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There will be just 30 minutes before we know if the storm will fuse a few

kettles or send us back to the Stone Age.

Anna, you didn't answer my letters.

Four super transformers on the electricity grid have been burned out,

large areas of the country without power. I have spoken to Her Majesty and

informed her of the measures I intend to take under the emergency legislation.

Have you ever seen a transformer?

How long does Transformer replacement take?

In some cases, it can be a question of weeks.

Northumberland can wait. Get the rest on the road with military protection

immediately.

The situation's getting worse here minute by minute. So which virtue

ponce has been lined up to replace it? Frontine Bridge was one thought that

occurred to me. A little while ago, George's parents agreed to switch off a

support machine.

Run up! Run up!

I can't let Ellie face the possibility of prison, Robert.

Leave it to me and Peter. We will get through this. A situation has developed

the university next to the Hadleybrook Immigration Removal Centre.

It wasn't all of them.

Like, at first it was really friendly, like we had a party going on, and

It started, like, harassing the girls.

The main guy was the one with the face.

He had, like, markings on his face. I don't know, like, like, like blotches

one side and in it. He was the main troublemaker. He was the one who started

dragging girls into rooms.

I think she started getting out of hands. It was a fight and... No one of

tried to stop him, but...

Sir, buses are ready to go.

Thanks. Where are we going?

Our command centre is in the hospital.

It still has power, so we can try to arrange to get you home from there. It

definitely wasn't all of them, but the guy with the face markings, the

ringleader, he... Yeah, he was just bad.

So if you bring those late, that will definitely get them all fine.

I thought you were staying with Francine Britt. She was busy with her resilience

forms. I checked into this hotel.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

I'm fine.

What happened at the university?

Well, as far as we can tell, it was all a big fiesta while the students waited

for evacuation.

Then a few of the escapees from Hadley Brook showed up.

Trouble started.

Two girls were raped.

Oh, Jesus.

One of the escapees actually tried to stop it. He was stabbed in the neck.

I wonder what angle the press will take.

There was a ringleader, apparently.

He'd been identified as a violent criminal called Noyus Sabonis.

He was awaiting repatriation to Lithuania, having served a six -year

for an acid attack on his girlfriend.

Have they found him? No.

I have to go up there, Anna, to Northumberland.

Are you sure? It sounds like... I'll wait and find out. We're not just

in the way.

But?

I have to go there.

The nationwide blackout that plunged the UK into darkness over a week ago has

still not been completely resolved, and a significant part of the country

remains without power. The government has declared a national emergency, with

special measures that include a ban on all unauthorized travel within and

between certain designated areas, especially the red zone of northeast

This includes large cities like Newcastle and Sunderland, which have

come to a standstill.

The travel ban has come under intense scrutiny and criticism by opposition

parties. There are reports of people collapsing after being forced to walk

to relief centres for basic resources, aid and shelter.

Your paperwork, please. No problem.

Cheers.

They started coming within a few hours of the blackout, first in their tens,

then their hundreds.

It's now thought that over 2 ,000 people have sought refuge at the Royal

Northumberland Hospital from where the relief operation in the red zone has

come.

Sorry.

Freckle. It was his prison nickname, apparently.

Mainstream media is trying to demonize immigrants again.

Wait, wait, is the right answer Western foreign policy?

Sorry, how many kids got bombed in Yemen this week?

Who's going to prison for that?

He's got you there.

Sorry, can I just point out, this guy is not an impoverished asylum seeker, but

a hardened, woman -hating criminal from Lithuania.

He got the facial markings in an acid attack on a defenseless young girl.

save it for the hay, you milk.

Right.

This neoliberal discourse will not right itself, so I'm going to lock myself in

the study for the next hour or so. I've got no idea what time we'll be back, so

I'll probably stay at Maddy's again, sit down and have some tea.

Yeah, sure.

Yeah, Fraser, hi.

Good morning, everyone.

So, we've recoded the zones, still without power or with very little

The red zone is Northumberland, north of Newcastle and reaching as far as

Stockton. The yellow zone is North Wales, from the Leane Peninsula across

Prestatyn. Green is west coast of Scotland, north of Kilmarnock, and blue

north... Cornwall, west of Camelford. The rest of the UK, approximately 80%,

in the white zone, where power is almost fully restored, but subject to

brownout. And we're visiting the red zone?

We'll also stop at the first roadblock between zones, so the PM can speak to

some of the troops enforcing the zonal traffic controls.

Kettling.

It's not kettling.

People are walking out with what they can carry.

It's preserving precious fuel so that we can keep our emergency sensors running.

We leave straight after this morning's Cobra. PM will travel in his car. You

will follow behind in a special bus also carrying medical supplies.

You'll come on board to chat from time to time.

And will this bus have some kind of message of hope on it? Because I'm

definitely going to thwart the questions about messages on the sides of buses.

Any updates on Freckles?

Obviously, the search continues for the escaped detainees.

Can I please ask you to report this responsibly?

They're not refugees or failed migrants.

Several were hardened criminals, legitimately in the UK at the time of

arrest. Is Rachel Sutherland travelling with her husband?

No. Because of the situation with their daughter?

There is no situation with their daughter.

I hear the police may interview Ellie again.

Is the PM going to make any comment in light of Toby Kennedy Brown's

to my paper?

You have me at a disadvantage, Cressida.

He was at the party where Georgia Nixon died.

We're running a piece with him on Sunday.

Well, the Prime Minister's rather busy trying to deal with the national

emergency. But, of course, the entire family is devastated by the death of a

friend.

Right. See you all later for the big road trip. I hope you all bought lots of

refreshments.

I've invited Francine Bridge onto the bus.

She called me a monument for unconscious sex over at P .O .Q.'s one.

Oh, you know, the cut and thrust of parliamentary debate. Very unfair. I'm

actually a feminist.

Never say that again.

Anna, I can't tell you how relieved I was to hear you hadn't burned alive in

that hotel.

Thank you so much. And I'll be back safely, too.

Hope to see you back on our screen soon.

What's with the friendly snark?

No idea, but I don't like him.

So all I really know is one of the Sundays he's running a piece. Well, it

just be about the dangers of fentanyl.

It could be. Do you know a guy called Toby Kennedy Brown?

Yeah. He was at the party?

Yeah.

He's the one been talking to the journalist doing the piece.

Toby?

He's like the biggest... I mean, stick his finger in a plug socket for a hit.

Just stick entirely to the story you told the police the first time round.

do they want to speak to me again?

George's father's been very vocal.

They need to be seen to be doing everything they can to avoid any

of... Favouring the posh white girl.

Precisely. He'd be right, though.

That's exactly what's going on. Because posh white girls tend to fare very badly

in prison.

Just leave it with me, all right?

This will all blow over soon, as long as we stick to the script.

Good morning, everyone.

Now, as you're aware, I shall be leaving for the Red Zone immediately after this

meeting. I do think the current climate is unfavorable for a visit by you, Prime

Minister. Well, running scared from the current climate's never done us any

favor. The police are very anxious that with conditions in the camp, the

atmosphere will be intensely hostile to you personally.

They should attend a cabinet meeting.

I have to say, Prime Minister, that I do share the Home Secretary's concerns.

I have major worries about the security implications.

We should wait and send a royal.

We'll have to show that we're not frightened.

Now, I've asked the press secretary to request that the editors ease off a

little in this situation with the Hadleybrook rapist still on the run.

freckles would be a low -cost morale boost. I have to question whether an

extensive manhunt is a reasonable use of scarce resources during this current

emergency. He and his refugee mates did rape a bunch of girls.

Two.

I'm surprised to see you, of all people, downplaying the seriousness of such a

crime, Anna.

I won't dignify that with a response, but the last thing we need right now is

scare campaign against immigrants.

Oh, yes. Heaven forbid we should put anybody's interests above theirs.

Remember Cologne?

This was not Cologne. And one of the escapees nearly died trying to prevent

I will take a very dim view on anyone who fans the flames of xenophobia right

now. A bit country than the brink.

We do nothing to further division or disorder.

Yeah.

Okay, good. That one.

Okay, hold on.

Fraser, a relief row has been hijacked near Doncaster.

What was it carrying?

Bottle's water.

It's going to cause a big problem.

Red zone's already running close to zero. We need a replacement on the road

one. At the... Yeah, the warehouses are also reporting shortages.

Then a tank or anything.

We can't have them running out of water, especially with the PM about to show

up.

Fraser Walker?

Yeah?

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

What could leave it with me?

I'm shitting myself, Anna.

This is where you're at your best.

Sinking on your feet, dealing with a hostile crowd.

I have no empathy.

Yes, you do.

I'm not here to feel your pain.

I am here to tell you how we're going to get the lights back on.

You see? That's good.

Everyone talked about empathy these days.

But that's not going to get the lights back on. No, keep it first person.

You know, it's easy enough to hug survivors and blame the government, but

much, much harder to actually put things right. It's too obvious. It's too party

political.

Plus, it reminds people that we haven't always been the party of hugs.

Kick out the jams, motherfuckers. I'd rather you hated me than forgot me.

Smashed it.

Let's hit the road.

I called him a monument to unconscious sexism at PMQs.

Oh, don't worry, you won't remember that.

It's all far worse.

Pleased to see you, Francie.

Monumentally pleased, in fact.

Okay, I lied. He never forgets an insult.

I am glad you've joined us. Hopefully we can attach the chat on the journey.

I'm running low on bottled water in the red zone.

What do you mean you're running low on water?

I mean blood, insulin, I can kind of get.

The water's pretty damn basic, don't you think?

Well, it's because... I don't care about the reason, Fraser. Just get it bloody

sorted.

Don't hang out there and see crying kids begging for water.

That would look pretty fucking regrettable, don't you think?

No clicking.

Remember?

I shall see you now.

I thought you weren't going on the magical mystery tour.

Better stories here.

Have you actually been outside the M25?

Yes, I lived in Scotland, actually. I'm not sure the University of St Andrews

really counts.

I told the press secretary gently with Toby Kennedy Brown.

Does he know what he said?

No.

Peter Martin Rachel Sutherland had been coaching Ellie for her police

interviews.

If I were a journalist, I'd want to know the degree to which the Prime Minister

sanctioned that.

And if I were a politician, I'd also be setting up a few ambushes at PMQs.

You need him to lie to Parliament.

That's what always gets him in the end.

One step at a time.

Right, I'm on the radio in half an hour.

Listen up, because I'm going to melt a few snowflakes.

This is the second violent attack in as many days on drivers who are working...

Shit, that's all we bloody need.

General Secretary of the Lorry Drivers' Union.

I was wondering when we'd hear from Comrade Ramtree.

What's he saying?

It's all our fault.

Not ruling out a national stoppage.

Peter.

Okay, I'm just with Anna, so I'll talk to you at the next stop.

Okay.

What's that about?

Oh, just Peter.

I said, what's it about, not who was it?

Ellie's just finished with the police, apparently.

Right, so Peter... Francine Bridge must know a thing or two about Harry Ramsey.

Have her come and sit up with us.

That was terrible. Well, it's over now.

They knew.

Don't think about it. It's finished. Put it behind you.

Put it behind me?

Oh, Ellie, I... Oh,

I meant the interview, sweetheart.

Georgia.

Please, please stop torturing yourself.

Peter?

No fucking awful.

We'll drink that water very soon so it lasts.

It's all gone.

The rest you'll have to wait for the next delivery.

There's no more water.

It's all gone. Come on, love. I'm next. You're next.

I'm next.

I was next.

Please. My daughter's 30.

It's ladies first in this country.

You were next, love. I'm sorry.

I'm not jumping the queue.

He's got a burn as well.

You see his face, though?

Yeah. The marks.

That's him. That's Freckle.

meanwhile has confirmed that the prime minister will visit the red zone relief

camp today after criticism from the opposition that the government is

its emergency power how many people traveling

what's

happening with ellie it's under control

It's imperative he's not seen to be implicated at any point, Peter. You do

job and I'll do mine. He is my job.

Especially if it looks like his daughter's been lied to for please with

knowledge. It's all under control.

Yeah, well, they were supposed to be here half an hour ago. Look, where is

water tanker now?

Right, well, put your fucking foot down because this place will slide into

anarchy without water.

Oh, shit.

Sir, sir, come quickly. They're going to kill him. We can't hold them anymore.

What's going on?

They're going to lynch somebody.

This isn't the kind you think it is!

The gold commander says it isn't safe.

They're still waiting on the water tankers and they've just narrowly

lynching. What?

There were a few people who mistook a dark -skinned Asian man with vitiligo

a blue -eyed Lithuanian with acid burns.

And he's all right?

Well, suspected fractured skull and other things.

They took him into the hospital and there are still rumors, recklessness in

there being protected.

Prime Minister, I really think we should get back to the car. I don't want the

press taking pictures of us stranded here.

Hey, are you okay?

Absolute PR catastrophe if I have to turn around.

It'll be even worse if it starts kicking off at the hospital.

You look like you haven't slept more than two hours since this whole thing

started.

More or less.

I've been popping pills to cope with the lack of sleep.

Well, I'd knock that shit on the head if I knew.

I was pleased to hear you might join policy.

You're a massive loss to the party.

Are you still a member?

I left because... I was really... I'm still a

bit... Actually, I'm a bit homeless.

Join the club.

Frederick.

No, no, no, no.

One of your staff just told me about your father.

Oh, it's not because of that. I know.

Losing her parents.

I'm sorry for snapping at you out there.

I mean, what a situation.

You're doing a fantastic job.

Thank you.

Better go and hide back in the car.

Have you decided?

On the advice of the security detail, we're heading back to London.

Well, that really won't look good.

Home Secretary, civil liberty campaigners have been expressing concern

rise in vigilantism. Oh, of course they have.

I just apologise, Fraser.

Are you not worried about Mogul? I am more worried about dangerous foreign

criminals roaming around attacking young women, and I have far greater trust in

people's justice than in the bleatings of the diversity lobby.

But in the current climate... Particularly in the current climate.

That miserable partner.

That's just the message we want to be putting out.

He knows we're stuck here.

He must be pissing himself laughing while he stirs the pot.

Fucking no. We're going. I don't care.

Tell the gold commander to make arrangements for a safe arrival and to

some kind of PA system. I cannot, will not let that utter charlatan speak for

us.

Well, I believe that is not the right decision at the moment.

So we're fine, fine.

If anyone's going to get told to pieces, they might as well be a politician.

No.

Well, the cat's away.

The cat's right here. It's the mice that have fucked off.

I heard your interview.

People's justice.

Not very special.

Nor are my supporters.

Opening shots in a leadership challenge.

The advisors are having some interesting chats in the bars.

Did you see Harry Rancher threatened to stop the fuel deliveries?

Obviously that would be disastrous, and I would suggest stringing him up from a

gibbet on the M1 for treachery. Yeah.

Although it's win -win for you, isn't it?

Ellie's just had a police interview.

She definitely supplied the drugs.

Of course she did. And blamed a dead girl with her parents' support.

More debatable.

They might try and push the press secretary under the bus.

That might work to her advantage. If I know Peter Mott, he'll flip rather than

take the blame.

It has to be clear that the PM knew what he was doing and okayed it.

Letting foreign rapists roam freely.

Failure at a time of national emergency.

Perverting the course of justice.

He's toast.

I'm sorry to ask him to the kitchen area, sir, but... It's where they shot

Kennedy, of course.

I didn't know that.

I really recommend you don't go outside, Prime Minister. The mood is very ugly.

That's why I have a security detail, isn't it? I don't think that your

detail, fending off an angry mob, is quite the look we're aiming for with

trip. You can get some shots from the wards with the plane crash victims.

Look, I want to see the man who was attacked first.

He's very poorly, sir.

I can take you to the crash victims.

We'll talk to the medics.

I'd like to introduce you to my silver commander.

This is Assistant Chief Constable Crawford.

He's in giddy mode. I know.

Don't let him go outside.

You think it's that easy?

Stop muttering you two.

Very good hearing.

When you want to.

You were a war reporter, Anna, for God's sake. Show a bit of backbone. It's your

backbone people are concerned about. Bulldog spirits. All right, enough of

crap, Robert. The security team are taking a look outside, and if they say

isn't safe, it isn't safe, and you are not going outside.

End of.

Did you just say end of?

Okay, yeah, but the point stands. I mean it.

They're ready for us in the wards.

Mm -hmm.

I wish you all the very, very best and a speedy recovery.

Thank you.

Isabella, she's right here, sir.

Isabella.

Can you help me with it?

How are you feeling?

Better.

I understand that Chief Constable Collier here rescues you

and your baby from the wreckage.

Yes.

Thank you.

The doctor said you will walk again.

Thanks. That's good.

Thanks, Mike. It's a definite no.

Thank you.

You came this far. You didn't turn on your heel or anything.

You think that's how it'll look?

Listen to them outside.

Archie's going over the top soon.

That was just some preliminary shelling.

Probably. I should sack him.

Not yet.

The doctors have said you can go to Commander Zane's bedside, sir. But he

be able to speak.

Come on. This is still important.

All right. No press.

I'm, uh... I'm so very sorry this happened.

I like your doll.

Does she have a name?

Dolly.

My daughter called her favorite doll John.

Could not talk her out of it.

They hurt my daddy.

Robert. No.

No. Get out of my way.

Robert.

It's for your own security.

You have to let these people do their job.

You're angry. Yes, and when I'm very, very angry, I become totally oblivious

any other considerations. Yes, I didn't mean that, but I mean... No fucking

buts.

We have to show a face at times like this.

like me, but people who do a hard job for very little reward because they

believe in public service.

Now, the man inside that hospital is not the man you think it is.

His name is Kamal Hussein.

He is with the LIGO, and he is an innocent man.

Now, he also has a beautiful daughter who just asked me, why is the daddy

in a hospital bed with his head smashed?

Now, the people who did that are not some kind of guardian angel.

They're a lawless thug.

And such crimes will not go unpunished while I am still Prime Minister.

There is no justice but the law in this country.

Now, at times like this, if you're going to throw things, please

maybe try and aim a little bit better.

At times like this, it is usual to say, I feel your pain.

Empathy, right?

All the best politicians are meant to feel it, to show it.

Well, I don't feel your pain.

No, no, no.

How can I?

I can only try and do something about it.

Now, I can tell you that the super transformer has left Germany.

And we are working day and night to try and bring it to you. And we will bring

it to you.

I promise you that right here and now.

We will bring back power.

We will turn the lights on again.

Let this situation bring out the best in us rather than the worst.

And to those who try to exploit this situation for their own ends, From the

vigilantes to the charlatans who try to make political capital out of the

suffering of others.

I say this.

There will be a reckoning.

I promise you, we will turn the lights on again.

Unfortunately, moving and installing such massive equipment is proving very

difficult. I'm sorry, but we are doing our utmost to bring it to you.

At least you came.

Showed your face.

Well, thank you very, very much. Thank you very much indeed.

Thank you.

Thanks, everyone. Thank you.

How are you feeling?

Oh, it's... It's nothing just grazed the side of my head, really.

How many fingers am I holding up?

Friday.

Ready to go?

I've ordered a helicopter to take you back to London.

Robert, it's not necessary. It's a scratch.

Non -negotiable.

I want you checked out in a properly functioning hospital.

It's Sam home.

Yeah, but I'm borrowing Madeleine Cook's flat. She's in her constituency.

See you back in London.

Chief Constable, thank you so much. Thank you. Take care.

Were you referring to the Home Secretary or... I was referring to anyone who

uses this crisis for their own selfish ends.

Archie is Archie.

Shoots from the hip, straightens his own foot most of the time. You can't sack

him, can you?

Well, I've got bigger things to think of than cabinet reshuffles today, thank

you. Like your daughter's police interview?

All right, they'll do. Thank you very much, everybody.

I think there's enough lynch mobs running around right now.

Perhaps we should let due process take its course.

Real classy, Jane. Well done.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister's chief of staff, Anna Marshall, has been

discharged from hospital after being hit by a stone as Robert Sutherland

addressed the crowd in the emergency relief centre.

The large crowd amassed outside the Royal Royal Cumberland Hospital

attack on one of its relief temporary residents, Kamal Hussain.

The Prime Minister also stopped at the M1 secure checkpoint where he met

of the local resilience forum and British soldiers tasked with manning the

divide.

I don't know if you've noticed, but... There's no internet connection.

Only fig trees in the garden where you can sit and read books, drink wine.

I have children. I have a job that I love. I'm not that young girl out of

university chasing wars.

You are exactly the same to me. Yeah, because I haven't had the chance to

anything else.

Believe me, within a year you'll be affectionately thumping my arse and

me to warm the milk for your coffee.

How dare you?

I would never ask for milk in my coffee.

I need water. I need water.