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The government of Iran

is accusing us of carrying out an act of war against them.

The price of oil is spiking as a result.

Unemployment is high and rising.

The U.K. economy is increasingly fragile.

And we still don´t know what´s happened to Charles Flyte.

I can think of one word we might use, Mr. Speaker.

"Chaos."

First of all, let me state this quite clearly.

We have not committed any act of war against Iran.

And on the subject

of the investigation into the plane crash,

both the Royal Navy and the United States navy

are involved in the search for the flight recorder.

And without it,

it´s simply not possible with any degree of certainty...

Mr. Speaker, perhaps the prime minister would care to comment

on the news just reaching us

that PetroFex is said to be on the verge of relocating

to Poland.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

SPEAKER: Order!

Order!

HODDER: They´re citing government hostility

and the danger of further sabotage.

And they´ve suspended their offer of compensation

for the destruction at Scarrow.

But I could barely get Clark to admit that he´d made it.

Clark claims that your ambush at the airport

demonstrates a campaign

to undermine the company´s standing.

Bollocks.

[ Sighs ]

[ Bell tolling in distance ]

All right.

You get hold of Michael Rix at Royal Caledonian.

I´m going to freeze their fucking assets

until we decide the level of compensation.

Call Rix.

You mentioned sabotage?

Well, they say they´ve got evidence of Dermot Matthews

making an unauthorized entry to the plant

just prior to the explosion.

[ Cellphone ringing ]

Hello?

DAWKINS: Ellis, you´re still in touch

- with Jade Matthews, I believe. - Yeah.

Listen, I´ve just tried my luck with the chief of defense staff.

Surprise, surprise... He didn´t want to talk to me.

What about?

About drone fuel. What else?

Look, about the Matthews family...

PetroFex are claiming that her husband may have committed

an act of sabotage.

Can you have a word with her and see what she knows?

All right.

Then you and me are going to sit down

and have this interview for this profile.

Is that the deal?

Yes, yes. Yes. Thank you.

Bye-bye.

Whose idea was it to throw the Iranians out of their embassy?

the company you keep.

Prime Minister.

[ Beeping ]

[ Door opens ]

General, I thought I´d made it clear

that you´d been relieved of your post.

This will be my final briefing, Prime Minister.

Now, it´s in Afghanistan or it´s in Iran.

Which is it?

MUNNERY: The border there

has historically been slightly ill-defined.

The topography means that... That it´s hard to be precise.

Can I ask why not one of you even mentioned

the proximity of the border before?

The drones are programmed to alert us

to any territorial infringements.

Ah.

Then it can´t have crossed the border.

There´s a small possibility that the missile did.

I stress... a small possibility.

Now, it is election time in Iran.

In all probability, the hard-liners are saber rattling

for electoral advantage.

They´d be fools making a claim like that without foundation.

They´d look even bigger fools

if we showed them what a real act of war looked like.

YELLAND: Might do the modernizers a favor...

Well-placed cruise missile or two.

Is that why they stopped?

Because they thought they were safe?

They stopped to pray.

Because they believed they were safe,

across the border.

Is that it?

Prime Minister...

Do we have men on the ground there?

We´ve got special ops not far away, but...

But they can check it out

if it´s on the wrong side of the fucking border?

Good luck.

You´ll need it, believe me.

And how is the search for the black box going, General?

It´s very deep there, Prime Minister, the ocean.

[ Door opens, closes ]

We´re going to play this down.

The Iranians will want to build it up.

That´s not going to happen.

[ Urinating ]

- I can´t stand stainless steel. - [ Zipper closes ]

It´s like pissing in a lift.

- Do that a lot, do you, Felix? - [ Chuckles ]

Paul Clark.

Um, he says there´s nothing we can do

to stop them, uh, going to Poland.

The bank... They´ve... They´ve frozen the assets?

Christ.

[ Door opens ]

Sir Michael.

Prime Minister.

My flight to Davos is in less than two hours.

Understood.

Please, take a seat.

You´re in a hurry.

Neither of us has anything to hide.

Please.

[ Siren wailing in distance ]

RIX: [ Clears throat ]

So, where have you put the money, Sir Michael?

We´re discussing the PetroFex account?

You´ve disappeared their assets.

A multinational like PetroFex has constant call

on its holding.

Capital is a very mobile resource these days,

and for good reason.

They needed the money somewhere else,

and you shifted it for them.

It´s the click of a mouse, Prime Minister.

No great strength required.

You didn´t think it odd

that they would suddenly want to expatriate

nearly £3 billion in sterling?

We´re a bank.

We act under instruction.

We perform our fiduciary duty.

But you knew... you personally.

This mouse click wasn´t done by Trevor in Accounts.

Your bank is the company´s biggest shareholder.

Am I right?

That much you can read in the company prospectus.

And as their biggest shareholder,

you´d expect to have influence over their major decisions.

I´m going to be late.

Do you know who the company prospectus gives

as your bank´s biggest shareholder, Sir Michael?

Me.

The British government.

The British people.

And what we´d like you to do is click that little mouse

and repatriate that £3 billion.

That´s not how the world works, Prime Minister.

Then maybe we need to address that, too.

[ Cellphone ringing ]

Tom?

Your alfresco summit has got Twitter all aflutter.

Did you speak to Jade Matthews?

I´ll tell you when I get back from Davos.

Huh. God. The whole world is in Davos.

Well, Paul Clark is, anyway.

Well, I don´t think he´s going to talk to you.

That´s not what he told me.

- So... So what did she say? - [ Horn honks ]

The cab´s here.

Dermot had an accident at work about a year ago.

He was inside one of the fuel tanks, cleaning it,

when it started to fill up.

He nearly drowned in the stuff.

The drone fuel.

Yeah.

He wasn´t a saboteur, Tom. I can tell you that much.

And you´re still trying to speak to General Munnery?

- [ Horn blares ] - I´ve got to go.

I´ll speak to you soon.

[ Steam hissing, silverware clattering in distance ]

Ellis Kane.

What do you know about her?

Are you sleeping with her, Tom?

I´d love to know where you think I get the time.

Apologies for dispensing with the niceties.

She´s the sort of woman men like to impress.

Men like you.

Is she?

Yes.

Tough, independent, knowledgeable.

Thank you.

Like all journalists, she only cares about one thing.

The story.

[ Indistinct conversations, laughter ]

CLARK: No, it´s a consequence of Michael, listen.

- Listen to me! - A vodka and tonic, please.

Sure.

CLARK: failure of the banking system as a whole.

Someone to shoot your mouth off to, right?

I think you should keep your mouth shut.

[ Vehicles passing, indistinct conversations ]

Did she give you special dispensation, Tom?

Face time with the disreputable Mr. Fossett?

[ Chuckles ]

[ Down-tempo music playing ]

Trouble in paradise?

You´re early.

I told you something once.

About Bosnia.

You did.

Just wondering... if it´s out there.

Why?

General Munnery.

Things he said.

Such as?

And a journalist.

Mm.

Always trouble.

Talking to him.

Well, trying to.

And you´re wondering if I´ve been indiscreet.

Well, you are the one who told me about Nightlight.

In confidence.

Are you so sure about what you say

and what you don´t say these days?

Excuse me?

Drop the indignation. I don´t have time for it.

Well, aren´t we high and mighty these days?

You keep pushing that, don´t you?

Not guilty.

Can I go now, please, Prime Minister?

Maybe you should stop feeling sorry for yourself.

You could die a bitter old drunk.

[ Door closes, engine turns over ]

MICHAEL: We´ll have to start charging you rent, Tony,

if you´re taking up residence.

What´s that?

A leggy blonde came in in a flame-red polka-dot dress.

Said she had a penchant for maudlin drunks.

Hang on. Oh, sorry. I´m mistaken.

It was a brown-eyed girl, sort of, uh, clever-looking.

Mind you, I quite like that.

I quite like a clever one.

Excuse me.

[ Keys jingling ]

[ Door closes ]

A bad influence, am I? Is that it?

Good night, Tony.

Not allowed on little Tommy´s trampoline?

Come on. Where?

[ Keys jingling, silverware rattling ]

Make a fool of me?

Huh?

Ah. Yeah?

Aah!

[ Grunts ]

Where is it? Where would you...

[ Breathing heavily ]

All this time!

[ Grunts ]

Yeah?

Think. Think!

Come on.

Aah!

[ Clattering ]

Your company put Dermot Matthews on a bonus package

provided he kept quiet about an accident.

You promised to take care of his family

and assigned him a doctor

so if he did have any health problems,

he could keep them in house.

Dermot went to his GP, though.

And his GP asked him to get hold of a sample of the stuff

that he nearly drowned in.

According to Jade,

the only reason why he was there the day of the explosion

is because he was going to get that sample.

That´s a good story.

But I can get you a better one.

[ Cellphone buzzing ]

What do you mean, you can get me a better one?

Tom Dawkins... the Army years.

[ Buzzing continues ]

Get this lady a drink.

[ Screams ]

[ Clock ticking ]

Chaos on the Tube

and gridlock threatened on the nation´s roads this morning

as the underground networks in London, Newcastle, and Glasgow

suffer a total shutdown.

In other news this morning,

the markets opened significantly lower,

with the pound...

The Tube companies are saying their bank won´t sanction

Oyster transactions or card payments.

If you open the gates, it´d be mayhem.

Which bank?

RCB.

You´re joking.

Get Felix in here.

Tell Gina Hayes to, uh, pass it off as a bank blunder

before they start to blame us.

They´ll be cackling into their croissants in Davos.

Any news from Iran?

It´s gone quiet.

Small mercies.

Oh, Lee?

Ros Yelland?

[ Bell tolling in distance ]

What about her?

Can you get her to come and see me

before she meets the Iranian foreign minister?

[ Door opens ]

Hear that?

[ Bottles clanking ]

[ Beeping ]

[ Cat purring ]

[ Cat meows ]

DAWKINS: Ah. Felix.

What can you tell me?

DURRELL: I had a word with Sir Michael.

Really?

I was told that he was in a meeting.

He´s looking into it.

How well do you know him?

Our wives are very good friends, on the same charity board.

Oh.

Well, coincidence or otherwise,

I bollock him about the PetroFex assets,

and the following day, his bank paralyzes the Tube system.

Tom, uh...

Perhaps you could have your wife ask his wife.

You´re going to have to go back to the Bank of England, Felix.

I want them to guarantee

the underground companies´ transactions

so that we can get the trains moving again.

But you know what the governor will say.

Bank of England is independent of government.

Well, if RCB wants to throw its weight around,

they´ve got to understand that we can fight back.

But RCB will have this sorted

before the Bank of England´s even out of first gear.

[ Knock on door ]

Tube´s up and running.

Rush hour´s over.

It´s a gentle poke in the bloody ribs.

We need resolution, Tom, on Iran

and on this spat with the Royal Caledonian.

The pound´s already under pressure,

and now RCB´s dumping sterling.

And then what?

The Bank of England will sell foreign reserves to prop it up.

But it won´t last forever.

Right.

Sound out the IMF.

Say that I want to talk about underwriting sterling.

Well, they want their pound of flesh,

and they want you to lay off the banks.

And you should issue an apology.

I´ll talk to Rix.

He´s in Davos.

[ Cellphone buzzing ]

Have you got that package?

I thought it was a bit early for you.

Have you?

All right. Don´t panic.

Does that thing work?

Just do the coffee.

Is this a good place to be if you´re not drinking?

I´m drinking coffee...

Or I would be if you´d hurry the fuck up.

Makes some people tetchy, Tony, going on the wagon.

But you must be the exception.

[ Coffee pouring ]

Just go easy. That´s all.

We´re playing the long game.

You go easy, too, this time... With Rix.

Since we´re handing out advice.

Your Wi-Fi is rubbish.

I preferred you when you were drinking.

[ Pulsating static ]

[ Pulsating static ]

YELLAND: So the Iranian foreign secretary

might once have had an affair with his wife´s sister?

How is that going to help me?

I´m not suggesting you mention it.

And what will his secret service be telling him about me?

That you´re sleeping with the prime minister´s PPS?

That you rate your chances very highly

should Tom Dawkins self-destruct?

The chances of which seem to be increasing by the hour.

Oh, that´s clever.

That´s very clever.

What have you found?

I´ve found a battery...

where no battery is supposed to be.

Show this to your opposite number if an opportunity arises.

Who is it?

His name´s Sami Sharour.

He was on the plane with Charles Flyte.

And, uh, he may have been working for the Iranians.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

- MAN: Sir? - HAWLEY: What?

The biometric database has been compromised.

And you´re telling me why?

Because the subject was Sami Sharour.

FOULDS: Apparently there was a lack of clarity

over which assets you wanted frozen.

The knock-on effect impacted on the Tube companies´ systems.

It...

Tom.

I´m, um...

Ros Yelland.

I know.

What´s the arrangement?

Well, we... chat and...

Chat?

You whisper sweet nothings in her ear about what I´m doing?

Get your phone out.

Call her.

Tell her that I know and that you´re saying goodbye.

Or you find someone else to work for.

MICHAEL: So the waiter thinks, "Hang on.

I won´t give him back the whole fiver.

I´ll give the three of them £1 each.

The three diners have spent £9 each, right?

- Right. - Which is £27, yeah?

Right.

The waiter pockets £2, right?

Right.

MICHAEL: So that´s £29.

So where´s the other pound gone? There was 30.

Michael, just discreetly stick this laptop

under the counter, would you?

You any good at maths?

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Then he asked for a vodka martini,

which is pretty rare these days.

Looked a bit like, um... What´s his name?

I´m off.

Oh, uh, don´t be leaving your stamp album here again.

Philatelist.

Mr. Foreign Minister. Good to meet you.

I wonder if you know who that is.

Should I?

[ Cat meows ]

[ Dog barking in distance ]

- WRIGGLESWORTH: We´re all in. - MAN: Good.

[ Door opens ]

DAWKINS: Michael, the last time that we met at Downing Street,

I was...

[ Sighs ] "Michael" or "Sir Michael"?

"Sir Michael," of course. Jesus.

Sir Michael, the last time that we met at Downing Street,

I was perhaps a little...

What?

Intemperate?

Intemperate. Perfect.

Yes.

May the good Lord, in His wisdom,

preserve us from the intemperate.

[ Knock on door ]

Steel yourselves.

[ Clears throat ]

- [ Knocking continues ] - Tom, the Ros thing...

It´s forgotten, Lee.

[ Door opens ]

[ Footsteps approaching ]

Have you lost interest in this profile?

We were actually just getting ready...

Look. Sorry, Tom. I really need to talk to you.

KANE: Does he know something about you, Tom?

Because... that´s what I´m being told.

Do you know what this job is like?

It´s like being under the knife without anesthetic, 24/7.

So give me your version.

There is no version.

I´ve... I´ve nothing to tell you.

This is your chance, Tom.

There is no story.

I can see it in your eyes.

There´s nothing there.

Now, if you´ll excuse me.

Do you think, Sir Michael, that my intemperance

has contributed to the destabilization of the markets?

Vulture funds are almost certainly playing silly buggers

in the CDS market.

The people of the United Kingdom have poured £50 billion

into your bank.

Do you think that merits

any kind of consideration of the public interest?

In an ideal world, I´d agree,

but I´m afraid the bank has only one duty...

To act in the shareholders´ interests.

Well, good.

We represent 88% of them.

All the shareholders.

Politics is parochial, Prime Minister.

Finance is global.

Yes, but you´re headquartered in my jurisdiction.

Oh, we could up and go tomorrow.

You see, that´s the kind of remark

that stokes my intemperance, Sir Michael.

You invested £50 billion.

And okay. Granted, that buys you some influence with my bank.

But what I´m saying is if you were to press that case,

we´d get very jittery.

And so would the rest of the banks.

And if we´re jittery, our share price falls.

And if our share price falls,

your £50 billion investment goes down the toilet.

And any influence you might have had over the bank goes with it.

So you´re saying that we have influence

so long as we don´t expect to use it?

If you like.

Ah. Mr. Mukerjee.

Prime Minister.

Please, call me Tom.

Then it´s Jitin.

I-I read your report.

Our two countries have a long history together.

Yes, they do.

And a very amicable future, I would have said.

Are we going to get our hands dirty, Tom?

I´ve decided you´re on my side.

Everyone else might have given up on me,

but I´ve still got, well... you.

So if I understand you right,

you´re wondering if this fella here, Sami Sharour...

was on the fatal flight with our ex-prime minister.

And you´re wondering... why he wasn´t on the manifest.

And I presume you´re also wondering

if he had something to do with the plane going down.

So... something you might not know...

There´s a history of fundamentalism in his family.

Apparently not him, though.

And he was... He was arrested in 2011

for throwing a rock through the window of a New York madrassa.

[ Chuckles ]

What the CIA would probably call "links with radical Islam."

I´m only doing this for you.

You´ve come to hear me talk on the mission´s criteria.

But first a few words from the British prime minister,

Tom Dawkins.

[ Audience murmuring ]

Good evening.

I´m hearing a lot about banks upping sticks

and leaving the city of London,

no doubt to a financial center near you.

But before you welcome them with open arms,

I want you to remember that it was the British people...

who plowed tens of billions into these banks in 2008.

In return for this bailout,

they promised that they would lend to small businesses.

Well, did they lend to small businesses, like they promised?

Excuse my French, but did they fuck.

[ Laughter ]

FOSSETT: So there´s something in these photos

that you didn´t see, clever as you are.

I´ve decided you´re on my side.

Everyone else might have given up on me,

but I´ve still got, well... you.

What you missed was the bottle.

First it was in the baggage truck.

Then it wasn´t.

And then it was.

So...

Did that harm it?

Did that damage it, falling off like that?

What was in it? Some of that drone fuel?

Why?

[ Hinge squeaks, gate closes ]

[ Dog barking ]

Any thoughts, clever girl?

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ]

- [ Gun cocks ] - Who´s there?

[ Grunts ]

[ Dog barking in distance ]

He was arrested in 2011

for throwing a rock through the window of a New York madrassa.

[ Chuckles ]

What the CIA would probably call

"links with radical Islam."

I´m only doing this for you.

DAWKINS: I´ve been told that if I meddle in the affairs

of the Royal Caledonian Bank,

I´m going to jeopardize the national shareholding.

But it seems to me that the national shareholding

is valueless for the foreseeable future,

so here´s what I´m going to do.

I propose to buy up the remaining shares

and transform the bank into an engine of prosperity...

[ Murmuring ]

promoting business, particularly small business,

and generate employment, especially among young people.

[ Breathing heavily ]

Where´s your phone, Tony?

Englishman´s home is his castle.

You can´t just barge in.

Where is it?

What´s going on at the back of my head?

It´s...

Huh?

Huh?

You´ve broke my fucking skull, you animal.

[ Grunts ]

- Who´s there? - [ Clattering ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Clattering continues ]

[ Grunting ]

What did I ever do to you?

[ Grunts ]

[ Exhales deeply ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

MAN: Tell me where the phone is.

[ Grunts, screams ]

No! No! No!

[ Groaning ]

MAN: Your phone.

[ Groans, sighs ]

[ Knock on door ]

- WOMAN: Tony? - [ Dog barking ]

What´s going on in there?

- Are you all right? - [ Groans ]

Shall I call the police?

FOSSETT: [ Moaning ]

WOMAN: I´m gonna call the police.

FOSSETT: [ Moans weakly ]

[ Wheezes, sighs ]

DAWKINS: So in the event that the pound

comes under further attack,

I have arranged with my friends in the Indian government

to underwrite sterling.

[ Murmuring ]

And to the IMF I say... Sorry to disappoint,

but we won´t be needing you after all.

MAN: But in return for what?

DAWKINS: That´s a very good question.

Clever as you are, you know...

if you´ve spotted it, someone else has, too.

So the question is, why don´t they say something about it?

I´ll tell Tommy, like you wanted.

Huh?

We´ll show him what we can do... the two of us.

He´s going to need all the help he can get.

Are you listening?

Are you?

DAWKINS: India has a 300-year supply of coal

and 400 million people without electricity.

They need power now, nationwide.

The United Kingdom has two million people unemployed,

a world-leading role in renewables technology,

and, as of today,

a bank dedicated to putting those people and that technology

to work.

The new Royal Caledonian Bank will fund on a massive scale.

Yes... on a massive scale.

A joint British and Indian

research, development, and production project

based in the United Kingdom

with the sole aim of creating a renewable alternative

to the Indian reliance on coal.

At the same time, the United Kingdom will withdraw

from all international agreements coercing India

into fixed timetables on climate-change reduction

until they have achieved national electrification.

[ Murmuring ]

He needs to know what we found.

Tommy does.

I need to know you´re listening.

Are you?

[ Siren wailing in distance ]

[ Beeping ]

Clever girl.