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00:55The Margaret Thatcher Memorial.
00:58Was there really no way of preventing it?
01:00It would seem not.
01:01It's all been paid for out of the foundation.
01:04And the site was earmarked 15 years ago, apparently.
01:08For a time, there seems some possibility of putting it up in Grantham,
01:12where no one would have to look at it.
01:14Except the unfortunate inhabitants.
01:17Where is Grantham, anyway?
01:20No one seems quite sure.
01:21Come on.
01:23Couldn't the Arts Council do something about it?
01:25You forget, my dear. We abolished the Arts Council a year ago.
01:29Of course. Department of National Heritage.
01:31No, not their pigeon, apparently.
01:34It seems the best we can hope for is to keep the scale of that thing down,
01:37and perhaps plan a somewhat larger memorial of oneself to stand nearby.
01:42How is she to be represented?
01:44Oh, as the saviour of the Falklands, of course.
01:46A small war in a godforsaken place.
01:49A small war, but very serendipitous.
01:52Lucky for some, but not for others.
01:55Well, isn't that the way with wars?
01:56A small war in Cyprus over 40 years ago,
02:12and now the Cyprus Settlement will inscribe my name in history,
02:17and the Cyprus oil fields will provide my personal pension.
02:21If all our enterprises prosper,
02:22the Urquhart Trust,
02:24a very comfortable retirement plan for when the day comes.
02:28Not yet, of course.
02:29Lots more fun to be had before that.
02:32Statement from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
02:35Madam Speaker,
02:36it gives me the very greatest pleasure to announce
02:38that as from today,
02:40with the cooperation of the Ministry of Defence,
02:43I am raising the embargo
02:44on a large number of War Office documents,
02:47well in advance of the 50-year rule.
02:49These documents date from the early 50s to 1956,
02:53and contain a good deal of interesting material
02:56about events in Cyprus, Egypt, and the Middle East generally.
03:01Freedom of information has always been
03:02one of the hallmarks of good democratic government.
03:06And I'd just like to say
03:07that I'm very happy to be able to add to its store today.
03:13Mr Joe Badger.
03:14If he's so keen on freedom of information,
03:17will he tell us
03:18how he got his knees brown
03:20and who paid for his last little trip to the Philippines?
03:28As I'm sure the Honourable Member knows,
03:30my essential fact-finding trip...
03:32Mr Joe Badger.
03:34My essential fact-finding trip
03:37was funded jointly by my department
03:39and the Filipino government
03:40in the interests of ethnically sensitive tourism.
03:44Is that what he's going to do?
03:46Fun without exploitation.
03:49Models of imaginative cooperation
03:51between the first and third world,
03:53of economic and cultural benefit to all.
03:57Surely the Honourable Member
03:58doesn't begrudge me a little bit of a tan.
04:01And in the strict interests of open government
04:04and freedom of information,
04:07I'm prepared to inform the Honourable Member
04:09that I got a good deal more than my knees brown.
04:12I bet you did!
04:14I bet you did!
04:15And furthermore,
04:16furthermore,
04:17if he plays his cards right,
04:20he might be allowed to come along with me next time.
04:23Order!
04:26You might regret that.
04:29Not from what I've heard.
04:33Order!
04:33Order!
04:34Order!
04:35Order!
04:35Order!
04:36Order!
04:36Order!
04:36Mr. Urquhart?
04:50Hello.
04:52Do we know each other?
04:54I believe you met my father once in Cyprus, 1956.
04:57I wrote to you about the war graves.
04:59You said you'd try and help.
05:00I did, did I? Well, then I shall. May I ask your name?
05:03Pasolidis. Maria Pasolidis.
05:05How do you do, Miss Pasolidis?
05:06Come and see me one day soon. Phone my secretary for an appointment.
05:11Well, goodbye. For the present.
05:16It was him. We prove it now.
05:19Prove it for certain.
05:21Dad, it was over 40 years ago.
05:24How can you be so sure?
05:26I saw it happen.
05:27I was there, but I couldn't stop it.
05:31I saw him.
05:33Those eyes.
05:34Pale, pale eyes.
05:36But if you only saw him once.
05:38That was enough.
05:39It was the same man.
05:41I should have looked after my brothers better.
05:44You did your best, Dad.
05:47They were my little brothers.
05:50Nobody in the village said nothing to me.
05:53But you could see what everyone was thinking.
05:55He should have looked after his brothers.
05:57How could I stay in the village after that?
06:03Are you quite sure you want to find out?
06:07Yes.
06:09Yes.
06:10But when I know for certain it was that man,
06:14what can I do to punish him?
06:17And beside him.
06:17And beside him.
06:38Yes?
06:39Mr. Boozer Pitt would like a quick word with you, Prime Minister.
06:42Yes, all right.
06:47Come in, Geoffrey.
06:51F.U.?
06:52All right?
06:55Perfectly, thank you.
06:55That was a rather louche performance you gave us in the house this afternoon.
06:59Yeah, well, I suppose it was a bit end of the pier.
07:01The chap seemed to like it, though.
07:03Actually, I've had a bit of a shock since then.
07:07Rather an unpleasant phone call.
07:09Newspapers?
07:10Not yet.
07:11Look, Francis, I'm awfully sorry, but I got myself into a spot of bother.
07:15What is it this time, sex or money?
07:17Bit of both, I'm afraid.
07:18Let's have it done.
07:20Well, the chairman of my local party is going to divorce his wife for adultery, citing me.
07:24Really? If I may say so, that's rather small beer for you.
07:27You might find yourself with a slight reselection problem, of course.
07:31He says he's going to resign from the party and take his story to the tabloids.
07:34There are details.
07:36Nothing too dreadful.
07:37It's a bit embarrassing, though.
07:40Oh, um, uniforms and so on.
07:45Doctors and nurses.
07:46Awfully harmless.
07:48But there are photographs.
07:50Jeffrey, Jeffrey.
07:52Well, you know me.
07:54Anything else?
07:55Uh, well, he says he's going to say that I tipped off his wife about some shares.
08:03Brindox Chemicals.
08:05Ahead of the takeover.
08:06Well, yeah, obviously.
08:07Otherwise, there wouldn't be much point in buying them, would there?
08:10You'd think you'd be grateful, wouldn't you?
08:14Francis?
08:14I want you to write me a letter of resignation, setting out the circumstances in full, and I want it here on my desk within the hour.
08:22Right.
08:25I thought you might possibly...
08:27Right.
08:31Please, Francis, couldn't you just...
08:33No, of course, you're right.
08:35I see that.
08:37Please, Francis, I couldn't bear it.
08:40Out there in the cold.
08:42Sign the letter, but don't date it.
08:45What's this wretched man's name?
08:47Tennant.
08:48Richard Porthouse Tennant.
08:49Francis, I need hardly say...
08:51Sit down and shut up.
08:51Get me a Richard Tennant, local chairman, Hampshire Southeast.
09:01Francis?
09:02You really are utterly contemptible, aren't you?
09:06Well, I wouldn't actually go that far.
09:07No background, no bottom, absolutely no informing principle but the will to survive, just a plump little bag of squirming appetites.
09:16Francis, I do think that's a wee bit harsh.
09:18Shut up.
09:18And you thought that you could endanger my government with impunity just because I've sometimes found your company amusing, just because I've sometimes smiled at your little jokes.
09:29I've been an utter fool.
09:31I am an utter fool.
09:33But you know, Francis, I've always been for you.
09:36You've been my guiding light, my hero, right from way back.
09:39Look into your heart, Francis.
09:42You know I'd do anything for you.
09:47Yes.
09:48Lieutenant, sir.
09:50Good.
09:50Put him on.
09:54Mr. Tennant, Francis Urquhart.
09:56Sorry to spring this on you, but I wanted a confidential word.
09:59You know already, perhaps, that you've been put up for an honour for your public and political services.
10:05No.
10:06Well, now, look here.
10:07I think you deserve something a little better.
10:09A knighthood, in fact.
10:11Yes.
10:12Well, special people don't always realise quite how special they are.
10:16There's a waiting list, of course, about 18 months, and all this must remain utterly confidential till then.
10:23You do understand that.
10:24Good.
10:25But I shall be inviting you and Lady Lieutenant to Downing Street to dinner very soon.
10:31Yes.
10:32Now, one last thing.
10:33I'm sorry to have to ask you this, but as this will be carrying my personal recommendation, the scrutiny committee isn't likely to come across anything embarrassing in any way.
10:45Sadly, we've had one or two cases where honours have had to be withdrawn.
10:48Sign of the times, I'm afraid.
10:52Thank you for sharing that with me, Claire.
10:54Well, I felt, in all fairness, you should know.
10:57You deserve absolute honesty from me.
11:00I said you could trust me, and you can.
11:03I think that being clever about people, you took the gamble that I knew already.
11:07If I knew already and you lied about it, you'd be utterly sunk.
11:11Coming clean would limit the damage at worst.
11:15But what if I didn't know?
11:18What if this were the first time I'd heard of it, and you've just blurted it out unnecessarily?
11:25Well, that was the gamble.
11:27That was the risk you had to take.
11:29At worst, I'd think, this woman is a bit too open with herself, a bit too honest to get on in politics.
11:38But she's awfully sweet.
11:42I don't want anyone to think of me as sweet.
11:45Or devious.
11:47Don't you?
11:50Did you know I was having an affair with Tom?
11:52Of course I knew.
11:54I should imagine half Westminster knows.
11:56It's the common gossip of the house.
11:59And you think I should engage you as my PPS, and make you privy to all my thinking, all my decisions, while you're conducting a liaison with a man who wants to chop me down and take my place.
12:11You're clearly still considering it seriously, or we wouldn't be having this conversation.
12:15You're far too busy to get me up here simply to embarrass and humiliate me.
12:18That's very good, Clare.
12:22You're thinking of taking a gamble, too.
12:24That I might betray him to you rather than you to him.
12:26And would you?
12:29There's surprisingly little to betray.
12:31He doesn't really want to chop you down, you know.
12:34He actually admires you very much.
12:36Oh, does he?
12:37Oh, that's awfully good of him.
12:38He wishes you valued him more highly.
12:40He feels misunderstood and unappreciated.
12:42Good God.
12:43He's soft in the middle, Francis.
12:47He's weak and sentimental.
12:48He's a loser.
12:49If it did come to a fight, you could take him any time.
12:52You could take any of them.
12:54That's why I want to be with you.
13:02But can I really trust her?
13:04Why, with so much at stake, should I feel this urge to put myself at risk?
13:09The last thing anyone worried about was keeping the paperwork up to date.
13:12You might be lucky, though.
13:15There.
13:16Trudos Mountains.
13:17There.
13:17Are you sure?
13:18I was there.
13:20We'd like to see this one, please.
13:227438.
13:23Report on security situation and Eoka resistance interception in the Trudos Mountains.
13:28April to October 1956.
13:31Okay.
13:32Well, the search may take at least an hour.
13:34This stuff has never been digitally referenced.
13:36That's all right.
13:37We'll wait.
13:37I tell you what.
13:38Why don't you go and have a coffee?
13:40I'll give you a bleep if and when we come up with something.
13:42Thank you very much.
13:43All mod cons.
13:45Coffee shops that way.
13:46Actually, the coffee's a bit cramped.
13:48They do lemon tea, though.
13:50That's quite good.
13:51I just thought I'd mention it.
13:53Cyprus and so on.
13:54Thanks.
13:54You're very welcome.
13:55How long have you got?
14:01About ten minutes.
14:03You didn't have to cook.
14:04I love to cook.
14:05I love to cook for you.
14:07This is about the only chance I get.
14:10I wish we had time for a bloody great blowout.
14:15There you go.
14:17What about you?
14:19I'm fine.
14:20Go on.
14:20Eat.
14:31Look.
14:32This is a bit awkward.
14:35I think we ought to let this cool off for a while.
14:38What do you mean?
14:40People know about us.
14:42You mean besides Hillary?
14:44So I understand.
14:46From whom?
14:47Geoffrey Boozer Pitt hinted at it.
14:49How does he know?
14:50Does it matter?
14:51If he knows, everybody knows.
14:54Oh, hell.
14:55If he's telling people about us, it's best that it shouldn't be true.
14:59For the time being, at least.
15:01Or come out in the open.
15:02Let them do the worst they can.
15:04Tom, you know I'd never leave Bjorn.
15:06I told you that right from the start.
15:08And you'd never leave Hillary.
15:11I don't know.
15:13Might be the best thing for her.
15:14As well as me.
15:17There's something else.
15:19What?
15:19It's absolutely confidential.
15:21I haven't even told Bjorn.
15:22Come on.
15:22What is it?
15:26Francis Urquhart has asked me to be his PPS.
15:29And you've accepted?
15:30Yes, of course.
15:32Don't look at me like that, Tom.
15:34I'm ambitious.
15:36He's offering me the fast lane to promotion.
15:38Is that all it is for you?
15:39I thought you had some principles.
15:41I thought you wanted to change things for the better.
15:43I do.
15:43I do.
15:44I just need to get myself a foothold.
15:46It isn't easy for a woman, Tom.
15:49He's offering me the chance to make myself a power base.
15:51And when I've got it, I'll use it for good.
15:54I thought you said you loved me.
15:56I do.
15:57You said you couldn't imagine life without me.
15:58What do you mean, cool off?
16:00Tom, you're the best.
16:02The very best for me.
16:05You give pure gold.
16:08He'll make damn sure it is.
16:10I trust and pray that he will.
16:12This Cyprus settlement is very close to my heart.
16:16In more ways than one.
16:18Which reminds me, it's time to do a little priming of the pension plan.
16:21Now he is over there.
16:45Oh, yes.
16:46I remember now.
16:48Rather a nice man, I thought.
16:49Rather a useful man, I hope.
16:52Be careful.
16:53He's very sharp on the nuances and utterly incorruptible.
16:57You go and chat to your new protégé.
16:59I can handle this.
17:00Good hunting.
17:04Good hunting.
17:10Hello.
17:11I'm Elizabeth Urquhart.
17:12We did meet briefly at a little do-it mansion house.
17:16But you probably meet so many people, you won't remember me.
17:19Yes, of course I do.
17:20Clive Watley.
17:21Oh, yes, of course.
17:22It was on the tip of my tongue.
17:24Now, you're the...
17:27Now, don't tell me it's coming.
17:29You're the judge.
17:30The international judge.
17:32The most distinguished international judge in Europe, my husband tells me.
17:35Should I be frightened of you?
17:39Not unless I've actually done something wrong, I suppose.
17:41Exactly.
17:43So, what's it like?
17:46Are you actually doing any of it at the moment?
17:48Judging, I mean.
17:49Do you know I'm so frightfully ignorant about the law?
17:53I sort of picture you sitting in judgment over some frightful international criminal,
17:58like that chap in Batman.
18:00But I suppose it's rather more cerebral than that.
18:03Occasionally, I mean, just like that.
18:04But more typically, one's arbitrating in some international negotiation.
18:09Just now it's Cyprus, finalising the sea boundaries, fishing rights and so on.
18:13Oh, gosh.
18:14Cyprus.
18:15That must be a tricky one.
18:16Not especially.
18:18The area of difference is clear and not very large.
18:21There's a certain amount of ritual posturing to endure.
18:25The French are often particularly prone to that.
18:27And this case is no exception.
18:29And all that oil must complicate things, too.
18:32What oil?
18:33There isn't any oil.
18:35Well, not in significant amounts.
18:36We have the most recent seismic surveys.
18:38No, oil's not part of the picture at all.
18:40No.
18:41But didn't the French have another survey done?
18:43All very hush-hush and commercially sensitive.
18:46I'm sure I heard something about it.
18:49Perhaps I wasn't supposed to.
18:50But apparently there's oodles of the stuff.
18:52And if it goes to the Greek side, then the French have been promised the exploitation rights.
18:57Something like that.
18:59But wouldn't that make things terribly difficult for a French judge?
19:05You know, to remain impartial and so on.
19:08Yes, it would.
19:09Yes, it would.
19:10It should.
19:11Oh, I do hope I haven't complicated things.
19:15You see, I was so sure you'd know all about it.
19:18I really have rather put my foot in it, haven't I?
19:22No, no, not at all.
19:24You see, I have to deal with the facts as they're presented to me in the court as evidence.
19:29And I shall.
19:31One or two things have just become very clear.
19:33Oh, I really am awful.
19:35Still a blurter after all these years.
19:38Oh, please do say you'll forgive me.
19:39Oh, yes, of course.
19:40Of course.
19:42You want to know.
19:47I'd like to talk to you about Tom Makepeace, Clare.
19:51Yes, I thought you would.
19:53It's all right.
19:54Of course I'll stop seeing him.
19:55I was ready to end it in any case.
19:57It was getting difficult.
19:59Tom doesn't handle these things very well.
20:01And if, as you say, half Westminster knows about it...
20:04Um, I exaggerate it.
20:08If I said that I would prefer it if you didn't cut off from him completely for the present,
20:13would that make life impossibly difficult for you?
20:16Not impossibly difficult, no.
20:18I haven't gone off him or anything.
20:21Not in the physical sense, at any rate.
20:23Quite the reverse, in fact.
20:25We're extraordinarily well attuned in that respect.
20:32Ahem.
20:34You want me to spy on him?
20:38I want to know what he really wants.
20:41No one could be as selfless as he purports to be.
20:44What does he say when he's with you?
20:46Believe it or not, we don't talk about politics much.
20:48That's not what we're about.
20:49Don't waste my time, Clare.
20:51What does he say about me?
20:53The whole truth.
20:54Now.
20:55Well, he doesn't like you, of course, but I'm sure that's no surprise to you.
20:58He admires your ability, but he thinks you've used it to wrong and perverted ends.
21:02He thinks you're sacrificing our future to a policy in Europe that could lead to England's isolation.
21:07He thinks you're past it.
21:09In decline.
21:11Too old to cut the mustard.
21:13Only one question remains.
21:17Is he going to challenge for the leadership, and if so, when?
21:22I don't know.
21:23Find out.
21:24Oh, you know, I really thought I'd lost you.
21:50Oh, God.
21:54So this is cooling off and being sensible, isn't it?
22:15Don't love me.
22:18I can't help it if I'm hooked on you.
22:20Oh, God.
22:24You're so lovely.
22:31I'm so lucky.
22:34We are.
22:37Oh, we are lucky.
22:39Does he know about us?
22:57I really don't think I care.
23:00I'm sure he doesn't have much interest.
23:02He's so cold-blooded.
23:06He's like an old blizzard on a rock, those pale eyes flickering.
23:10I think he's quite scared of you, Tom.
23:20He's never shown me much sign of it.
23:23You're far less dangerous to him inside the cabinet than outside.
23:27He'd love to sack you, but he's scared that if he did...
23:30Go for the party leadership.
23:34Everyone knows you could win the next election.
23:37You're far more popular in the country now than he is.
23:40You know what?
23:44Foreign secretary.
23:47That's all I ever wanted.
23:50But if he continues to interfere...
23:54If he undoes all those patient achievements...
23:58If he stops me doing my job...
24:02And I'll bloody well have his.
24:07Yes.
24:13And you might communicate that to him...
24:17In that tactful way you BPSs cultivate.
24:25I'll try.
24:28Oh, Tom.
24:30I'm so glad you said that.
24:32I think you should challenge him.
24:35And the sooner the better for all of us.
24:37Oh, Tom.
24:39I really thought you'd gone over to his side.
24:44How could I do that?
24:46You're in my heart, Tom.
24:49You're in my bones.
24:59Later.
25:02He'll take any shit you hand out so long as he can keep his job.
25:12That's the bottom line.
25:14And what if I take his job away from him?
25:16That could be different.
25:17He might feel he had to fight you, then.
25:19What should I do, Claire?
25:22Don't ask me that about Tom.
25:24Not after all we've had together.
25:25What would you do if you were in my place?
25:28Get rid of him.
25:30Elizabeth?
25:32Oh.
25:46Elizabeth?
25:46Oh.
25:50Forgive me, Francis.
25:57Hmm.
25:58Is what you're considering wise?
26:01I haven't made up my mind yet.
26:02I know you, Francis.
26:04Once something is in your mind, you might do it on a whim or in a flash of temper.
26:08All the more fun.
26:09Think, Francis.
26:10Remember Stamper.
26:11You underestimated Stamper, his capacity for malice, resentment, revenge.
26:17You thought he was your creature, but he turned against you.
26:20Ultimately, it was Stamper who underestimated me.
26:22But this case is entirely different, Elizabeth.
26:25Makepeace was never my creature.
26:27He's never been my friend.
26:29He's a disruptive influence, totally isolated in the cabinet.
26:33Not in the parliamentary party, though, or in the country.
26:36If you humiliate him in the reshuffle, he'll feel bound to turn against you.
26:40Leave him where he is, and he'll feel bound to make supportive noises.
26:45In public, at any rate.
26:48Wait until he does something to make himself less popular.
26:51Then you can be rid of him.
26:52Yes, that would be the sensible move, of course.
26:57One wonders if your new girl is giving you the best advice.
27:00She's not just telling you what you want to hear, I hope.
27:03One doesn't detect the tiniest trace of jealousy, does one?
27:08Hardly, Frances.
27:12A little pique, perhaps, because I didn't choose her for you.
27:16But overwhelmingly concerned for your welfare, your security.
27:21These final years should be a triumphant consolidation, not a desperate struggle.
27:26Oh, now, you're not suggesting that a contest between Makepeace and myself would be a desperate struggle.
27:32Well, I'm twice the man that he is.
27:34I can take him any time I like.
27:36Of course you could.
27:37Of course you could.
27:39But thrillingly pugnacious language.
27:42But why put yourself to all that trouble?
27:45After all, it's not as if you had anything to prove.
27:47I think I'll go up, Frances.
27:53Well, I won't be very long.
27:58Of course she's right.
28:00I have nothing to prove, and I have nothing to fear.
28:03No one can threaten me now.
28:04No one is left who can threaten me now.
28:07Matty, gone.
28:08Stamper and Sarah, gone.
28:09Roger O'Neill, with his brave, terrified smile, gone.
28:14All gone.
28:16No one knows anything that could possibly damage me, except Cawdor and Elizabeth, and myself.
28:25So what do I have to fear?
28:27Fear, but fear itself.
28:32You're very privileged, you know.
28:34I don't know if anyone else is invited up here.
28:36I'm certainly still waiting for my invitation.
28:38You mean it's his own personal private roof garden?
28:41No, not quite.
28:43In theory, any MP can use it, but it's well known the Prime Minister likes to come up here
28:47when he needs to be alone to think something through,
28:50and doesn't welcome any intrusions.
28:52There's rather a tragic story attached to it.
28:54Apparently a young journalist he'd offended came up here and killed herself.
28:58Jumped off the roof.
28:59Awful.
29:00He saw it happen, couldn't stop her.
29:02That was a long time ago, of course, before he became Prime Minister.
29:05But he still likes to go there.
29:07He's not like other people.
29:09Your connection with them at Cyprus, isn't it?
29:11Yes.
29:12I'm trying to help my father find out about his brothers.
29:14They were killed there in 56.
29:16I'm sure he'd be glad to help you.
29:18He takes a very keen interest in anything to do with Cyprus.
29:21Prime Minister?
29:23Here's Miss Pasolidis.
29:24Thank you, Claire.
29:27Miss Pasolidis.
29:29I hope you didn't mind all those stairs.
29:31No, not at all.
29:33What an extraordinary place this is.
29:36One likes to get away now and then, get above it all, if only in a literal sense.
29:40I'd like to imagine that the air is a little purer up here.
29:44I was born in the highlands of Scotland.
29:47There, one could stand on a rock, see ten miles in any direction, and not another living soul.
29:51Sometimes I think I was a complete fool to come into politics.
29:57But, well, here we are.
29:59I'm very grateful for this.
30:01Very surprised, too.
30:03I have to say I'm not one of your supporters.
30:05Well, I did rather guess something of the kind, and it's completely immaterial.
30:09It's my privilege to serve you, whether you voted for me or not.
30:12My privilege and my pleasure.
30:15I was going to say, whatever else you may have done or not done, the Cyprus settlement was a wonderful achievement.
30:21It's one very close to my heart.
30:24I love Cyprus, the island, the people.
30:28I didn't always meet them in the happiest of circumstances, of course.
30:32Some of my memories of that place are rather painful to recall now.
30:35Did you go there as a national serviceman?
30:39Not quite.
30:40I took a short service commission, three years instead of two.
30:44Do you know, I was only 19 when I first went out there.
30:46Very naive, as you can imagine.
30:48Very idealistic, passionate about Greek culture and language.
30:52You speak Greek?
30:53Um, it's a bit rusty now, and I fear to put in zetsin.
31:01That's very good.
31:02I want a two-bit stick in my mind.
31:05I suppose your job was gathering information on Eoka resistance, or were you actually involved in capturing them?
31:10Oh, no, nothing so dramatic, I assure you, Maria.
31:13Someone who spoke Greek as well as you do would have been very useful in interrogation, I should have thought.
31:18No, no, no, I was lucky enough to miss all that kind of thing.
31:20Our problem, I don't know whether you'd be able to help.
31:25We're trying to locate my uncle's graves.
31:28They were killed in some sort of skirmish in the Trudos Mountains, above the village of Spillia.
31:32I see.
31:33We went to the public records office at Kew.
31:35We think we found a copy of the official report on the incident, but it was very brief,
31:39and the name of the officer in charge was blanked out.
31:43Yes, I see.
31:44The clerk at Kew said it's likely there will be a more detailed account on record,
31:49perhaps on a secret file at the Ministry of Defence.
31:52We don't want to stir up trouble.
31:55I just want to set my father's mind at rest.
31:58I understand entirely.
32:00So much unfinished business from that time.
32:02And later, in 1974, when the Turks invaded.
32:06That's when I lost my mother.
32:07So much blood.
32:10So much sorrow.
32:14Would you let me see what I can do, Maria?
32:16Yes, thank you.
32:18You're very kind.
32:19It's the least I can do.
32:20I wish it could be more.
32:22Yes, I believe you.
32:24I've just had a telephone call from Mr. Nuresh.
32:35The judges have decided on the sea boundaries.
32:37They split 50-50, as predicted,
32:40and Sir Clive has given his casting vote to the Turkish side.
32:44Excellent.
32:45Thanks in no small measure to you, my dear.
32:48To the future.
32:49To the Urquhart Trust.
32:50To our personal pension plan.
32:51Happy days.
32:54Sorry.
33:00Frightenedly sorry, Prime Minister.
33:03Was that a political point, Polcott?
33:05Good God, no.
33:06A spasm of cramp, Prime Minister.
33:08Sorry.
33:09Spasm of cramp.
33:16Order.
33:18Questions to the Prime Minister.
33:20Mr. Hugh Pugh.
33:21Does the Prime Minister have any thoughts to share with us
33:27on the eve of another crucial European summit,
33:31most particularly about when he'll do something practical
33:34to make Europe work efficiently?
33:37Yeah!
33:38For example,
33:39if he believes in a single market,
33:42as he says he does,
33:43why does he continue to turn his back on a single currency?
33:46Yeah!
33:46When is he going to put his money where his mouth is?
33:49Yeah!
33:52The Honourable Gentleman makes an excellent point,
33:54and I entirely agree with you.
33:56Of course,
33:56we all want to bring about an effective single market in Europe.
34:00I'm not sure that destroying the image of our young king
34:03on the coin of the realm,
34:05with all the disrespect to the monarchy that that implies,
34:08will bring utopia any closer,
34:09but there we are.
34:12The Honourable Gentleman believes it,
34:13and who am I to argue him into common sense and sanity?
34:18Let me say this to him, however.
34:19It is my conviction
34:21that we can do most good for Europe
34:23by being resolutely British.
34:26Yeah!
34:27By showing Europe the way to go,
34:29rather than trotting at Europe's heels.
34:31Yeah!
34:32Europe has a great deal more to learn
34:34from the cradle of democracy
34:36than it has to teach us.
34:38And if the Honourable Gentleman doesn't believe that,
34:40perhaps he shouldn't be here at all.
34:42Perhaps he should be rustling sheep in the border country
34:44like his ancestors.
34:45Order!
34:47Order!
34:48Order!
34:50Prime Minister.
34:52If we want to build a really efficient single market,
34:56here is a proposal I fully intend to suggest
34:58to my fellow leaders at the summit.
35:02A single language for Europe.
35:05The waste of money involved
35:06in dealing in a multitude of languages
35:08must run into billions,
35:11measured in whatever currency you will.
35:13Waste, confusion, misunderstanding.
35:17Clearly, we need to be able to speak with one voice.
35:22I suppose it's just one of those accidents of history
35:25that the only possible language is English.
35:29How was I?
35:51Francis, I've never seen anything like it.
35:53You were completely bloody impossible.
35:55Thank you, I meant to be.
35:57It pays to be completely impossible from time to time.
36:00Put a bit of stick about,
36:01show them who's who and what's what.
36:03Just for badness, eh?
36:04You didn't mean any of that about a single language?
36:06Well, it wouldn't be a bad idea at all.
36:08But no, it was just a bit of mischief.
36:11It'll hold up all that single currency nonsense for a while
36:14and be worth a few percent in the opinion polls,
36:16and it'll make some people very angry.
36:19Not bad for five minutes' work.
36:22All right, let's be serious now.
36:24I'd like to run a few thoughts past you on the reshuffle.
36:27Who wins, who loses, who's in, who's out?
36:30When and how we stick it to them, placing the leaks.
36:32I'd like you to liaise with Geoffrey on that.
36:38Hello, Tom.
36:39How's tricks?
36:46Francis, I must have a few quick words in private.
36:48No, I don't think that'd be necessary, Tom.
36:50My PPS is very discreet, as I'm sure you know.
36:55Look, I really think it would be better if I...
36:57Stay where you are, please, Claire.
36:59You have a job to do.
37:01I'm sorry about that, Tom.
37:02What was it you wanted exactly?
37:05What the hell do you think you were playing at just now?
37:08For the sake of a few cheap cracks,
37:09you seem prepared to put everything we've done in jeopardy.
37:12What are our European partners
37:14going to think of a performance like that?
37:16You make it impossible for me to do my job.
37:18I've built up relationships of trust over years,
37:21patiently and with skill, with serious professionals,
37:24respected international statesmen,
37:26and you throw it all away.
37:27What for?
37:27To get your picture on the front page of The Sun?
37:29You shouldn't take it all so seriously, Tom.
37:32And it's not all Queensbury rules in Europe, you know.
37:34Occasionally one needs a bit of pepper on the gloves.
37:37No, that's not good enough, Francis.
37:40You can't go screwing around with foreign policy
37:42without having a courtesy to consult me first.
37:44Well, it would seem that I can.
37:46But in future, the problem won't arise.
37:48I have come to a very momentous decision, Tom,
37:51and I'm very glad that you're the first one to hear the news.
37:54You're resigning?
37:55No, Tom, you're resigning.
37:57As Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that is.
37:59I very much want to keep your talent in the government.
38:02But I think you've let yourself get a bit too influenced
38:04by all your exciting continental chums
38:07with their baccalaureates and their Mercedes.
38:10I thought you might like to take a stab at education.
38:12Some people might see that as a step down,
38:14but I think it would be right up your street.
38:18You could have nice long chats with teachers
38:20about the meaning of life and Plato's Republic
38:23and all that kind of thing.
38:24I should imagine you would enjoy that, Tom.
38:28You bastard.
38:30Secretary of State for Education doesn't appeal, then.
38:33Did you think I'd accept that?
38:34No, I didn't, quite frankly, but I thought it was worth a try.
38:36It's that or nothing.
38:38Then I choose nothing.
38:39Up to you.
38:39Tom, you will put it in writing, won't you?
38:48You'll regret this, Francis.
38:50Well, now I wonder if I shall.
39:09I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
39:19I'm not good at knocking the press about it.
39:21It wasn't our fault this time.
39:23What did you think of that performance of his
39:24just now at question time?
39:25It unnecessary?
39:27Don't fancy a comment, do you?
39:28On or off the record?
39:30Yes.
39:31I thought it was outrageous.
39:33The last straw, in fact.
39:34And I've just given him my resignation.
39:36Good one, Tom.
39:37One day, eh?
39:38You're not serious?
39:41Look, Dickie, can you get your chaps together?
39:43Meet me in the lobby room, say, in about 15 minutes.
39:45I'll be making a statement and answering questions.
39:47Right.
39:48Tell him it'll be well worth it.
39:51Right.
40:03Thank you all for coming along at such short notice.
40:08This afternoon, I resigned from my position as Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, and the
40:18Prime Minister accepted my resignation.
40:21I shall be making a full statement to the House next week.
40:23But briefly, the reason for my resignation is that areas of disagreement on policy, in particular, government policy in Europe, have made it very difficult for this government to maintain a consistent position vis-Ã -vis our neighbours, and have made it impossible for me to do my job as Foreign Secretary.
40:41A job I have aspired to throughout my career, in which I relinquish with bitter regret.
40:48That's all.
40:49Are we to understand that you're not moving to another government post?
40:53That's right.
40:54I'm not.
40:55Were you offered another government post?
40:57Yes, I was.
40:58Which one?
40:58No comment.
41:00You sound quite bitter and angry about this, Tom.
41:03Would that be fair comment?
41:04Are you angry?
41:06Yes, I'm extremely...
41:08bitterly disappointed.
41:09All right, I'm angry that I've been forced to take this extreme step and resign from a job I've loved doing.
41:17So what are your plans now?
41:18Go home and relax.
41:20Enjoy my first weekend in ten years without being surrounded by red boxes.
41:24But in the longer term, well, as I say, I shall be making a full statement next week.
41:28Tom, it's no secret that your major areas of disagreement have been with the Prime Minister himself.
41:34You're on record as saying that some of his speeches have been irresponsible and embarrassing to our European neighbours.
41:40Would you say it's time for Francis Urquhart to step down now?
41:43Hand over the reins to a younger man?
41:45That's really not for me to say.
41:47Oh, come on, Tom.
41:48Should he go?
41:51Well, in his own words, you might very well think that.
41:56I could not possibly comment.
41:57You bastard.
41:59Thomas Makepeace there, commenting on his shock resignation this afternoon,
42:03from the post of Foreign Secretary.
42:05Bastard.
42:06You'll be dangling and twisting in the wind before I've done with him.
42:09I did warn you, Francis.
42:10So what can he do?
42:12He's not a fighter.
42:13He's soft in the middle.
42:15He's a sentimental dreamer.
42:17I'm twice the man that he is.
42:18I can take him any time I like.
42:20Of course you can, my dear.
42:22Of course you can.
42:24I can take him any time.
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