- 6/3/2025
A powerful Politician determined to establish himself as the entity , while his secretary is romantically involved with his arch rival
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00:00Stay, girl.
00:30All right, carry on, Barnett.
00:43All things pass.
00:45Nothing lasts forever.
00:47She was a good bitch.
00:49She had a good life.
00:51And there are some things one prefers to do oneself.
00:54Actually, that's a service one would quite like to be available on the National Health.
00:58Or, indeed, compulsory.
01:01Well, compulsory for some.
02:16That's a great cup of the state funeral now.
02:17The woman's simply hung around too long.
02:20Better a quick exit than clinging to the wreckage of a lost career.
02:25Some people seem to lack all sense of timing.
02:31The Prime Minister, clearly moved at the passing of Britain's longest serving and first woman Prime Minister.
02:48Speaking earlier today, he said,
02:50A remarkable life and a remarkable and inspiring career.
02:55This is and will remain a momentous day in the history of our great country.
03:01Well, what else could I say?
03:05Certainly not the truth.
03:06They'll be asking for a statue on Parliament Square next, a national memorial.
03:11I want to erase that woman from the public memory, Elizabeth.
03:14I want to wipe her off the board.
03:17I want to be remembered as the greatest Prime Minister since Winston Churchill.
03:22And you will be, Francis.
03:23I want to do something about Europe before I go.
03:26I've left my mark on England.
03:28I want to leave my mark on the world.
03:31Thank you, sir.
03:46One more before you go, sir.
03:52Good afternoon, sir.
03:54Good afternoon.
03:55Ah, Prime Minister.
03:56Right, sir.
04:00This one first, then this one, and that.
04:02That's the Cyprus file.
04:03Right.
04:04Oh, I thought you might like to glance through the paper.
04:06Thank you, Barry.
04:11That's very thoughtful of you.
04:25people are so very unappreciative aren't they they seem to be incapable of understanding what
04:50I have done what I may yet do for my country's good or the burdens you've had to bear for their
04:54sake they understand nothing how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a
04:59thankless child Francis this afternoon you said before I go you've never said
05:07that before haven't I well we all had to go sooner or later Elizabeth daddy
05:15but not yet
05:23no not yet far too many things I want to do first I think it's time you considered your own needs
05:31Francis not what you can do for your country but what your country can do for you we need a little
05:37pension plan there's a man I'd like you to meet his name is Nuresh he's a Turkish Cypriot he's given
05:46very generously to the party funds he genuinely wants to help I think he's one of us thank you
05:52Elizabeth how do you feel about me now like a force of nature perhaps I've been here so long now that
06:01love me or hate me it's hard for you to imagine anyone else in my place isn't it
06:08but there are some who would you believe it dream of little else my honorable friends of course my
06:16loyal ministers my cabinet
06:17Tom Makepeace foreign secretary an honorable man
06:23bullock capstick ravenscourt sparrowhawk crow all honorable men until they sniff out any weakness
06:33and then the younger generation Rayner polecutt wolfin best kept on the leash and muzzled
06:40John Rayner in particular looks as if he'd worry sheep
06:44this latest report does feature a number of cases where there do seem to be real grievances and
06:51and I think we need to pay special attention I think it's time to ginger things up a bit
06:56remind them who's the leader of the pack select a scapegoat and enact token mounting who shall it be
07:03from new research trials and treatments for cancer little Jeffrey Boozer Pitt
07:09no not Jeffrey not this time of course we cannot be seen to condemn the very old to disability or
07:18illness let's start with Betsy Bull
07:21all hospital area managers making sure that this situation can never arise again we must make it clear
07:28we are not abandoning the elderly of course we're not abandoning the elderly that's why we brought in
07:33age insurance if they pay they're okay if not well that's no skin off our nose is damage limitation
07:40again Betsy I'd rather see it as an opportunity to reaffirm some basic principles prime minister basic
07:46principle in this case being the right to live forever in perfect health at the expense of the
07:50taxpayer I thought politics was about making choices course it's about making choices and treating each
07:55other like human beings we can't throw old people out of the hospital onto the road simply because
08:00they don't have the money for their medical treatment there has to be a safety net at the bottom line
08:05it's unarguable nothing's unarguable Tom nothing's unthinkable there are too many old people in this
08:12country it's a problem let's not shy away from it what are you suggesting John euthanasia at 65
08:18of course not prime minister I'm very relieved to hear it I saw beggars on the street yesterday
08:25Betsy I thought the vagrancy act had cleared that public nuisance off our streets for good I'm afraid
08:30there are still some problems prime minister I didn't want to hear any more about your problems or
08:34listen to any more of your excuses I had hoped that in this area as in others we might have
08:39been able to grasp the nettle and challenge the culture of dependency I have to tell you I'm very
08:44disappointed Betsy prime minister if you're suggesting we abandon the last remaining safeguards in our
08:49system will be the pariahs of Europe I'm absolutely serious more than one way of being European
08:55thank you thank you all very much we'll talk soon Betsy
09:03Betsy
09:12you're such a bastard I know I thought I was giving him what he wanted I just liked playing games that's
09:22all your turn today someone else's tomorrow you'll be back on the mantelpiece Betsy trust me you're a
09:29good friend Jeffrey well I should think so too and if at any time you felt inclined for something a
09:37little bit closer than that well you know how much I fancied you all these years Jeffrey
09:43booze a bit you're an impossible man no no quite feasible quite feasible in every way believe me
09:53come in Jeffrey
10:05prime minister how's poor Betsy taking it poor Betsy is quite upset she called you a bastard I've been
10:14called worse that was really all about John Rayner and Tom Makepeace wasn't it flushing them out of
10:20cover into open ground yes each of them sees himself as leadership material but you don't
10:26no I don't Rayner doesn't have the intellect Makepeace doesn't have the guts well having so
10:32little of either myself it isn't for me to comment is it I do think there are a couple of sanctimonious
10:38shits though yes look just put the word about discreetly would you the PM is contemplating a
10:43cabinet reshuffle not a wholesale purge just two or three key posts right absolutely no question of
10:49giving up the leadership in the near future right it might be time to put a bit of stick about
10:55order order mr. Graham glass will the prime minister tell us the latest unemployment figures for
11:06manufacturing in England and Wales
11:08I think the honourable gentleman for giving me this opportunity of confirming that the unemployment figures are down again
11:22I thank the Honourable Gentleman for giving me this opportunity of confirming that the
11:34unemployment figures are down again this month, a complete vindication of this government's
11:41economic policies.
11:42Yes, but what are the actual figures?
11:45Does he know what they are?
11:47He doesn't care.
11:54Order!
11:55Order!
11:56He doesn't know.
11:57He doesn't know.
11:58He doesn't know.
11:59Madam Speaker, if the Honourable Gentleman is too busy to look up the figures for himself,
12:06I'm very happy to tell him that the exact figure is 1,875,403.
12:12That's as of the first of this month, of course.
12:17Time's up.
12:20Statement from the Prime Minister.
12:26Next month, the Greek and Turkish presidents of Cyprus will meet here in Britain to sign
12:31the peace settlement that has eluded all parties for over a generation.
12:36This peace treaty has been made available through the initiatives your Prime Minister was able
12:42to set in motion and follow through in some of the toughest and most intricate negotiations
12:49in recent years.
12:51And thanks is due to, I think, to my right honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,
13:00who has of necessity been loaded down with much of the donkey work.
13:04And I'm very grateful to him.
13:06Cyprus has a particular significance for me if the house will permit me to be personal for a moment.
13:15I spent three crucial years on that beautiful island at a very troubled time.
13:21It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that I grew up there.
13:25I spent three hundred years on that beautiful island in Britain to make a better place.
13:37Right honourable and honourable members will forgive me this once, I hope,
13:42if I find it a little difficult to concentrate
13:45on trivial domestic squabbles today.
13:49There is a world elsewhere,
13:52and I am very proud to have helped
13:55to change that world for good and forever.
14:06Brilliant.
14:09Not one of your better days, Barry.
14:11I am sure I put the file on your desk this morning, Francis.
14:14It must have slipped your mind.
14:17Anyway, you gave them the figures.
14:20That was brilliant. How did you do that?
14:21I made them up, of course. What do you think?
14:23But I'd prefer not to live quite so dangerously in future.
14:27Brilliant, F.U. Awesome.
14:28Thank you, Jim.
14:31Claire, how are you?
14:33Did you enjoy that?
14:34I thought it was an outrageous performance in every possible sense.
14:37Tom Minklis must be furious, and quite rightly so.
14:39He puts on one hell of a good show, though.
14:42He can still do it.
14:43Better than anyone. He's such a star.
14:46There was a moment when I thought he'd lost the plot.
14:47Then he stormed back.
14:49Was that real, or just for effect?
14:51Never underestimate him, Claire.
14:53I never would, Geoffrey.
14:54Good. He's challenge-boring at the moment.
14:57I think he might like the look of your CV.
15:00Prime Minister.
15:01Ah, Tom.
15:02You didn't mind, I hope. Seemed like a good moment.
15:05You agreed I would make the statement to the House.
15:07Did I?
15:08My dear fellow, I'm so sorry.
15:10I haven't hurt your feelings, have I?
15:11I did mention your contribution.
15:13Donkey work.
15:14The ideas were mine.
15:15The initiatives were mine.
15:16I did 90% of the negotiations in bloody person, Francis.
15:20Don't you think this is rather too important an issue for wounded vanity, Tom?
15:23But I won't hold it against you.
15:25You've done tremendous work on this.
15:27We all know that.
15:28Good man, good man.
15:30He is a good man, too.
15:31Very able, fairly honest, but a bit too ambitious for his own good.
15:35I suppose I shouldn't have roughed him up like that,
15:37but I'm afraid I just can't resist it.
15:38Well, enough of that.
15:43We can't tritter all our time away in Westminster.
15:45None of the real business of the world gets settled there.
16:01Oh, excellent.
16:02Jolly good shot.
16:03It's the turn of the wrist, you see, Mrs. Erkert.
16:06Master.
16:06I wouldn't have thought you'd be such an aficionado, Mr. Naresh.
16:10Oh, I adore cricket.
16:12You know I adore everything English.
16:14Cricket at Lord's, Oxford, Lymebourne.
16:17Mm, not enough varmour for me.
16:19And English women, perhaps, especially.
16:21England has the best women in the world.
16:24You're too kind.
16:26Thank you, Corder.
16:28So sorry to keep you waiting.
16:30What's the score?
16:32206 for three, Prime Minister.
16:34Jolly good.
16:34Francis, this is Mr. Noorash,
16:37who has been so very generous with his donations to party funds.
16:40Mr. Noorash, I'm delighted to meet you at last.
16:43May I say how grateful I am?
16:44It is I who am grateful, Mr. Erkert.
16:47You have created the climate in which a man of vision can express himself to the fool.
16:51England is the best country in the world now for the merchant adventurer.
16:55I was just telling Mrs. Erkert how at home I feel here, you know.
16:58I love what you're doing.
17:00I see it as a new Elizabethan age, you know.
17:03The splendour here, the squalor there.
17:05Life in all its rich complexity.
17:07Oh, lovely shot, sir.
17:11Well, thank you very much, Mr. Noorash.
17:13I've been telling Mr. Noorash about our dream, the Erkert Trust.
17:17How we'd love to end our chair at Oxford or Cambridge.
17:21Far beyond our personal means, of course.
17:23Nothing's impossible.
17:24But nothing will come of nothing, huh?
17:27Mr. Erkert, I'd like to have a little talk with you about my native land.
17:31May we?
17:31Of course.
17:35Please.
17:38The Cyprus settlement.
17:40Historic, as you rightly say.
17:43Just a few loose ends to tie up.
17:46Principally the exact nature of the sea boundaries.
17:49Just a few fish, yes.
17:52What if they were oil?
17:53I understand the seismic survey failed to show up anything out of the ordinary.
17:57I have better information, Mr. Erkert.
18:00It's very exciting.
18:01There is oil.
18:02A rich concentration of it.
18:04But only in one particular area.
18:07A company with which I'm associated did some drillings in that part, oh, some 30 years ago now.
18:11What we learned from that, combined with the findings of this recent seismic survey,
18:16you see one of those very rare and poignant business opportunities.
18:21Interestingly enough, it's on the disputed borderline.
18:24So, you see, I'm in a position to be able to help you, so that you can help both our countries.
18:29You are in a position, I believe, to be able to help me, and help yourself.
18:36Go on.
18:37There's going to be an arbitration panel of five international judges.
18:41The Turkish side have nominated a Malaysian and an Egyptian.
18:44The Greek side have nominated a Frenchman and a Serb.
18:47Naturally, they'll split 50-50.
18:50But the chairman, with the casting vote, will be a British judge.
18:57Am I right?
18:57You are remarkably well-informed, Mr. Newley.
19:02What can I say?
19:03Knowledge.
19:04It's the name of the game.
19:06If the oil fell into the Greek sector, they'll give the drilling rights to their friends, the French.
19:11But if it came into the Turkish sector, all sorts of good things become possible.
19:16For your country, for my country.
19:19For me, and for you.
19:20Everybody needs a little nesting.
19:24I'm afraid I couldn't countenance any irregularity.
19:28No, no, no.
19:29Of course not.
19:30A judge must be absolutely incorruptible.
19:32Absolutely impartial.
19:35But you may be able to advise on the appointment of the chairman of the panel.
19:40The selection should be made most carefully, I think.
19:43It will be, Mr. Nuresh.
19:49The Urquhart Trust.
19:51Sounds a very noble concept.
19:53It is a very noble concept, Mr. Nuresh.
19:56And one very close to my heart.
19:59It's your baby, am I right, Mrs. Urquhart?
20:02I'm afraid my husband is a little too busy to attend to the details.
20:05Yes, I think I understand.
20:07English understatement.
20:09Crazy about it.
20:11Tell me, Mrs. Urquhart, do you know Cyprus?
20:13No, I'm afraid I've never been there.
20:15A beautiful country.
20:17As your husband knows.
20:24I remember it very well.
20:39I'm expecting him now, but we're supposed to be getting out quite soon.
20:43I'll certainly tell him.
20:47Oh, hold on.
20:48Here he is.
20:49Garnt, what a day.
20:53Claire Carlson.
20:56Right.
20:57Hello?
20:59Oh, yes?
21:02No, I'd better see it myself.
21:05I'll come straight over.
21:06Right.
21:06Sorry.
21:10Tom.
21:11I'll be there.
21:13It won't take long.
21:14It's been another cop-up.
21:15I'll meet you there.
21:16I won't be late.
21:17Fine.
21:18Well, off you go then.
21:20Amen.
21:20Hey.
21:38Hey.
21:41Hey.
21:45Hey.
22:16Oh, your smell.
22:32Amazing.
22:33I didn't think you'd come.
22:36Oh, it's desperate to see you.
22:38Be with you.
22:39That malevolent old man.
22:42I know.
22:44I know.
22:46Oh, come on.
22:52How does he get away with it?
22:53Because we let him.
22:55Let him think he can do anything he likes.
22:56It's gone on too bloody long.
22:58He's got to go.
23:00And if he won't go gently, he'll have to be pushed.
23:02You could do it.
23:03I think you should do it.
23:04God, I want you so much.
23:14Come on, then.
23:16Have me.
23:18Claire Carlson.
23:19Member for Box Hill.
23:20She's married to Bjorn Carlson.
23:23All that money.
23:25Very ambitious girly.
23:26Ah, woman.
23:27Sorry.
23:28Woman.
23:29Tom make pieces seeing to her bodily needs, is he?
23:33They're at it like rabbits.
23:34Any chance they get.
23:35Really?
23:36Makes one feel exhausted to think about it.
23:38Ah.
23:39I don't know.
23:40As I say, I take very little interest,
23:43either professionally or personally,
23:45in the private lives of politicians.
23:47But I gather several of your colleagues
23:48are rather rum-coves in that respect.
23:50To yourself, not least,
23:51if I may put it that way,
23:52as an old friend and mentor, Geoffrey.
23:55Ah.
23:58Evening, Rainer.
23:59Evening, Wolfin.
24:00Evening, Sir Bruce.
24:03Nasty eyes that man's got.
24:06Still Sir Bruce.
24:08Can't take that away.
24:09You hear people saying
24:10there's not a lot of satisfaction in a knighthood,
24:12but I've noticed most of those people
24:13haven't got one themselves.
24:15Think you'd like one, eh?
24:16Ooh, I adore one.
24:18Absolute bliss.
24:19Sir Geoffrey Boozer Pitt.
24:22What a mouthful.
24:23It won't happen, though.
24:25Basically, I'm just a chorus boy.
24:29Now, what do you want?
24:31You want to go to the House of Lords, don't you?
24:33I should certainly be very honoured
24:34to serve my country in that capacity.
24:36Yes, Geoffrey.
24:37I'm not embarrassed to admit to that.
24:39Well, Bruce, you'll have to be much nicer to FU
24:40to stand any chance at all.
24:42I'm extremely nice to him.
24:44My leading articles are tremendously warm
24:46and sympathetic to the chap.
24:48But when 70% of the electorate
24:51have had enough of him and say so,
24:53the nation's leading newspaper
24:54can't simply ignore it.
24:57Of course, it's time for him to go.
24:58You know it, I know it,
24:59everyone knows it.
25:01He knows it, doesn't he?
25:02He's won so many times,
25:03he thinks he's indestructible.
25:05And perhaps he is.
25:06No one is, Geoffrey.
25:09Look at what happened to Margaret.
25:10No one is indestructible.
25:20There's no hold-ups ahead,
25:22we should be back in London by nine, sir.
25:24Hmm.
25:24Could you make sure
25:39your seat belt's fast and safe?
25:45Yeah!
25:45Let's have some fun.
25:56You bankers!
26:19Right!
26:20Who wants some?
26:21Shut up!
26:32Shit.
26:32I thought we had a gun.
26:33They were all armed.
26:35Self-defence.
26:38I take it you are up for this?
26:41Yeah.
26:42Yeah, absolutely, Gov.
26:43Right.
26:44Oh, God.
27:01Don't go yet.
27:03I'll have to.
27:05I shouldn't be here at all.
27:07Kimmer's got a launch party
27:08for a new book.
27:10I promise to be there.
27:11Come on, then.
27:16Get your knickers on.
27:18You'll be missing
27:19all those little sausages
27:20on sticks.
27:26What is it?
27:29I hate this flat.
27:32Why?
27:33Because it's a company flat?
27:36Because it's his?
27:37You don't like my husband
27:40subsidizing your sex life.
27:44It's a safe house.
27:45It's anonymous.
27:49Like what we do here
27:51isn't real.
27:52What we do here
28:03seems very real to me.
28:07What are you saying?
28:10Are you saying
28:10you want to stop this?
28:11No.
28:12Oh, don't ever say that.
28:15People are desperate about you.
28:17You know that.
28:18You better have a good
28:31scrub down
28:32before you clock on.
28:33Horizon next.
28:52Horizon next.
28:54But now over to
28:55Sonya Stevens
28:56in the BBC Newsroom.
28:57Reports are coming in
28:59of a shooting incident
29:00on the M14 motorway
29:01described as
29:02an assassination attempt
29:03on the Prime Minister.
29:05Tom?
29:05Mr. Urquhart's official car
29:07was apparently rammed
29:08by another vehicle
29:09and forced off the road.
29:11We understand that
29:11Mr. Urquhart's
29:12sustained head injuries
29:13but that his life
29:14is not, repeat not,
29:16in danger.
29:17As soon as we have
29:18any more news
29:18we'll let you know.
29:24I'd better get up there.
29:25Not from here.
29:29Better go home.
29:30People will be phoning you.
29:32Yes.
29:32Yes.
29:32I'd better get up there.
29:40Oh, man.
29:41What's up?
29:44What's up?
29:45What's up?
29:47What's up?
29:51What's up?
29:53What's up?
29:55What's up?
29:58What's up?
30:00Mr. Renkert, welcome back, you're in hospital, you're okay, you're doing fine.
30:25I'm very glad to hear that.
30:30Ah, yes, I remember now, thank you very much.
30:39I think this could be it, John.
30:41Shit, shit, shit, shit.
30:43It's too bloody soon, we're not ready.
30:45Hello there, heard the news.
30:47Shocking, isn't it?
30:48No comment.
30:49No comment?
30:51I'm sorry, Sir Bruce, not too upset to focus properly.
30:55Deeply shocked, gravely concerned, this kind of lawless behaviour.
31:01Happy to see it promptly dealt with.
31:04Our thoughts are with Francis Renkert tonight.
31:07Praying for his speedy recovery.
31:09Yes, I'm sure they are.
31:10After all, you're not ready yet, are you?
31:16I was doing my duty.
31:29I was carrying out orders.
31:31I have absolutely no misgivings.
31:34Nor did I have then.
31:36Francis?
31:37They were terrorists.
31:39Simple as that.
31:40The men in the van?
31:41What van?
31:42On the motorway.
31:43I had to shoot them, mopping up.
31:48There was an olive tree there.
31:53I remember the olive tree burning.
31:58Francis, I think you should rest.
32:03You're not really making much sense, to be frank.
32:11It all seems perfectly clear to me.
32:14Cyprus is back on the map.
32:17Cyprus is back on the agenda.
32:20We're going to make a little history, Elizabeth.
32:24Yes, my dear.
32:26We are.
32:28I think I will rest now.
32:31It was awfully good of you to come in, Elizabeth.
32:44Mrs. Urquhart, there's a man outside who says his name's Sir Henry Ponsonby.
32:48Then he's probably telling the truth.
32:50Does he want to see my husband?
32:52I told him it's only the immediate family for the time being, but he wasn't happy.
32:56He says he's the cabinet secretary, whatever that is.
32:59He seems to think it gives him special rights.
33:01I'm quite sure he does.
33:02I'll have a word with him.
33:07And, nurse, my husband seems a little confused.
33:11I do think it's important that he speaks to no one until he's more himself.
33:14Don't worry, Mrs. Urquhart.
33:16I'll make sure he's not disturbed.
33:24Elizabeth.
33:26I came as soon as I could.
33:28How is he?
33:29They say he's doing very well.
33:31Not up to seeing you, though, I'm afraid.
33:33Oh.
33:34What happened, Henry?
33:37I was on my way to the country when I got the call.
33:39I've heard nothing yet.
33:41I say.
33:43I wonder if you'd mind waiting outside for a moment.
33:46Yes, I would.
33:48Ah.
33:49Shall we?
33:58National Health Service Hospital, of course.
34:02Extraordinary places, aren't they?
34:04Actually, I've heard that a National Health Teaching Hospital is the only place to be if you've really got something wrong with it.
34:11Really?
34:12Oh.
34:13Must remember that.
34:18About this motorway thing.
34:20Yes.
34:21Well, it's not at all clear, but it does seem possible that it was a bit of a nonsense.
34:28Security a little overzealous in reading the rubric.
34:32You mean they shot three innocent motorists?
34:35Oh.
34:36Innocent's a tricky adjective identified.
34:38Apparently, these chaps weren't model citizens.
34:41Anyway, I gather Commander Corder has matters in hand.
34:46He's handling the internal investigation.
34:48Good.
34:49Yes.
34:50Quite.
34:53Oh.
34:54Always distasteful, these things.
35:01He's going to be all right, then.
35:03Frances.
35:04Oh, yes.
35:05They say so.
35:06I'm glad to hear it.
35:07Tricky times.
35:08Look, Henry, this may seem brutally practical, but I've been thinking about what we'd do if something happened to Frances, or if something didn't.
35:25Death or retirement, in short.
35:27What do you mean?
35:28Well, a prime minister's salary is laughably small, and a prime minister's pension must be practically negligible.
35:38And yet, one notices that ex-prime ministers, how shall I put it, well, aren't actually short of the odd few million.
35:48Would it be naive of me to ask how this happens?
35:53It can't all come from writing one's memoirs, can it?
35:56Well, hardly that.
35:59I suppose it is rather assumed that the incumbent PM will make his or her private arrangements for a comfortable retirement.
36:05I mean, after all, the incumbent prime minister is usually in a uniquely advantageous position to make such arrangements.
36:11Of course, sometimes the PM may prefer to leave some of these arrangements to members of his or her family.
36:18I thought that was it.
36:22Well, do let me know if I can be of any help.
36:41I'd like to make it clear that I'm chairing this cabinet meeting purely as Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.
36:47As I understand it, the Prime Minister is making a complete recovery.
36:51I'm sure we'd like to minute our warmest good wishes for his very speedy return.
36:56Here, here.
36:57And, uh, may I just say that I'm sure none of us could think of a better man to take his place.
37:04Temporarily, of course.
37:06All right. Do we have any more information on the shooting incident?
37:09I've had an informal report from Commander Corder.
37:12The men were criminals and armed.
37:15But it wasn't a terrorist attack.
37:17Road rage, apparently.
37:19Bastards got more than they bargained for. Bloody good show.
37:21In my view, Commander Corder should be the subject of any investigation, not the instigator.
37:26It's quite clear, surely, there should be a full inquiry.
37:29Oh, absolutely.
37:31But I've just told you what it'll say.
37:33You can ask the PM when he's better.
37:35I know he'd say the same.
37:36Do you?
37:38Thank you, Home Secretary.
37:40Next business.
37:41Bunsen Bay and Maclees and no one else.
37:45No one else?
37:46No one.
37:47Not even little Geoffrey Boozer Pitt.
37:50No one.
37:51We did say you weren't able to receive visitors.
37:54Nevertheless, they should have come.
37:56Mark of respect.
37:57I have perceived a most faint neglect of late.
38:01No matter.
38:02Heads will roll.
38:04That bloody little private secretary of mine for a start.
38:07Send him packing, get myself someone with a little bit of spark.
38:10That should be fun.
38:11I see you're feeling better.
38:13Yes, I am.
38:14Did I give you cause for concern?
38:16You did.
38:17An intimation of mortality, one might say.
38:20I was talking about Cyprus, wasn't I?
38:22Yes, you were.
38:24Frances, I think Mr. Naresh is right.
38:26I think we have a wonderful opportunity to do something for ourselves and something for our country as well.
38:32We should do business with Mr. Naresh.
38:34I think he's going to be a wonderful, necessary man.
38:36Yes, we'll see.
38:37Are you ready, Mr. Eckert?
38:40Indeed I am.
38:41And please, wheel that thing away.
38:44Are you sure?
38:45Absolutely.
38:47Thank you so very much.
38:48You've been most kind.
38:49Elizabeth.
38:51Goodbye.
38:52Goodbye.
38:53Doctor, thank you so very much.
38:55I'm not going to risk being photographed in a wheelchair.
39:09What the hell is this, Barry?
39:10This is age concern, Prime Minister.
39:12We thought it was rather a cute idea.
39:14They brought you a birthday card, sir.
39:16Oh, very good of them, I'm sure, but I'm not terribly interested in birthdays.
39:20It's really awfully kind of you, but I've got rather a lot of work to do.
39:23Many happy returns, Prime Minister, on the occasion of your 65th birthday tomorrow.
39:29Welcome from all of us to the third age.
39:35Happy birthday to you.
39:38Happy birthday to you.
39:41Happy birthday, dear Prime Minister.
39:45Happy birthday to you.
39:48Happy birthday to you.
39:49Oh, thank you.
39:50Thank you, thank you so very much.
39:51I really am very touched.
39:52Happy birthday.
39:53Happy birthday.
39:54Happy birthday.
39:55Happy birthday.
39:56Happy birthday.
39:57Happy birthday.
40:00So, you thought that was a cute idea, did you, Barry?
40:03Well, I have to say the original thought came from one of the girls in the office.
40:06I see it did, did it?
40:07Not from the opposition, then.
40:08Good God, Barry, you have become a liability of late.
40:10Have you seen the papers this morning?
40:12Lots of good coverage, sir.
40:13There's the update on the shooting, the birthday celebration...
40:15Our pensioner, Prime Minister, time to F.O.F.U.
40:17and no fewer than three profiles of Tom Makepeace, the man most likely to succeed.
40:22You call that good coverage, do you?
40:23I don't think we should be oversensitive, Prime Minister.
40:26It's all very warm, good-humoured stuff, I'd say.
40:28Would you indeed?
40:29Would you indeed?
40:30I can't work bloody miracles.
40:42And in his feeble way, the man is right.
40:44He can't work bloody miracles.
40:47Nor can I turn the clock back, or hold time, or undo what is done.
40:52But I can bloody well go on as long as I have strength and will.
40:57I can do everything I need to do.
41:02Come in, Geoffrey.
41:03Is this all right?
41:05F.U.?
41:06They said you were asking for me.
41:08Yes, of course it's all right, Geoffrey.
41:10And how's your poor head?
41:12Apparently I'm mending very well.
41:14It's actually rather painful.
41:16Pain is tiring, isn't it?
41:18Well, at least it hasn't spoiled your good looks.
41:20Mind you, a small scar on the temple can be quite distinguished.
41:24Makepeace chaired the cabinet, did he?
41:29What was he like?
41:31Oh, very statesmanlike.
41:32Frightfully responsible.
41:33I tried to tempt him into a little aria, but it was no go.
41:36Everyone was coming on like little goody-two-shoes.
41:39Everyone kept saying, I'm sure that's what he would have wanted.
41:43That's funny, isn't it?
41:44How they all know that what you would have wanted happens to be exactly what they want,
41:48if you see what I mean.
41:50They have no idea what I want or what I can still do.
41:59I've decided to appoint a new parliamentary private secretary, Geoffrey.
42:03Excellent idea.
42:04Poor Barry Crumbs have been neither use nor ornament for quite some time, has he?
42:09God knows where he gets his hair done.
42:11Uh, I have a thought or two, if you haven't already made up your mind.
42:17You have? Good.
42:19It's your birthday party tomorrow, isn't it?
42:21I can't say I'm anticipating it with any enthusiasm, Geoffrey.
42:25It's another reminder of increasing age.
42:27Oh, bollocks to that.
42:29A man is as young as he feels.
42:31And you know it.
42:33You can still see any of them off.
42:35Look at the fear in their eyes.
42:37You're still the biggest swinging dick in Westminster if you, no question.
42:40If one's allowed to put it that way.
42:46Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
42:50like the sodding sun king wolf i wonder how long he thinks he's got
43:10longer the better for us let make peace flower and fade a bit
43:15evening tom hello there how are you
43:21what a limp prick that man is hello sarah i was hoping you'd be here lovely i hate you
43:31dressing up don't you absolutely yes absolutely yes i'm very much better thank you mr naresh
43:40how nice to see you oh would you excuse me please
43:42well it's so good of you to visit us again and i know how busy you must be
43:46for you i drop everything mrs urquhart a very glittering occasion very nice and you yourself
43:53mrs urquhart drop their gorgeous thank you very much tell me isn't that sir clive watling the
43:59border arbitration chairman on whom so many of our hopes and dreams depend i do believe it is
44:05i should like so much to meet you i don't think that's a very good idea i want to keep you all
44:09for myself i'm delighted you could make it sir clive i've wanted to meet you for so long far
44:14and away the best international jurist in europe now i hear it everywhere you must be very much
44:20in demand i am pretty busy at the moment yes and now of course this cyprus business let's go over
44:25there for a moment shall we come along henry
44:27i need hardly say how delighted i am that a british judge has been chosen to chair the panel
44:35i just wanted to be sure you were quite happy with everything your fellow judges on the panel for
44:39example broadly speaking saladier would be difficult no doubt he always is oh you can be as rough as you
44:47like with saladier clive we'd have absolutely no problem with that we're not too keen on the french at
44:53the moment i see it goes without saying that this is an exceptionally prestigious task whoever does
45:00this and gets it right goes straight into the history books with the peerage and the usual box of
45:06tricks um mr urquhart i know you're not interested in baubles nor am i but in this case you may just
45:13have to submit with a good grace
45:14you spoke of getting it right you do understand the limits there is a distinction between international
45:25politics and international law of course which you will negotiate with your unrivaled acumen and
45:33wisdom these sea boundaries may prove to be absolutely crucial
45:41yes i see well that all seems quite excellent to me let's join the party shall we
45:53you will prove our choice utterly incorruptible absolutely impartial
46:00he just can't stand frenchman and who can blame him for that
46:13ravishing yeah he's never here you know her don't you
46:18of course you do she used to help out with your research in foreign affairs is that her husband
46:25yes
46:28the yorn castle
46:30someone told me that man's worth 200 million can that be right he's got all that money and he still
46:37can't keep his wife on the straight and narrow have you heard anything about that tom no
46:44i haven't shags like a rattlesnake that's what i heard ambitious with it too mind you i could be wrong
46:52um excuse me jeffrey
46:57that one
47:00it's very different
47:05could you excuse me
47:05sarah how lovely to see you and you how are the girls oh quite young ladies now
47:18be in touch
47:20prime minister mrs carson
47:23it's lovely for you to invite us my husband's absolutely thrilled we're very pleased that you
47:26were both able to come
47:28he must be a very busy man yes he is
47:33has jeffrey boozer pitt said anything to you about me mr
47:37jeffrey mentions you from time to time i can't call anything specific
47:42he thinks very highly of you as does everyone else it seems
47:47i understand you might be looking for a new pps quite soon
47:51yes
47:53and well i'm sure this isn't the form but
47:56i'd like you to consider me for the job
47:59i'd love to do it and i think i'd do it very well
48:01well mrs carson it's very kind of you to make yourself available
48:07will you let me think about this i don't have to decide straight away
48:12i'm sorry i know it's very cheeky indeed it is but let me reassure you you've done yourself no harm by it
48:23you will have to excuse me now yes of course
48:26yes thank you for listening
48:37no no not this one
48:42you might very well think that i couldn't possibly comment
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