A powerful Politician determined to establish himself as the entity , while his secretary is romantically involved with his arch rival
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01:59It sounded as if you were in fear of your life.
02:05It's all right, Corder. It was just a dream.
02:09Just a dream?
02:09All right. Fine.
02:14I'll leave you to it, then.
02:20A lot of fuss about nothing.
02:23Time to get started, anyway.
02:24Frances, why don't you stay down here at Chequers for the day?
02:29The morning, at least.
02:31Why now should I do that? Far more interesting things to do.
02:34Complete my reshuffle for a start.
02:35I'm making Geoffrey Boozer Pitt, my foreign secretary.
02:40Little Geoffrey? Is that wise?
02:42Oh, yes, I think so. Why not?
02:44Capsticks too dithery, bullocks too dense.
02:46Rayner would like it, of course, but he's just a bit too much of a thug.
02:50He might as well have I hate foreigners tattooed on his forehead.
02:54Geoffrey has brains and Geoffrey has cheek and Geoffrey will do what I tell him to do.
02:58He's one of us, Elizabeth.
03:03And best of all, it's so humiliating for make-peace.
03:06Deposed from high office, the ritual clearing of the desk.
03:10Too many knick-knacks for the briefcase,
03:13so a typist lends a carrier bag from Tesco's.
03:16In go the family photos, the underlings of that-day gaze.
03:20A couple of awkward handshakes,
03:22then the ignominious exit by the tradesman's gate.
03:26And in the morning, waking to the knowledge that it's true.
03:31All true.
03:32No more red boxes.
03:34No more urgent calls.
03:36No one wants your opinion about anything anymore.
03:39No interviews.
03:41No photographs.
03:42No ministerial car.
03:44I could find it in my heart to pity the man
03:47if he weren't such a canting, high-minded, sanctimonious hypocrite.
03:53He deserves everything he gets.
03:56Oh, Clare.
04:00Where did you say you were going so early in the morning?
04:03Don't stop.
04:05Said I was going to the gym.
04:08Fair enough, I suppose.
04:10Come on, then.
04:12Work that body.
04:14What?
04:15Don't be flippant, Clare.
04:17Please.
04:18Oh, you're very sensitive this morning.
04:22I still love you, you know.
04:24Even though you're not the Foreign Secretary anymore.
04:27You still give a girl a hell of a good time in bed.
04:32Oh, Tom, there's no need to look quite so tragic.
04:35Tom?
04:37Tom?
04:39Tom?
04:41This is silly.
04:43I know.
04:44It's not your fault.
04:45It's my fault.
04:47The thing is...
04:48I've decided we've got to stop.
04:51It's not your fault.
04:52It's my fault.
04:55Come on.
05:03There we go.
05:06So long.
05:07You're gonna have to stop.
05:09Okay.
05:09The reason I leave my cabin is soaring,
05:10gorgeous, wholeheart.
05:11I'm dying.
05:13You're deluge This is turning it over.
05:14Oh, come on.
05:15I'm over.
05:16You're over.
05:17I'll do this too.
05:18I asked you.
05:19it's him
05:29Francis
05:31yes Francis
05:32you're not jealous of him
05:35I don't do anything
05:38with Francis
05:38you're his PPS
05:40oh Tom we've been through all this
05:43I've told you it's not a problem
05:45for me
05:46you know I'm all for you
05:48being his PPS is just a means to an end
05:49I told you if he didn't let me do my job
05:52I'd bloody well take his
05:53I know so what's the problem I can help you do that
05:56I can't work like that
05:57oh brilliant
05:58I'm sorry Claire if I'm going to fight Francis Irkert
06:00and I am then it has to be a straight fight
06:02I have to be straight and I have to be seen to be straight
06:05family values
06:06yes if you like
06:07so you're chucking me are you
06:11Claire believe me
06:13but you thought you'd have one for the road and then tell me
06:15did you
06:16Claire
06:18please
06:19I think
06:21this is the hardest thing I've ever had to do
06:26I've never known anything like
06:28what we've had
06:32I've hurt you haven't I
06:35it should have been me who said when it was over
06:38sorry
06:46better now
06:48you're absolutely right of course
06:51and there isn't a perfect way to do these things
06:54I do understand you'll have to distance yourself for a while
07:00politically as well
07:01but I want you to know I'm still here for you
07:06when you need me
07:08in every way
07:10you're a wonderful woman
07:14I know
07:16I'll always stay
07:19are you all set Francis
07:25it's not going to be just a farewell
07:26I never imagined it would be
07:28these resignation statements
07:30so often turn into squalid recriminations
07:32don't they
07:33so tedious
07:34and so bad for the reputation of politics in general
07:37don't you feel
07:38I think you should take it seriously
07:39I think he's out to get you
07:41well
07:42let's see what he can do
07:43shall we
07:44I am proud
07:46to have served this country
07:48as his majesty's secretary of state
07:50for foreign and commonwealth affairs
07:51and I'm proud of what I've been able to achieve in that position
07:55most recently of course
07:57the historic Cyprus settlement
07:58but Cyprus has been one achievement amongst many lost opportunities
08:04I can no longer refrain from speaking out
08:07against an attitude to foreign policy
08:09which has made the civilised nations of the world
08:11see Britain as the yob of Europe
08:13and I can no longer support a British Prime Minister
08:17whose idea of diplomacy is to demand that everyone else speaks English
08:21is this not the politics of the football hooligan and the boot boy
08:25surely Britain has more to offer Europe than a two-fingered salute
08:29well yes of course it has
08:30but not I fear under its present leadership
08:34this became very clear to me when I read in the paper
08:39who my successor was to be
08:40in future it seems
08:43Britain's interests are to be defended in the international arena
08:46by a kind of
08:47how shall I put this
08:49a kind of
08:51glove puppet
08:52cuddly little creature
08:55who will speak with his master's voice
08:57because he has none of his own
08:59order
09:01sooty
09:01it's sooty
09:03let's hear it from sooty
09:06order
09:07order
09:09order
09:10let me remind the house
09:13that personal statements are by custom
09:15listened to in silence
09:16thank you
09:17Mr Tom Makepeace
09:19Madam Speaker
09:20it has become clear to me
09:23as it has become clear to many in this house
09:25and many more throughout the country
09:27that all is not well in Britain
09:29I became a member of parliament
09:32because I wanted to uphold those traditions
09:34which made England great
09:36I wanted to serve my country
09:38not lay waste to it
09:40in the name of asset stripping
09:41I am convinced now
09:43that nothing but a change of leadership
09:45will put us back on the right track
09:47join the opposition
09:49order
09:51a number of my colleagues
09:53have approached me in recent days
09:54and asked if I would be prepared
09:56to offer myself as a candidate
09:58for party leadership
09:58I have decided that I must accept the challenge
10:02until that matter is resolved
10:05I find myself so much at odds
10:07with what is being done
10:08in the name of my party
10:09and my country
10:10that I can no longer
10:12in conscience
10:13take my seat
10:15on the government benches
10:16excuse me
10:21Prime Minister
10:42I am grateful for this opportunity
10:47to thank the right honourable gentleman
10:49for his loyal and conscientious service
10:51over the years
10:52on these occasions
10:54a certain amount of petulance
10:56is expected
10:57and forgiven
10:59and indeed
11:01forgotten
11:02may I assure
11:04the right honourable gentleman
11:05that he has
11:07my very best wishes
11:08for his future career
11:10whatever that may be
11:12the right honourable gentleman
11:16that's right
11:17if you
11:17made him look very silly
11:19all the same
11:30if you
11:30I think you need to take this very seriously
11:32yes
11:33right
11:33thank you Geoffrey
11:35later
11:35yes
11:36come on in
11:37clever
11:38well now
11:44and what are we to make of that
11:47I did warn you
11:49I didn't know you'd go so far
11:51as to cross the house
11:52a piece of histrionic buffoonery
11:54I doubt if it'll be reported that way
11:57and it won't be the last
11:58we've heard of Sooty
11:59I think you should have done more
12:01you should have savaged him
12:03you should have humiliated him publicly
12:04I didn't want to dignify him
12:06with my anger
12:07you have a lot to learn
12:09Claire
12:09the worst humiliation
12:11is not to be taken seriously
12:12after all
12:14one doesn't froth at the mouth
12:15when dismissing the jobbing gardener
12:17I know how you meant it to look
12:19but people read it as weakness
12:21you didn't did you
12:22no of course not
12:23but I think he did
12:25didn't you see his face
12:26you let him think he'd won
12:28and that makes me furious
12:30as well as being tactically risky
12:35in my view
12:36other people might have read it as weakness
12:38and Tom Makepeace has a lot more support
12:42than you think on the back benches
12:43but not from you
12:45not anymore
12:46he's chucked you hasn't he
12:50other way round as a matter of fact
12:55what a shame
12:58well
13:00I'll hurt him for you Claire
13:02before this game is over
13:04and that's a promise
13:05thank you
13:07thank you
13:08you're really going for it this time aren't you
13:23all the way
13:36well he's left me no option
13:37no it's more than that
13:38I really want it now
13:41and I know I'm ready for it
13:43well good for you
13:43I hope you wipe the floor with the old bastard
13:46I think you'll make a brilliant prime minister
13:48really
13:52yes
13:53really
13:54I thought we might go out for dinner tonight
14:05lovely
14:06except I've got a dinner date
14:09sorry
14:09John Collins
14:10my new editor
14:11oh fine
14:13he's only 35
14:14he thinks my work is wonderful
14:17well I think your work's wonderful
14:19what is it Tom
14:24nothing
14:26just wanted to talk
14:28you know
14:29what did you want to talk about
14:32well you know
14:34everything really
14:36going for the leadership
14:38you and me where we're headed
14:40I just think
14:43it would be good to get things straightened out
14:46well you know
14:48you've broken up with Claire Carlson haven't you
14:53well yes I have as a matter of fact
14:58was it rough
15:01it wasn't easy
15:05well what I feel now
15:09is a strong sense of relief
15:11that I've done the right thing
15:13oh
15:14jolly good
15:15I only hope she feels the same
15:17look Tom
15:20hasn't it occurred to you
15:22that you might have left all this a bit too late
15:24I'm sorry for such disappointing news
15:29your uncle's death involved
15:32certain security elements apparently
15:34and that makes the information subject to the 50 years burn
15:36so the truth is known
15:38my father can't be told
15:40and neither can I
15:41I understand how you feel
15:43I'm just the bearer of the message
15:46it's just one of those things it would seem
15:48no I don't think it is just one of those things
15:50when I spoke to Mr Urquhart
15:51he seemed very keen to talk about Cyprus
15:53really
15:54really
15:55and then I mentioned the name of the village
15:57Spillia below the mountains of Trudos
15:59I could tell he knew it
16:01but he didn't want to talk about it
16:02look I'm just doing this for my father really
16:06all we want to do is locate my uncle's graves
16:08so we can give them a proper memorial
16:10I don't understand what all this big mystery is about
16:13I'm very sorry
16:15but I'm not in a position to give you any further information
16:17I see
16:19well thanks for your time
16:21wait a minute
16:25try this number
16:30Tom Makepeace
16:32I think you'll find you'll get some help
16:39so what's the line on young Tom Makepeace
16:44he's digging his own grave
16:46hmm
16:47we don't actually think so
16:49we think he might be just what the doctor ordered
16:52we should be saying so in tomorrow's paper
16:54this country is crying out for change
16:59and I don't care who hears me say that
17:01oh lord
17:04ah
17:05Claire
17:07excellent
17:08Miss Pasolidis
17:09I am so sorry
17:11but rules are rules
17:12we'll have another chat one day soon
17:14I promise
17:15I did enjoy meeting you so much
17:17you'll have to excuse me now
17:18I've got to go now
17:25I'll be in touch
17:26okay
17:26thank you
17:27Bruce
17:27how very good to see you
17:30I had a feeling that this is where the action would be
17:33as they say nowadays
17:34good to see you prime minister
17:35you're looking very well
17:36so are you my voice
17:37so are you
17:38Sir Bruce was just extolling the virtues of Tom Makepeace to us
17:42was he was he
17:45well he's quite right
17:46a very talented chap
17:47but so self-destructive
17:49such a shame
17:50they do say he falls in love
17:52every time he passes a mirror
17:53but who can blame him
17:54what do you think Claire
17:55I think the feeling on the back benches
17:59is that he lacks substance
18:00in the final analysis
18:02he doesn't really believe in himself
18:04well if that's the woman's angle
18:06you have nothing to fear F.U
18:07well I must get on
18:09been grand to see you Bruce
18:11we need more chaps of your caliber
18:12in the upper house
18:14Bruce
18:14after the smiles
18:17after the handshakes
18:20after the arms round shoulders
18:22and the merry hollow laughter
18:24after the conditional promise
18:27and the purchased friendship
18:29after the elusive dangling reward
18:33the nagging threat
18:34after all that
18:37the calculation of the odds
18:39the sifting of the probabilities
18:42and then the fear
18:44fear in the smell of damp newsprint
18:50and the crackle of the radio
18:52fear that this might be the day
18:55we wake to find the magic gone
18:58Tom Makepeace has brought a fresh breeze
19:11of principle and idealism
19:13into British politics
19:14there is a middle ground
19:16of principle and decency
19:17where people of goodwill
19:18from every class and race
19:19can stand together
19:21and Tom Makepeace
19:22has claimed that middle ground
19:24people of goodwill
19:25people of principle
19:26and decency
19:27will wish him well
19:29that's Bruce Bullaby
19:30I'm afraid so
19:32whatever happened to gratitude
19:35I wonder
19:36you could simply walk away
19:39and leave them to it
19:40then they'd soon realize
19:41what they owe you
19:42there is a world elsewhere
19:44he's thrown down the gauntlet
19:46I have to take it up
19:46and if I take it up
19:47I have to win
19:48and I shall
19:48and fight
19:50and win another election
19:52and then I'll have beaten
19:53that bloody woman's record
19:55you look pale Francis
19:58didn't you sleep well
19:59I slept very well
20:00thank you
20:01I am very well
20:03yes
20:05the car's here
20:06right
20:08well let me take that
20:12for you sir
20:13thank you
20:18hi
20:29hi
20:29Claire
20:33Geoffrey
20:37hello
20:37say
20:39this is a bit alright
20:40isn't it
20:41it's quiet
20:42we won't be disturbed
20:44we use it to put up
20:46executives when they're over
20:48from Sweden and the States
20:49and it's only five minutes
20:50from the house
20:51just right if you fancied
20:52a quick uh
20:53cuppa
20:55put your feet up
20:56quite
20:57it's good for work too
20:59right
21:00shall we go through the names
21:02in alphabetical order
21:03then
21:03starting with a
21:05definites
21:05for a few
21:06anyway you like Claire
21:07you know I'm easy
21:09hello
21:29I'm Maria Pasolidis
21:31I phoned
21:33oh yes
21:34oh I forgot all about you
21:35I'm sorry
21:35I do come in
21:36you answered the door yourself
21:42yes
21:43what do you expect
21:44a bottle
21:44look I'm sorry about this
21:47but I can only give you about ten minutes
21:48I'm afraid things have got a bit hectic around here
21:51as I dare say you can imagine
21:52yes I can
21:53it's very good of you to see
21:54if you have a message
21:57but I'm all yours for ten minutes
22:00so how can I help you
22:02I think Francis Urquhart might have murdered my uncles
22:06it's all right really
22:09I'm not mad
22:11I might be mistaken
22:12but I'm not deluded
22:13well that looks safe enough
22:19somewhere between a 50 and 60 vote majority
22:22if everybody told the truth
22:24if everybody told the truth
22:25frankly it's not as wide a margin as I thought
22:29hmm
22:29well the thing is
22:31Francis has roughed up
22:33quite a lot of chaps
22:33in the last ten years
22:34quite a lot of sore bodies
22:37on the government benches
22:38it's not that they think
22:40Makepeace is so wonderful
22:41more that they want to say
22:43Ya Boo sucks
22:44to the boss
22:45in a secret ballot
22:47of course
22:47you don't really think
22:49he could lose do you
22:50no no no no
22:51impossible
22:52well I am not
23:01one of Francis Urquhart's
23:02greatest admirers
23:03but I can't quite see him
23:05as a murderer
23:05I'm not suggesting
23:07that you're fantasizing
23:08just that there might be
23:10another explanation
23:11but you believe me
23:12that he knows something happened
23:14that he wants to conceal
23:15he's suppressing evidence
23:16and for what other reason
23:18than it's damaging to him
23:19I wish you'd come to see me sooner
23:23Maria
23:23three weeks ago
23:24as foreign secretary
23:25I had automatic access
23:26to any documents
23:27I wanted to see
23:28but I can raise this question
23:31in the house for you
23:32and I think there's a broader issue here
23:34there must be a number of people
23:35like you and your father
23:37who've lost relatives
23:38and still don't know
23:39the truth about them
23:39yes there are
23:40and we talk about open government
23:42listen has there been
23:44any public discussion
23:45of this issue
23:45either here or in Cyprus
23:47a little in the Greek Cypriot papers
23:49and we hope to go
23:50on local radio
23:51good
23:52good
23:52I think we should be
23:53on national radio too
23:55and TV
23:55why not
23:56look I'd like to help you
23:57in any way I can
23:58let's get this whole thing
23:59out in the open
24:00right
24:01right
24:01Claire Carson said
24:03she thought you'd be keen
24:04did she
24:05well
24:07I'll have to try
24:08not to disappoint you
24:09yes indeed
24:11no it's not bad at all
24:15yes
24:18thank you Claire
24:20175
24:26are my honourable colleagues
24:27firmly intend to vote for me
24:29123
24:29are almost certainly against me
24:31how dare they
24:33they owe me everything
24:35half of them
24:35wouldn't even have jobs
24:37let alone seats in parliament
24:38as if I hadn't won
24:40three elections in a row
24:41and kept their noses in the gravy
24:42and these stuffed suits
24:44these lumps of lobby fodder
24:45dare to range themselves against me
24:48not enough of them
24:49to damage you Francis
24:50no
24:51not yet
24:52they'll break
24:54make peace will break
24:56if you stand firm
24:58they want strong leadership
25:01they want the smack of firm government
25:03and they resent that in themselves
25:05that weakness
25:06they're supposed to be big strong men
25:09why should they still be frightened of daddy
25:10oh they are Francis
25:13they are
25:15I know
25:15make peace too
25:17in his heart of hearts
25:19he knows you're twice the man he is
25:21or ever will be
25:22he's frightened of daddy too
25:25I owe so much to you
25:30my darling
25:31time to meet the baying hordes
25:40lofty indifference of the world's statesmen
25:44wouldn't you say
25:44I think so
25:45let others play politics
25:47while you make history
25:49I am extremely happy to announce
25:57that this morning
25:58the last remaining obstacle
25:59to permanent peace in Cyprus
26:01has been cleared away
26:02the disputed sea boundaries
26:04have been agreed
26:05by an international panel of judges
26:07chaired by our own Sir Clive Watling
26:10next week
26:11the Greek and Turkish presidents of Cyprus
26:14will sign the treaty
26:15at a special European summit
26:17here in Great Britain
26:19we've done it
26:20we are home and dry
26:22yes but what about
26:24the leadership challenge
26:25Mr. Urquhart
26:26far more important things
26:27to think about
26:27than petty politics
26:29I've got a job to do
26:30you know
26:30and I fully intend to do it
26:31these are great days
26:33we are redrawing
26:34the map of Europe
26:35and Britain
26:37is showing the way
26:38thank you all
26:39very much
26:40thank you
26:40he is such an old bastard
26:46clever old bastard though
26:48isn't he
26:48it's going to take something
26:50very special to break him
26:51I think I might just have it
26:54do you
26:56it's such a grimy business
26:59politics isn't it
27:01oh that'll be John
27:03we're going to the late show
27:05at the Everman
27:05do you remember
27:07the Gorky trilogy
27:08yes I do
27:10those were the days
27:11eh
27:11don't wait up
27:13the Greek and Turkish Cypriot
27:29presidents shake hands
27:30at last at this special
27:31European summit meeting
27:33apart from the signing
27:34of the Cyprus treaty
27:35there's no formal agenda
27:37to this very exclusive gathering
27:38it's an opportunity
27:40for some of the key
27:41international players
27:43to share their thinking
27:44on an informal basis
27:46President Artaud of France
27:50sharing a joke
27:50with Francis Erkut
27:51well there's not much sign
27:53of international tension there
27:55tedious but necessary
27:56in fact of course
27:57Artaud and I
27:58dislike each other
27:59and each other's politics
28:00but we have to be seen
28:01we have to be there
28:02we have to be seen
28:03strutting about
28:04all the worlds
28:05of photo opportunity
28:06ah
28:07there's Nikolaou
28:08the Greek Cyprian president
28:10nice chap
28:11but completely out of his depth
28:12in this company
28:13Mr. Nikolaou
28:14Mr. Erkut
28:15very happy day
28:16I'm very happy
28:17are you happy
28:18you must be very happy
28:19I'm very happy
28:20we have this agreement
28:21but between you and me
28:23I think we gave away
28:24a little bit too much
28:25some of my people
28:26aren't happy at all
28:27believe me
28:28the Turks are saying
28:28the exact same thing
28:29I think you've both
28:31been very understanding
28:32of each other's point of view
28:33yes I think so
28:34but it's very important
28:36that nothing should go wrong now
28:37I've had to overcome
28:38so much bad feeling
28:40about the Turks
28:41about the British
28:42about your bases
28:43the way your soldiers
28:45conduct themselves
28:45in our country
28:46some of them
28:47some of my people
28:49feel very sore
28:51about these things
28:51I understand completely
28:53we are extremely keen
28:54to do all we can
28:55to help defuse any tension
28:56so why is a British
28:57Turkish consortium
28:58test drilling for oil again
29:00I think really
29:01I understand
29:02there's very little
29:03hope of finding any
29:04but if they did
29:05Mr. Eckert
29:06if they were to find
29:07oil now
29:08in the disputed area
29:09in the Wattling waters
29:10it would make the situation
29:12very difficult
29:12for me especially
29:13I'm quite sure
29:15there's no cause
29:16for concern
29:16but let's walk
29:18over here
29:19some things
29:22are better said
29:23in private
29:24man to man
29:25we're not about
29:29to let you down
29:30Mr. Nicolau
29:31Britain is backing
29:32this agreement
29:33up to the hilt
29:34up to and including
29:35military support
29:36if that should prove necessary
29:37you have my word of honour
29:40my personal word of honour
29:41on that
29:42thank you Mr. Eckert
29:43you're a good man
29:45I'm a plain man
29:47Mr. Nicolau
29:47I like to think
29:48that I'm an honest man
29:50I keep my promises
29:51Mrs. Eckert
30:04vision of loveliness
30:06as usual
30:07you know you're
30:08driving me crazy
30:09what can I say
30:11well I'd rather you
30:11didn't see anything else
30:12along that line
30:13Mr. Noresh
30:14you know I'm after all
30:15sure that we should
30:15be seen together
30:16you're worried about
30:17your reputation
30:18you know perfectly well
30:19what I'm worried about
30:20I'm not really sure
30:21that you should be seen
30:22here at all
30:22couldn't resist
30:23don't worry about these people
30:25they don't know anything
30:26about our little
30:27business connection
30:28they probably think
30:30I'm just under your spell
30:31bewitched
30:32bothered and bewildered
30:34and maybe they're right
30:35preliminary drillings
30:37confirm our earlier
30:39hypothesis completely
30:40there is a geological
30:41fault along the line
30:42northwest of the island
30:43which has tilted
30:44the geology of the sea
30:45all the oil is
30:47concentrated in one area
30:48a big puddle of it
30:50under whatley water
30:52puddle doesn't sound
30:54awfully big to me
30:55we calculate at least
30:56a billion barrels
30:57I'm sorry but I'm not
30:59frightfully up on the
31:00price of oil
31:01say twenty dollars a
31:02barrel
31:02cost of extraction
31:03five
31:04so in round terms
31:05fifteen billion dollars
31:07your consultancy fee
31:10would be point
31:10oh or five percent
31:12doesn't sound very big
31:13seven and a half million
31:15ah
31:16the first installment
31:18is already on deposit
31:19for you in your
31:20Zurich account
31:21nice
31:22now
31:22what do you think
31:24I have here
31:25I'm not at all sure
31:26that I'd care to know
31:27Mr. Naresh
31:27a little gift
31:28to celebrate good fortune
31:30for the Urquhart library
31:32perhaps
31:32or maybe just to read
31:34at home
31:34long winter evenings
31:36the prince
31:39Niccolo Machiavelli
31:41what a lovely thought
31:42do you know
31:43this is one of
31:44Francis's particular
31:45favorites
31:45thank you very much
31:47Mr. Naresh
31:48we really should be
31:49getting back
31:50now that the
31:52Cyprus peace deal
31:54is complete
31:54will the prime minister
31:56at last release
31:56those papers
31:57relating to the
31:58unmarked graves
31:59of Greek Cypriot
32:00freedom fighters
32:01killed by the British
32:01army in the 50s
32:02I refer in particular
32:04to those relating
32:05to the deaths
32:06of Horgios
32:06and Euripides Pasolethes
32:08of which my
32:09right honourable friend
32:10is well aware
32:10but also to all
32:12those unreported
32:13and unpublished deaths
32:14which still cause
32:15distress to surviving
32:17relatives
32:17who have never been
32:18able properly
32:19to mourn them
32:20Prime Minister
32:22I am surprised
32:25to find the
32:26right honourable
32:27gentleman
32:27so out of touch
32:28so soon
32:29the documentation
32:30that has survived
32:31such as it is
32:32already in the
32:33public domain
32:34with certain exceptions
32:36the particular case
32:38to which the
32:39right honourable
32:39gentleman refers
32:40is still covered
32:41by the 50-year rule
32:43and is therefore
32:44not available
32:45for scrutiny
32:46Mr. Tom Makepeace
32:50will the prime minister
32:51deny that the
32:52incident which is
32:52now being covered up
32:53involved the killing
32:54of two defenceless
32:55boys by a member
32:57of the British army
32:57known personally
32:58to the prime minister
32:59who was as we well
33:00know a serving officer
33:02on the island
33:02at the time
33:03Prime Minister
33:07I am happy
33:11to inform the house
33:12that I have no idea
33:13what the right honourable
33:14gentleman is talking
33:15about
33:16here we are
33:17celebrating a great
33:18achievement
33:19guaranteeing not only
33:20peace for Cyprus
33:22but enormous
33:23opportunities
33:23for investment
33:24and development
33:25involving British aid
33:27and expertise
33:28everyone except
33:30it seems
33:30the right honourable
33:32gentleman
33:32is happy
33:33I ask you
33:35is this the moment
33:36to start opening
33:37old wounds
33:38Madam Speaker
33:39I think not
33:40what's sooty got
33:43to say about it
33:44Mr. Tom Makepeace
33:47is the prime minister
33:48not in the business
33:49of opening up
33:49new wounds
33:50is he not presiding
33:51over a carve up
33:52if there are opportunities
33:54who's going to benefit
33:55from them
33:55not the ordinary people
33:56of Cyprus
33:57that's for sure
33:58just as the people
33:59of Britain
34:00have seen precious
34:01little benefit
34:01from the economic
34:02recovery
34:03it is no longer
34:05acceptable
34:05that this country
34:06should be run
34:06for the sole benefit
34:08of British business
34:08which I am sorry
34:09to say
34:10has come to mean
34:11a small and cynical
34:12club of cronies
34:13in the know
34:14and on the make
34:15the friends
34:16of Francis Hercat
34:17Order
34:18Order
34:20Order
34:22Order
34:24My minister
34:27The right honourable gentleman
34:35has made a number
34:36of allegations
34:37and accusations
34:38under parliamentary privilege
34:39I wonder
34:41if he is prepared
34:42to face personal
34:43and financial ruin
34:44by repeating them
34:45outside Parliament
34:46where he will be subject
34:47to the law
34:48of the land
34:48if not
34:51then there is
34:52no more to be said
34:53we can treat his words
34:55with the contempt
34:55they deserve
34:56as for the rest
34:58of his intemperate remarks
34:59might I remind the house
35:01that until a few weeks ago
35:02the right honourable gentleman
35:04was a senior
35:05government minister
35:06if he thought
35:07things were so dreadful
35:08why didn't he say so then
35:11and why
35:12didn't he do
35:13something about it
35:15he's got it right now
35:18hasn't he
35:18and he's got you right
35:19and all
35:20makepeace knows something
35:30a lot of it
35:32was hot air
35:32and gas work
35:33but he knows something
35:34something about
35:36Cyprus
35:36you think he knows
35:38about the oil
35:39no no
35:39not that
35:40but that girl
35:42was in the public gallery
35:43again
35:44she came to me
35:45first
35:46she must have gone
35:46to makepeace
35:47he raised a question
35:49about unmarked
35:50the ochre graves
35:51what girl
35:52Francis
35:52her name is
35:54Maria Pasalisis
35:55she thinks I know
35:56something about
35:57the death of her uncles
35:58who were killed
35:58and buried
35:59somewhere below
36:00the Trulas Mountains
36:01in 1956
36:02and do you know
36:03something about it
36:04yes
36:04I killed them
36:06myself as a matter of fact
36:07it wasn't a war crime
36:10or anything like that
36:11it was an act of mercy
36:13Francis
36:16can this harm us
36:18I don't see how it can
36:19after all
36:20nobody knows
36:20what really happened
36:22now
36:22it was a military operation
36:24they were known terrorists
36:25and these things happen
36:27of course they do
36:28but it's strange
36:31that it should
36:32come back now
36:33I had a peculiar feeling
36:42in the house
36:42this afternoon
36:43as if I couldn't
36:44quite
36:45smell
36:47the mood
36:48you were superb
36:50you made makepeace
36:52look a complete fool
36:53you silenced him
36:55he had no comeback
36:56yes
36:56but I had the odd impression
36:58that they didn't like it
37:00they didn't want
37:00to see him savaged
37:01and he sat there
37:03looking at me
37:04as if there was
37:05something he sensed
37:06going on
37:07that I couldn't sense
37:08I couldn't tell
37:12what was going on
37:13Elizabeth
37:13nobody wins
37:15the party leadership
37:16on a sympathy vote
37:17Francis
37:18Tom Makepeace
37:20is a weak
37:21philandering renegade
37:23he can't win
37:24we simply won't
37:26permit it
37:28he's putting a very brave face on it
37:38I'll say that for him
37:39but his support's dropping off
37:41like a guardsman's britches
37:43I thought he had over a hundred in the bag
37:45I'm afraid not
37:46the chaps are taking a second look
37:48I don't like a man
37:49who'll turn around
37:50to rubbish everything
37:50he said the day before yesterday
37:52exactly Nigel
37:53this is it
37:54massive credibility cleavage
37:56and F.U. is as straight as a die
37:58never wavers
37:59people respect him for that
38:00on the other hand
38:01can we stomach another five years
38:04of the old bastard
38:04frankly I'd back Donald Duck
38:07to get the voters out
38:08and keep my seat safe
38:09well
38:10failing the duck
38:11F.U. is still your best bet client
38:13hello
38:18hello
38:19I just wanted to say
38:21I thought you were terrific today
38:23those things needed saying
38:24this is going to sound silly
38:26but
38:27I felt proud of you
38:29proud to have
38:30well you know
38:31thank you
38:32that's it really
38:34good luck Tom
38:36I mean that
38:38does one normally pay
38:43for that sort of thing at all
38:44I don't know
38:45are you telling me
38:45sooty
38:46over here
38:46how's it looking sooty
38:55Geoffrey
38:57if you don't mind
38:58anyway
39:00it's not at all clear
39:01F.U. will win
39:02but it won't be by a huge margin
39:04I think what the people really want
39:06is a savage lurch to the right
39:08some of these backwoodsmen
39:10have been coming on
39:10like the Ku Klux Klan
39:12and I thought
39:13well if that's what you really want
39:15tomorrow belongs to John Rayner
39:17we could even sing the song
39:19at the party conference
39:20da dee da da da
39:22da dee da da da
39:23da dee da da
39:24yeah yeah
39:25all right
39:25all right
39:25okay
39:26seriously
39:27if I were you
39:28I wouldn't be so bashful
39:30about my most deeply held beliefs
39:32I think there's going to be
39:33a second ballot
39:34right
39:39thanks Geoff
39:41I won't forget this
39:45okay
39:46yeah
39:48right I'll see you in the house tomorrow
39:50thanks a lot
39:52bye
39:53well
39:55nothing more we can do
39:57I've given my all tonight
40:00lovely wine this Claire
40:04and that's your last glass of it
40:06he'll pull through the first ballot tomorrow
40:10oh yeah sure
40:12but then what
40:13if he doesn't get the margin
40:15he'll fight on
40:15he should fight on
40:17why do you think that
40:18because there's no one fit
40:20to take his place
40:21not yet
40:22you used to be
40:25a make piece girl
40:27until I got to know him too well
40:29he's
40:30no you wouldn't understand
40:33because you're like that too
40:34like what
40:36soft
40:37weak
40:38in the nicest possible way
40:41of course
40:42now I've offended you
40:45you want it for yourself
40:48don't you
40:49you want to be a prime minister
40:51Geoffrey you're being ridiculous
40:53no not
40:54you want to be prime minister
40:56but next time round
40:57that's why you've covered your bets
40:59both ways
41:00that's nonsense
41:00look
41:02don't get me wrong darling
41:04I think it's wonderful
41:07I think you're wonderful
41:09you're such a ruffian
41:11my tough
41:12brilliant little sister
41:14I'm not your sister Geoffrey
41:16oh yes you are
41:17we're the clever ones
41:19most of that bunch
41:21well
41:21they're like dinosaurs in suits
41:23they have absolutely no idea
41:25we're playing with their little brains
41:26listen Claire
41:28I want to help you
41:29you have helped me
41:31you've been brilliant
41:32no I mean
41:33all the way
41:34you can make it
41:36I can't
41:37the way I am perceived
41:39you know
41:39sooty
41:40chorus boy
41:42all that
41:42what I want to say is
41:46I think you're wonderful
41:49I'm yours Claire
41:51all the way
41:53thank you Geoffrey
41:57seal the pact
41:59hmm
42:00in there I mean
42:02we'd be wonderful
42:05what do you say
42:06no thank you Geoffrey
42:09I don't think it would be appropriate
42:10anyway
42:14I have to go now
42:15where
42:16home to my husband
42:19of course
42:19in the first ballot
42:42for the leadership
42:43of the party
42:44the votes cast
42:45were as follows
42:46the Prime Minister
42:47202
42:49Tom Makepeace
42:51145
42:52if neither of the candidates
42:55secured a sufficient majority
42:57under the rules
42:58there'll be a second ballot
42:59next week
43:00which will be open
43:01to any other
43:01properly nominated candidates
43:03thank you ladies and gentlemen
43:05look
43:07but surely if you will be home
43:08and dry in the second ballot
43:10no one's going to vote twice
43:11for a loser
43:11on the contrary
43:12I think he's buggered Wolf
43:15202 votes
43:17that's almost exactly
43:19what Maggie got
43:19in the first ballot
43:20and look what happened
43:22to her
43:22hello how are you
43:32what's all this then
43:33how do you feel
43:35after the results
43:36of the first ballot
43:36is this the beginning
43:37of the end
43:38for Francis Urquhart
43:39well that's not for me
43:40to say
43:41I feel enormously
43:42encouraged by the results
43:43and I'm keenly looking forward
43:45to the second ballot
43:45it's Prime Minister
43:46or bust
43:47not at all
43:48I'm just keen to serve
43:49my country
43:50in any way I can
43:51if the people want me
43:52as Prime Minister
43:52then that's fine by me
43:53you'll be damn sure
43:54I'll give it my best shot
43:56thanks goodbye
43:57I'm in here Tom
44:02congratulations
44:07is it congratulations
44:09I rather think it is
44:11nobody thought
44:13I could beat him
44:14now they do
44:15I think
44:17he's on the way out
44:18well bully for you
44:20no I mean it
44:22you've worked so hard
44:24for it
44:25you going out
44:26yes I am actually
44:27I'm going round to John's
44:29oh yes
44:31yes of course
44:32I'll probably
44:33say the night
44:34you didn't need me
44:35for anything in particular
44:36did you
44:36what do you mean
44:41I don't suppose
44:45there can be a good time
44:46to say this
44:47I've decided to leave you Tom
44:50I'm sorry
44:52I realise that this has come
44:55at a very inconvenient time
44:56for you
44:56and I'll try to fit in
44:57with your plans
44:58as far as I can
44:58but
44:59I feel that I have to do this
45:01um
45:02well
45:03for me
45:04if you see what I mean
45:05you know I'd never leave you
45:10yes I do know that
45:12but you don't really want
45:13very much from me
45:14these days
45:15do you
45:15and John does
45:17I
45:17I'm very fond of you
45:22you know that
45:23not quite the same thing
45:25you'll be all right Tom
45:29you're a bit of a baby emotionally
45:31and lots of women love that
45:33you could get Claire Corson back
45:34or if you don't
45:35I'm sure somebody else
45:36don't you bloody well console me
45:37sorry
45:38look um
45:40I think I'd better go now
45:41I promise I won't do anything
45:43in a hurry
45:44and I'll try not to embarrass you
45:47I will not give way
46:03I will never give way
46:08earlier this evening
46:09I had the opportunity to canvass
46:11oh Prime Minister
46:12Harl Harris BBC
46:13hello Mr. Harris
46:14yes
46:15I've heard the news
46:16yes I'm greatly encouraged
46:17yes I intend to fight
46:19fight and fight again
46:20and lead my party to victory
46:22as I have always done
46:23thank you all for waiting up so patiently
46:25good night
46:25good night now
46:26thank you
46:36far
46:56Tell me it isn't true.
46:58Tell you what isn't true?
46:59That you were the one all the time. The one who killed Roger O'Neill.
47:02I don't think we should be too pessimistic, Francis.
47:05After all, you did win the ballot.
47:07The first ballot. I should have routed him. Now he thinks he spells blood.
47:10He will certainly draw more support now they see it's possible,
47:12but you can still beat him, Francis. I'm sure you can.
47:15Where the hell is Geoffrey?
47:17He sent a message. He had to go into hospital.
47:19Apparently an old groin injury flared up rather painfully.
47:21How very convenient. And what about you, Claire?
47:24Isn't it time you deserted the sinking ship?
47:27Not at all.
47:28Too late, is it?
47:29Francis, you should know I'm with you all the way.
47:35What we need now is a new initiative.
47:38A diversion.
47:40Something that can win us time.
47:41And reminds them of your strength and leadership.
47:44In other words, only a miracle can save me now.
47:52Fight, fight, fight again.
47:55And lead my party to victory.
47:56I'm going to serve my country in any way I can.
47:59If the people want me as prime minister, that's fine by me.
48:02When I was a boy, I was once taken to a badger baiting.
48:07It's an experience you don't easily forget.
48:10The badger is tremendously strong and utterly fearless.
48:14One bite can take off a dog's leg, crush its scullion.
48:20They put the badger in with several dogs.
48:25At first, the dog's task seems hopeless.
48:30They get horribly damaged.
48:34And then one dog gets in a lucky snap and draws blood.
48:46And then the rest take heart.
48:48But, Francis, you're secure now.
48:52The Urquhart Trust is assured, our financial future guaranteed.
48:57You know that you could simply walk away.
49:00No.
49:01I have set my life upon a cast and I will stand the hazard of the die.
49:06I have to go on, Elizabeth.
49:08It's as simple as that.
49:09I can do no other.
49:10I can do no other.
49:11I know.
49:12But, Francis, I don't think I could bear to see you wounded.
49:17Clare Carlson implied that what we need now is a miracle.
49:21As if she thought me capable of splitting the Earth's crust.
49:29The Earth's crust.
49:34Francis?
49:37Suppose we leak information to the Greeks and the French that they have been cynically
49:44conned.
49:45There are massive oil deposits off the coast of Cyprus.
49:49The British and the Turks have known it all along and are now exploiting it to enrich themselves.
49:54No.
49:55It's too dangerous.
49:56Thus provoking an international incident.
49:58A small war, perhaps, to which we can react with moral outrage.
50:02Uniting the country behind a strong Prime Minister.
50:05But we couldn't control the outcome.
50:07We'd risk losing everything.
50:09Better to do that than to slink away.
50:11One way or the other, I'll be remembered.
50:14This could be our Falklands, Elizabeth.
50:18Our Falklands.
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