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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:05,439 Thank you. 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,279 Morning. 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,280 Morning, morning, morning, morning. 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,440 Morning, Cliff. Let me take that. 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,599 - Up all night with these bloody things. - Yep. 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,839 At a time like this, for God's sake. 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,840 (Cliff) ..going to have a pizza. (Terri) Can I have the digest? Thank you. 8 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:26,999 ..putting them off. 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,000 - Would you mind taking them? - Oh. No. Why? 10 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,080 - Erm, Malcolm's there. - Malcolm? Where? 11 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,319 - In there? Why? - In your office. It's just a social call. 12 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,320 - A social call? Jesus Christ. - Yeah. 13 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,599 Erm...have you got him coffee? 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,600 - Has Malcolm Tucker got coffee? - I thought you were organising... 15 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,920 Oh, for Christ's... Get him... Get coffee, get, erm... 16 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,239 - Get danish pastries, croissants... - Danish pastries, croissants. 17 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,159 - No, no, fruit. Get lots offruit. - Can you get fruit? 18 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,160 - Pile offruit and lots ofcoffee, now. - Fruit... 19 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,400 (Malcolm) No, he's useless. He's absolutely useless. 20 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,800 He is, he's as useless as a marzipan dildo. 21 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:09,719 All right. Got to go. Minister's just walked in. 22 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,720 - Don't interrupt your call cos ofme. - You're a Minister ofthe Crown, 23 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,000 you don't need to listen to all ofmy fucking chutney. 24 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,480 - I'm sure it's more interesting than chutney. - No, no, it's just my cock-up, as usual. 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,600 I thought that Graham Dixon was doing a briefing but it was Graham Hughes. 26 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,359 Too many Grahams. We ought to kill some ofthem. 27 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,279 (Malcolm) Exactly. So... 28 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,280 So. God, I'm sorry about the fuck-up about the coffee. 29 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,879 How am I supposed to run a bloody department 30 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,880 ifI can't get the Prime Minister's enforcer a cup offucking coffee? 31 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,520 That's OK. Listen, the thing is, you're doing a bloody good job here, Cliff. 32 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,440 Cos with all this shit in the paper about whether I'm going or not... 33 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,720 Have you seen...? Terri, can you bring the Mail in, please? Have you seen the Mail? 34 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,200 - (Malcolm) ''Lawton dangles by a thread''? - Yeah. ''Dangles by a thread''. 35 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,280 - (Cliff) It's all right, we've got... - ''Lawton dangles by a thread''. 36 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,719 - We've got it, it's OK. - Do keep it. 37 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,599 Yep. No. Just leave it there. Thank you very much, Terri. 38 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,600 - (Malcolm) There's a lot, isn't there? - It started in the Telegraph Diary 39 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,479 but just more and more and more and more. 40 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,480 Seriously, the PM likes you personally. 41 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,520 I like you personally. And we have absolutely no desire to get rid ofyou. 42 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,240 I just want you to know that. None ofthis negative stuffis coming from us. 43 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,200 Oh, Mal, mate, that's... 44 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,279 - that makes me feel a lot more secure. - Does it? 45 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,039 - Well, it's difficult. - What? What's difficult? 46 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,679 - Just endless headlines day after day. - On and on. 47 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,799 - Chipping away at confidence. - Absolutely. 48 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,800 You see, the thing is that we are starting to look weak. 49 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,080 Everybody's saying, ''When's he gonna go? When's he gonna go?'' 50 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,560 - Right. - And you don't want us to look weak, do you? 51 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,079 No, no. 52 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,159 So there you are. 53 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,160 That's why you've got to go. 54 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:02,599 - No. - Yes. 55 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,199 - No. - (Knock on door) 56 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,439 - (Secretary) Coffee? - Fuck off. 57 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,440 - Tea? - You fuck off, darling. 58 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,719 Malcolm, look, erm... 59 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,720 ifyou do this, it's the bollocks ofthe jungle out there, you know? 60 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,759 They're like wolves. Pissed wolves. 61 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,760 I've made the announcement. I've told the lobby you're going, Cliff. 62 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,120 - You've told the lobby I'm going? - Yeah. Sorry, Cliff. 63 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,759 - Minister. - Yeah. Get used to Cliff. 64 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,760 I've booked you in for the usual soapy tit wank farewell at Number Ten in 20 minutes. 65 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:35,920 I've also drafted you a letter ofresignation. 66 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,599 You can say you're jumping before you're pushed 67 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,600 although we're gonna be briefing that you were pushed, sorry. 68 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,719 Erm... 69 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,720 Look, tell you what, you don't need to do all this. 70 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,200 What about Tom? Everybody knows he's fucking up Transport. 71 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,280 We can't sack Tom, we can't lose anyone at Transport, they're important. 72 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,479 And Social Affairs isn't? 73 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,480 OK, the Department ofSocial Affairs is very important 74 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,919 but it's not Transport. 75 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,119 Transport's cars, buses, trucks... 76 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,120 I know what transport fucking entails! 77 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,839 (Cliff) Look, look... 78 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,679 (Cliffsighs) 79 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,680 Look, I'll look at it. 80 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,920 - Personal reasons. - I thought that would give you adequate scope. 81 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,520 Scope. What, like, erm...shooting up in the Cabinet Office or something? 82 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,040 Stuffing a cat up my arse and having a wank? What do you mean, scope? 83 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,439 This could be a great deal worse. 84 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,440 You have had a good innings, you have been here for 18 months. 85 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,160 And you know, I have written some very nice things about you 86 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:45,959 in the PM's reply to your resignation. 87 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,559 Some very nice fucking things indeed. 88 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,560 I had a lump in my throat. And you know why? 89 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,920 Because no one who matters thinks any less ofyou over this, 90 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,000 so far. OK? 91 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,439 Right. One more thing. 92 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,119 The Daily Mail. 93 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,120 David Topham has got it into his head that we are going to sack you because ofpress pressure. 94 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,479 - I wonder why. - Look... 95 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,480 you're in no position to dish out fucking sarcasm. That's over. 96 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,440 You no longer have purchase in the sarcasm world. Get on the phone. 97 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:23,280 Tell him you're jumping before you're pushed, although we were going to push you, 98 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,679 but not because ofpress pressure 99 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,680 but because ofyour deeply held fucking personal issues, whatever they were. 100 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,760 - You want me to write my own obituary. - Get on the fucking phone. Do it now. 101 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:40,519 Thank you. 102 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,520 Morning. 103 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,159 - Good morning. - (Terri) Have you seen the Times? 104 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,719 - No. - Jo Cherman's been a bit ofa bitch. 105 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,399 - She always is. - Yeah. 106 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,400 - Everything in this package is small... - We go down and say it, 107 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,880 the local yokels will take the photos, 20 minutes is enough. 108 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,199 - (Hugh) Hugh's here now. - Morning, Hugh. 109 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,200 - Good morning. Come on. - (Chatter) 110 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,360 - Terri... - Shush, I've got something important to say. 111 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,920 - (Chatting) - Olly. I've got something for us. 112 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,799 I've got us a very, very tasty little morsel because... 113 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,800 this morning I had a chat with my good friend the Prime Minister ofGreat Britain... 114 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,279 - (All) Ooh. - Yes. And, erm... 115 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:27,280 Remember the, erm...erm... 116 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,640 (Sighs) Olly, your benefit unit fraud... 117 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:33,919 Anti-Benefit Fraud Executive. ABFE. 118 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,359 ABFE. Erm, Scrounger Squad. 119 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,360 - (Olly) Snooper Squad. - The one with the spending implications? 120 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,520 The Prime Minister's view, is ''fuck the spending implications, I like it.'' 121 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,799 - Good. - So this is us. We're on the map. 122 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,800 It's a chance for me, Glenn, to get on Richard &Judy and plant that flag 123 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:53,479 right on their fucking sofa. 124 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,480 So the Prime Minister's authorised you to announce it, has he? 125 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,679 That's very much what he signalled. Very clearly. 126 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,680 He said he's right behind us on this and it's very much what we should be doing. 127 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,720 This is great. So we can do it this afternoon at the school. 128 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,760 - We can clear the press conference... - Excuse me. 129 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,920 (Glenn) We'll double bubble it, leak it to the Standard for the early editions 130 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,799 and trail it on The World At One, yes? 131 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,800 We need someone at the Standard we can give this to. 132 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,160 What about Angela Heaney? She's at the Standard now, isn't she? Olly? 133 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,279 Erm...yes, she is. 134 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,280 Do you not think that maybe she's a bit junior, I think. 135 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,480 Bit too much like your ex who broke your heart and dumped you with a text message. 136 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,399 It was a fucking email, not a text message. 137 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,719 We give it to her, she'll write what we want. 138 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,959 - She's easy. - She is easy. 139 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,960 I can see that you've all got big, stiffhard-ons for this... 140 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,160 - (Hugh) Sorry? - I'm not saying that's not nice. 141 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,039 - But... - (Hugh) Terri. 142 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,040 ..there is no way we're gonna clear it by this afternoon. 143 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,480 - (Olly) Why not? - So cool it, and I'll ring Paul at the Treasury. 144 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,520 - (All) No, no, no! - No calls to the Treasury. 145 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,599 Ifyou call the Treasury, to get near the announcement 146 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,600 he's going to have to dress up as catering with a big tray ofdrinks and a pot ofsliced lemons. 147 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,239 I'm not doing that. 148 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,119 - I'm just going by procedure. - (Hugh) Terri. 149 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,120 I love doing things the right way, that ethical stuff. I love it, we all do. 150 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,480 But it's difficult when you're the first to put your gun down 151 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,040 because people jump on your head as ifit's a ripe watermelon. We don't want that. 152 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,640 The Prime Minister said he wants to do it. He's above the Treasury in the hierarchy. 153 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,519 - I can write it down on a chart. - (Terri) Whatever. 154 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,199 - (Glenn) Thank you. - I'll get to it, Minister. 155 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,039 You're just doing your job. 156 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,079 (Whispers) Not very well. 157 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,279 Will you get Angela on the phone for Olly? 158 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,719 - You can deal with this Olly, yes? - Erm... 159 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,639 - Will it be my usual driver? - (Olly) ..technically. 160 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:48,799 - Yes, Hugh. - I don't fucking like him. 161 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,679 He's... I don't know. I think he despises me. 162 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:54,680 We'll have to use him today, you know how the pool system works. 163 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,800 So we go down to the school...erm...have to... 164 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,159 - He's sort ofcontemptuous. - The driver? 165 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,160 - I feel like he looks down on me. - No, Hugh, he likes you, I'm sure. 166 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,679 (Hourly pips on radio) 167 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:12,680 - The World At One. This is Nick Clarke... - Well, you can fuck offfor a start. 168 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,760 - The Social Affairs Secretary Hugh Abbot... - Evening. 169 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,399 - First story up. - Top ofthe bill. 170 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,279 ..a uniformed, so-called Snooper Force. 171 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,280 The announcement suggests the DSA has pushed the Treasuryinto releasing more funds, 172 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,440 - so we'll ask, is the Treasurylosing its... - Yes, and not before time! 173 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,160 ..Social Affairs spokesman Mark Davs Nathenson... 174 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,039 Ifyou can get him out ofthe bath! 175 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:40,040 But first, the estimates offatalities from yesterday's train disasterin Bangalore 176 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,999 - have risen overnight... - Well, that's marvellous. 177 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,839 - (Mobile) - Ooh. 178 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,599 Oh, Tucker. Malcolm. 179 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,600 What the fuck was that? Was this Snooper Force thing from you? 180 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,840 Malcolm, I talked to the PM, this is completely kosher as far as he's concerned. 181 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,120 He gave the go-ahead and he said, you know, bounce the Treasury. 182 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,160 We have got 17 different issues we are fighting with the Treasury about. 183 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,760 I can hear that you are, as usual, upset... 184 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,960 I'll tell you why I'm upset. I'm upset because these fucking morons at the Treasury, 185 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,239 these people, they are so paranoid. 186 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,240 Ifyou don't tell them about this stuff, cc them on email, 187 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:20,759 they think you've started a palace coup. 188 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,319 - Mal... Malcolm... - You don't seem to understand 189 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,320 that I'm going to have to mop up a fucking hurricane ofpiss from all these neurotics. 190 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,320 What did the Prime Minister actually say to you? 191 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,520 He actually said, ''This is exactly the kind ofthing we should be doing.'' 192 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:37,159 What did he actually say? 193 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,160 He said, ''This is exactly the sort ofthing we should be doing.'' 194 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,920 Should be doing. Should does not mean yes. 195 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,440 Now, there's only thing to do here and it's what I'm going to tell you to do. 196 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,279 - Kill it. - I can't kill it. 197 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,959 I'm on my way to make the announcement. 198 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,439 There's gonna be television cameras there and everything. 199 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,440 Fuck the cameras. Think ofsomething else to say. 200 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,480 Just don't mention the...New Avengers or the Snooper Force, whatever the fuck you call it. 201 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,079 - Scam Busters.? - Get rid ofit. 202 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,999 I don't want to hear about it again. Bye. 203 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,239 (Glenn) Hugh, talk to me. 204 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,399 Hugh, what's going on? What's the matter? 205 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,400 We're going to have to do a number ofthings almost immediately. 206 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:20,279 - What? What's the problem? - Fuck. 207 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,959 - What? Hugh, what? - Stop saying what. 208 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,479 - Right. - I was sucked in! 209 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,480 - Is this Tucker jumping on this? - I think he was right. 210 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,080 - He's always fucking right. - No, he's not always right. 211 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,159 Should... 212 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,160 - does it mean yes? - Yes, we should do this. 213 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:41,879 - Hugh. - When Tucker was talking to me 214 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,880 should didn't mean yes. I mean, it really didn't. 215 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:48,560 It... I just...I felt like a fool. 216 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,920 - This is nice. - Yeah, this is very nice. 217 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,080 This is just work, isn't it? I mean, we're not... 218 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,120 - Yeah, no, absolutely. Nothing like that. - It's just, you know, deadline. 219 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,400 Yeah, sure, erm... Something like, erm... 220 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,959 Social Affairs Minister Hugh Abbot 221 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:09,999 will today announce 222 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,000 a tough new crackdown on benefit fraudsters. 223 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,719 Erm. Paragraph. 224 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,720 - Yeah, I can do the punctuation, Olly. - Sorry, yeah, I see. 225 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:22,679 I did have it written down a bit better, on... 226 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:24,879 I've got it on a thing on a piece ofpaper. 227 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:27,880 - That's fantastic, Olly. Can I just have that? - Sure, yeah. Easier all round. 228 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,839 - It's should all be there. - Certainly is. 229 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,759 I've done it in capitals and everything... 230 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:36,760 Erm, I think I'll say senior government sources. 231 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,519 Thank you very much. 232 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,520 - It sounds better. - Oh, yeah, ofcourse. 233 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,039 Olly, come on! 234 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,040 (Glenn) Over here! Olly! (Hugh) Over here! 235 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:53,999 Sorry. 236 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,719 (Glenn) Right. 237 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,199 - What's that you've got? - Olives. 238 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,200 - Olives? He's brought his own olives. - Want one? Glenn? 239 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,559 (Glenn) So the line is - call every news desk - 240 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:06,599 that the Snooper Force story 241 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,600 is that it was let out by, quote, a disgruntled civil servant, unquote. OK? 242 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,159 - OK, great. - And, Terri.? 243 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,160 - You can drop that tone, all right? - What tone? 244 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,359 The ''I knew better all along'' tone. 245 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,360 It isn't fucking appreciated right now. 246 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:25,399 Bye. 247 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,999 The thing is, the story isn't a story. 248 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,879 (Chuckles) What do you mean? 249 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,880 The Snooper Force, it's not happening. None ofthat's actually happening. 250 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:37,319 - I can't do this. - You've got to do this. 251 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,320 I mean, yeah, I... You know, reading, talking, I get car sick. 252 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:44,839 I've got to stop, we've got to stop. 253 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:47,279 Jesus Christ. 254 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,280 Do you think you could pull in at the next lay-by? 255 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,640 As far as the department and the Government are concerned, 256 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,439 there is no Snooper Force. 257 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,440 What's going on? Has the Treasury gone ballistic? 258 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,879 - No, no... - Why this flip-flop? 259 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,599 No, there's no flip-flop. Nothing like that! 260 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,600 No, erm, this isn't a...change in policy in any...in any respect. 261 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:15,040 - No. - What's going on, Olly.? 262 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,199 Bec... No, well, the truth is that I... 263 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,200 - acted beyond my brief. - What are you talking about.? 264 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,440 I dunno, I just kind of...wanted to play the big man in front ofyou. 265 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,679 - You just made something up? - No! 266 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,679 Listen, Angela, I am really so sorry. 267 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,680 Ifit's any help, the line that we're giving to everybody else 268 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,919 is that there's a disgruntled civil servant, 269 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,919 - they leaked the story. - Have you got a name.? 270 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,759 Do I have a name for the disgruntled civil servant? 271 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,799 - (Mouthing) - Derek. Derek? 272 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,479 Terri. Terri. 273 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,480 No, we're just going to pick a name. We're gonna pick a name. I'm so sorry. 274 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,119 - I'm so sorry. - Olly, this is ridiculous. 275 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,279 - It is not fucking... - Did you plan all this.? 276 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,280 The last thing I want to do today is be stuck in a fucking lay-by by a Wacky Warehouse, 277 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:03,640 begging my ex-girlfriend. 278 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,639 All right. So... 279 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,959 what the hell am I going to say 280 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,679 is the reason for me summoning 281 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,680 all the nation's major news organisations to a school in Wiltshire? 282 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,759 (Olly) You want something sexy, eye-catching 283 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,760 and that is free and universally popular 284 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,880 and instantly applicable, no one could possibly object to it. 285 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,639 - Yes. - Well, you should have said before, Glenn, 286 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:33,640 because I've got a file about that fucking thick ofthat back in the office. 287 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,719 - Those policies are ten a penny! - Olly! 288 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,720 - Our entire manifesto is made up of... - It doesn't help when you get cynical. 289 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:42,999 Think ofthis as an opportunity. 290 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,759 I can't just come up with Das Kapital in a cab, Glenn. 291 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:47,799 - Olly. - Here, shave. 292 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:49,439 (Buzzing) 293 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,440 (Glenn) What we need is something that the public want 294 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:54,999 that's incredibly popular and is free. 295 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,799 - Return ofcapital punishment. - (Buzzing stops) 296 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,800 That's a joke, right? You are joking, yes? Obviously. 297 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,439 Come on, Olly, come up with something. 298 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,440 (Olly) National spare room database. 299 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,679 What about zoos? 300 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,680 My kids went to a zoo the other day and they said it was fucking disgusting. 301 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,200 You know, the state ofit. 302 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,319 That's shit, isn't it? 303 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,320 No...but there is an idea there, because in the middle ofthe city you've got wild animals. 304 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,959 Pet ASBOs? Remember that? ASBOs for pets. 305 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:32,960 That sounds potentially ludicrous, but then pet passports, that was a goer. 306 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,680 (Glenn) What ifeverybody had to carry a plastic bag by law? 307 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,839 You know identification cards are coming in... 308 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,840 You've fucking cracked. Are you mad? 309 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,720 What ifthe announcement is... there's no big announcement. 310 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,359 - (Hugh) For goodness... - No, wait. 311 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,360 We say the Department ofSocial Affairs has been doing amazing work, 312 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,279 bread-and-butter work, belt-and-braces work, 313 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,280 the kind ofwork you aren't interested in cos it's not shiny, shiny, media-friendly. 314 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,520 - You sickos are so obsessed with the media... - Sickos. 315 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,040 ..that every time we try and...just carry on with our day 316 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,840 you don't show up, so we have to call a big thing like this. 317 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,519 - On target, under budget... - Coalface politics. 318 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,079 - Yes, I like that. - Not wasting resources. 319 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,159 - Good, let's do that. - Let's go for that. 320 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,160 We trick them. Tinselly thing and they come along and we say... 321 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,880 ''Ah, that's what we've been doing, we've been doing our fucking jobs!'' 322 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,799 They never print that stuff, do they? 323 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,800 You've come two hours out ofLondon to cover this... 324 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:38,679 You mugs! You mugs! 325 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,680 But you've got a bigger story here than you have chasing tinsel. 326 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:45,160 Which is you live in a country which is properly... Not many countries can say that. 327 00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:50,120 And we've probably got ten million we can throw at it. 328 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,679 That's good, because it sounds like a lot, doesn't it? 329 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,680 I've got a thing here that says springy concrete. I think that's about the playground... 330 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,959 - Springy concrete? - (Hugh) Good afternoon... 331 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,960 - Should I say, ''Hello, boys and girls''? - Yes, very nice. 332 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:06,239 Like a fucking panto dame. 333 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,240 He's gonna look ridiculous on the six o'clock news saying, ''Hello, boys and girls.'' 334 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,280 - He's talking to the audience in front ofhim. - Real money for real families. 335 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,759 - Real families or people? - (Glenn) Families. 336 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,760 - (Olly) People. Real people. - You see? Don't... Families. 337 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,680 Families sounds exclusive, it sounds back to basics, John Major. 338 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,160 - People sounds communist. - It doesn't sound communist. 339 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,200 - I'll say families. - Say families ofpeople. 340 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,680 - Mr Abbot. - (Glenn) Great. You're on. Here we go. 341 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:36,119 (Hugh) Thank you. 342 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:38,479 - (Glenn) It's what you do best, mate. - Yep. 343 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,480 (Hugh) This is lovely. Very nice indeed. 344 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,040 Well, that was a fucking disaster. 345 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:58,000 - Well, that... - Shut up. 346 00:18:58,280 --> 00:18:59,719 Thank you. 347 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,399 (Terri) Ah. Well done. 348 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,279 There's nothing in the Standard, big fat nothing. 349 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,519 - Nothing? - You got away with it. 350 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,520 He's created a press conference so boring that none ofthe press will touch it. 351 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:13,679 - (Hugh laughs) - Genius. 352 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,680 Fucking well done, mate. You turned it around. 353 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,840 (Indistinct chatter) 354 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,359 Well, you really pulled it round, mate. 355 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:26,879 I took the flak, you supplied the flak jacket. 356 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,239 Yeah, and the bullets bounced off. 357 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,799 - This is what it's all about, Glenn. - Yeah. 358 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,800 All those years at the coalface, hanging in there, taking all the shit, all the bullshit. 359 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,600 When you are Senior Cabinet Minister, then we'll show them. 360 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,640 Yeah, and Snooper Force? Bollocks, we'll get rid ofthat. 361 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,679 For fuck's sake, yeah. Fiddling while Rome burns. 362 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,199 Fucking right. We'll kick some arse. 363 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,239 We'll kick some butt! Kick some butt! 364 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,240 That's what we're in it for, mate, tell them all the shit that we do. 365 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:55,879 It's a means to an end, mate. 366 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,519 Fuck me, Malcolm. How do you do that? 367 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,520 Can I have a word with you? 368 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,040 (Sighing heavily) I'm hacked off, mate. 369 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:13,200 But w-w-we killed it. It-it's killed. 370 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,279 Yeah. But once you start the fire... 371 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,839 And we didn't start the fire. 372 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,840 It was always burning since the world's been turning, et cetera, et cetera. 373 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,720 Malcolm, you're not making any sense. 374 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,320 Prime Minister, obviously, he's on the plane in Stockholm 375 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,119 and somebody hits him with The World At One. 376 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:35,120 He thinks it's the Treasury trying to stiffhim one 377 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,640 so he, er... 378 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,639 he stuck with the story. 379 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,640 - He liked it? - Yeah, he's backing the Snooper Force. 380 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,119 Oh, right. 381 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:54,399 You... We shouldn't really then have... 382 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,400 I mean, you shouldn't really have told us to, er... 383 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,919 Should you? (Chuckles) 384 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,199 Don't should me, Hugh, 385 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,200 cos I'll should you right back, right through that window. 386 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,480 None ofthis should be happening, should it? Should it? Should it? 387 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,720 Is that should in the...sense ofyes, or...? 388 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,760 It's should in the sense of you should do as you're fucking told. 389 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,519 Yep. What, erm... 390 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,559 What are we gonna do now? 391 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,560 You're gonna completely reverse your position. 392 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,319 Look, no, hang on a second. 393 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,320 Hang... Malcolm. It's not actually that, erm... 394 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,279 - That's gonna be quite hard, really. - Yes, well, 395 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,280 the announcement that you didn't make today, you did. 396 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,920 No, no, I didn't. And there were television cameras there while I was not doing it. 397 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,279 Fuck them. 398 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,280 I'm not quite sure how... What level ofreality I'm supposed to be operating on. 399 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,599 Look, this is what they run with. 400 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,600 I tell them that you said it, they believe that you said it. 401 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,679 They don't really believe you said it, 402 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,919 - they know you never said it. - Right. 403 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:02,159 But it's in their interests to say you said it 404 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,160 because ifthey don't, they're not gonna get what you say tomorrow or the next day 405 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,080 when I decide to tell them what it is you're saying. 406 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,359 Yeah. I-I am following this, I just... 407 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:16,360 I had a friend who used to indulge in extramarital affairs, OK? 408 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,479 He would go offand have some dalliance 409 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,480 and every Monday he'd come back and he'd meet his wife. 410 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,000 And he told me that all he did was inside his head turn a little switch. 411 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,040 - The affair never happened. OK? - Right. 412 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,399 There's not a... What is the problem with this? 413 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,400 The problem with it... First ofall, I didn't get much dalliance. 414 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,919 Get it into your head, rewind today in your head. 415 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,959 OK, stop explaining it to me. 416 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,960 I have to fucking explain it to you, man, you haven't been here long enough. 417 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,000 (Glenn) I don't think he'd be really up for that. 418 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,040 - Tucker's in the building... - (Olly) When did he come in? 419 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,079 Where are all the people? Where are my people? 420 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,080 They've gone home, Secretary ofState, it's 5:40. 421 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,840 OK. Well, erm...listen. 422 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,920 The situation is, erm, it's pretty terrible, but things have changed. OK? 423 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,520 The line is now, I did announce the Snooper Force this afternoon at the school. 424 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:17,479 OK? That's what happened. All right? 425 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,480 So now you have to tell the media 426 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,479 in case they...missed it. 427 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,480 OK? Great. 428 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,719 - (Glenn) What we've got to... - I said this was gonna happen. 429 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,720 - It's happened. It's nobody's fault. - I said it. Glenn, I... 430 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,200 - What we have to do... - Excuse me. It's not my fault, it's yours. 431 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,759 - I didn't say that... - You said it was nobody's fault 432 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,519 - but it's your fault and your fault. - It's not my fault. 433 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,520 - Ifyou walk away from this I'll pin it on you... - (Hugh) Everything OK? 434 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,399 (Glenn) ..you cunt. (Terri) We're fucked. 435 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,159 Great. 436 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,160 (Glenn) This is the real world, Terri. (Terri) We are fucked. 437 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:57,879 - How's it going? - Good. 438 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,880 I think they might need a little bit ofcoordination. 439 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,080 - (All talking) - Has anyone spoken to Nicky Campbell? 440 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,719 I've got one missed call here - Nicky Campbell. 441 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,720 It's become so complicated and it's actually terrifically simple. 442 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,320 There was always gonna be a Snooper Force policy. Definitely. 443 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,040 It's too good to have been invented by a disgruntled civil servant. 444 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,279 I'm really glad you came in, Angela. 445 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,919 - Well, I could lose my job, Olly. - Yeah... 446 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,920 I went all hot and heavy to the news desk with three directly contradictory stories in one day. 447 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,240 - I know. - They gave me flip-flops. 448 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:36,400 You know? Someone actually went out and bought flip-flops to give me. 449 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:39,039 Yeah. 450 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,040 You've gotta give them credit for that, that is quite funny. 451 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,079 Yeah, and they pasted onto them... 452 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,080 a fucking porn picture ofa girl sucking a big cock 453 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,320 and they wrote ''Angela Heaney swallows anything''. 454 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,080 That is less funny. Obviously that's quite offensive. 455 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,160 Can you give me one good reason why I shouldn't do a big story 456 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:03,120 - on the, you know, the day ofspin? - What sort ofstory? 457 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,480 Inside story ofa government department out ofcontrol 458 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,880 with diagrams and a flow chart with your face and name on it 459 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,640 and Glenn's and Hugh's and big arrows showing who spoke to who 460 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,599 and how you all fucked it up. 461 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,600 I think I could write that one up myself. I think I could do the punctuation on that one. 462 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,759 - OK, I was patronis... - Hey. Hi, Angela. 463 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,999 I like the hair, nice little corkscrews. How's it going? 464 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,039 Yeah, er, fine. 465 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,040 We were just, er, talking about why Angela shouldn't do a big... 466 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,279 story on the big insidery piece 467 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,280 kind ofday ofspin sort ofspread in the... 468 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,199 - paper. - I don't know. 469 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,200 Maybe you should. Good idea. 470 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,319 Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. 471 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,239 I know why she shouldn't, because ifshe did that 472 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,240 she'd be dead to me, to this department, to the Government. 473 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,520 And she'd never get another story, or a fucking whiffofa story, 474 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,160 so long as she kept her sorry hack bitch face lingering around Westminster 475 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,000 because I would call every editor I know, which, obviously, that's all ofthem, 476 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,159 and tell them to gouge her name out oftheir address books 477 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,160 so she'd never even get a job on hospital radio, where the sad sack belongs. 478 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,439 That's what I'd tell her. 479 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,440 - But maybe you should do it. See you later. - Yeah. 480 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,799 He...he's actually... 481 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,839 He can be really nice. 482 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,119 It's been a very long day. 483 00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:36,120 I didn't say we weren't doing it, which is as good as saying we were. 484 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,480 - Thanks, bye-bye. - The World Tonight. 485 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,599 Hello, Hugh Abbot here. 486 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,600 Yes, no. Always a pleasure to speak to The World Tonight. 487 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:48,959 Go live on air now? 488 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,960 Yes, ofcourse, I'd be delighted to. 489 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,160 Robin, my pleasure, nice to be with you. 490 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,800 Yes. Before I answer that, may I just say how delighted I am, as indeed we all are, 491 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,000 at the excitement and enthusiasm that the benefit fraud inspection unit has created. 492 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,440 I announced at a press conference 493 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,640 this new benefit fraud inspection unit 494 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,999 which we are hoping to call... 495 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,039 Sponge Avengers. 496 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,040 - And at that press conference... - (Vacuum whirring) 497 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,479 ..there seems to have been a bit ofa blip 498 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,480 because many ofthe journalists didn't pick up on the announcement. 499 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,639 I think they're so much looking for... 500 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,879 (On radio) ..scandal or incompetence. 501 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,880 So that statement that the policy was the invention ofa disgruntled civil servant 502 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,240 was actually the invention ofa disgruntled civil servant. 503 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,399 No, there's only one disgruntled civil servant. 504 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,400 One ofthem's... One ofthem's an invention... by the other one, you see. 505 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,640 (Hugh) Anyone listening carefully will think I'm mad. 506 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:01,719 (Glenn) They won't, it came over loud and clear. 507 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,720 (Glenn) It's gonna put the whole thing to bed anyway. Kill it. 508 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,160 And Olly's offered Angela a private life piece about you. 509 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,759 - (Hugh) Oh, great. - A Sunday walk with the family, 510 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,719 - that sort ofthing. - She's gonna be checking through my books 511 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,119 and snooping in my bathroom cabinet 512 00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:20,120 and making snide remarks about how I don't know who Gail Porter is. 513 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,720 - We did dick her about a bit, Hugh. - Yeah. 514 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,880 We're getting a roasting from what has been dubbed, but I wouldn't call, Flip-Flop Friday. 515 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,920 We need all the help from friends we can get right now. 516 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,239 - (Hugh) I know. - What do you think? 517 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,240 I just... I just think that... 518 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,999 (Window whirring) 519 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,639 I want a new driver. Get me a new driver. 520 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,640 - I don't want to see this guy ever again. - On what grounds? 521 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,600 Smiling. Inappropriate smiling. 522 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,719 And smirking. Smiling and smirking. 523 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,720 I don't want to see that smile or smirk ever again. OK? 524 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:57,839 Thank you. 525 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,279 - OK, thank you. - (Driver) Which way do you want to go? 46165

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