordon Brown?
00:19:22We need to step up.
00:19:25Put ourselves in the game.
00:19:31We need to get on to them straight away.
00:19:34We can't be too keen.
00:19:35It's like flirting.
00:19:36Desperate isn't sexy when you're flirting.
00:19:39There's just no way the Liberals will go with the Tories.
00:19:42Whatever they've said,
00:19:43it goes against every principle they hold.
00:19:45I'll text Vince and Ming.
00:19:48Text?
00:19:49Okay, look, can we just try to...
00:19:52You should be approaching other parties through formal channels.
00:19:56Gordon, I know it sounds petty, but please,
00:19:59you need to call them the Liberal Democrats,
00:20:01not the Liberals.
00:20:02You know what I mean.
00:20:03I know, but it pisses them off.
00:20:05At least try to get their name right.
00:20:13Clegg's arriving back.
00:20:29Thank you for coming in such small numbers to Cowley Street this morning.
00:20:34Last night was a disappointment for the Liberal Democrats.
00:20:38Even though more people voted for us than ever before.
00:20:41Even though we had a higher proportion of the vote than ever before.
00:20:45We have returned to Parliament with fewer MPs than before.
00:20:49As I've always said, whichever party gets the most votes
00:20:52and the most seats, if not an absolute majority,
00:20:55has the first right to seek to govern
00:20:58by reaching out to other parties.
00:21:01And it seems this morning that it's the Conservative Party
00:21:03that has more votes and more seats,
00:21:05though not an absolute majority.
00:21:07But I repeat again my assurance
00:21:09that whatever happens in the coming hours and days and weeks,
00:21:12I will continue to argue for the extensive real reforms
00:21:17that we need to fix our broken electoral system.
00:21:21Thank you very, very much.
00:21:22That was a clear offer.
00:21:29He wants to work with us.
00:21:32So?
00:21:34What then?
00:21:36Let's go for it.
00:21:39Right.
00:21:41Let the games begin.
00:21:50Text from Cameron's side.
00:21:51They're making a speech at 2.30 and I quote,
00:21:54we may find it interesting.
00:21:56Right, well.
00:21:58Yeah, well, just hold on.
00:22:00I know you said what you had to say out there,
00:22:02but let's not forget our natural ally is Loba.
00:22:06We're a centre-left party.
00:22:07Yes, I hear that.
00:22:09But do the numbers work?
00:22:11It's the only option our members will accept.
00:22:15And you've got to get it passed then.
00:22:19Yes, you're right.
00:22:20Um, we need to make sure we keep everyone on side.
00:22:32Text from Danny Alexander.
00:22:33He says not to take that to heart.
00:22:35They still want to talk to us.
00:22:37Shit, camera's about to speak.
00:22:50Good afternoon, everybody.
00:22:53Britain voted for change yesterday.
00:22:56But it also voted for a new politics.
00:22:59It did not vote for party political bickering,
00:23:02grandstanding and point scoring.
00:23:05Our country's problems are too serious.
00:23:08They are too urgent for that.
00:23:10And it did not vote for a new politics.
00:23:13It did not vote for a new politics.
00:23:15It did not vote for a new politics.
00:23:18They are too urgent for that.
00:23:20So we must all rise to this occasion.
00:23:23We must show leadership.
00:23:26Nick Clegg has said that because the Conservative Party
00:23:29won the most votes and the most seats in this election,
00:23:33we should have the chance to form a government.
00:23:36And I thank him for that.
00:23:41So I want to make a big, open and comprehensive offer
00:23:46to the Liberal Democrats.
00:23:48I want us to work together.
00:23:51Oh, God, what the fuck is he doing?
00:23:55Jesus Christ!
00:23:57He's bottled it.
00:23:58He admitted he didn't win.
00:24:00Lost all authority.
00:24:02No, no.
00:24:03I think he may have just done something brilliant.
00:24:06He's trying to be the voice of change.
00:24:08Of course, there are policy disagreements between us.
00:24:12...highlighted in those television debates.
00:24:19We win the most votes for the first time in 13 years
00:24:23and that wet blanket hasn't got the balls to go it alone.
00:24:27We better not offer them anything on electoral reform.
00:24:30Of course not.
00:24:32Look, this is a game changer.
00:24:34Get on board.
00:24:38Game changer.
00:24:38Everything's a game changer these days.
00:24:41The new logo's a game changer.
00:24:42My left ball's a fucking game changer.
00:24:51Remember, it's him who has everything to lose, not you.
00:24:55So make sure we set the agenda right.
00:24:59Hello?
00:25:01David, it's Nick.
00:25:02Hi, Nick.
00:25:03Thank you for the sentiment in your speech this morning.
00:25:06I hope you feel that was reciprocated
00:25:08in what I said this afternoon.
00:25:09Absolutely, yes.
00:25:11We wanted to float the idea of starting straight away tonight.
00:25:19Oh, we thought perhaps both sides would be reasonably exhausted.
00:25:24Most of our lot haven't slept in days.
00:25:26We think it's important to show the world that we mean business.
00:25:36Let's do it.
00:25:39Good.
00:25:40The three venues we're offering are here at the Cabinet Office,
00:25:43Admiralty House on the Mall, and a room in Portcullis House.
00:25:46We're first to pick.
00:25:48In that case, Cabinet Office, please.
00:25:49Oh, and it might be useful to offer the Lib Dems
00:25:53some face-to-face briefings about the state of the finances.
00:25:56All that.
00:25:57Right.
00:25:57Focus their minds.
00:25:59Good.
00:26:00Bye-bye.
00:26:03I'm going to need copies of this.
00:26:05Most expensive paper we have, nice cover, embossed.
00:26:08The whole shebang.
00:26:09Will do.
00:26:11See how much money you can get a deal today?
00:26:13Can you get a deal today?
00:26:13I was taught in any game of poker, you play the man, not the cards.
00:26:18Mr. Laws, when do you expect to be back?
00:26:21Laws.
00:26:21He's basically a Tory anyway.
00:26:23Almost got him to cross the floor once.
00:26:25Easy-peasy, Lib Dem squeezy.
00:26:29Danny Alexander.
00:26:31Scottish shit.
00:26:33Oxford grad.
00:26:34Oh, better.
00:26:35Hume.
00:26:36Leadership candidate.
00:26:38Some marital difficulties, apparently.
00:26:41Who's Stunnell?
00:26:42No idea.
00:26:44Party man.
00:26:45Grassroots.
00:26:46They won't be doing this with us, will they?
00:26:48Hague.
00:26:49Yorkshire.
00:26:50Bald.
00:26:50I think we know who William Hague is.
00:26:54Letwin.
00:26:55Not to be underestimated.
00:26:56Look, I know everyone probably expects us to be led by the nose in all this, so
00:27:00yes, we have to stick to our guns, but...
00:27:02Of course we have to stick to our guns.
00:27:05Exactly.
00:27:05But I still think there's an opportunity here to bring in a more mature,
00:27:08European style of politics.
00:27:10Flexible and open.
00:27:12So, highlight the policy crossovers.
00:27:14For what it's worth, I mean, that's all.
00:27:16But make sure you do.
00:27:18Well, we've got plenty to work with.
00:27:21Good Lord.
00:27:22The last time I saw that, it was a sheet of A4.
00:27:26You have been preparing for this, haven't you?
00:27:29OK, I think we've got everything.
00:27:31We'll be in touch as soon as we have something.
00:27:35Paddy, we're not going to throw the baby out with the bathwater,
00:27:38all right?
00:27:40You have to trust us.
00:27:51After you.
00:27:53This way, gentlemen.
00:27:54Thank you, William.
00:28:00Well, welcome, gentlemen.
00:28:02I and my team are here to support you in any way that you need.
00:28:06And to which end, I'd like to offer some in-depth briefings
00:28:10from the Bank of England and the Treasury,
00:28:13so that you're aware how important it is that,
00:28:15one way or another, a decision is reached.
00:28:19Oh, I don't think we want to feel like we're getting
00:28:22bounced into something under pressure.
00:28:24Well, I'll just set these down here in case you wish to peruse.
00:28:29And I'll be here to take minutes.
00:28:32Will these minutes be made public after?
00:28:35Freedom of information, you know.
00:28:38I wonder if it would be best if we were left alone, if so.
00:28:45I agree.
00:28:46Probably best.
00:28:48Well, just to say, without meaning to hurry you at an unfair pace,
00:28:52every day without an outcome will lead to greater uncertainty.
00:28:55Every day without an outcome will lead to greater uncertainty.
00:29:01The world is watching, gentlemen.
00:29:03And it's waiting.
00:29:12Gordon.
00:29:13Hi, Paddy.
00:29:13I think I can get Nick to talk to you at the same time.
00:29:17Well, I'm pleased to hear that it's only right.
00:29:20Well, you know, I sold a lot.
00:29:22We've got past form with you guys.
00:29:24But I have to warn you, the younger ones, well,
00:29:29they're not quite as ideologically constrained, shall we say.
00:29:34But leave it with me.
00:29:38Look, Paddy, I have to be straight with you.
00:29:40The prospect of not having to work with Brown, it is sort of a relief.
00:29:45Just have a chat.
00:29:49Listen to what he's got to say.
00:29:51Try not to talk down to him.
00:29:53And for the love of God, it's the Liberal Democrats.
00:29:57Oh, and smile.
00:30:05Nick.
00:30:06Hello, Gordon.
00:30:07Congratulations on the campaign.
00:30:09You presented yourself very well.
00:30:11But look, Nick, I appreciate that you're speaking to the Conservatives.
00:30:15But I think this presents us with a historic opportunity
00:30:19for a centre-left progressive coalition.
00:30:23Sounds like he's reading this.
00:30:24Look, Nick, whatever the Tories are offering, you know we can beat it.
00:30:27The difference is we believe it.
00:30:29I hear you, Gordon.
00:30:29But how do we convince the public that the second and third party has a mandate?
00:30:34We have more than half the vote between us.
00:30:39That's more than half the country who voted against Tory cards.
00:30:45I think our two teams should meet soon.
00:30:48Just so you know what your options are from both sides, yes?
00:30:51OK, well...
00:30:55Let's look into that.
00:30:56Because the thing is, Nick, you and I, if we both lead our parties respectively...
00:31:01...enter this new idea, we can achieve something truly magnificent.
00:31:05You and I, if we both...
00:31:06Right.
00:31:07Now, there are clear policy crossovers between us.
00:31:10So here is an 11-page document to begin with.
00:31:17Oh, well, that's prepared.
00:31:23We want to make this work.
00:31:25So, perhaps we could talk about what we do agree on first.
00:31:31Sound good?
00:31:32Yes, that sounds like a good idea to me.
00:31:34I take it that excludes Europe, then?
00:31:37Right.
00:31:37Although it is a bridge we'll have to cross at some point.
00:31:40Our key pillars are cutting the low rate of tax.
00:31:43Cutting tax, we can work with that.
00:31:46A pupil premium for schools.
00:31:47A greener economy.
00:31:49And then, of course...
00:31:52...voting reform.
00:31:55Well, as you know, there's zero appetite for doing away with first-past-the-post from us.
00:32:01A big offer on voting reform is going to be a red line for us.
00:32:07Is it just me, or is it getting terribly hot in here?
00:32:11Is that all they asked for?
00:32:13Why aren't they asking for more?
00:32:15I don't think they've quite clocked yet that it's us who need them.
00:32:18Well, let's hope it stays that way.
00:32:20There is one obvious roadblock to a deal, though.
00:32:23Voting reform.
00:32:25We can't give it, and they won't budge without it.
00:32:27Well, maybe they're bluffing.
00:32:28Seeing how much they can squeeze out of us.
00:32:31Labour will offer it to them.
00:32:32Well, they're not talking to Labour.
00:32:34They're talking to us.
00:32:40They say they want to do a deal.
00:32:42Lib Dem policy is becoming law.
00:32:45And cabinet posts, maybe, too.
00:32:47You could be up for something big.
00:32:48Education.
00:32:49Maybe MSEC.
00:32:51What do they want in return?
00:32:56The biggest thing?
00:32:59To begin cuts this year.
00:33:01Six billion.
00:33:02We campaigned against that.
00:33:04That could damage the recovery.
00:33:05We campaigned against because that's the luxury of the third party, isn't it?
00:33:09But now we're being offered some real responsibility.
00:33:11We might have to look more responsibly at the finances.
00:33:15Which, as we've been made aware, are not good.
00:33:18It means very few vast spending policies will pass.
00:33:23Tuition fees.
00:33:26Well, perhaps some things are more important.
00:33:28If we can change the whole democratic process so that it's fairer.
00:33:31More important.
00:33:32Then we can achieve so much more on the longer run.
00:33:34Paddy, we all toed the party line on this publicly,
00:33:36but some of us have been trying to chuck it for ages.
00:33:38Oh, come on, Nick.
00:33:39It was a key pledge.
00:33:41We can never be a credible party of power
00:33:43with something as huge and unaffordable as this.
00:33:45Not the way things are.
00:33:45Even if it's the right thing to do.
00:33:47Is it right for those who can't afford an expensive education
00:33:50to subsidise those who can?
00:33:51Nick, that isn't the argument and you know it.
00:33:53Read the reports, Paddy.
00:33:54There is no money!
00:34:04As we enter a third day of negotiation between the political parties
00:34:07with little sign of an agreement,
00:34:09this morning we'll see all three leaders present
00:34:12at the commemorations to mark VE Day.
00:34:30I appreciate this is delicate,
00:34:33but though precedent dictates the Prime Minister lays the first wreath,
00:34:37an appropriate gesture may be
00:34:39all three of you laying one together under the circumstances.
00:34:50All right.
00:35:06God, he's coming over.
00:35:10Brown's going over.
00:35:11Hell's teeth, what's he doing?
00:35:15Nick, hi.
00:35:16Gordon.
00:35:17Look, don't be nervous about these things.
00:35:18You'll get used to them.
00:35:20But, look, about our chat...
00:35:21Gordon, I'm not sure now is...
00:35:23Of course, but I wanted to stress again
00:35:27that cross-party talks, I think, is the best option for the country,
00:35:31given the present financial...
00:35:32Gordon!
00:35:33...is the best option for the country,
00:35:35given the present financial...
00:35:36Gordon!
00:35:37David.
00:35:38David.
00:35:39Nick.
00:35:40Nick.
00:35:42Gordon.
00:35:53Protesters have gathered outside a Liberal Democrat party meeting today,
00:35:58calling for reform of the electoral system.
00:36:01I've arranged to meet Cameron.
00:36:03You lot.
00:36:06Talk to Labour.
00:36:07I told Brown we'd get our teams together.
00:36:09God, really?
00:36:10It'll help keep our side on side.
00:36:13Just hear them out, that's all.
00:36:16Well, at least it might appease this lot.
00:36:18Something needs to.
00:36:21I'm going to meet Cameron discreetly with that going on.
00:36:24So who's on their team?
00:36:26Maddelson and Adonis.
00:36:27Two peers of the realm, no less.
00:36:29Ed Miliband and Ed Balls.
00:36:31Well, two heads are better than one.
00:36:33See pictures of the Lib Dems protesting?
00:36:35Even our own members don't want them talking to the Tories.
00:36:38Well, that would be true if they actually were their own members.
00:36:43Labour Party workers.
00:36:44We sent them.
00:36:48Jesus, Peter.
00:36:51So, are we going to talk strategy if we're in there?
00:36:54No.
00:36:54We know what we're doing.
00:36:56We'll just wing it.
00:36:59So, how would you like to proceed?
00:37:19Well, I think we just get talking, right?
00:37:23Do you have a proposal?
00:37:30No.
00:37:34Well, our questions would be over how viable a coalition could be,
00:37:38given the numbers and the public mood.
00:37:41Oh?
00:37:42What's the public mood?
00:37:45The fact is our views on Europe are the same on the House of Lords.
00:37:50It's the same.
00:37:50The deficit...
00:37:51Actually...
00:37:53Actually, we've revised our view on that.
00:37:56Wait, what?
00:37:57We shared a platform denouncing that policy.
00:37:59What's changed?
00:38:00We should get Vince and Alastair together later.
00:38:02Thrash it out.
00:38:03Well, we've Nick's authority to negotiate on policy now.
00:38:06Here, today.
00:38:08Well, you do have that authority.
00:38:11Of course.
00:38:14Within reason.
00:38:18I mean, they've got 59 seats.
00:38:20We're four times the size and being spoken to like the junior party.
00:38:57So...
00:39:09I've said this to you before.
00:39:11Nick, are we all right?
00:39:13A bit of ducking and diving, but...
00:39:14So, I think we're through here.
00:39:17After you.
00:39:19Right.
00:39:21It's a bit like putting two pandas together in the zoo, isn't it?
00:39:24See if they get it on.
00:39:28I just thought, um...
00:39:29As we're all going to be working together, um...
00:39:33You and I really need to get along too, I suppose.
00:39:36Yes, yes, of course.
00:39:38We're not from all that far away, are we?
00:39:40You grew up in, uh...
00:39:42Charleston St. Giles, Buckinghamshire.
00:39:43And you were Peacemore, a little place just down the road.
00:39:47And I suppose Westminster School isn't a world apart from Eton.
00:39:51Chapel at 8am, come hell or high water or all that.
00:39:53God, don't.
00:39:55So...
00:39:56Look, uh...
00:39:57I'm sure you have people saying that, um...
00:40:00Politically, you and I are all square pegs and round holes.
00:40:04But, um...
00:40:05Well, I hope you've clocked my efforts to make a progressive shift in the party.
00:40:10Compassion.
00:40:12Just and financially responsible compassion.
00:40:16Which I don't think is a million miles away from some of your own positions.
00:40:19Well, we're a party of diverse views.
00:40:21It's important I accommodate those in any agreement.
00:40:25Absolutely.
00:40:25And to that end, cabinet posts.
00:40:27We were thinking of offering you all, say, five or six.
00:40:31Naturally, we'd need to find you a department, assuming you want a brief.
00:40:34And in terms of your title, though...
00:40:38I think, you know, we just commit to you as our Deputy Prime Minister.
00:40:45Deputy Prime Minister?
00:40:51Deputy Prime Minister.
00:40:56Deputy PM.
00:40:59I think he was trying to flatter me with a title.
00:41:02It's going to take more than that.
00:41:06Million my way.
00:41:07Brussels.
00:41:09We need to keep it down, by the way.
00:41:10Kids are asleep.
00:41:11Well, there was no enthusiasm from the Labour lot, Nick.
00:41:15Right, David?
00:41:17I mean, the body language just wasn't there.
00:41:23You want to know what I'm thinking?
00:41:26Yes.
00:41:29Because I think it's what I'm thinking.
00:41:31Say it.
00:41:35We go for it.
00:41:37Fully, now, with the Tories.
00:41:39I can work with Cameron, I can.
00:41:42Labour are finished.
00:41:44Well, there's no sign from the Tories that they'll budge on reform.
00:41:48How do we force them on that?
00:41:53We need to keep the Labour option in play as long as possible.
00:41:57And get the best possible term from the Tories.
00:41:59You know, force their hand.
00:42:01But how do we convince the Tories Labour are a credible option for us?
00:42:05No one believes you can work with Brown.
00:42:12What if their leader wasn't Brown?
00:42:17Maybe it's the only way to make a real difference.
00:42:21What do you mean?
00:42:23Brown's a dead man walking.
00:42:25Replace him sooner or later.
00:42:26He lost, for Christ's sake.
00:42:28So, you're saying...
00:42:29I'm saying, if the Labour Party can't topple its own leader,
00:42:34we might as well bloody well do it for them.
00:42:56Can't even enter through the back door anymore.
00:43:04Hello?
00:43:06Gordon.
00:43:08I'm trying my bloody best here.
00:43:11But my guys say your lot didn't even want to be there.
00:43:16What do you mean, body language?
00:43:18I don't know.
00:43:18How were you sat?
00:43:20What do you mean, how?
00:43:21My arse on the chair, two feet on the floor.
00:43:23What, like slouched?
00:43:25Were you sat up straight?
00:43:26I was sat up straight.
00:43:27I was sat up straight.
00:43:29I don't think history is going to be decided on posture.
00:43:32Ach, enough.
00:43:33On my way to see Clerk, I'll repair the damage myself.
00:43:36Give it to me.
00:43:45I want to avoid the press catching you with Brown personally.
00:43:49Guilt by association, I remember.
00:43:50And let's try and make sure that Brown isn't seen coming either.
00:44:02How long has this been here?
00:44:03Longer than all of us.
00:44:05Churchill used it during the war.
00:44:14It'll lead you all the way through to the Ministry of Defence.
00:44:16Carl will be waiting.
00:44:28Oh, God, will it ever end?
00:44:31One long fucking metaphor.
00:44:33Oh, something touched my foot.
00:44:36It was my foot.
00:44:42He's going to bring up me, isn't he?
00:44:47There's a barrier to a deal.
00:44:52Look, don't...
00:44:55Don't play the fool.
00:44:57I've been assuming as much since the election began.
00:45:01It's the one card I actually do have to play.
00:45:08To save the party.
00:45:14Well, whatever happens, that's up to us.
00:45:18Our side.
00:45:21It's up to you when you go.
00:45:26Come on.
00:45:29Almost there.
00:45:31How do you ask a man who's been at the centre of British politics
00:45:44for my entire political life...
00:45:52How do you ask him to fall on his own sword?
00:46:01Nick.
00:46:02Thank you for meeting.
00:46:04Please.
00:46:11Danny, hello.
00:46:11How are you?
00:46:12Gordon.
00:46:13Peter.
00:46:16So, look, I assure you we are deadly serious about making this work.
00:46:22But I'm very worried about the ideological gaps in a Liberal-Tory coalition.
00:46:31But I'd be interested in what you have to say.
00:46:35Well, the numbers say right.
00:46:41But our parts, of course, say left.
00:46:44Well, that's what I'm saying.
00:46:48A progressive alliance has been the dream for as long as I remember.
00:46:51I feel it.
00:46:54It's not just opportunistic.
00:46:56I feel it.
00:47:00I think the challenge is for any government to seem legitimate.
00:47:11And I think it would be very hard to appear legitimate if a prime minister,
00:47:17who in the eyes of the public had lost the general election,
00:47:22if he were to somehow still...
00:47:25still be prime minister.
00:47:37He'd have to stay on for a period of time for calm
00:47:42and to get your stuff through our party.
00:47:46A new leader couldn't do that.
00:47:48A clear timetable would be helpful.
00:47:55The first half of a four-year term.
00:48:00I...
00:48:04I don't think that would cut it for us.
00:48:08We'd be...
00:48:10We'd be talking months.
00:48:19Let us get back to you on that.
00:48:25God, it was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
00:48:41Come on, Nick.
00:48:43You really didn't have a choice.
00:48:48Jesus, I shouldn't have asked him with others in the room.
00:48:52That wasn't fair.
00:48:55We are eagerly awaiting an announcement from Mr Brown,
00:49:05but I have to say it's difficult for us to anticipate what that might be.
00:49:15We have a parliamentary and not presidential system in this country.
00:49:21I have no desire to stay in my position longer than it's needed.
00:49:25Shit, what's he doing?
00:49:27The reason that we have a hung parliament
00:49:30is that no single party and no single leader
00:49:34was able to win the full support of the country.
00:49:38As leader of my party, I must accept that that is a judgment on me.
00:49:44Bollocks, it's a kamikaze mission.
00:49:46I therefore intend to ask the Labour Party to set in train
00:49:50the processes needed for its own leadership election.
00:49:55Well, that's it.
00:49:56As we know, the Liberal Democrats...
00:49:59The one thing stopping them from going with Labour, it's gone.
00:50:04Mr Clare has just informed me he now wishes also to take forward
00:50:08formal discussions with the Labour Party.
00:50:11We're finished.
00:50:12I believe it is sensible...
00:50:14Aren't we? It's over.
00:50:16We have to make an offer on reform.
00:50:18Just let's think it over.
00:50:19I don't want to hear it.
00:50:21We have no more cards left to play.
00:50:33You always wanted power to change things.
00:50:37This must be what it feels like to get it.
00:50:40I'm not sure I'm going to get it.
00:50:42I'm not sure I'm going to get it.
00:50:43I'm not sure I'm going to get it.
00:50:44I'm not sure I'm going to get it.
00:50:45The continuing fight against terrorism...
00:50:47Paddy, at some point you're going to have to just decide
00:50:49if you're with me or not.
00:50:54Labour talks official.
00:50:566pm.
00:50:57Good.
00:50:59Getting Brown to hand in his resignation was one thing.
00:51:01Now we need to make sure he stays in number 10
00:51:03while we lay in it with the Tories.
00:51:09I'll show him bad body language.
00:51:15Ooh.
00:51:25Right.
00:51:26Well, here's an agenda.
00:51:28We thought we'd begin...
00:51:29Actually, we wanted to quickly say something first.
00:51:32If that's OK.
00:51:35We feel that some of the rhetoric and general approach
00:51:38last time was slightly defensive.
00:51:41Without giving too much away,
00:51:42the Conservatives have some serious offers
00:51:45on the table about policy.
00:51:47There's a sensible plan being drawn up.
00:51:50And unless we get some...
00:51:56Well, I...
00:52:01Well, I think I've made my point.
00:52:02So let's try again, eh?
00:52:07The whole party's convened.
00:52:09They're waiting for you now.
00:52:13We have to up our offer, Pat.
00:52:15But it's not true.
00:52:16We don't know that it definitely isn't true.
00:52:19Chances are they are offering electoral reform right now.
00:52:23But we don't know.
00:52:31Yes, we won the most seats.
00:52:36And so, of course, the majority of our manifesto
00:52:41should be implemented.
00:52:43All of the manifesto.
00:52:44But unless we can offer something on voting reform...
00:52:48No, but if they win a referendum
00:52:51and change how MPs are elected,
00:52:54it benefits the smaller parties.
00:52:56Exactly so.
00:52:57We might never be in power again.
00:52:59Exactly.
00:53:03Listen to me.
00:53:05I want to be heard on this very clearly.
00:53:10OK, OK.
00:53:11Let's park energy for now.
00:53:13At least we can all agree on a referendum on AV.
00:53:17It's concrete in the bank.
00:53:19We wondered about going further.
00:53:22Voting reform is in both of our manifestos.
00:53:24So we think there's a mandate to implement it
00:53:27without a referendum.
00:53:31I just don't think our guys would vote that through.
00:53:35Most would fear a change in voting
00:53:36would cost them their seats.
00:53:38But if it was in both of our manifestos...
00:53:40It's a trap.
00:53:41They have no intention of going with us.
00:53:43They just want to blame us when it fails.
00:53:45They're going too much away.
00:53:45The Conservatives have some serious offers...
00:53:48This is slipping away.
00:53:52This is going.
00:53:54They are talking to Labour right now.
00:53:59And I have it on good authority
00:54:02that Labour are offering reform
00:54:05without a referendum.
00:54:07What?
00:54:08Yes.
00:54:09Are you saying that you are certain
00:54:13that Labour have offered reform
00:54:16without a referendum?
00:54:22Yes.
00:54:38It's a funny thing, history.
00:54:46Never fails to come back and bite you in the arse.
00:54:50I remember 1974,
00:54:53the last time we were hung.
00:54:56It was Mrs T, then a junior minister,
00:54:59who had the foresight to say no to coalition.
00:55:04It wasn't worth it, she said,
00:55:06to risk our ability to ever get in again.
00:55:08Of course, in the long run, she was right.
00:55:12So, who knows what the future holds?
00:55:16All I know is the leaders in this party
00:55:19only ever get toppled from inside.
00:55:24Managed regicide.
00:55:27Whenever we're betrayed.
00:55:32Let's see, though.
00:55:35Mr Osborne, the markets are very nervous
00:55:50about how long your negotiations are taking.
00:55:52We've made our offer of voting reform
00:55:54to the Liberal Democrats.
00:55:55It's a good offer, and it's decision time.
00:56:05Why does Cameron say to bloody turn?
00:56:10I look like I'm dying.
00:56:13Brown's running out of patience.
00:56:14If he walks, we lose all bargaining power.
00:56:17I need a deal with the Tories,
00:56:19one I can sell to the party,
00:56:21and I need it today.
00:56:27Right, shall we have a stab
00:56:28at trying to draw up an agreement, then?
00:56:32They're going to go with the Tories,
00:56:34I know it, I just know it.
00:56:41We should start planning to go.
00:56:46You should try not to leave in the dark.
00:56:49It'll look better.
00:57:04Nick, it's Gordon.
00:57:14I need to know if your negotiations
00:57:16with us are serious.
00:57:17It's time to decide.
00:57:19Look, I appreciate your patience.
00:57:22I hear yesterday...
00:57:23Nick, you're still talking with the Tories.
00:57:25You're with them now.
00:57:26We're just exploring a couple of things,
00:57:28but look, I want to implore you.
00:57:30What you did was noble and dignified,
00:57:33and we want to keep...
00:57:34You need to decide.
00:57:36If I have to go to the palace,
00:57:38it has to be today.
00:57:39Right, I'll be in touch as soon as...
00:57:42I need to hear from you by six.
00:57:48He's going, today.
00:57:51He can't.
00:57:53Peter, he has a constitutional duty
00:57:55to wait until someone can replace him.
00:57:57But he can't win.
00:57:59On the one hand, he's a squatter
00:58:00clinging to power,
00:58:01on the other, the entire establishment
00:58:03is forcing him to flip in stay.
00:58:07Look, David, Brown is packing his bags
00:58:10as we speak.
00:58:12We have run out of time.
00:58:13There still aren't guarantees
00:58:14they'll keep their party in line over Europe.
00:58:16Look, we've got an offer on electoral reform.
00:58:18We can't risk losing it.
00:58:19This could trip us up down the line.
00:58:20And we haven't even got to Detroit yet.
00:58:22David, David, I don't want to hear it.
00:58:26Move.
00:58:26Quicker.
00:58:41Nick, have you made a decision?
00:58:43I'm sorry, I need one more hour.
00:58:51I can't do it, Nick.
00:58:52Please, there's a disagreement.
00:58:56With those guys over something.
00:58:58If we can't get over that,
00:59:00we want to seriously talk to you.
00:59:04I have a plan I'd like to put to you.
00:59:10One more hour.
00:59:14I'm sorry, we bent over backwards
00:59:16on electoral reform.
00:59:17Our backbenchers will not budge
00:59:19on concessions over Europe.
00:59:26It's time.
00:59:47We haven't signed anything with the Tories yet.
00:59:50We said we'd call back.
00:59:57Gordon, I need, I just need another 10 minutes.
01:00:12I'm sorry.
01:00:14Gordon, they're using you.
01:00:16Don't let it end like this.
01:00:17Don't let the bastards win.
01:00:24Nick, I'm going.
01:00:26Gordon, please.
01:00:27Unless you can tell me
01:00:28you're breaking off talks with the Tories
01:00:29to go with us, I have no choice.
01:00:31Another 10 minutes, I swear.
01:00:32Nick, you've made your decision.
01:00:34This has to end.
01:00:36I won't.
01:00:40I won't leave in the dark.
01:00:43You're a good man, Nick, but I won't.
01:00:48I have to go now.
01:00:49Gordon, please.
01:00:50Nick, you're a good man.
01:00:51You can't leave.
01:00:51Nick.
01:00:52We could still go with you.
01:00:54I just need another...
01:00:56I need another 10 minutes.
01:00:57Goodbye.
01:01:10There you are, Peter.
01:01:12You'll go and write those memoirs now, eh?
01:01:16Yes.
01:01:16I am told they may be coming in or going out.
01:01:26I don't know which.
01:01:27I don't think going out.
01:01:28This is extraordinary.
01:01:29What's going on here, Gary?
01:01:31Last night, the Liberal Democrats met
01:01:32and were told by their negotiating team
01:01:34and by their leader...
01:01:44Hello?
01:01:45Mr Cameron, it's the cabinet secretary.
01:01:48The Queen will be asking you to form a government.
01:01:51We're sending a car to take you to the palace.
01:01:53Um, thank you.
01:02:02I've been called to the palace.
01:02:07You don't look like you've just become
01:02:08the most powerful man in the country.
01:02:11Because I'm not.
01:02:13I'm the leader of a minority government
01:02:15that won't last this summer.
01:02:31As you know, the general election left
01:02:34no party able to command a majority
01:02:37in the House of Commons.
01:02:39I said I would do all that I could
01:02:42to ensure a strong, stable and principled government.
01:02:46Only those that have held the office of Prime Minister
01:02:48can understand the full weight of its responsibilities
01:02:52and its great capacity for good.
01:02:56I've been privileged to learn much
01:02:59about the very best in human nature
01:03:01and a fair amount, too, about its frailties,
01:03:05including my own.
01:03:07Above all, I loved the job of Prime Minister
01:03:11for its potential to make the country I love fairer,
01:03:16more tolerant, more green, more democratic,
01:03:21more prosperous and more just.
01:03:24Truly a greater Britain.
01:03:27And as I leave the second most important job
01:03:30I could ever hold, I cherish even more
01:03:34the first, as a husband and a father.
01:03:41Goodbye.
01:04:04Right.
01:04:06We have half an hour.
01:04:11Thank you, gentlemen.
01:04:14All the way.
01:04:17I'll go straight there.
01:04:18See you at number 10.
01:04:19Good luck with your lot.
01:04:21Government calls.
01:04:21Gentlemen.
01:04:42I can't sell this to the party.
01:04:43There's no clarity on Europe.
01:04:45It was the best we could do.
01:04:49Right.
01:04:51It's not over, we're doing this.
01:04:55Nick, I don't think you're going to convince them.
01:04:57I'm all in on this, do you understand?
01:04:59I've got nothing left.
01:05:01They're going to sign up to this if it kills me.
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01:10:20It shouldn't happen, that one party always emerges, and yet here we are.
01:10:28So, is this how it's going to be from now on?
01:10:30Government formed behind closed doors.
01:10:33If the public can't decide, then?
01:10:35Yes.
01:10:38Perhaps the problem isn't in deciding.
01:10:40Perhaps the problem is the choice.
01:10:42Careful, Jeremy.
01:10:44Impartiality, remember.
01:10:50This is it.
01:10:56This is it.
01:11:03Thanks, Cassandra.
01:11:20Nick.
01:11:27The next five years, it's going to be let down after you turn after...
01:11:37What if people look back on this?
01:11:39On me?
01:11:42And they simply don't agree?
01:11:47What if I made a mistake?
01:11:48Nick, come on.
01:11:51You got in against the odds.
01:11:56And now we can change everything.
01:12:00As two-party politics becomes three, becomes four,
01:12:04we can give people a choice to change the way governments are chosen forever.
01:12:13That will be your legacy.
01:12:15And who knows?
01:12:16The kingmaker may even survive the king.
01:12:23Morning.
01:12:25What are you smiling at?
01:12:28Nothing.
01:12:32Shall we?
01:12:33Yeah.
01:12:47On the morning after the night before,
01:12:50did you not think I'm hooked up to someone for five years
01:12:54who I barely know and have barely spoken to?
01:13:00Prime Minister, if this is such a fantastic agreement for new politics,
01:13:05can I ask what you would possibly have against proportional representation?
01:13:10This is charming, lovely.
01:13:12But what sceptics say is that the left of the Liberal Democrat Party
01:13:16and the right of the Tory Party are so far apart,
01:13:19they can just never hold together for very long.
01:13:26We all thought this coalition was a sort of accident of the election result.
01:13:30But you seem to have a different view of it.
01:13:32I don't think it's a coincidence.
01:13:34We all thought this coalition was a sort of accident of the election result.
01:13:38But you seem to be making it sound like it's a mission.
01:13:41Do you think coalitions are a good thing, a bad thing,
01:13:43a necessary evil, a leap in the dark?
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