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I hear the executive is planning
to abolish the 12 o'clock news.

It has lousy ratings.

What if we sex-segmented the news?

This is my wife Karoline.
This is Alex.

Hi, Alex. Alex Hjort.

Don't get your knickers in a twist.
I don't mean to interfere.

You'd better go.

"I like the dreams of the future
better than the history of the past."

"The New Democrats have
obtained 20,000 valid signatures

"and its candidates are entitled
to run for parliament."

- Congratulations!
- And a wee dram! How traditional!

A bit like the Labour Party!

Jon, aren't you
too sophisticated for us?

Absolutely. But don't worry,
I won't tell anyone.

Here's to the New Democrats!

- Nadia, we can run for parliament.
- Fantastic!

The polls say that
we'd win 6 or 7 seats already.

- Roll on the next election!
- But we have no organisation.

- No money, no candidates.
- As regards candidates, I have news.

I've found one.
One of Denmark's top economists.

He was in the running
for the Nobel Prize eight years ago.

- Søren Ravn?
- Yes.

- He'd like to run for us?
- Very much.

- And be our economics spokesmen?
- If he wins a seat, yes.

You've so many other areas
to look after.

And we need
a detailed economic policy.

Of course.

- Right, we...
- Just a moment.

I don't doubt his abilities
as an economist.

But I was at university with him
and he was extremely left wing.

Erich Honecker was his hero.
He was in the Communist Party.

Yes, he was. He was.

- Is he a good idea?
- And he was a skirt-chaser.

But the young ladies
couldn't get enough of him.

- He's Denmark's leading economist.
- Let's put it to the vote.

Who's in favour of Ravn?

- I am, and Nadia and Nete.
- And Katrine makes four.

Katrine's our press officer.

Katrine should stay out of it
and let us politicians vote.

Can any of you suggest
anyone more competent

to draw up
an innovative economic policy?

He could prove absolutely vital
to our election campaign.

Vote again. If it's a tie this time,
we'll drop him. In favour of Ravn?

Good.
Søren Ravn is our new candidate.

Episode 26 - Sons of the Past

He certainly is impressive.

Yes, it just shows how important
we regard economics.

Have you chosen Ravn

because politics is too important
to be left to the politicians?

Should we elect technocrats because
they're more competent than you?

- May I?
- Yes.

Yes, I do know more about economics
than certain politicians.

But I'm entering politics because
I have views I want to fight for.

The fact I actually know a bit
about the areas I'd be dealing with

is hard to regard as a problem.

Søren Ravn's candidacy has met
with approval from other parties.

The Labour Party welcomes Ravn
as serious and innovative...

it is hard to find anyone critical
of the choice of candidate.

Even members of the government
are expressing delight

at the prospect of Ravn's
contribution to the debate.

The New Democrats
seem to be onto a winner.

- Great reviews. Lovely.
- Yes, a great reception.

But it doesn't absolve you
from responsibility.

- What do you mean, Jon?
- You're imposing your own agenda.

With the help
of your little tin soldier, Katrine.

Strange for the party called
"The New Democrats".

We agreed only recently that we had
more than one founding member.

Strange that you oppose a candidate
even our opponents welcome, Jon.

- Maybe this is about your ego.
- My ego?

You're acting like some
absolutist PM, not as a team player.

- My focus is on the party.
- A vital post goes to an outsider.

Surely you don't expect me
to jump for joy?

Another piece of really good news is
that over the last couple of weeks

we've slowed the decline
in viewers for the 6 o'clock.

We're really pleased, right, Torben?

Really pleased. A month ago
we made it a bit fluffier.

All indications were that viewers
wanted more family-oriented values.

And as Alex says,
it's slowed the decline in viewers.

We shouldn't be afraid
of listening to our viewers.

We also asked them
if they missed the 12 o'clock news.

But our focus group answers
with a responding no.

What do your staff say?

They understand the situation.

Did you tell them we're against
abolishing the 12 o'clock?

I had no reason to tell them.

The 12 o'clock is the only thing
distinguishing us from TV2.

The only people who miss it
are us

and the journalists' trade union.

Who says so?

A major focus group study
carried out by the executive, Hanne.

We need to start telling the
electorate about our economic policy.

Søren has agreed to lead
a series of meetings.

Everyone will be heard and
we can hear about his visions.

Is history completely
irrelevant here?

That Ravn preached that Denmark
should be a communist dictatorship?

- Under Moscow's leadership?
- That was 30 years ago, Erik.

- Precisely, only 30 years ago.
- Let's put the past behind us.

Erik, let's give him a chance.

We're all inextricably
bound by economics.

That's why the rich nations
of Europe

are trying to rescue
the weak economies in the south.

It's to save ourselves.

Sartre said that one of the most
fundamental truths

is that there's not enough
to go round.

Money. Food. Water. Space.

Love. Sex.

So we compete for them.
Or we learn to share them.

Have we got a crush
on the teacher?

- Do you fancy him?
- He's drop dead gorgeous!

"The allocation of scarce resources
to cover competing needs."

Who's to be given,
when there isn't enough to go round?

And my proposal for a new finance
policy for the New Democrats

is based on an understanding
of the complexity and connectedness

that we are all part of,
whether we like it or not.

We take a markedly green profile
as the bearing idea

and a fundamental showdown
with redistributive policies.

A showdown with
"business as usual".

And at this point, I usually have
a five minute break, if that is OK.

BIRGITTE'S NEW CANDIDATE
IS MOSCOW PARTY SOLDIER

An old workmate from the Express
sent me tomorrow's headline.

He wants a comment.

I've tried this before, so...

Have a chat about anything else
that might come from that direction.

It's an old story they wrote about
the time I was made a professor.

- What was their point then?
- The university...

Appointing a professor of economics

who'd flirted with Marxist
planned economics.

You were in the Communist Party
for 13 years?

But when the wall fell, it was hard
to stick to my convictions.

I did a lot of soul searching,
like the rest of the left wing.

I'd spent my entire youth on it.

But I've never tried to deny it.

Even though of course I strongly
repudiate communism today.

Thank you.

And armed revolution?

It was in our manifesto.
Hence the term "party soldier".

What else do you think they can
dig up? Photos from those days?

Compromising information?

I have no idea
what might be out there.

But I can assure you
it will be innocent stuff.

Fine. Thanks.

I'm just going
to find a pack of cigarettes.

My little red star...
I have still got it.

Would it compromise me to wear it?

- You can try.
- I'll be five minutes.

There's no meat on it. It's the old
story of his communist past.

He was never a DCP leader
and he's never concealed it.

- So what do you recommend?
- A "future first" strategy.

We talk economics
and not the old days.

An interview in the business press
in which Ravn can unveil our visions

and criticise the government
for not having any.

I need to know how you'll do it
and I need it before 9:00am.

- I can't do it in time.
- Let's move forward.

It was really lovely, Thursday.

Yes.

It was really lovely.

Lovely.

Sorry, it's me. I'm just...
I am really pushed at the moment.

Just take all the time you need.

I want you.

I really want you right now.

See you tomorrow night?

Yeah.
Or Wednesday may be better.

Getting out again
once I've been home is...

Birgitte? Hi. The radiologist asked
if you'd give us another test.

- Another?
- A biopsy. It'll only take a moment.

- Why would I need a biopsy?
- I don't know.

Can I talk to a doctor?

- Hello. Birgitte Nyborg.
- Hello. Mogens Winther.

I had the cheek to ask to see
the head of department,

because I can't understand
what's going on.

I came here because of these pains
in my right hand.

The radiologist decided to do
the mammography this morning.

It's normal procedure with problems
like yours in your hand and arm.

Based on the mammography,

the radiologist has
recommended a biopsy.

- Was there something in the X-rays?
- The biopsy's just in case.

- Here and now?
- To minimise inconvenience to you.

- What has it to do with my pains?
- Perhaps nothing.

But the body sometimes sends
signals in other locations and ways.

Signals?

That there may be something
we should look at. It won't take long.

- Today is really bad.
- Now's the best time.

It usually is for busy people like you.

If you do have cell changes in
your breast, time's not on your side.

Right...

Torben, are we going over
to robot cameras?

- Yes.
- A dictate from the commissioners?

Is that a problem?

It's actually a very thorough,
modern plan.

I expect some people preferred
horse-drawn trams to buses, too.

Are you calling us reactionary
for being concerned about quality?

Give me a fucking break!

You never stop moaning.

I've had enough.
We have news to do.

Right, particle filters.
The city incineration plant. Do it.

Søren Ravn really lashes out at
the government's economic policies.

- It's not a commie story?
- Nor is it a New Democrat spin.

Ravn's criticism of the Liberals'
economic policy seems pretty sound.

- It's already being quoted online.
- Nice one, Katrine!

- Let's get Ravn in.
- And the Liberal spokesman.

You haven't time to smoke.

- Has Ulrik briefed you?
- In make-up.

He's totally vain,
so just try to flatter him.

- Can't I just talk economics?
- Well, you can try.

- How do I look?
- Compromising.

- Shall I hold that for you?
- Sure.

Is there anything else
you'd like me to hold?

Hi, darling!

How about take-away?
Our candidate's on the news.

- What's up?
- I banged my shoulder at work.

Can you choose something nice?

Our proposed tax reforms
will create lots of new jobs.

We've reduced the period you can
spend on unemployment benefit.

And we're currently working
on a pensions reform

as recommended
by economic experts.

Does it sound good?

It sounds good, yes.
But I've actually read the Liberal paper.

It'll have no impact worth talking about
on the labour supply...

- Is that Søren Ravn?
- Yes.

- In that case, I want to watch.
- Lt is purely symbolic.

Thirdly, New Right will never
agree to fiddle with pensions.

And fourthly, we're talking
a drop in the ocean.

You've heard the verdict.

- Without getting too technical...
- No need to keep it simple for me.

- Shall we have sushi?
- Yes, fine.

Søren Ravn shouldn't be so cocksure
until he's seen the calculations.

I've sat on three labour market
commissions over the years,

all of which have rejected
these calculations again and again.

If you reform sickness benefits,

flexi-jobs
and early retirement schemes,

you won't get any economic
surplus of any size.

The people you dream of forcing
into jobs cannot all work.

So the whole basis for your
calculations is pie in the sky.

You're trying to fool the electorate.

It's easy enough for you to say,
you don't have to implement it.

This policy? No, fortunately.

I'm not entering Danish politics to do
what's popular but to do what's wise.

Good thing he's on your team, eh?

Shall we have the big menu B?

Reforms are required
in absolutely vital welfare areas,

but they're reforms
that require courage...

And that's all for this evening.

You've certainly got yourself
a hard-hitting friend.

Gustav and my mum
are going to make pancakes.

- Lovely!
- That went very well.

You remembered all the good advice
I gave you about finance policy.

I'd have been lost without it.

- Thanks. What about this?
- A souvenir.

For me? Wow!

Torben, where the hell did you get
to? I've been waiting 20 minutes!

- Waiting for me? Why?
- We'd agreed a meeting.

I must've misunderstood.
I thought you'd just run with it.

We have to discuss
tomorrow's Ravn portrait.

- Did Pia get hold of him?
- Yes. And she told you, too.

- Shall we?
- Can we do it tomorrow instead?

- In the studio?
- Sure. Good night.

SØREN RAVN - SOVIET SPY?

- I thought you said...
- There's no evidence at all.

- Let's hope not.
- The Ekspres... I mean!

If this man turns out
to be a traitor...

Easy now, Erik.

From one of those camps
in the USSR for Young Communists.

- To recruit them for the KGB.
- Who says they recruited him?

It's the Ekspres.
And Ravn's on his way.

- I'll get to the bottom of it.
- I'll talk to him.

- Those trips to Moscow took place.
- I never claimed otherwise.

I never tried to conceal them.
I had no idea they'd be a problem.

- KGB recruitment camps.
- Political summer camps.

- How many did you go on?
- Four. From 1984 onwards.

Or three.
One was to East Berlin.

- Have you been there since?
- To Moscow?

Yes. Two years ago.

With my then wife.

Did you go to see
any old comrades?

Yes, one.

Lenin. I wanted to see
his mausoleum.

You used to frequent
the Soviet Embassy in the 1980s?

I went to four or five
receptions there.

- Did you talk to any KGB officers?
- They were receptions.

80% of the embassy staff
were KGB.

In that case, I must've drunk lousy
champagne with some of them.

But it was never about espionage
or supplying information.

- They never tried to recruit you?
- Definitely not. No.

- Katrine, what do we do?
- Complete transparency.

Show we have nothing to hide.
Give me anything you've got at home.

Our best bet is to make
all the information available.

Especially to our greatest opponent...
The Ekspres.

Look, I've found some old photos.

And minutes from DCP meetings.

Old party magazines.

- Goodness!
- There's more.

Proposals by various
working groups I was on.

- Surely they're of no interest.
- We'll let Laugesen see them.

Oh, not that one.
They're my KGB contacts.

I am trying to help you!
Who is it?

The ambassador to Copenhagen at
the time, Malakof. And embassy staff.

- I'm off.
- I'll call when he's gone.

- Please...
- What was the occasion?

Birgitte, what a surprise!
I didn't know you'd be here.

- I'm on my way home.
- I like the transparency.

But I hope you don't think
we'll write whatever you want.

That would be a first.

I also owe you an apology.

- An apology?
- For the pictures of your daughter.

We went too close.
Sorry about that.

Michael, you went way too far
and you harmed my daughter.

I'll accept your apology
the day it appears on your front page.

Ravn has given the Ekspres
access to his past in the DCP.

Everything about his youth.
Moscow, the Soviet embassy...

I can see why Nyborg's
fighting for him.

He's an economics genius
who can win them the election.

The Freedom Party is agitating
to ban Ravn from parliament.

- Well, shall we call Saltum?
- No, that's simply too unsexy.

How about that woman? What's
her name, the new one? Benedikte?

Put her up against Ravn, eh?

She's young and represents
another wing of the Freedom Party.

- And she's a hottie.
- Indeed.

You're doing 'Juul & Friis'
tonight on Ravn, right?

- Yes, why?
- I just heard from a journalist.

He's been into the archives
at Police Intelligence.

He's just been given
hitherto embargoed details

on an espionage case
from 15 or 20 years ago.

- A serious one.
- Involving Ravn?

Indirectly.
A fellow student, Gorm Kofoed.

The leading figure in the biggest
Danish spy case ever.

- Why isn't it public knowledge?
- Kofoed died of cancer in 1993.

Before the Stasi
archives were opened.

- What did he pass onto them?
- All kinds of stuff.

His codename was Phoenix.
He was in the Ministry of Justice.

And he passed on information
about Police Intelligence to the KGB.

- Bloody hell. Ravn's friend?
- Ravn's best friend.

There are snaps here of Gorm Kofoed.
And there we have Ravn.

Niels Thygesen simply handed you
the story just like that?

If we mention his new book.
And I agreed.

It's completely absurd.

Why the hell has this
emerged right now?

Two seconds ago Ravn had to defend
himself against the Ekspres.

And now a new story:
his best friend was a former KGB agent.

Maybe somebody showed
the journalist the right filing cabinet?

It's getting a bit too
John le Carré-like.

The New Democrats would win
8 seats if there was an election now.

Ravn just demolished the Liberals.
Hesselboe is scared stiff of Ravn.

We can't insinuate that
Hesselboe leaked the info on Ravn.

We don't need evidence.
We just run the story.

- We can't do that.
- Of course we can.

We run the story on the news
and then follow up in 'Juul & Friis'.

Torben, listen to the man!

Don't you need to go upstairs
to talk to Alex about it, Torben?

- Ask for permission?
- Like hell I will!

- We'll break the story on...
- The 20:30.

And we'll follow up on it
on 'Juul & Friis'.

- Juul & Dickhead.
- Let's look for some visuals.

How can a person with that background
be part of the Danish government?

In a democracy,
isn't that up to the electorate?

Of course, but Søren Ravn
was ready to abolish democracy

and sell the country to the enemy.
That is high treason.

The period to which you refer
was over 20 years ago.

I have put it well and truly
behind me.

I never wanted to sell Denmark
to anyone or anything.

I've laid all my cards on the table
to show I have nothing to hide.

Today PET published documents
showing your friend was a leading spy.

Obviously many Danes wonder
whether you've told them everything.

I don't think it's obvious at all.
It came as a tremendous shock to me

to hear that Gorm was working
for the Soviets.

But there isn't a shred of evidence
that I ever did what he did.

Lots of people were tempted.
I was only tempted ideologically.

Isn't that enough?
You believed in armed revolution.

You went to cocktail parties with
the Russians and visited Moscow.

- You are on file.
- Just like 60,000 other Danes.

Yes. But your best friend
was a KGB agent.

And in his Stasi file, you're on a list
of names of interest to the KGB.

That list includes
the Minister of Justice,

several civil service mandarins
and a number of chief constables.

You are accusing me
of being a traitor and a spy.

But in this country,
aren't we innocent until proven guilty?

I don't have to prove
I wasn't an agent.

It's up to you to prove that I was.

I wish you the best of luck,
because I wasn't.

We're running out of time,
so can you guarantee

that there are no more skeletons
relating to you and your past?

- There's no way I can...
- It's a very simple question.

I can't know what the press
will decide to jump on.

But I can guarantee

that I have never been an agent for
the KGB or any other foreign power.

- Thank you.
- That was Juul & Friis.

Didn't he hesitate too long?

No, he was very convincing.

We have to be the ones who know most.
Everything must be gone over.

Maybe Ravn doesn't even know
what the press might be interested in.

Are there more photos?
Who are the people he is with?

KGB people? Has he had
other problematical friends?

I'll call Katrine.

If you know anyone who might know
anything, bring them into play.

I know the deputy chief constable
from Copenhagen at that time.

Kurt Bisgaard?
My goodness. Is he...?

No, Nete, he is not gay.
It's known as "network".

Katrine, Birgitte speaking.
It isn't over yet.

We still have to get
to the bottom of this business.

FORMER KGB CHIEF
IN EXILE IN MALMÖ

Hi, Birgitte, Katrine here.

I've found someone who can definitely
tell us something if he wants to.

Well, you can just call me. Bye.

- Hello, Birgitte.
- Hello, Mogens.

Now, Birgitte, let me show you...

There are some cell changes

in what we call
the upper fourth quadrant.

Quite high up in the other side
of your right breast.

Tiny dots that look like
grains of sand.

- Cell changes? What do they mean?
- We can't say yet.

But to me, they look like
precancerous cells

of what we call category three.

And it requires immediate treatment.

It's not a big operation.
You can be out again the same day.

- When?
- In the next few days.

- That is soon.
- It's the law.

It's something you yourself enacted
when you were PM.

The area is about 2 cm by 2 cm.
And I'll do the operation myself.

And we've become really good
at making the result look nice.

- Will I need chemo as well?
- No. No, you won't.

But you'll need radiation therapy
25 times over 5 weeks, every weekday.

Every weekday?

- But I'll still be able to work?
- It only takes a couple of minutes.

But don't underestimate the way
that a disease process like this

can very much affect you
psychologically.

- We will call you in.
- Fine.

- Do you mind not shoving me?
- You're in the way!

You're so irritating!

And don't use my headphones.

Hey, you two, stop it!
You aren't three years old any longer.

I'm sorry.

Please be good.

Keep your damn headphones.

Your wife's waiting in your office.

Hi darling.

- I've been waiting 15 minutes.
- Have you? Why?

Marriage guidance!

How the hell could you forget?

Sorry, it slipped my mind.

Sorry. I really mean it.
I'm sorry, darling,

I completely... I'm under such
insane pressure here at the moment.

I know...

I don't know what's happening to me.

I just can't remember stuff.

I forget. Everything.

I simply can't stand it
here any more.

No, darling. You're on your way
out of it, aren't you?

You have one of the most
prestigious jobs in the country, right?

- Yes, yes. Yes, I know that...
- You're highly respected.

- Sorry.
- Come on or we'll miss it.

- I'm sorry, darling.
- Just get a move on.

- Torben. Good to see you.
- It's been a while.

- You still drink your coffee black?
- Black is the new black.

- Is that what they say?
- That's what they say.

I can't wait to hear what this story
is that you've got for me?

You've found some dirt you want us
dirty boys to break in the Ekspres.

That's fine by us. I can live with it.
Is it the Ravn case?

- You must've misunderstood me.
- What's this about then?

I'm sick and tired of TV1.

There's no money. And there's
this brand new head of programmes.

- Alexander Hjort?
- Yes. Fucking irritating.

34 years old, very, very young.
He wears male jewellery, Michael.

I just can't cope.

That's really depressing.

But why are you telling me all this?

Because you want me as a counsellor
or because you want a hug?

No. Because I want to quit TV1.

And you've advertised
for a new political editor.

And we've known each other
from college.

It's about time
we worked together too.

So maybe it's time we joined forces.

- So this is a job interview?
- No.

More like an offer to the Ekspres.

Hang on a moment.

I hope you know
how much I respect you.

So I'm going to be frank with you.

You aren't sexy any more, Torben.

You are an admin officer on TV1.

This is the age
of the younger generation.

For a new editor, I look at journalists
30, 31, max 32 years old.

My best advice is...

stay put and stay really good pals
with the fellow with the jewels.

Hanne, it's Katrine. Call me.
I have a prezzie for TV1.

Ravn has now been cleared
of any real wrong-doing

by the former KGB colonel
Vassily Andreyev.

Hanne Holm went to see Andreyev
at his home in Malmö.

Nice work, Katrine.

- That should be the end of that.
- \t should.

The Ekspres says Søren won't be
on the front page tomorrow.

Søren, you'll be meeting your
constituency chairman tomorrow.

I'm going home to mug up on him.
Shall we say 11:00am?

See you tomorrow.

Katrine, we'd better talk
press strategy.

We need to reinvent the story
of Ravn the master economist.

Good evening, I'm Kurt Bisgaard.

I used to be a police inspector.
I know Jon from your party.

Jon asked me to call you.

I have information on Ravn...

Every single time we scratch
the surface, something else pops up.

- Give me a break.
- Sit down!

I have homework to do.

Did you tell me everything
about your days in the Party?

It was 25 years ago.
I barely know what I remember...

You had relations with secretaries
from the embassy.

- Relations? We flirted.
- Flirted? Or more than that?

Maybe more than that.
With some of them.

Did you and Gorm see
the same women?

- What women?
- Secretaries, girls from the Party?

- Yes, what about them?
- Ida Skov?

Who was she?

She was a girl I met in 1990.

We went out together.

- And why did you break up?
- I'd had enough.

- Is that the whole truth?
- Yes.

- You're lying. She killed herself.
- Why ask if you know already?

Why did she kill herself?

- Answer me!
- That's personal!

That's for me to decide!

What is all this?

It's my job.

It's my life.

I met Ida at university.

And we were together
for five years.

We were going to have a baby.
But we...

lost the baby
in the sixth month.

And she became terribly depressed.
I couldn't...

I didn't know how to...

and she ended up...

She ended up swallowing
sleeping pills.

And I wasn't there for her.

No more questions. No more now.

Has the constituency chairman come?

No, he caught a later flight.
I'm going to pick him up.

- He'll appreciate that.
- Yes, he's an old fashioned chap.

Did you tell Søren to dig out
his suit and tie?

Søren, can I brief you
on the Viborg constituency?

- Can it wait?
- Yes.

Birgitte? May I have a word?

Birgitte Nyborg has agreed
to an interview. It's an exclusive.

Great. I think Ravn is
on his way out.

Søren Ravn has decided
not to run for parliament.

He says he refuses to accept
the smears and innuendo in the press

based on views
that he abandoned years ago.

Søren Ravn was accused by
certain red tops of being a Soviet spy.

He will remain Professor of Economics
at Copenhagen University.

Earlier today,
Hanne Holm talked to Birgitte Nyborg.

I regret his decision,
but it's up to the individual

to decide whether this kind
of publicity is acceptable.

He says he's not prepared
to sacrifice his private life.

- Is he just too sensitive?
- No. His life was turned inside out.

He'd done nothing illegal,

yet there's no indication that
this probing into his past will cease.

- What about your party?
- It's a terrible shame.

Not just for our party, Denmark's
losing a hugely gifted politician

who would've brought
great knowledge to parliament.

But those are the conditions
for democracy,

when the press is
the fourth estate...

I agreed to pick up my stuff
when there was nobody around.

- I'm so sorry I was so intrusive.
- It's your job.

You have to dig up the stories
before the press does.

Nobody has the right to do
what I did yesterday.

I went too far.

Thanks.

I have this thing about secrets.
They terrify me.

So they have to be uncovered.

Yes. We all go around
with something or other.

But, er...
it's nice to hear you admit it.

It doesn't happen every day.

No.

I'd been looking forward
to working with you.

- Likewise.
- Say hi to the others.

Oh, you'd better have
the key back.

If anyone says "Soviet" or "past",
I'm going to throw up.

Yes, now we must move on.

Jon will of course continue
as our finance spokesman.

I'd like to know if it's just
until you find a better candidate.

If so, I think we should find
another solution right now.

Jon, it's your area till at least
after the next election.

Agreed?

All right, I can live with that.
Anything else?

Yes. We don't have
enough candidates.

Perhaps we should take the time
to check potential candidates out.

Yes, we must get moving.

- Can we meet about it tomorrow?
- I can't make it tomorrow.

- Perhaps we could start without you?
- Of course.

- I think that's a shame.
- I have a date with my father.

9:15 then?

A nurse will bring you
a sedative in a moment.

Have you ever had
a general anaesthetic before?

- No.
- You'll hardly notice it.

It isn't a complicated operation.

Is there someone waiting for you
when you come round?