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Hello.
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Gordon. It's me
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I've called... because
I think we should meet.
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I want to know your decision.
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Oh, I bet you do.
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Also, I think it's important that
you and I resolve this somehow
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make things better.
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Sometimes you can't have everything.
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Besides, I have plans tonight.
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Please?
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I sense this is
a crucial moment, not just for us.
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For us all.
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What did you have in mind?
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Granita?
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Oh, that's... Islington.
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Or we can go somewhere else.
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No, no, no. That's fine.
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But let's make it early.
I need to get away.
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8:00?
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Um... whatever.
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I'll see you there.
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We should really get going.
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Would you like a glass of wine
while you're waiting?
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- Why not?
- Newspaper?
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Thanks.
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Thanks, Philippe.
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Let me say this, there's nothing trivial
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about the fundamental
issues of this campaign.
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Either we carry on under
a Conservative government,
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or else we go to the alternative,
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and the alternative which
would be a Labour government
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consists of the most extreme program
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I have ever seen laid
before a British electorate.
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George Hunter, SMP:
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2,573.
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Gordon Brown, Labour:
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18,515.
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And I hereby declare the new member
for Dunfermline East
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is Gordon Brown.
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By 2:30, ITN's Alastair Burnett
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was able to confirm
the Conservative victory.
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The Labour leader, Mr
Foot, called it a tragedy.
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He's under pressure to resign
after his party's disastrous showing.
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The election has changed
the political map of Britain.
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Labour, decimated in Southern England,
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is restricted to its industrial stronghold.
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The other parties are scattered thinly...
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Mr Smith said to look after you, sir,
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find you a handy office.
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Have you got a moment?
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It seems we have
an accommodation problem.
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Dave Nellist...
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Trotskyite Solidarity,
Coventry South East...
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has been put in an office
with the new fella from Sedgefield.
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Not a marriage made in heaven.
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No.
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The Chief Whip was wondering
if you'd take him in here.
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Who? Nellist?
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Oh, no. The other one.
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Where?
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You can make room
on that side of the desk.
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Besides, you knew you'd
have to share eventually.
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You'll like him.
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He's a lawyer. Very bright.
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Tell him to give me a call.
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Actually, I have him
here with me now.
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Hi. Tony Blair.
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Thanks for agreeing to this.
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Right. I'll leave you to it.
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Thanks, John.
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Well... I like the view.
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So what did you do
to upset Dave Nellist?
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Do? Nothing.
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Let's just say our political philosophies
didn't match.
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From London, aren't you?
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Yes. Although, originally,
I was brought up in Durham.
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I was actually born in Scotland,
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which, technically,
I suppose, makes me Scottish.
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What about you?
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Technically, I'm Scottish, too.
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- From?
- Fife.
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And your seat?
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Dunfermline East.
Yours is Sedgefield, isn't it?
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Yes.
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Do you have history in Sedgefield?
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No. Not really.
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And you ran in the by-election
at Beaconsfield, if I remember.
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And got hammered.
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Any Labour candidate
would get hammered at Beaconsfield.
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How did you get Sedgefield?
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Connections, I suppose.
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Maybe that's what Nellis picked up on,
and that's why you fell out.
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No, Nellis and I fell
out because, with respect,
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he and his Militant Tendency friends
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are entirely responsible
for this election defeat.
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I mean, look, this party has about
18 months left to live.
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The sooner it modernizes,
the sooner it expels him
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and the rest of those dinousaurs, the better.
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The desk over there.
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The people's flag is deepest red
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First off all, I'd like to thank
the Chartists and the Suffragettes
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who gave every working man and woman
a vote in this country.
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If we remain united,
not only will we never be defeated,
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but in the process,
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we'll roll back the years
of Thatcherism.
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Though cowards flinch
and traitors sneer
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We'll keep the red flag
flying here
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Get them out
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Make them work
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Give them a factory,
take them away
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Get them out
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Make them work
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Did you get one of these?
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Invitation to a Militant fundraiser.
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Yeah, but I can't go.
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Why not?
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I don't possess a Crimplene suit.
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Or a flat cap, I expect.
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Besides, when I say comrade,
it comes out wrong.
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Try it.
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Comrades!
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It needs to be more "Comrades!"
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Comrades!
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Oh, I believe
congratulations are in order.
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Your wife, she's expecting a baby.
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Yes, she is.
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Thanks.
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What about you?
Do you mind my asking?
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What about me?
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What are your circumstances?
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Because I heard this fabulous rumor
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that you were seeing a princess
from Romania or something.
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Is it true?
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That was a long time ago.
If you don't mind,
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I'd like to get on
with my maiden speech.
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Don't bust a gut. It's all pro forma.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker,
for allowing me to make my maiden speech.
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As a new member for blah,
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I hope I can equip myself as well
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as the Honorable Members
who preceeded me.
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Respectful, anonymous, short.
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Whatever you say.
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Mr. Gordon Brown.
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Hear! Hear!
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Mr. Speaker,
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having listened intently
to the front bench speeches,
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I am grateful for the opportunity
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to make my first speech
in this chamber.
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The chance of a laborer
getting a job in my constituency
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are 150-1 against.
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For nearly 500 teenagers
who just left school,
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there was only one job
in the local careers office.
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Where will the new jobs come from?
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I'd like to ask the minister...
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Excuse me.
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...if he still believes, as he did in 1978,
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that there are plenty of jobs
around for the unemployed
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as window cleaners.
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You will recall that he wrote
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that to become a window cleaner,
little equipment was needed:
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A bucket, a leather or two, and a ladder.
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That's the Government's
answer to mass unemployment
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is for Britain to become
a nation of window cleaners.
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When the Prime Minister
talked during the election
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about ladders of opportunity,
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I had not realized that the next
Conservative Government
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had something so specific in mind.
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Well, the papers all agree.
A star is born.
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Let us consider what Gordon's
speech really achieved.
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The Tories will be out for his blood.
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His Labour colleagues know
he is the one to nobble.
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He wilfully ignores
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what any student of recent politcal history
could have told him:
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The bigger the splash
with your maiden speech,
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the greater the political obscurity
in the long term.
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Yes. Oh, yes.
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Get a round in.
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So, how does it feel a few months on?
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Strange. You know,
when you first seat,
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you want to change the world,
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but what can you do
against a majority that size?
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And the Tory?
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How's he?
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Which one? You need
to be more specific.
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There are 263 of the sods.
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The one in your office.
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Him? Blair? No, no. He's very bright.
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He's got some good ideas.
Yeah. He's great.
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So she turns on this poor bugger
like a lion on some antelope.
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"And tell me, Michael,
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"How many people do you think
voted for you in the election?"
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To which he replies,
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"I can tell you exactly, Margaret. 30,463."
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"Well, let me remind you,
just so you don't forget.
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"The 30,000 were for me.
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The 463 were for you. "
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Neil Kinnock elected
as leader of the Labour Party.
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Remember how you felt
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on that dreadful morning
of June 10th.
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Just remember how you felt
and think to yourselves,
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June 9th, 1983,
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never, ever again
will we experience that.
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Is it ready?
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You only gave it to me
half an hour ago.
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Come on.
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We're going to be late.
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Utterly indigestible, isn't it?
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Not for a lawyer.
I actually found the stuff about ballots
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and the legal implications
quite interesting.
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So what does John
actually want us to do?
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No. It's this way.
Bloody maze, this place.
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What does John want us to do?
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We'll never be able to affect
the outcome of the bill,
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not with their majority.
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We can make a nuisance
of ourselves,
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give the hacks something
to write about.
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I have listened to the points raised by
Opposition members,
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have noted their desire to winkle out
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the Government's intentions.
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There is no need to winkle.
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The government's intentions
were made perfectly clear
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the day the bill was published.
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Mr. Chairman,
I think the one thing
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we cannot accuse
the government of in this bill
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is being perfectly clear.
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When it suggested
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that changes in the legislation
should be effected
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across a reasonable time period.
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Perhaps the minister
could be more specific.
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We would like to suggest
a more specific time frame.
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Namely?
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Namely...
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Five years.
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Five years! I mean, That is absurd!
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I accept in extraordinary circumstances
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a union may be granted
six to nine months.
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Could the minister be
specific about which union?
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The TGWU and the NUT,
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as obliquely referred
to in paragraph 4, subsection...
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This is outrageous.
I cannot speak without interruptions...
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Correction.
What is outrageous here
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is the Government
straitjacketing the trade unions.
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I would remind the minister
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that in almost all Western
European democracies,
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there is no state interference
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in the constitution
of trade union movement.
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In his book
Two Cheers For Democracy,
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E. M. Forster said the first cheer
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was because democracy
permitted variety.
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The second because
it admitted criticism.
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These factors are obviously unknown
in today's government.
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Well done, boys.
That's about as much fun
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as you can have in this job
without losing your seat.
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Gordon, well done. That was terrific.
Congratulations.
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Well done.
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Mr. Smith.
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It's Peter Mandelson. He's all right.
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Did you see his socks?
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No.
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They were bright bloody orange.
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So?
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Would you trust a man
who wears brightly colored socks?
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- Mine are blue.
- Blue?
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Which I hope indicates nothing other
than I support Raith Rovers
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and that my black ones
are in the bloody wash.
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Outdated, misplaced,
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irrelevant to the real needs.
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And you end in the grotesque chaos
of a Labour council...
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a Labour council,
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hiring taxis to scuttle around the city
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handing out redundancy notices
to its own workers.
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There should be a certain sensitivity
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to the welfare of the party
and the morale of the party.
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Self-discipline is the
only effective discipline.
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And If people won't obey
that code, then, as adults,
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it's very difficult to inflict
a different code upon them.
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Hi. Tony Blair.
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Neil wants to see me?
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Why?
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Is there some kind of problem?
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And?
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Scottish Office. You?
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Treasury.
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You look surprised.
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I am. To be honest, I thought I was being
called in for a bollocking.
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Instead he's made us
the youngest front bench spokesmen ever.
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Not quite. David Owen
was even younger.
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Still, it's pretty good.
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Yes, it is. So good I'm
almost sorry I said no.
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It would be madness, a cul-de-sac.
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Besides, you forget,
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I've been up to my eyes
in Scottish politics since I was 15.
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I'd be better off waiting
for something better to come along.
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If it doesn't?
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It's a risk I'm prepared to take.
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Besides, nobody got the big
job without taking risks.
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Big job?
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Come on.
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Don't look at me like that.
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00:17:16,703 --> 00:17:19,833
Isn't that what we came
into politics for? Huh?
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We're happy to work as a team.
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00:17:21,502 --> 00:17:23,355
It's all about a cause
and public service.
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But deep down you won't
change the world
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until you have the big job.
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00:17:27,514 --> 00:17:29,073
I drummed up my first speech
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as leader of the Labour Party
when I was 15.
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I'll have been revising it ever since...
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in here.
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We should really get going.
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Well, if we have an election early,
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we can go on holiday in August.
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Yeah.
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If we have an election late...
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We won't go at all.
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No holiday. That's right.
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It is wonderful to be entrusted
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with the government of this country,
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this great country, once again.
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00:18:30,598 --> 00:18:32,095
Yes, it was the third
successive defeat,
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but significant gains were made
in a number of areas.
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00:18:39,191 --> 00:18:41,083
Look, I can't force you
to write anything.
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00:18:41,148 --> 00:18:43,158
You just have to take my word for it.
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00:18:43,232 --> 00:18:47,394
The party is absolutely
not downhearted.
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00:18:47,462 --> 00:18:50,186
Why? Because we're all
on powerful anti-depressants.
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00:18:52,977 --> 00:18:55,349
Neil's made John Smith
his Shadow Chancellor.
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00:18:55,414 --> 00:18:57,327
That's fantastic.
329
00:18:57,402 --> 00:18:59,741
And Gordon is John's number 2!
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Oh, congratulations.
I'm thrilled for you.
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You're very generous.
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00:19:04,231 --> 00:19:06,570
You know you were only this far away
from promotion yourself.
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Next time.
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00:19:07,757 --> 00:19:09,768
That is great. With you
in the Shadow Cabinet,
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it will show that Labour
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is finally at last taking
the economy seriously.
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00:19:14,138 --> 00:19:15,767
Nope, no drinking for me,
I'm afraid.
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00:19:15,837 --> 00:19:17,783
I must leave to confuse
the British press
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into believing there aren't too many Scots
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in the Shadow Cabinet.
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00:19:20,807 --> 00:19:22,533
I wrote some notes...
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slogans to try and get
under Lawson's skin.
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00:19:28,277 --> 00:19:29,906
Where did I put that?
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00:19:31,290 --> 00:19:33,946
Hang on. Maybe this is
what you're after.
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00:19:38,089 --> 00:19:39,652
That was Marian, wasn't it?
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00:19:43,860 --> 00:19:46,133
Why do we see so little of her?
347
00:19:47,866 --> 00:19:49,277
I know she lives in Glasgow,
348
00:19:49,342 --> 00:19:52,194
but wouldn't she ever
consider moving down?
349
00:19:54,021 --> 00:19:56,484
For the sake of the relationship.
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00:19:59,538 --> 00:20:02,225
Because it has gone on
for a while now.
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00:20:17,876 --> 00:20:19,506
I understand for a married man,
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00:20:19,576 --> 00:20:21,106
a married family man,
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00:20:21,180 --> 00:20:23,902
the to-ing and fro-ing of a bachelor
must seem intriguing.
354
00:20:23,969 --> 00:20:25,433
There's no need to be defensive.
355
00:20:25,506 --> 00:20:26,754
I wasn't being defensive.
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00:20:26,822 --> 00:20:28,515
- Yes, you were.
- I wasn't. I just...
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00:20:31,022 --> 00:20:34,126
don't find discussing
this kind of stuff easy.
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00:20:38,363 --> 00:20:40,221
You mean sharing.
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00:20:40,286 --> 00:20:41,270
Sorry?
360
00:20:41,345 --> 00:20:43,323
That's what the Americans call it.
361
00:20:48,784 --> 00:20:50,697
So do you think reticence like yours
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00:20:50,772 --> 00:20:53,198
is a specifically Scottish trait?
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00:20:53,273 --> 00:20:55,798
Because I've always thought
there are broadly two kinds of Scot:
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The angry ginger kind
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00:20:58,434 --> 00:21:02,239
and the brooding,
intensely private, satellite kind.
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00:21:02,314 --> 00:21:04,074
You ask this as a Scot
yourself, of course.
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00:21:04,142 --> 00:21:05,803
You may mock, but I am a Scot.
368
00:21:05,873 --> 00:21:07,667
As well as being black
and working class.
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00:21:07,732 --> 00:21:09,361
I was born in Scotland.
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00:21:09,432 --> 00:21:11,825
Being born in a stable
doesn't make you a horse.
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00:21:11,900 --> 00:21:13,464
I was educated in Scotland.
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00:21:13,536 --> 00:21:16,859
In Fettes, a posh Edinburgh public school
filled with English.
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00:21:16,934 --> 00:21:18,978
I support Scotland
when they play football.
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00:21:19,050 --> 00:21:20,165
- That's tragic.
- Why?
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00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:21,482
Because you're English!
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00:21:21,550 --> 00:21:22,665
Not just in your accent,
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00:21:22,737 --> 00:21:24,628
but the way you stand,
the way you talk.
378
00:21:24,692 --> 00:21:27,316
Everything about you.
I don't know why you bother denying it.
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00:21:27,387 --> 00:21:29,365
It's possibly your biggest strength.
380
00:21:29,438 --> 00:21:30,553
Not in the Labour Party.
381
00:21:30,624 --> 00:21:33,761
No. But somewhere
far more important:
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00:21:33,831 --> 00:21:36,454
With the electorate.
383
00:21:36,524 --> 00:21:39,114
We should have done
this more often while we had the chance.
384
00:21:39,185 --> 00:21:42,507
Why? Just because I'm getting
a bigger office than you?
385
00:21:42,583 --> 00:21:47,131
Yes. Now you might
just drift off with the top brass
386
00:21:47,199 --> 00:21:49,693
and forget your English friends.
387
00:21:49,766 --> 00:21:52,226
You're going every bit as
far on this journey as me.
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00:21:52,299 --> 00:21:53,643
I'll make sure of that.
389
00:21:53,709 --> 00:21:56,135
Only one of us can go all the way.
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00:21:56,210 --> 00:21:58,287
Which one is that?
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00:21:57,606 --> 00:21:59,977
The one that has "Labour Leader"
written all over him.
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00:22:15,806 --> 00:22:18,296
I sometimes worry.
393
00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:20,411
I watch my friends
getting on in their careers,
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00:22:20,483 --> 00:22:22,942
making good money.
395
00:22:23,015 --> 00:22:25,834
I wonder, are we pissing
it all away in Opposition?
396
00:22:29,519 --> 00:22:30,666
Promise me you'll do it.
397
00:22:30,737 --> 00:22:33,807
Promise me you'll
turn this party around.
398
00:22:33,877 --> 00:22:35,734
I'll do whatever it takes.
399
00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:50,305
Hello.
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00:22:50,377 --> 00:22:52,419
The Shadow Chancellor,
Mr. John Smith, today
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00:22:52,490 --> 00:22:54,086
has suffered a heart attack.
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00:22:54,156 --> 00:22:55,405
He is now recovering
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00:22:55,470 --> 00:22:57,995
in the coronary care unit
of the Edinburgh Infirmary.
404
00:22:58,067 --> 00:22:59,662
No. I don't want to use that.
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00:22:59,733 --> 00:23:01,295
There's no guarantee on that, you see.
406
00:23:04,795 --> 00:23:06,357
That's 13 billion...
407
00:23:06,430 --> 00:23:07,542
What's the latest?
408
00:23:07,613 --> 00:23:09,275
He's stable.
409
00:23:09,346 --> 00:23:10,721
Elizabeth? The girls?
410
00:23:10,786 --> 00:23:14,172
They're shell-shocked, of course,
as we all are, but there at his side.
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00:23:14,246 --> 00:23:15,394
How did it happen?
412
00:23:15,464 --> 00:23:17,409
Bending over doing his shoelaces.
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00:23:17,482 --> 00:23:18,434
God.
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00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,376
So, uh, what's the plan?
415
00:23:23,442 --> 00:23:25,233
I just got off the phone to Neil.
416
00:23:25,301 --> 00:23:27,027
How's he?
417
00:23:27,095 --> 00:23:28,503
Apart from being devastated...
418
00:23:28,569 --> 00:23:30,393
Of course.
419
00:23:30,458 --> 00:23:31,507
He's panicking.
420
00:23:31,581 --> 00:23:32,923
Why?
421
00:23:32,989 --> 00:23:36,255
John was going to deal with
Lawson's autumn statement.
422
00:23:36,321 --> 00:23:37,371
So? Gordon can do it.
423
00:23:37,445 --> 00:23:38,524
Of course he can.
424
00:23:38,596 --> 00:23:40,838
I've been dying to lay into him for ages.
425
00:23:40,903 --> 00:23:44,007
I was planning something juicy
the tabloids can pick up on.
426
00:23:44,075 --> 00:23:48,904
Like free eye tests for pensioners,
as a bad example.
427
00:23:48,978 --> 00:23:50,672
No, no. That's a good example.
428
00:23:50,740 --> 00:23:53,394
Absolutely.
429
00:23:53,462 --> 00:23:55,058
Very good.
430
00:23:55,130 --> 00:23:56,886
The improved performance of the economy
431
00:23:56,955 --> 00:24:00,025
has eased pressures
on a number of programs
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00:24:00,095 --> 00:24:02,555
giving the government
more scope than ever before
433
00:24:02,628 --> 00:24:05,566
to shift resources
where its own priorities,
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00:24:05,639 --> 00:24:08,511
rather than circumstances, dictate.
435
00:24:08,587 --> 00:24:12,300
This important outcome
has been made possible
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00:24:12,366 --> 00:24:15,851
despite the many claims
for increased public spending
437
00:24:15,923 --> 00:24:18,959
by a rigorous reassessment
of priorities,
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00:24:19,031 --> 00:24:22,383
coupled with the continuation
of two of the factors
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00:24:22,459 --> 00:24:25,049
that have contributed
to this year's shortfall.
440
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,173
"The prospect that lies before us
is yet further testimony... "
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00:24:35,244 --> 00:24:36,359
Mr. Gordon Brown.
442
00:24:36,431 --> 00:24:37,772
"... to the success of the policies
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00:24:37,839 --> 00:24:41,290
"we have been pursuing these
past nine and a half years
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00:24:41,362 --> 00:24:43,635
"and will continue to pursue,
445
00:24:43,702 --> 00:24:45,811
"and to the economic transformation
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00:24:45,882 --> 00:24:47,509
that those policies have brought. "
447
00:24:47,579 --> 00:24:49,469
Hear, hear!
448
00:24:49,534 --> 00:24:50,680
Mr. Gordon Brown.
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00:24:52,290 --> 00:24:53,664
Mr. Speaker,
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00:24:53,730 --> 00:24:56,516
by the Chancellor's admission
just before he sat down
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00:24:56,581 --> 00:25:00,198
that inflation will rise
beyond 6% by Christmas,
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00:25:00,266 --> 00:25:02,244
and that the balance of payment deficit
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00:25:02,319 --> 00:25:06,959
will be an unparalleled 13 billion
by the end of the year,
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00:25:07,027 --> 00:25:11,408
will he concede that the economic prospects
he promised us in the spring
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00:25:11,482 --> 00:25:15,128
are not the economic realities
we face in the autumn?
456
00:25:15,196 --> 00:25:21,401
Does the Chancellor recall his
objective in 1987 of zero inflation?
457
00:25:21,477 --> 00:25:25,277
Yet the Chancellor still refuses
to find even the tiny amount...
458
00:25:25,353 --> 00:25:26,467
Eye test.
459
00:25:26,538 --> 00:25:29,891
...free eyesight tests
even for pensioners.
460
00:25:31,634 --> 00:25:35,249
When health costs are rising
faster than even ordinary inflation,
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00:25:35,319 --> 00:25:36,432
the sum that the Chancellor
462
00:25:36,502 --> 00:25:38,261
has provided today
463
00:25:38,331 --> 00:25:40,534
will barely cover the inflationary prices
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00:25:40,603 --> 00:25:42,463
that the health authorities face
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00:25:42,526 --> 00:25:47,322
far less deal with their huge backlog
of structural repairs.
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00:25:47,397 --> 00:25:49,122
Hear, hearl
467
00:25:49,191 --> 00:25:50,304
One begins to wonder
468
00:25:50,375 --> 00:25:53,643
whether this country can still afford the
price it is paying for this government.
469
00:25:53,707 --> 00:25:56,013
By the evidence of this statement,
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00:25:56,078 --> 00:25:59,246
I suggest the answer
is a resounding no.
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00:26:10,116 --> 00:26:12,121
Ladies and gentlemen,
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00:26:12,194 --> 00:26:15,542
we're leaving Downing
Street for the last time
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00:26:15,616 --> 00:26:19,061
after eleven and a half
wonderful years.
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00:26:19,134 --> 00:26:22,645
We're very happy that we
leave the United Kingdom
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00:26:22,715 --> 00:26:25,169
in a very, very much better state
476
00:26:25,242 --> 00:26:28,404
than when we came here
eleven and a half years ago
477
00:26:28,472 --> 00:26:31,404
There you are. Thatcherism
is now Thatcher war zone.
478
00:26:31,477 --> 00:26:34,410
What can we say finally undid her?
479
00:26:34,483 --> 00:26:35,497
Not us, I'm afraid.
480
00:26:35,570 --> 00:26:37,904
She stayed too long.
481
00:26:37,969 --> 00:26:39,278
Six years, term and a half.
482
00:26:39,345 --> 00:26:40,870
After that, they start to hate you.
483
00:26:40,943 --> 00:26:42,633
But then<
484
00:26:42,702 --> 00:26:44,969
The Iron Lady's composure
almost broke.
485
00:26:45,037 --> 00:26:46,497
Watch her face as she reaches her car
486
00:26:46,571 --> 00:26:49,766
I think they'll miss
her... her leadership.
487
00:26:49,834 --> 00:26:52,221
Her common sense.
488
00:26:52,296 --> 00:26:53,888
Her clarity of purpose.
489
00:26:53,958 --> 00:26:55,387
Listen to you.
490
00:26:55,462 --> 00:26:56,540
Remember when you were worried
491
00:26:56,614 --> 00:26:58,499
that we were pissing it away
in Opposition?
492
00:26:58,564 --> 00:26:59,611
Friends say, though,
493
00:26:59,684 --> 00:27:00,992
that she is deeply shocked by...
494
00:27:01,058 --> 00:27:02,072
She's gone.
495
00:27:02,146 --> 00:27:03,639
Three election victories<
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00:27:03,713 --> 00:27:07,027
and a clear though insufficient majority
in the first ballot,
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00:27:07,102 --> 00:27:09,490
rewarded, as she sees it, with the sack.
498
00:27:10,492 --> 00:27:12,313
Now it's our turn.
499
00:27:15,704 --> 00:27:18,768
And now it is time,
500
00:27:18,837 --> 00:27:20,494
time for the next Prime Minister,
501
00:27:20,564 --> 00:27:21,874
Neil Kinnock!
502
00:27:21,940 --> 00:27:23,281
Well, all right!
503
00:27:24,242 --> 00:27:26,630
Well, all right!
504
00:27:26,706 --> 00:27:29,289
Well, all right!
505
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,910
That's it. The polling stations have closed,
506
00:27:31,981 --> 00:27:33,159
and the counting has started
507
00:27:33,229 --> 00:27:36,674
in what really promises to be
the closest General Election in years.
508
00:27:36,746 --> 00:27:39,134
Of the three major polls this morning,
509
00:27:39,209 --> 00:27:41,728
one had the Conservatives
in a 1-point lead,
510
00:27:41,799 --> 00:27:43,773
another had the two parties
neck and neck,
511
00:27:43,846 --> 00:27:46,146
and a third had Labour
with a 3-point lead.
512
00:27:46,212 --> 00:27:49,025
And it really is that close.
513
00:27:49,090 --> 00:27:50,333
How're you feeling, Gordon?
514
00:27:50,402 --> 00:27:51,447
Very well, thank you.
515
00:27:51,521 --> 00:27:52,632
Very good, very good.
516
00:27:54,590 --> 00:27:55,865
Hopeful of a Labour victory?
517
00:27:55,934 --> 00:27:58,420
Well, hopeful, certainly.
518
00:27:58,492 --> 00:28:01,042
So, how're we doing?
519
00:28:01,113 --> 00:28:02,520
Fine. We've murdered them.
520
00:28:02,584 --> 00:28:03,990
I meant nationally.
521
00:28:04,056 --> 00:28:06,510
A plane's on standby in Endinburgh
to take you to London,
522
00:28:06,583 --> 00:28:08,010
so someone must be confident.
523
00:28:09,556 --> 00:28:10,450
Evening, baby brother.
524
00:28:10,516 --> 00:28:13,830
John. Any results?
525
00:28:13,906 --> 00:28:15,214
God, Gordon, look at your tie.
526
00:28:15,281 --> 00:28:18,279
What's that? Here, take it off.
527
00:28:18,352 --> 00:28:20,586
There's no news in yet.
528
00:28:20,653 --> 00:28:24,328
If any story breaks during the night,
can I count on you for a live feed?
529
00:28:24,394 --> 00:28:26,400
If it's good news, yes.
530
00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:30,747
Hmm. Good luck.
531
00:28:30,823 --> 00:28:32,415
Thanks.
532
00:28:33,733 --> 00:28:37,079
1, 2. Testing.
Testing. 1, 2.
533
00:28:37,154 --> 00:28:39,486
Hello, Margaret. I never
saw you at any doorsteps.
534
00:28:39,553 --> 00:28:40,599
Because I was inside.
535
00:28:40,672 --> 00:28:42,677
That's what Scottish people do
with politicians they like:
536
00:28:42,750 --> 00:28:44,156
They ask them in.
537
00:28:44,220 --> 00:28:47,415
Gordon, telephone. Tony Blair.
538
00:28:47,482 --> 00:28:48,659
Hello?
539
00:28:52,216 --> 00:28:53,328
Oh, fuck.
540
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,812
Gordon, I need you to go
live for me in 60 seconds.
541
00:28:58,644 --> 00:29:00,585
A quite extraordinary night.
542
00:29:00,658 --> 00:29:03,504
Tory elation.
Frankly, Labour despair.
543
00:29:03,569 --> 00:29:06,217
Dramatic scenes as the Tories
hold their key marginal...
544
00:29:06,287 --> 00:29:08,390
Can we clear the floor, please?
545
00:29:08,461 --> 00:29:09,605
Come on, clear!
546
00:29:09,676 --> 00:29:11,301
We're going live to air
547
00:29:11,372 --> 00:29:14,665
in 3, 2, 1.
548
00:29:14,729 --> 00:29:16,387
We're joined now by Kenneth Clarke
549
00:29:16,456 --> 00:29:18,789
and from Scotland by Gordon Brown.
550
00:29:18,854 --> 00:29:21,340
Mr. Brown, I'd like to start with you first.
551
00:29:21,412 --> 00:29:23,582
This is surely little short of a disaster?
552
00:29:23,651 --> 00:29:25,885
It's barely 11:00.
The evening's just started,
553
00:29:25,954 --> 00:29:28,407
so I think it's a little
early to talk of disasters.
554
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,568
23,692.
555
00:29:32,636 --> 00:29:36,791
I hereby declare the new member
for Dunfermline East
556
00:29:36,858 --> 00:29:38,930
is Gordon Brown.
557
00:29:40,311 --> 00:29:42,514
Gordon! Gordon! Gordon!
558
00:29:42,583 --> 00:29:44,469
Gordon! Gordon!
559
00:29:44,533 --> 00:29:48,110
We... think there are faces there
560
00:29:48,180 --> 00:29:51,625
that did not expect to
witness these scenes tonight
561
00:29:51,696 --> 00:29:53,996
at some points
during the campaign.
562
00:29:54,063 --> 00:29:56,133
But that is the nature of politics.
563
00:29:56,206 --> 00:29:57,384
That is the nature of...
564
00:29:57,453 --> 00:30:01,989
God, how much
must they hate us?
565
00:30:02,059 --> 00:30:03,999
They like this lot more.
566
00:30:06,822 --> 00:30:10,780
I don't know if I have four
more years of opposition in me.
567
00:30:14,081 --> 00:30:16,381
What are you doing tomorrow?
568
00:30:16,448 --> 00:30:18,421
I've arranged to see Peter.
569
00:30:18,493 --> 00:30:20,598
Why don't you both come down here?
570
00:30:22,076 --> 00:30:25,369
I think we need to work out
what we're going to do.
571
00:30:42,575 --> 00:30:47,012
I naturally feel a strong
sense of disappointment,
572
00:30:47,052 --> 00:30:50,694
dismay, sorrow,
573
00:30:50,761 --> 00:30:54,141
for so many people in our country.
574
00:30:54,215 --> 00:30:56,831
They deserve better than they got
575
00:30:56,901 --> 00:30:59,998
on the ninth of April, 1992.
576
00:31:07,742 --> 00:31:09,944
It's far too early to be discussing
the leadership.
577
00:31:10,012 --> 00:31:12,694
Neil Kinnock still has
the whole-hearted respect
578
00:31:12,763 --> 00:31:15,031
gratitude, and support
of the entire Labour party.
579
00:31:15,098 --> 00:31:18,443
And I for one would be delighted
to continue to serve under him.
580
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,965
He has united the party
as a political force,
581
00:31:22,037 --> 00:31:24,337
modernized it as a
campaigning organization
582
00:31:24,402 --> 00:31:26,769
and quite apart from this legacy,
583
00:31:26,834 --> 00:31:29,995
his own natural charm
and warmth of character
584
00:31:30,064 --> 00:31:33,226
will mark him down as one of the
all-time great leaders of this party.
585
00:31:33,293 --> 00:31:35,974
It should have been easy
if Labour were going...
586
00:31:36,043 --> 00:31:39,269
As long as Neil knows
everyone wants him out by Monday.
587
00:31:47,619 --> 00:31:49,985
I think you should stand
for the leadership, Gordon.
588
00:31:50,049 --> 00:31:52,285
With me as your deputy.
589
00:31:52,351 --> 00:31:54,074
Why would I stand only to lose?
590
00:31:54,143 --> 00:31:56,530
I don't think you would lose.
591
00:31:56,605 --> 00:31:58,033
According to the papers,
592
00:31:58,108 --> 00:32:00,017
it's a one-horse race for John.
593
00:32:00,091 --> 00:32:02,294
The papers, Peter,
said we'd win the election.
594
00:32:02,362 --> 00:32:03,637
Anyway,
595
00:32:03,706 --> 00:32:05,166
I wouldn't feel comfortable
running against him.
596
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:06,416
I gave him my word I wouldn't.
597
00:32:06,487 --> 00:32:09,387
I don't think this is the time
for sentimentality.
598
00:32:09,461 --> 00:32:11,086
I prefer to call it friendship.
599
00:32:11,157 --> 00:32:13,740
The party's confidence
has been shattered.
600
00:32:13,810 --> 00:32:16,013
They need to be led by someone strong.
601
00:32:16,081 --> 00:32:18,218
Which is exactly what the papers
are saying about John.
602
00:32:18,288 --> 00:32:19,595
But not as strong as you.
603
00:32:19,663 --> 00:32:21,636
He's the best man to unite the party.
604
00:32:21,709 --> 00:32:23,911
He's had experience
of government at cabinet level.
605
00:32:23,979 --> 00:32:27,653
He's clearly the best candidate.
The only candidate.
606
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:31,873
I know. But just look at him.
607
00:32:31,941 --> 00:32:36,161
I mean, the whole Edinburgh
bank-manager thing.
608
00:32:36,228 --> 00:32:37,983
He's part of the old order.
609
00:32:41,855 --> 00:32:44,375
Look, I really can't
understand this hesitancy.
610
00:32:44,446 --> 00:32:48,405
You said yourself,
our modernization needs to be radical.
611
00:32:48,475 --> 00:32:51,408
Caution and half measures
will get us nowhere,
612
00:32:51,481 --> 00:32:53,453
and that's exactly
what John will give us!
613
00:32:53,527 --> 00:32:55,350
What do you think, Peter?
614
00:32:55,415 --> 00:32:57,203
Seeing as he had
about two hours' sleep,
615
00:32:57,270 --> 00:32:59,570
I thought he did pretty well.
616
00:32:59,636 --> 00:33:01,423
Very well.
617
00:33:16,712 --> 00:33:19,296
It was a different Tony today.
618
00:33:19,366 --> 00:33:20,826
One I've not seen before.
619
00:33:20,902 --> 00:33:23,649
Well, I've some sympathy with him.
620
00:33:23,715 --> 00:33:25,787
Can't be easy living
in his Islington circle
621
00:33:25,858 --> 00:33:28,127
with all his friends banging on
about how much they're earning,
622
00:33:28,192 --> 00:33:30,711
with him sitting out the best years
of his life in Opposition.
623
00:33:30,783 --> 00:33:31,993
Deputy leadership.
624
00:33:32,062 --> 00:33:34,995
No. A dustbin of political ambition.
625
00:33:35,068 --> 00:33:37,335
Besides, John will have
seen those results
626
00:33:37,402 --> 00:33:41,230
and realize the South will
never go for two Scots.
627
00:33:41,305 --> 00:33:46,386
I didn't mean you. I meant for Tony.
628
00:33:46,453 --> 00:33:47,794
He's the obvious candidate, isn't he?
629
00:33:47,860 --> 00:33:49,582
I mean, he's young, he's bright,
630
00:33:49,650 --> 00:33:51,950
he's good in the House,
appeals to the South.
631
00:33:54,063 --> 00:33:56,101
And he's ambitious.
632
00:33:56,173 --> 00:33:57,481
Even with John's endorsement,
633
00:33:57,549 --> 00:34:00,416
Tony's hardly likely to get
more than 30% of the vote.
634
00:34:00,491 --> 00:34:02,433
The unions hate his guts.
635
00:34:02,506 --> 00:34:05,024
And Margaret Beckett's a woman.
636
00:34:05,096 --> 00:34:07,811
I'll be suggesting
as much to John myself.
637
00:34:07,877 --> 00:34:11,966
John Smith is Labour
leader by a landslide.
638
00:34:12,035 --> 00:34:14,041
Margaret Beckett was
elected deputy leader.
639
00:34:39,505 --> 00:34:41,129
Sorry.
640
00:34:42,895 --> 00:34:44,268
Sorry to keep you waiting.
641
00:34:44,333 --> 00:34:46,340
That's okay.
642
00:34:46,412 --> 00:34:50,436
Right. I'll try and make
this as painless as I can.
643
00:34:50,505 --> 00:34:53,373
Don't worry. I always
wanted to be an actor.
644
00:34:53,448 --> 00:34:55,137
Take as long as you like.
645
00:34:55,206 --> 00:34:57,115
You must be disappointed.
646
00:34:57,191 --> 00:34:59,261
Why would I be disappointed?
647
00:34:59,332 --> 00:35:01,916
The Sunday Times magazine
devoted five pages to you
648
00:35:01,987 --> 00:35:04,440
as "The man that Labour missed".
649
00:35:04,513 --> 00:35:06,813
Well, I haven't seen that article.
650
00:35:06,879 --> 00:35:09,693
In any case, I'm delighted
with the result we have.
651
00:35:09,757 --> 00:35:13,465
John and Margaret offer
tremendous intellectual leadership.
652
00:35:13,531 --> 00:35:15,319
They've got immense
political experience.
653
00:35:15,385 --> 00:35:17,140
Both were ministers in the previous Labour
government,
654
00:35:17,208 --> 00:35:18,636
and most important,
655
00:35:18,712 --> 00:35:22,386
will carry on the process of changing
and reforming the Labour Party
656
00:35:22,452 --> 00:35:26,955
to make sure our ideas
and organization fit the age we live in.
657
00:35:27,025 --> 00:35:28,649
Thank you, Mr. Blair.
658
00:35:35,148 --> 00:35:36,424
Thank you very much, Mr. Blair.
659
00:35:39,817 --> 00:35:41,540
What a load of bollocks.
660
00:35:42,599 --> 00:35:43,874
Good evening.
661
00:35:43,943 --> 00:35:47,737
A day when shock waves
swept through Westminster and the city.
662
00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:48,923
Mr. Mellor, the heritage secretary,
663
00:35:48,995 --> 00:35:50,903
said it would be business as usual,
664
00:35:50,978 --> 00:35:52,351
despite the wave of publicity
665
00:35:52,416 --> 00:35:53,977
about his alleged affair with an actress.
666
00:35:54,049 --> 00:35:55,738
A backbench MP, David Ashby,
667
00:35:55,807 --> 00:35:58,423
has shared a hotel bed
with a male friend.
668
00:35:58,494 --> 00:36:01,840
Good evening. Tim Yeo resigned
as Environment Minister today
669
00:36:01,915 --> 00:36:04,727
after it became known he had
an illegitimate daughter.
670
00:36:04,793 --> 00:36:07,954
Lamont, sacked by Major,
refuses another Government job.
671
00:36:08,022 --> 00:36:09,450
Je ne regrette rien.
672
00:36:09,524 --> 00:36:12,970
The cabinet is entirely united
on the issue of Maastricht.
673
00:36:13,043 --> 00:36:15,497
Do you want to be citizens
of a European Union?
674
00:36:15,569 --> 00:36:16,942
No!
675
00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:18,829
The Danes don't, either.
676
00:36:29,172 --> 00:36:30,667
Hundreds of officers combed Liverpool
677
00:36:30,741 --> 00:36:31,789
but James...
678
00:36:31,861 --> 00:36:33,007
The murder of Jamie Bulger
679
00:36:33,078 --> 00:36:36,854
comes at a time
of growing disquiet...
680
00:36:36,921 --> 00:36:40,817
I think it's important to be tough on crime
681
00:36:40,890 --> 00:36:43,958
and tough on the causes of crime, too.
682
00:36:44,026 --> 00:36:48,404
Old people are afraid to live
within their own homes,
683
00:36:48,476 --> 00:36:50,844
never mind go out on the streets.
684
00:36:50,909 --> 00:36:56,694
Young people often intimidated
by other young people.
685
00:36:56,767 --> 00:37:01,144
These things are totally unacceptable.
686
00:37:01,218 --> 00:37:03,869
And people who commit
these types of offenses
687
00:37:03,939 --> 00:37:06,558
should be detected, caught...
688
00:37:06,628 --> 00:37:08,483
News bulletins of the past week...
689
00:37:08,548 --> 00:37:09,726
If necessary...
690
00:37:09,797 --> 00:37:11,741
...have been like hammer blows,
691
00:37:11,815 --> 00:37:17,219
struck against the sleeping
conscience of the country,
692
00:37:17,288 --> 00:37:19,428
urging us to wake up
693
00:37:19,497 --> 00:37:22,915
and look unflinchingly at what we see.
694
00:37:22,988 --> 00:37:24,876
This bill...
695
00:37:24,940 --> 00:37:28,684
is a foolish exercise
in mistaken ideology.
696
00:37:28,750 --> 00:37:30,539
No one in the present government
697
00:37:30,607 --> 00:37:33,510
has had the courage to dump it.
698
00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:37,578
It will do nothing to fight crime
or make our communities safe.
699
00:37:37,649 --> 00:37:40,367
It is without support
outside government
700
00:37:40,435 --> 00:37:42,345
and without reason inside it,
701
00:37:42,419 --> 00:37:44,427
and it should not be given
a second reading
702
00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:45,449
Hear, hearl
703
00:37:51,127 --> 00:37:52,501
No, you don't understand.
704
00:37:52,568 --> 00:37:54,806
See, I can't do it, and I won't do it.
705
00:37:54,874 --> 00:37:56,662
I'm not asking you to
stop making reckless
706
00:37:56,730 --> 00:37:58,869
public-spending commitments
without my authorization.
707
00:37:58,938 --> 00:37:59,921
I am telling you!
708
00:38:02,396 --> 00:38:05,365
Did you see that?
Bloody unhinged.
709
00:38:05,437 --> 00:38:07,544
You need to sort him out.
710
00:38:09,312 --> 00:38:12,029
This is how you're going
to modernize the Labour Party.
711
00:38:12,096 --> 00:38:13,241
I'm not in the mood, John.
712
00:38:13,313 --> 00:38:14,874
He's an old man, for God's sake.
713
00:38:14,945 --> 00:38:16,735
I don't care. Because of people like him,
714
00:38:16,802 --> 00:38:18,778
we're still condemned as
a tax-and-spend party.
715
00:38:18,851 --> 00:38:21,219
You'd want to watch it.
You're losing a lot of friends.
716
00:38:21,284 --> 00:38:23,072
I'm winning my party a lot of votes.
717
00:38:23,141 --> 00:38:25,378
I'm doing this European thing
at the Park Lane Hotel.
718
00:38:25,445 --> 00:38:26,558
Do you fancy it?
719
00:38:26,630 --> 00:38:28,420
I can't. I'm so behind
with my constituents.
720
00:38:28,487 --> 00:38:29,732
Come on. You need a break.
721
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,295
The food's bound to be all right.
722
00:38:31,368 --> 00:38:34,436
Besides, you and I
obviously need to catch up.
723
00:38:37,418 --> 00:38:41,480
Tonight, we are engaged
in a gala European dinner.
724
00:38:41,550 --> 00:38:42,859
And I welcome
the many representatives
725
00:38:42,925 --> 00:38:46,275
from France, Germany,
and Scandinavia,
726
00:38:46,351 --> 00:38:49,549
from the worlds of industry,
finance and banking.
727
00:38:49,616 --> 00:38:52,269
Probably more than we've ever had
at a Labour Party dinner.
728
00:38:52,337 --> 00:38:54,478
And it's right that this should be so.
729
00:38:54,546 --> 00:38:57,100
Because thanks to my good colleagues,
730
00:38:57,172 --> 00:39:00,271
the Labour Party is now the party
that best understands
731
00:39:00,341 --> 00:39:02,960
modern industry, modern society,
732
00:39:03,030 --> 00:39:06,643
modern finance,
and modern economics.
733
00:39:08,441 --> 00:39:09,423
Mr. Smith!
734
00:39:09,496 --> 00:39:10,839
John Maynard Keynes insisted
735
00:39:10,904 --> 00:39:12,946
he only knew two things
about economics.
736
00:39:13,019 --> 00:39:15,408
One of them was not
about economics at all.
737
00:39:15,483 --> 00:39:18,331
It was about a hippopotamus.
738
00:39:18,397 --> 00:39:20,405
What did he know about economics?
739
00:39:20,476 --> 00:39:22,617
Never concern yourself
with the long term.
740
00:39:22,686 --> 00:39:25,590
Because in the long term,
we're all dead.
741
00:39:27,552 --> 00:39:30,106
That was a joke.
742
00:39:30,177 --> 00:39:31,192
Well, good night.
743
00:39:31,266 --> 00:39:32,543
- Good night, Mr. Brown.
- Good night.
744
00:39:32,610 --> 00:39:33,559
Good night.
745
00:39:34,691 --> 00:39:36,634
Jokes are not your forte, are they?
746
00:39:36,709 --> 00:39:38,400
Not to bloody Belgians.
747
00:39:38,469 --> 00:39:40,859
What did you make of the food?
748
00:39:40,935 --> 00:39:42,845
Inedible. I hardly touched it.
749
00:39:42,918 --> 00:39:44,926
Me, neither. I'm famished.
750
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,178
I tell you what.
751
00:39:46,249 --> 00:39:49,862
Terry, there's somewhere
I'd like you to stop.
752
00:39:49,930 --> 00:39:53,761
Right. I have two super dogs
with or without onions,
753
00:39:53,835 --> 00:39:56,105
or the chili burger.
754
00:39:56,171 --> 00:39:58,595
So how're we doing?
755
00:39:58,670 --> 00:40:00,197
We the party or you the leader?
756
00:40:00,270 --> 00:40:02,181
All right, me the leader.
757
00:40:02,255 --> 00:40:04,044
How candid do you want me to be?
758
00:40:04,112 --> 00:40:07,015
Both barrels, if they're loaded.
759
00:40:07,089 --> 00:40:09,359
Lousy. You're letting
them off the hook.
760
00:40:09,427 --> 00:40:10,320
They are loaded.
761
00:40:10,387 --> 00:40:11,697
You're too defensive.
762
00:40:11,763 --> 00:40:13,008
You're relying on their internal divisions
763
00:40:13,076 --> 00:40:15,117
when you should be going in for the kill.
764
00:40:15,188 --> 00:40:16,334
All in good time.
765
00:40:16,405 --> 00:40:17,420
People are nervous.
766
00:40:17,493 --> 00:40:18,508
We're gonna win anyway.
767
00:40:18,582 --> 00:40:20,438
We said that in 1992.
768
00:40:20,504 --> 00:40:22,031
This time it's different.
769
00:40:22,104 --> 00:40:24,308
Not different enough.
770
00:40:24,377 --> 00:40:25,872
For a charming, intelligent man,
771
00:40:25,945 --> 00:40:30,322
you've developed an uncanny knack
of upsetting people.
772
00:40:30,395 --> 00:40:33,844
I can't stand seeing it slip away.
We need to modernize.
773
00:40:33,917 --> 00:40:36,373
I was asked who my natural successor
was the other day.
774
00:40:36,444 --> 00:40:38,234
Until recently, I would have said you.
775
00:40:41,343 --> 00:40:42,392
Who else is there?
776
00:40:42,464 --> 00:40:44,123
Tony.
777
00:40:44,193 --> 00:40:46,201
Tony?
778
00:40:46,273 --> 00:40:48,893
Come on. You can't
seriously endorse that man
779
00:40:48,963 --> 00:40:50,043
as leader of this party.
780
00:40:50,116 --> 00:40:51,359
Why not?
781
00:40:51,427 --> 00:40:53,284
The party would never accept him.
782
00:40:53,349 --> 00:40:55,205
Don't be too sure.
783
00:40:55,269 --> 00:40:56,896
He's a blow-in,
784
00:40:56,967 --> 00:40:58,855
someone who comes to an area
he doesn't belong in
785
00:40:58,919 --> 00:40:59,967
and makes it his home.
786
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,469
Tony's a blow-in to this movement.
787
00:41:01,545 --> 00:41:04,296
Always has been.
788
00:41:04,362 --> 00:41:07,046
When Labour was last in power
and you were a junior minister,
789
00:41:07,116 --> 00:41:09,124
I was chair of the Devolution
Committee of Scotland.
790
00:41:09,196 --> 00:41:11,849
Ask yourself, was he even
a member of the party?
791
00:41:11,917 --> 00:41:13,194
That might be to his advantage.
792
00:41:13,261 --> 00:41:15,684
Not being liked
by your own party?
793
00:41:15,759 --> 00:41:16,741
No.
794
00:41:18,511 --> 00:41:24,743
Besides, there's always been an
understanding between us that I'm the one.
795
00:41:24,819 --> 00:41:27,985
Well, you'd better make
sure it's still valid.
796
00:41:28,052 --> 00:41:30,606
His popularity is growing.
797
00:41:30,678 --> 00:41:32,140
He's smart.
798
00:41:32,213 --> 00:41:34,548
People like him.
799
00:41:34,614 --> 00:41:37,038
He finished ahead of you
in the shadow cabinet election.
800
00:41:37,111 --> 00:41:40,626
Once. And only because I was doing
the hard work keeping everybody alive.
801
00:41:40,697 --> 00:41:42,258
And losing friends in the process.
802
00:41:42,330 --> 00:41:44,535
In the party, but making
them in the city.
803
00:41:45,723 --> 00:41:47,633
"It's the economy, stupid. "
804
00:41:47,708 --> 00:41:49,499
You'll thank me when you're in Number 10.
805
00:41:49,565 --> 00:41:50,941
Come on, it's late.
806
00:41:51,005 --> 00:41:53,876
No, John, that's it?
He'd get your vote now?
807
00:41:53,951 --> 00:41:57,018
He certainly impressed
during this whole Bulger thing.
808
00:41:57,088 --> 00:41:59,096
Tough on crime,
tough on the causes of crime.
809
00:41:59,169 --> 00:42:00,959
You've got to admit, it's bloody neat.
810
00:42:01,025 --> 00:42:02,553
I consider it one of my finest.
811
00:42:02,627 --> 00:42:03,805
It's yours?
812
00:42:03,875 --> 00:42:06,080
Came up with it on the plane
coming back from Washington.
813
00:42:06,147 --> 00:42:09,891
Don't tell me privately, John, you're not
concerned about what he's saying?
814
00:42:09,957 --> 00:42:11,868
It's caught a mood with the people.
815
00:42:11,943 --> 00:42:13,350
The right-wing people.
816
00:42:13,415 --> 00:42:17,377
It's a while since one of our lot
caught a mood with anyone.
817
00:42:17,448 --> 00:42:20,678
I wonder which one of us
is Terry gonna drop off first?
818
00:42:31,279 --> 00:42:35,754
Sheena, listen, could you get that for me?
819
00:42:35,825 --> 00:42:37,070
Yeah, hang on.
820
00:42:41,683 --> 00:42:44,238
Hello, Gordon's phone.
821
00:42:44,308 --> 00:42:47,692
Yeah. Yeah, sure. I'll put him on.
822
00:42:47,766 --> 00:42:51,510
Murray Elder.
823
00:42:51,575 --> 00:42:53,615
Murray, it's a bit early for you, eh?
824
00:42:57,498 --> 00:42:58,775
What?
825
00:43:04,029 --> 00:43:05,555
Oh, no.
826
00:43:08,798 --> 00:43:10,228
No, of course.
827
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,291
Well, I'll... We'll talk later.
828
00:43:15,361 --> 00:43:16,704
What's up?
829
00:43:19,876 --> 00:43:20,988
Gordon, what's happened?
830
00:43:26,727 --> 00:43:27,938
Hi.
831
00:43:28,006 --> 00:43:30,014
Where are you?
832
00:43:30,087 --> 00:43:31,364
I'm in Aberdeen.
833
00:43:31,432 --> 00:43:34,400
I've got some bad news, I'm afraid.
834
00:43:34,474 --> 00:43:37,060
Very bad. About John.
835
00:43:42,220 --> 00:43:43,715
Oh, no.
836
00:43:43,789 --> 00:43:47,587
Can't announce his death yet.
837
00:43:47,663 --> 00:43:51,243
Not until they've located
all his daughters.
838
00:43:51,313 --> 00:43:52,557
Poor Elizabeth.
839
00:43:56,403 --> 00:43:58,226
Hello, Gordon's phone.
840
00:43:59,860 --> 00:44:03,244
My phones are going mad.
What are you going to do?
841
00:44:03,319 --> 00:44:08,787
I'll, er, do my business here
and get back as soon as I can.
842
00:44:08,856 --> 00:44:10,264
Let's keep in touch throughout the day.
843
00:44:10,329 --> 00:44:11,442
Sure.
844
00:44:11,513 --> 00:44:13,369
Hello? Speaking.
845
00:44:15,674 --> 00:44:17,365
I think he's just been told.
846
00:44:21,213 --> 00:44:22,774
I'll let him know.
847
00:44:22,846 --> 00:44:25,750
Yes.
848
00:44:25,824 --> 00:44:27,198
Thank you.
849
00:44:27,264 --> 00:44:28,671
Bye.
850
00:44:31,105 --> 00:44:33,310
BBC Scotland.
851
00:44:33,378 --> 00:44:35,169
They want to know if you'll make a statement.
852
00:44:40,422 --> 00:44:42,878
Do me a favor.
Give the office a call.
853
00:44:42,951 --> 00:44:44,839
Tell Angie I need to be
on the first plane back.
854
00:44:50,731 --> 00:44:51,843
Good morning.
855
00:44:51,914 --> 00:44:53,638
And a very warm welcome to you.
856
00:44:53,708 --> 00:44:54,952
It's just
after half past 10
857
00:44:55,020 --> 00:44:56,035
on Thursday 12th of May.
858
00:44:56,109 --> 00:44:57,190
I don't know about you,
859
00:44:57,261 --> 00:44:58,919
but we're all very sad to hear
860
00:44:58,990 --> 00:45:01,227
that Labour leader John Smith is unwell.
861
00:45:01,295 --> 00:45:02,789
He has been rushed to hospital,
862
00:45:02,863 --> 00:45:05,450
as you probably heard
on our 10:00 news,
863
00:45:05,519 --> 00:45:08,073
with chest pains and a
suspected heart attack
864
00:45:09,266 --> 00:45:11,820
An official statement
will be made when it's made.
865
00:45:11,890 --> 00:45:13,299
Yeah.
866
00:45:13,363 --> 00:45:16,681
I will. I've got it.
867
00:45:23,607 --> 00:45:25,234
I'm... I'm so sorry.
868
00:45:28,410 --> 00:45:29,937
They're still saying
it's a heart attack.
869
00:45:30,011 --> 00:45:30,939
There's no official statement.
870
00:45:31,004 --> 00:45:32,891
Right.
871
00:45:32,957 --> 00:45:35,096
Hello. I know, it's terrible.
872
00:45:35,165 --> 00:45:36,857
Look, I think this is
going to move very quickly.
873
00:45:36,926 --> 00:45:38,203
What's our line to be?
874
00:45:39,839 --> 00:45:41,083
With regard to the leadership?
875
00:45:41,152 --> 00:45:42,329
- Yes.
- Nothing.
876
00:45:42,401 --> 00:45:46,712
Our line, Peter, is strictly grief,
obits, and tributes till after the funeral.
877
00:45:48,290 --> 00:45:49,305
All right.
878
00:45:53,093 --> 00:45:54,881
Think I can help with that.
879
00:45:54,949 --> 00:45:58,693
The irony is that this is the exactly
the type of situation
880
00:45:58,759 --> 00:45:59,742
that John would have relished.
881
00:45:59,815 --> 00:46:01,190
Yeah.
882
00:46:01,256 --> 00:46:04,008
He used to joke about any
up and coming by-elections:
883
00:46:04,074 --> 00:46:05,798
Where there's death, there's hope.
884
00:46:05,866 --> 00:46:07,296
Gordon?
It's the Independent.
885
00:46:07,371 --> 00:46:09,991
They want to know if you can you do
a piece for tomorrow's paper?
886
00:46:10,060 --> 00:46:11,206
Yes, yes.
887
00:46:11,276 --> 00:46:12,204
And the Mirror?
888
00:46:13,069 --> 00:46:14,760
Peter Mandelson.
889
00:46:14,830 --> 00:46:16,653
It's me... Tony.
890
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:18,062
Yes.
891
00:46:18,128 --> 00:46:22,156
I'm in Aberdeen now, but I wonder,
can we meet at the House later?
892
00:46:22,226 --> 00:46:23,655
Yes, of course.
893
00:46:23,729 --> 00:46:27,408
My office will call you later
to set up a meeting place.
894
00:46:27,475 --> 00:46:28,403
About 6:00?
895
00:46:28,467 --> 00:46:29,416
6:00 is fine.
896
00:46:29,492 --> 00:46:31,467
Peter.
897
00:46:31,541 --> 00:46:33,484
Gordon.
898
00:46:35,222 --> 00:46:38,574
I really need to get on with this,
so let's talk later.
899
00:46:38,648 --> 00:46:43,505
Right. Well, let's
keep in constant touch.
900
00:46:49,693 --> 00:46:52,411
Bloody hell!
901
00:46:52,478 --> 00:46:54,551
A thousand hacks are calling me.
902
00:46:54,623 --> 00:46:55,966
They all want to know
when you'll announce
903
00:46:56,031 --> 00:46:57,209
a standing for the leadership.
904
00:46:57,279 --> 00:46:59,703
After we've buried him, Charlie.
905
00:46:59,778 --> 00:47:00,826
Right.
906
00:47:04,771 --> 00:47:06,845
That man smells of vanilla.
907
00:47:06,917 --> 00:47:10,977
Despite full medical
attention to Mr. Smith,
908
00:47:11,046 --> 00:47:14,211
he was pronounced dead at 9:15.
909
00:47:14,279 --> 00:47:18,077
It's just... heart-rending news.
910
00:47:21,706 --> 00:47:24,937
He had this...
extraordinary combination
911
00:47:25,004 --> 00:47:29,162
of strength, authority,
912
00:47:29,229 --> 00:47:31,117
humor, humanity.
913
00:47:32,462 --> 00:47:36,655
For all of us who knew him
personally, closely,
914
00:47:36,721 --> 00:47:41,163
we will mourn him... greatly.
915
00:47:41,235 --> 00:47:45,012
I think the whole country
will feel the shock.
916
00:47:45,078 --> 00:47:48,723
Our thoughts and prayers are with Elizabeth
and the family.
917
00:47:48,790 --> 00:47:50,100
There are few people
918
00:47:50,167 --> 00:47:53,103
the announcement of whose death
919
00:47:53,176 --> 00:47:57,880
would bring tears to the eyes
of everyone who knew them.
920
00:47:57,946 --> 00:48:00,597
John Smith was such a man.
921
00:48:03,836 --> 00:48:05,364
Have I got time to go home?
922
00:48:05,436 --> 00:48:07,161
I feel should change
into something darker.
923
00:48:07,231 --> 00:48:09,402
It'll be tight.
You're meeting Peter at 6.
924
00:48:09,471 --> 00:48:11,446
I'll go with Cherie.
I'll see you there.
925
00:48:11,519 --> 00:48:13,146
- Okay?
- Okay.
926
00:48:18,500 --> 00:48:23,138
I know how awful it is to be thinking
about this so soon.
927
00:48:23,205 --> 00:48:25,758
The answer's yes.
928
00:48:25,830 --> 00:48:27,969
Really?
929
00:48:28,039 --> 00:48:31,423
I've never been more sure
of anything in my life.
930
00:48:33,866 --> 00:48:36,103
What about Gordon?
931
00:48:36,170 --> 00:48:38,473
He had his chance, and he bottled.
932
00:48:39,980 --> 00:48:42,436
Your time may never come again.
933
00:48:42,509 --> 00:48:46,023
You know what it'll mean
for you, for the kids?
934
00:48:46,094 --> 00:48:49,128
The worst thing that
could happen to our family
935
00:48:49,199 --> 00:48:51,273
would be sharing
a house with a man
936
00:48:51,345 --> 00:48:55,689
who couldn't forgive himself
for not running.
937
00:49:06,839 --> 00:49:08,662
Okay.
938
00:49:08,728 --> 00:49:12,472
Above all, John
was uniquely equipped,
939
00:49:12,538 --> 00:49:15,769
by his nature, his experience
and commitment,
940
00:49:15,835 --> 00:49:17,559
to bind this nation together.
941
00:49:17,629 --> 00:49:19,451
Do you have that?
942
00:49:19,516 --> 00:49:22,300
Our thoughts and prayers at this time
are with his family,
943
00:49:22,365 --> 00:49:24,309
and he will be terribly missed.
944
00:49:24,382 --> 00:49:25,365
Okay.
945
00:49:26,752 --> 00:49:27,831
Thank you.
946
00:49:34,019 --> 00:49:35,482
Gordon's phone.
947
00:49:39,397 --> 00:49:40,925
Unbelievable.
948
00:49:40,997 --> 00:49:42,524
Man's not even cold in the ground,
949
00:49:42,599 --> 00:49:44,606
and you want to know
who's taking his place.
950
00:49:44,679 --> 00:49:46,371
Everything I'm hearing
suggests that it's Tony.
951
00:49:46,441 --> 00:49:48,613
Hello, Charlie.
952
00:49:48,681 --> 00:49:49,892
Been talking to Mo Mowlam?
953
00:49:49,962 --> 00:49:52,417
Why don't you canvas
some real Labour support?
954
00:49:52,490 --> 00:49:54,979
Get a bit closer to the truth.
955
00:49:55,051 --> 00:49:58,217
Gordon Brown will announce his intentions
after the funeral.
956
00:49:58,285 --> 00:50:00,522
If you want to know
what to do until then...
957
00:50:01,583 --> 00:50:02,663
You could buy some flowers
958
00:50:02,735 --> 00:50:04,012
and send them to John Smith's widow.
959
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:05,160
Hello. Charlie Whelan.
960
00:50:08,497 --> 00:50:09,806
Thanks for coming.
961
00:50:09,874 --> 00:50:11,729
Of course.
962
00:50:11,794 --> 00:50:15,025
You've probably worked out
why I've asked to see you.
963
00:50:15,092 --> 00:50:17,068
Think I have an idea.
964
00:50:19,607 --> 00:50:21,495
I just...
965
00:50:24,792 --> 00:50:26,582
I just don't want to be ruled out.
966
00:50:26,648 --> 00:50:28,242
Right.
967
00:50:31,099 --> 00:50:33,042
Several key members
of the Shadow Cabinet
968
00:50:33,116 --> 00:50:37,689
have already called
to offer me their support.
969
00:50:41,663 --> 00:50:43,421
Have you seen today's Evening Standard?
970
00:50:43,489 --> 00:50:44,667
Not yet, no.
971
00:50:44,738 --> 00:50:47,739
I'm told they're running a piece for me.
972
00:50:47,811 --> 00:50:49,371
Right.
973
00:50:50,883 --> 00:50:55,675
You know Gordon still
assumes it will be him?
974
00:50:55,749 --> 00:50:59,395
Well, maybe those... assumptions
975
00:50:59,462 --> 00:51:02,333
have been going on too long.
976
00:51:02,408 --> 00:51:04,166
You have to ask yourself
977
00:51:04,234 --> 00:51:08,457
is he still our strongest candidate?
978
00:51:11,179 --> 00:51:15,075
I mean, you know,
Black Wednesday did him no favors.
979
00:51:15,151 --> 00:51:18,054
He let the Tories off the hook.
980
00:51:18,128 --> 00:51:21,162
Plus, he can be moody,
981
00:51:21,233 --> 00:51:22,990
difficult.
982
00:51:23,057 --> 00:51:24,519
He's just...
983
00:51:27,188 --> 00:51:28,618
Gordon.
984
00:51:49,533 --> 00:51:51,389
It's a fucking disgrace.
985
00:51:51,453 --> 00:51:53,364
The leader of the Opposition,
986
00:51:53,437 --> 00:51:54,932
one of the most distinguised
987
00:51:55,006 --> 00:51:58,870
and best-loved figures
in British postwar politics, dies,
988
00:51:58,944 --> 00:52:00,440
and who's everybody's talking about?
989
00:52:00,513 --> 00:52:02,653
Some posh totty in a
dress with safety pins.
990
00:52:04,931 --> 00:52:07,551
Hello. Oh, yes, Michael.
991
00:52:07,620 --> 00:52:09,509
No, somebody gave me that list.
992
00:52:09,572 --> 00:52:12,128
I'm sorry I've not got back to you.
993
00:52:12,199 --> 00:52:14,371
For God's sake, man,
are you still at it?
994
00:52:15,848 --> 00:52:18,849
Give yourself a break.
Take those off the hook.
995
00:52:18,921 --> 00:52:20,645
Go on, tell him, Sheena.
996
00:52:20,714 --> 00:52:22,503
No, there's no comment on that.
997
00:52:24,652 --> 00:52:26,178
Do you remember
when John came back
998
00:52:26,252 --> 00:52:28,586
after the first heart attack?
999
00:52:28,653 --> 00:52:30,759
When was it?
1000
00:52:30,830 --> 00:52:33,068
'88.
1001
00:52:33,135 --> 00:52:35,023
I remember him sitting in the bar,
1002
00:52:35,088 --> 00:52:38,384
2 stones lighter,
sipping mineral water.
1003
00:52:38,449 --> 00:52:40,687
"I've taken the advice of my doctor,
1004
00:52:40,754 --> 00:52:42,761
"And from now on,
the following things are out...
1005
00:52:42,835 --> 00:52:44,844
"rich food, alcohol,
1006
00:52:44,917 --> 00:52:47,765
"overwork,
over-excitement, and sex.
1007
00:52:47,830 --> 00:52:49,455
"I've therefore made an application
1008
00:52:49,527 --> 00:52:51,666
to join the Liberals
with immediate effect!"
1009
00:52:56,025 --> 00:52:56,974
To John.
1010
00:52:57,050 --> 00:52:58,807
To John.
1011
00:52:58,875 --> 00:53:01,144
I'll draft something up
and fax it over today.
1012
00:53:11,295 --> 00:53:12,440
Five minutes, Mr. Mandelson.
1013
00:53:12,512 --> 00:53:13,722
Yes.
1014
00:53:49,232 --> 00:53:51,240
Peter, everyone knows
1015
00:53:51,312 --> 00:53:55,142
that you're very close to both
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
1016
00:53:55,218 --> 00:53:57,739
Will they run
against each other?
1017
00:53:57,810 --> 00:54:01,227
No, I don't believe they will run
against each other.
1018
00:54:01,300 --> 00:54:03,571
I think, moreover,
1019
00:54:03,639 --> 00:54:07,567
that they haven't come
to any conclusions
1020
00:54:07,639 --> 00:54:11,382
because they, like every other member
of the Labour Party,
1021
00:54:11,449 --> 00:54:15,510
has no appetite
to talk of successions
1022
00:54:15,579 --> 00:54:18,198
or challenges or whatever.
1023
00:54:18,268 --> 00:54:21,717
Why shouldn't they both run
and let the best man win?
1024
00:54:21,790 --> 00:54:24,345
They may or may not.
That's up to them, isn't it?
1025
00:54:24,416 --> 00:54:27,286
Sure, but you think
one of them will step aside,
1026
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:28,854
as you said earlier.
1027
00:54:28,929 --> 00:54:31,166
I read the reports
1028
00:54:31,234 --> 00:54:34,584
and have the same
understanding as everyone else
1029
00:54:34,659 --> 00:54:38,173
that they agree on so much
1030
00:54:38,244 --> 00:54:42,075
that they would want to
consider who is best fitted
1031
00:54:42,150 --> 00:54:44,255
to lead the Labour Party.
1032
00:54:44,327 --> 00:54:49,599
I mean, who would maximize
support for the party in the country...
1033
00:54:49,673 --> 00:54:52,162
who'll play best at the box office...
1034
00:54:52,234 --> 00:54:53,827
who is not...
1035
00:54:53,899 --> 00:54:55,590
who will not simply appeal
1036
00:54:55,659 --> 00:54:57,700
to the traditional supporters
1037
00:54:57,774 --> 00:54:59,368
and customers of the Labour Party,
1038
00:54:59,438 --> 00:55:00,519
but who will bring in
1039
00:55:00,591 --> 00:55:02,763
those additional voters that we need
1040
00:55:02,831 --> 00:55:05,003
in order to to win convincingly
at the next election.
1041
00:55:05,071 --> 00:55:07,888
That is what each contender
has to ask themselves
1042
00:55:07,952 --> 00:55:11,151
before they put themselves forward.
1043
00:55:11,219 --> 00:55:13,107
You fucker.
1044
00:55:27,789 --> 00:55:29,032
Well, is it true?
1045
00:55:30,541 --> 00:55:32,102
We'll finish this later. What?
1046
00:55:34,863 --> 00:55:37,035
Is it true what every paper
now appears to be saying,
1047
00:55:37,103 --> 00:55:38,281
that you are going to stand?
1048
00:55:38,352 --> 00:55:40,262
What is true is that
in the last 24 hours,
1049
00:55:40,336 --> 00:55:42,225
a number of people
have come up and told me
1050
00:55:42,289 --> 00:55:43,272
they'd like me to stand.
1051
00:55:43,346 --> 00:55:44,360
Including Mandelson?
1052
00:55:44,433 --> 00:55:45,327
Uh, no.
1053
00:55:45,394 --> 00:55:46,474
Well, what is your position?
1054
00:55:46,547 --> 00:55:47,440
I'm still thinking.
1055
00:55:47,507 --> 00:55:48,555
While you were thinking,
1056
00:55:48,626 --> 00:55:50,154
did it occur to you that
we have an understanding?
1057
00:55:50,228 --> 00:55:51,275
What understanding?
1058
00:55:51,348 --> 00:55:53,716
That if it ever came
to this, it would be me!
1059
00:55:53,781 --> 00:55:54,828
What?
1060
00:55:54,901 --> 00:55:57,007
Don't deny it. We had
an actual conversation!
1061
00:55:57,078 --> 00:55:58,354
But not an actual agreement.
1062
00:55:58,422 --> 00:55:59,699
Nothing written down, no.
1063
00:55:59,766 --> 00:56:02,101
But you were quite clear
there was only one of us
1064
00:56:02,166 --> 00:56:03,661
with "Labour Leader"
written all over him.
1065
00:56:03,734 --> 00:56:05,262
Gordon, that was six years ago!
1066
00:56:05,336 --> 00:56:06,612
So?
1067
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:08,883
Maybe events have overtaken us.
1068
00:56:08,952 --> 00:56:11,156
Really? Which events
did you have in mind?
1069
00:56:11,225 --> 00:56:12,304
There is a growing number
1070
00:56:12,377 --> 00:56:14,287
that think I would be a better candidate,
1071
00:56:14,361 --> 00:56:15,606
that I appeal to new areas.
1072
00:56:15,675 --> 00:56:17,398
You'd get the South,
I grant you that,
1073
00:56:17,467 --> 00:56:18,482
but you'd never win Scotland.
1074
00:56:18,554 --> 00:56:19,984
Scotland is an irrelevance.
1075
00:56:20,059 --> 00:56:22,198
The point is attracting new voters.
1076
00:56:22,268 --> 00:56:23,381
You'll never get Wales
or the North.
1077
00:56:23,452 --> 00:56:24,979
Attracting new Labour
voters in the South,
1078
00:56:25,053 --> 00:56:27,389
the Home Counties,
and the Southwest,
1079
00:56:27,454 --> 00:56:31,316
and I think I'm in a better position
to do that than you.
1080
00:56:32,479 --> 00:56:34,170
And so it's true.
1081
00:56:35,808 --> 00:56:37,598
You are going to stand against me.
1082
00:56:38,946 --> 00:56:43,224
If I'm persuaded it is
better for the party,
1083
00:56:43,299 --> 00:56:44,542
I might.
1084
00:56:44,611 --> 00:56:46,586
Do you think you really
know that, Tony?
1085
00:56:46,659 --> 00:56:50,401
What's best for the Labour Party?
1086
00:56:50,468 --> 00:56:53,087
Being in power might be a start!
1087
00:57:06,345 --> 00:57:11,366
Dear Gordon, I have thought
a lot about your fears
1088
00:57:11,434 --> 00:57:15,144
that you are being
written out by the press.
1089
00:57:15,211 --> 00:57:18,790
I don't believe your fears are justified.
1090
00:57:21,836 --> 00:57:25,154
Nobody is saying that
you're not capable or...
1091
00:57:27,406 --> 00:57:30,604
appropriate as leader,
1092
00:57:30,671 --> 00:57:33,290
merely that the timing is bad for you.
1093
00:57:33,359 --> 00:57:35,499
Definite yeses are Donald Dewar,
1094
00:57:35,568 --> 00:57:37,837
Ron Davies, Tom Clarke...
1095
00:57:37,905 --> 00:57:40,753
The card the media
are playing for Tony
1096
00:57:40,818 --> 00:57:43,687
is his Southern appeal.
1097
00:57:43,762 --> 00:57:45,257
Everyone agrees
1098
00:57:45,331 --> 00:57:48,332
there is no one to rival your political...
1099
00:57:50,901 --> 00:57:52,788
capacity,
1100
00:57:52,853 --> 00:57:54,543
but because you would
be appearing
1101
00:57:54,614 --> 00:57:57,037
to come in as the second runner,
1102
00:57:57,111 --> 00:57:59,958
you would be blamed
for creating the split.
1103
00:58:00,024 --> 00:58:01,334
So definite maybes
1104
00:58:01,399 --> 00:58:03,025
are Jack Cunningham,
Michael Meacher.
1105
00:58:03,096 --> 00:58:04,209
What about Chris Mullin?
1106
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:05,687
With Tony.
1107
00:58:05,753 --> 00:58:06,833
You would need to mount
1108
00:58:06,906 --> 00:58:09,524
a massive and sustained campaign,
1109
00:58:09,595 --> 00:58:12,857
which could damage
both you and Tony
1110
00:58:12,922 --> 00:58:15,574
and be a gift to our enemies,
1111
00:58:15,643 --> 00:58:18,993
and even then,
I could not guarantee success.
1112
00:58:19,068 --> 00:58:21,174
What about Kinnock?
1113
00:58:21,245 --> 00:58:22,740
With Tony.
1114
00:58:22,814 --> 00:58:23,796
Hattersley?
1115
00:58:23,870 --> 00:58:25,365
With Tony.
1116
00:58:25,438 --> 00:58:26,682
Harriet Harman?
1117
00:58:26,751 --> 00:58:28,213
With Tony.
1118
00:58:28,286 --> 00:58:33,110
Tony's got a third of the entire
Parliamentary party in the bag.
1119
00:58:33,184 --> 00:58:37,079
Well, you need more
than a third to win.
1120
00:58:37,154 --> 00:58:41,563
The Labour Party, if it's got any sense,
will elect the person
1121
00:58:41,635 --> 00:58:46,175
that they feel is most likely
to carry on the work
1122
00:58:46,244 --> 00:58:47,554
of Neil Kinnock and John Smith.
1123
00:58:47,620 --> 00:58:49,050
And who is that, do you think?
1124
00:58:49,125 --> 00:58:51,582
My own view is that
it will probably be Tony Blair.
1125
00:59:02,985 --> 00:59:05,057
Gordon? Gordon?
1126
00:59:05,129 --> 00:59:06,056
Yes?
1127
00:59:06,122 --> 00:59:09,089
It's Peter Mandelson to see you.
1128
00:59:09,162 --> 00:59:10,242
Show him in.
1129
00:59:17,933 --> 00:59:20,354
I won't do it. I won't stand aside.
1130
00:59:22,958 --> 00:59:24,104
Fine.
1131
00:59:26,832 --> 00:59:28,872
And I'll win, too.
1132
00:59:28,944 --> 00:59:30,122
Um...
1133
00:59:32,464 --> 00:59:33,992
That will be difficult.
1134
00:59:36,339 --> 00:59:38,445
You have a problem...
1135
00:59:38,515 --> 00:59:41,832
in no longer appearing
to be the front runner.
1136
00:59:44,404 --> 00:59:47,252
Certainly you are
seen as the biggest intellectual force
1137
00:59:47,317 --> 00:59:50,634
and strategic thinker the party has.
1138
00:59:50,709 --> 00:59:51,855
And no one is saying
1139
00:59:51,926 --> 00:59:54,315
that you would not be
capable as leader.
1140
00:59:56,695 --> 01:00:01,105
Merely that the...
timing is bad for you.
1141
01:00:03,161 --> 01:00:07,056
And that lately, there have been...
1142
01:00:07,130 --> 01:00:08,856
presentational difficulties.
1143
01:00:08,924 --> 01:00:13,048
Oh, really? What's that, hmm?
1144
01:00:13,117 --> 01:00:14,643
PR for "Scottish"?
1145
01:00:14,716 --> 01:00:18,492
It means you alienate people, Gordon.
1146
01:00:18,557 --> 01:00:20,217
You can be moody.
1147
01:00:20,286 --> 01:00:21,781
Others call that passion.
1148
01:00:21,855 --> 01:00:23,033
And intense.
1149
01:00:23,104 --> 01:00:25,438
I have high standards.
1150
01:00:25,504 --> 01:00:26,878
And intolerant.
1151
01:00:26,945 --> 01:00:28,440
I don't countenance fools.
1152
01:00:28,513 --> 01:00:31,448
All of which is admirable,
1153
01:00:31,522 --> 01:00:37,120
but politics is not always
about higher matters.
1154
01:00:37,187 --> 01:00:40,602
Sometimes it is about the ugly business
of making friends.
1155
01:00:41,956 --> 01:00:43,866
Keeping friends...
1156
01:00:46,182 --> 01:00:48,287
Being liked.
1157
01:03:29,939 --> 01:03:30,954
Let's see.
1158
01:03:32,467 --> 01:03:36,243
This one seems to think
Gordon's going to stand.
1159
01:03:36,308 --> 01:03:39,441
They've quoted a senior Labour MP
as saying to stop Gordon,
1160
01:03:39,508 --> 01:03:42,510
you need to put him in a straitjacket
with 20 MPs on top.
1161
01:03:42,582 --> 01:03:45,071
Senior Labour MP. It's Charlie Whelan.
1162
01:03:45,144 --> 01:03:48,722
Also, I managed to get a copy
of the speech he made at Swansea.
1163
01:03:50,616 --> 01:03:54,001
The flame still burns.
The work continues.
1164
01:03:54,074 --> 01:03:56,889
The passion for justice endures,
1165
01:03:56,954 --> 01:04:00,086
and the vision will never fade.
1166
01:04:00,155 --> 01:04:01,748
The vision...
- What does that mean?
1167
01:04:01,820 --> 01:04:04,057
To me it sounds like he's going to run.
1168
01:04:04,125 --> 01:04:06,547
Rubbish.
1169
01:04:06,621 --> 01:04:09,469
Look, it means nothing.
1170
01:04:09,534 --> 01:04:11,061
humming with opportunities,
1171
01:04:11,134 --> 01:04:13,721
alive with new possibilities...
1172
01:04:13,791 --> 01:04:15,101
He doesn't know what he thinks.
1173
01:04:15,167 --> 01:04:16,990
...vibrant with a new
dynamism and energy.
1174
01:04:21,793 --> 01:04:26,367
So... hands on hearts, both of you.
1175
01:04:26,434 --> 01:04:29,599
Do you think I should stand aside?
1176
01:04:29,668 --> 01:04:30,977
No, never.
1177
01:04:31,044 --> 01:04:33,379
If you stand, I can guarantee
1178
01:04:33,444 --> 01:04:36,609
the T&G will back you
over Margaret Beckett.
1179
01:04:36,678 --> 01:04:39,100
Which means G&B would follow suit.
1180
01:04:39,174 --> 01:04:41,728
That's a big power base.
1181
01:04:41,799 --> 01:04:45,378
You've got Scotland,
you've got Wales.
1182
01:04:45,448 --> 01:04:47,108
In a fight you can outdebate him,
1183
01:04:47,177 --> 01:04:48,192
you can outthink him,
1184
01:04:48,265 --> 01:04:50,120
you can outperform him,
and he knows it.
1185
01:04:50,186 --> 01:04:51,331
But it would be bloody.
1186
01:04:53,130 --> 01:04:55,236
Ugly.
1187
01:04:55,307 --> 01:04:56,616
And have we come this far
1188
01:04:56,682 --> 01:04:59,618
that we want to go
crawling to the T&G?
1189
01:04:59,691 --> 01:05:01,601
Well, have we come this far
1190
01:05:01,676 --> 01:05:04,011
to see the Labour Party
led by a Tory?
1191
01:05:37,047 --> 01:05:38,291
Okay.
1192
01:05:55,484 --> 01:05:57,786
Shh.
1193
01:06:16,322 --> 01:06:17,250
Hello.
1194
01:06:17,314 --> 01:06:20,730
Gordon? It's me.
1195
01:06:23,300 --> 01:06:26,944
I've called because
I think we should meet.
1196
01:06:30,181 --> 01:06:31,707
I want to know your decision.
1197
01:06:31,781 --> 01:06:33,854
Where did you have in mind?
1198
01:06:33,925 --> 01:06:35,136
Granita?
1199
01:06:35,205 --> 01:06:37,858
Well, that's Islington.
1200
01:06:39,752 --> 01:06:41,989
Or we could go somewhere else.
1201
01:06:42,056 --> 01:06:44,545
Let's make it early.
I need to get away.
1202
01:06:44,616 --> 01:06:46,373
8:00?
1203
01:06:46,442 --> 01:06:49,313
Um... whatever.
1204
01:06:49,386 --> 01:06:50,979
I'll see you there.
1205
01:06:58,669 --> 01:07:01,005
You're going to have
to offer him something.
1206
01:07:04,431 --> 01:07:06,058
Even if it's just hope.
1207
01:07:22,868 --> 01:07:23,883
Come on.
1208
01:07:26,388 --> 01:07:28,079
We should really get going.
1209
01:07:38,264 --> 01:07:40,271
So what's this Granita anyway?
1210
01:07:40,344 --> 01:07:43,825
It's a restaurant.
Tony's favorite.
1211
01:07:43,897 --> 01:07:46,200
The clue's in the address.
1212
01:07:46,267 --> 01:07:47,346
It's on Upper Street.
1213
01:07:47,419 --> 01:07:48,367
Taxi!
1214
01:07:50,332 --> 01:07:52,024
Thanks.
1215
01:08:17,891 --> 01:08:20,477
Thanks for coming, Gordon.
1216
01:08:20,549 --> 01:08:21,596
Ed.
1217
01:08:21,669 --> 01:08:23,010
Are you sure you won't eat?
1218
01:08:23,077 --> 01:08:24,124
Positive.
1219
01:08:24,197 --> 01:08:27,514
Okay, then...
let's get down to it.
1220
01:08:29,318 --> 01:08:31,228
I'll go for a walk around the block.
1221
01:08:42,153 --> 01:08:44,292
Ready to order?
1222
01:08:44,363 --> 01:08:45,344
I'll have the rabbit.
1223
01:08:45,418 --> 01:08:48,103
Tuscan rabbit and a bit of Polenta.
1224
01:08:48,170 --> 01:08:49,861
And another glass of white.
1225
01:08:49,931 --> 01:08:52,267
I'll just have a glass
of water, thank you.
1226
01:08:56,429 --> 01:08:58,023
I'm sorry it's come to this.
1227
01:08:58,094 --> 01:09:01,673
I've hated the last few days.
1228
01:09:01,743 --> 01:09:03,468
Why? In years to come,
1229
01:09:03,536 --> 01:09:05,992
you might come to see them
as your finest hour.
1230
01:09:06,065 --> 01:09:07,145
How can you say that?
1231
01:09:07,217 --> 01:09:08,427
It's a stunning coup.
1232
01:09:08,497 --> 01:09:09,926
You've come from nowhere,
1233
01:09:10,001 --> 01:09:11,889
and you'll probably end up
as Prime Minister.
1234
01:09:11,955 --> 01:09:13,711
Come from nowhere.
1235
01:09:13,780 --> 01:09:17,042
I may not have been out
barefoot on cobble streets
1236
01:09:17,108 --> 01:09:18,635
handing out party leaflets aged 12,
1237
01:09:18,708 --> 01:09:20,531
but I've hardly come
from nowhere, either.
1238
01:09:20,597 --> 01:09:23,380
You and I have been MPs
exactly the same amount of time.
1239
01:09:23,445 --> 01:09:24,820
I taught you everything.
1240
01:09:24,886 --> 01:09:26,991
Without me,
you'd have been consigned
1241
01:09:27,063 --> 01:09:29,135
to the dustbin of also-rans
in this party.
1242
01:09:29,206 --> 01:09:31,410
With respect, Gordon,
that's delusional crap
1243
01:09:31,479 --> 01:09:33,748
and an insult to my supporters.
1244
01:09:37,945 --> 01:09:40,563
I don't want to get
into a slanging match.
1245
01:09:40,634 --> 01:09:44,978
Look, all I want,
all I have ever wanted,
1246
01:09:45,051 --> 01:09:46,328
is to get out of Opposition
1247
01:09:46,395 --> 01:09:47,890
and become part of
a Labour government.
1248
01:09:47,964 --> 01:09:49,787
If I thought
that having you as leader
1249
01:09:49,853 --> 01:09:53,017
would give us the best
chance, I'd step aside.
1250
01:09:53,085 --> 01:09:54,068
Bollocks.
1251
01:09:54,142 --> 01:09:55,636
That is the truth.
1252
01:09:55,710 --> 01:09:59,673
A man who does what you've
done does not stand aside.
1253
01:09:59,744 --> 01:10:01,435
We all come into politics for the big job.
1254
01:10:01,504 --> 01:10:02,650
You admit it?
1255
01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:05,819
Your words, not mine.
1256
01:10:05,889 --> 01:10:07,515
I could never have beaten John.
1257
01:10:07,586 --> 01:10:10,205
You could have tried.
1258
01:10:10,274 --> 01:10:13,570
That was your chance,
and you didn't take it.
1259
01:10:13,635 --> 01:10:14,528
Now it's my turn.
1260
01:10:14,595 --> 01:10:16,057
Despite our understanding?
1261
01:10:16,131 --> 01:10:17,692
What understanding?
1262
01:10:20,293 --> 01:10:21,820
Thank you.
1263
01:10:21,894 --> 01:10:25,407
I accept you are the stronger candidate
in many ways.
1264
01:10:25,479 --> 01:10:27,137
It may be a quirk of fate
1265
01:10:27,206 --> 01:10:30,470
that I emerge as
the better candidate to lead,
1266
01:10:30,535 --> 01:10:33,384
but that fact remains.
1267
01:10:33,449 --> 01:10:37,028
I also acknowledge
that without your support,
1268
01:10:37,098 --> 01:10:39,302
without your
influence in the party,
1269
01:10:39,370 --> 01:10:42,087
my leadership might fail.
1270
01:10:42,155 --> 01:10:44,578
No, it would.
1271
01:10:44,651 --> 01:10:49,671
So I propose that as Chancellor,
1272
01:10:49,742 --> 01:10:54,379
you will have complete control
over economic policy.
1273
01:10:54,447 --> 01:10:59,598
You can choose your own team,
I won't interfere.
1274
01:10:59,663 --> 01:11:03,887
I mean, that will make you the most powerful
chancellor in history.
1275
01:11:03,953 --> 01:11:07,784
What about social policy? Education?
1276
01:11:07,858 --> 01:11:11,175
Unemployment? Health?
1277
01:11:11,251 --> 01:11:13,706
I won't have the party
compromised on those, Tony
1278
01:11:13,779 --> 01:11:15,471
Of course.
1279
01:11:15,539 --> 01:11:17,363
And when we win a second term?
1280
01:11:17,429 --> 01:11:20,048
Gordon, we haven't been
in power for 15 years.
1281
01:11:20,118 --> 01:11:21,776
You mention a second term?
1282
01:11:21,847 --> 01:11:25,328
If the Tories continue to disintegrate,
1283
01:11:25,399 --> 01:11:26,577
it's not inconceivable
1284
01:11:26,647 --> 01:11:29,137
that we could be in power
for a generation.
1285
01:11:32,698 --> 01:11:35,065
Well...
1286
01:11:35,130 --> 01:11:37,978
under those circumstances, I...
1287
01:11:38,042 --> 01:11:40,148
wouldn't make the same
mistake Thatcher made
1288
01:11:40,219 --> 01:11:41,495
and go on too long.
1289
01:11:41,563 --> 01:11:43,156
So in a second term,
you'd stand aside?
1290
01:11:43,227 --> 01:11:46,042
Come on, this
conversation is crazy!
1291
01:11:46,108 --> 01:11:47,603
No, not to me it isn't.
1292
01:11:47,676 --> 01:11:51,223
Well, whatever the circumstances,
1293
01:11:51,295 --> 01:11:53,434
obviously
I couldn't go on forever.
1294
01:11:53,503 --> 01:11:56,503
In which case,
you'd support my candidacy?
1295
01:12:00,001 --> 01:12:02,174
- I suppose so.
- Good.
1296
01:12:03,522 --> 01:12:06,556
- One Tuscan rabbit.
- Thanks.
1297
01:12:06,627 --> 01:12:08,089
I'll leave you to it.
1298
01:12:08,162 --> 01:12:10,367
Before you go, we have
to deal with the press.
1299
01:12:10,436 --> 01:12:13,785
People will need reassuring
that this was done amicably.
1300
01:12:13,861 --> 01:12:17,506
You want me to stand aside
and look happy about it?
1301
01:12:17,574 --> 01:12:21,252
I'll put something on paper,
a briefing statement.
1302
01:12:21,319 --> 01:12:22,529
No, let Peter do it.
1303
01:12:22,598 --> 01:12:25,054
You know how good he is
at that kind of thing.
1304
01:12:25,127 --> 01:12:27,910
And College Green, for the photo call.
1305
01:12:27,976 --> 01:12:29,253
The Backs are too close.
1306
01:12:29,320 --> 01:12:31,524
You never know, I might
say the wrong thing.
1307
01:12:33,547 --> 01:12:39,244
On your way out, say hello to that girl.
1308
01:12:39,307 --> 01:12:40,552
Who is she?
1309
01:12:40,620 --> 01:12:42,081
The new girl in EastEnders.
1310
01:12:43,724 --> 01:12:45,634
Forget about politicians,
that's real power.
1311
01:12:45,709 --> 01:12:49,638
She gets 15 million viewers
three times per week.
1312
01:12:50,927 --> 01:12:52,553
Bloody Islington.
1313
01:13:09,299 --> 01:13:12,595
The paramount consideration
for Gordon and Tony throughout
1314
01:13:12,629 --> 01:13:15,925
has been the best way
for the party's interests to be served
1315
01:13:15,989 --> 01:13:19,438
and for party unity to be maximized
in order to win the election.
1316
01:13:19,511 --> 01:13:23,538
A desire to unite the party
is at the forefront of their thinking.
1317
01:13:23,607 --> 01:13:25,201
I suppose we should
add something here
1318
01:13:25,271 --> 01:13:27,661
about Gordon's personal sacrifice.
1319
01:13:27,737 --> 01:13:29,298
How about...
1320
01:13:29,370 --> 01:13:31,737
Gordon has taken,
as he said he would,
1321
01:13:31,803 --> 01:13:35,665
a decision which puts unity and teamwork
above personal ambition.
1322
01:13:35,739 --> 01:13:37,266
Good.
1323
01:13:37,340 --> 01:13:39,512
In his Wales and Luton speeches,
1324
01:13:39,580 --> 01:13:41,141
Gordon has spelled out
the fairness agenda,
1325
01:13:41,214 --> 01:13:44,029
social justice,
employment opportunities,
1326
01:13:44,095 --> 01:13:45,588
and skills which he believes
1327
01:13:45,663 --> 01:13:48,216
should be the centerpiece
of Labour's program,
1328
01:13:48,287 --> 01:13:51,583
and Tony is in full agreement with this
1329
01:13:53,408 --> 01:13:54,456
No.
1330
01:13:54,528 --> 01:13:59,167
"And Tony has guaranteed
this will be pursued. "
1331
01:14:13,285 --> 01:14:14,497
Good evening.
1332
01:14:14,566 --> 01:14:16,476
The Shadow Chancellor
Gordon Brown,
1333
01:14:16,551 --> 01:14:18,494
once tipped as the future Labour leader,
1334
01:14:18,567 --> 01:14:22,561
has sacrificed his personal ambitions
in favor of party unity.
1335
01:14:22,632 --> 01:14:24,607
Friends of the Shadow Chancellor said<
1336
01:14:24,681 --> 01:14:26,919
the decision had been
a long and difficult one,
1337
01:14:26,986 --> 01:14:28,709
but in a statement today,
Mr. Brown said
1338
01:14:28,779 --> 01:14:31,332
it been taken
in the interests of party unity.
1339
01:14:31,403 --> 01:14:32,352
Mr. Blair!
1340
01:14:33,675 --> 01:14:34,756
Please!
1341
01:14:35,787 --> 01:14:36,998
Mr. Blair!
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