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Morning. How are you?

I can sort of see you.
Perfect.Yeah.

It's slightly like
"Big Brother is watching you".

Shame on you! Shame on you!

You're a wanker.

I hope I don't get
a cease-and-desist
from Johnnie Boden.

"Could you please
not wear my clothes,

"you awful, Tory, right-wing,
fox-hunting Brexiteer?"

They sound the horn
and off they all go. Magnificent.

I'm well aware that there are risks
in reality TV.

...worse result
at a General Election

than John Major's defeat in 1997...

From the ashes of disaster
grow the roses of success.

Let's go to Disneyland Paris
in France.

Top priority is
to go to the battlefields.

Jacob Rees-Mogg!

Could always go for Strictly
or I'm A Celeb.

I feel in a terrible state
of undress.

How do you feel about
following in this long line
of family documentaries?

I think this will be
a rather different kettle of fish
from the Kardashians.

Why?Well, I have no idea,

'cause I've never watched them,
so I don't have a clue.

Please be gone.
Vote Conservative!

Right. Are you ready? I'll put it
onto 5 to start with.Okay.

Have you got your guard?Yep.

Oh, cross bat shot
for four. Excellent.

Well, the summer draws gently
to a close

and the children prepare
to go back to school.

They've got about a fortnight left
of their extraordinarily long
summer holidays.

So what next?

Well, even I don't know
what I'm going to do next.

I'm going to quote
"Wait and see."

Haven't set the kitchen
on fire yet.

The Clutton flower show
happens every year,

and my dad opens it,
so it's quite special.

Obviously there's a flower show,
but there's also a dog show.

It's for things like agility
and sausage-retrieving.

So we're training Daisy today
to not eat the sausage.

You better not let me down, Daisy.

Good girl.

Right, Daisy.

You cannot eat this.
You cannot eat this.

You have to resist the temptation.

Go get it. Bring it back.

No, don't eat it!
Bring it back! Daisy! Daisy!

No. No. That's mine.

Practice makes progress,
not perfect,

so we're... we're on our way.
It's a journey.

As we know, Mary,
from the ashes of disaster
grow the roses of success.Yeah.

Do you have any advice

on how Daisy could possibly retrieve
the sausage without eating it?

No, I expect dogs are as obedient
as daughters are,

which means not very much.

Right. Well...
Isn't that right, Daisy?

I think perhaps it's fathers
that are a bit lacking.

Have you found
you have more time on your hands

post-election, Jacob?

Oh, work expands
to fill the time available.

Right. We're looking at the position
for the pond.

But, yes, it's definitely
a gentler pace of life
compared to being an MP.

We want it sort of over there.
There's a bit of a natural dip there

that I think would be
a good spot for it.

I wanted ducks for ages.

Ducklings. They're really cute
and they're yellow and fluffy.

This is where we'd like to have it,

but needs planning permission,

so you suddenly get enveloped
in red tape and bureaucracy.

I feel Mary may have been inspired

by Carrie Johnson's Instagram.

And I think perhaps Jacob is better
to live in the Land of Yes
than the Land of No,

so I believe
a duck-pond is happening.

That's the one that curves in,
don't it?Yes.

Yes, that's right.
That's the other side.

Boris and Carrie hopped
on the trend and they got ducks,

and Carrie is so lovely,
so obviously, if they have ducks,

you know, we have to have ducks.
Gotta keep up.

So I told Daddy that,
and I think that helped a lot.

Yeah, this would be the boundary.
It would come around here.

You've got a natural hump there
in front of you.That's right.

The pond...

Er...

Well, it's a nice idea, innit?

Mary and her ducks
that I think a fox would eat.

How big
is this looking, roughly?

About the size of
a five-a-side football pitch, innit?

If you say so.

You're not into football, are you?
No, not really.

Do you think building a duck-pond
is a good use of his time now?

Exactly. He has no excuses
now he's not an MP.

Yes.

Good day for it.It's lovely.

Clutton flower show,

or the Clutton shower flow
as it has been some years,

when there's been a downpour
and we've got absolutely soaked.

Happily, that didn't happen
this year.

It was a lovely sunny day.

Thank you to Clutton for providing
this wonderful weather.

I say every night on GB News that
the weather in Somerset is perfect,

and here we are
and the weather is perfect,

so trust me -
I'm at least a former politician,

even if not currently serving,

and you know what I say
is likely to be true.

And it is now my great pleasure
to come back

and declare the Clutton flower show
officially open.

Thank you very much indeed.

Were you at all worried
or concerned

that this year,
as you are no longer an MP,

you wouldn't be asked to open it,

that that would be your link
with the flower show gone?

Was that a consideration?

I was touched that
they still wanted me to open it,

as I am no longer the MP.
I wouldn't have been surprised.

I wouldn't have been offended
if they'd rung Margaret and said,

"Erm, actually,
now he's no longer...
Would he mind awfully...?"

That wouldn't have been
unreasonable, so I was delighted
to open it.

We're doing
Retrieve the Sausage now,

so we'll have No.1, Bean, please.

I'm actually quite nervous.
I don't know why, 'cause
sausage-throwing competition...

But it's your turn next.Yeah.
You're like, "Oh, I've got to go
in a minute."

Can we have Daisy?

Oh, it's Mary next.

Do you think
Daisy is capable

of retrieving a sausage
without eating it?

I was going to say -
Daisy, being a dog,

is extremely capable
of retrieving a sausage.

Oh, "without eating it," you added.

Er... Daisy's a dog.
What are the chances?

Get the sausage.

Daisy, bring it back. Bring it back.
Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!

Daisy, Daisy, bring it, bring it.

Daisy, drop it.Oh, well done.
Well done, Mary.Yes.

Yay!

Well done, Daisy. Good girl.
It's extraordinary.
Why didn't she eat it?

Daisy came second
and got a silver medal.

Erm... Great.

My goodness, she's got a rosette.

Yeah, she has got a blue rosette,
'cause she's a Conservative.

She wouldn't accept a red rosette.
That's why she came second.

Who's my clever girl?
She is very clever.Yes.

Whereas my rosette gets packed away

for a few years, at any rate,
if not permanently.

Daisy's the rosette-winner.
Daisy triumphs.

She wins her prize.
I'm afraid I lost my prize.

"Sic transit gloria mundi."

What news is there on the pond
and planning permission?

Well, I've made enquiries

and we need a description
of the proposal,

a sketch plan showing
the extent of the site...

Right, yes....photographs,
and ownership details.

Well, there's the sketch plan,

and I have got some photographs,
actually, of it, which I took.

I'll send you these.Okay.

And, crucially, this will have
agricultural use.

Are you going to keep animals...
It wouldn't be "animals", would it?

It's "birds".Well, possibly
more sheep, you see,

'cause I've got two sheep.Okay.
Two sheep aren't enough, actually.

They don't do their job
of keeping the grass down.

And it'd be nice to have
a few Jacob sheep

and perhaps get some meat from them
and so on.

You wouldn't eat them, would you?
Of course I would.

Yeah, I'd do it properly.
Hmm. Okay.I like lamb.

Not going to eat the current ones.
They're too old.

A bit muttony.Yes.

Okay, I think that's probably
all the information we need...

...for the time being. Yes. Yes.
Yeah, very good.

Yeah, we'll get on to that
straight away.Thanks, Margaret.

I'm very happy with this pace
of life in August,

but I have to work out
what to do next.

At the moment, inevitably,
I'm keeping my options open.

I'm off
to the Edinburgh Fringe festival
with my dad.

He's going on the comedy show,
which will be quite interesting,

like, just to see what happens.

I wonder if he'll be good at it.
Hopefully.

Do you think
this could be a career change
for him now he's out of Parliament?

I think the fact that Dad's un-cool
is what makes him kind of funny.

But he's not going to turn
into Jack Whitehall.

The 10:30 train to Edinburgh
will depart from Platform 2.

To be honest, I haven't
thought about the Fringe much.

It's just something
I know goes on and is good
for the Edinburgh economy.

And Mary was quite keen to come,
so it was a nice opportunity
to spend a bit of time with Mary.

Mary is my translator
and instructress in modern culture.

What are the shows
that you want to go to?

I don't know, really.
I don't really know what's on.

"Drag-queen wine-tasting."
Drag queen...? Why...?

There's drag brunch as well.

You seem a bit obsessed
by this stuff.

I just feel like
it really suits you.

I found another one.Oh, yes?
MC Hammersmith.
"The MC stands for Middle Class.

"West London's leading freestyle
gangsta rapper."A what?

What sort of rapper?
Do you know Tupac?

Do I know what?Tupac.Tupac?

What?T-U-P-A-C, Tupac.
No, no, no.

That's delicious. Scrumptious.

Matt Forde invited me
up to the Edinburgh Festival

to join his satirical
political programme.

He has done political satire
for a long time,

and I think he was an advisor
to the Blair government
at some point.

He started on the left,

but he's slightly disillusioned
with politics,
hence he's become a satirist.

I know the Fringe festival
is meant to be quite lefty,

and woke, and alternative,
and all that jazz.

Whoo!

It is not his natural habitat.

I wouldn't really describe
the assumed audience

as like these top Tory toffs.

FESTIVAL-Certainly know
who Jacob Rees-Mogg is, yes.

What do you think
of him?Twat.

I think he's a... out-of-touch,
posh Tory boy.

Adam Smith, first real economist.

Very important figure.

I wouldn't put "Jacob Rees-Mogg"
and "comedy" in the same sentence,

unless I was talking about
the last 14 years
of government rule.

He understands the benefits
of capitalism.

He's a moron. "We're going to
completely under-fund the arts,

"and I'm going to try and make money
being funny

"at a festival
that I've actively tried to ruin."

One of the worst humans
to have lived.

Really liked walking
around Edinburgh with Dad.
It was really fun.

Rees-Moggs have thick skin.
Not wet wipes.

Please give a huge warm welcome
to Jacob Rees-Mogg!

Thank you so much.

So, I think you look younger already

for not being
in the House of Commons.

Do you think about health
and eat the right things?
Not at all.

I had the most delicious
deep-fried Mars Bar.

I love that sort of food.

My diet is whatever comes to hand
washed down with black coffee.

Can you cook anything?
Is there anything you cook
that's, like, your main dish?

Your signature piece?No. No.

So, if Nanny wasn't around
and no-one else was around...
I have biscuits and cheese.

So do you have any cheeses
you can recommend?

What are your favourites?Cheddar.

And what about
some lovely Continental cheeses?

Europe produces
so much good stuff, Jacob.

Marvellous stuff.
You're welcome to it.

Do you exercise? Do you go running?
Do you do weights?No.

The only exercise I take
is campaigning,

so I take exercise
once every five years
in the normal election cycle.

So can we infer from that

that you intend to exercise again
in five years?

I'm not absolutely certain,
but I love politics.

I love being a Member of Parliament.

And so I'm certainly thinking
very strongly about standing again.
Well, I'm sure you will.

Please give a huge "thank you"
to Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Thank you.

Let's go
and get the wheelbarrow.

We're going to pick some apples
for cider, me and Sixtus.

Do you get excited
this time of year?

No, about six months from now,
when it's ready to drink.

There's so many.
They're just all falling.

There you go.
That went in the barrel, as well.

And that one, there you are,
and that one.

Ooh, this is a big 'un.

Sixtus, what's cider?

It's apple juice
that's just been made strange.

Whoa!

How many pints can you drink?

I'd only drink pints
of just normal apple juice.

Just normal apple juice.
Talk like me if you drink
too much cider.

Gobbledegook.

It is really important
for the children to understand

that when they are in Somerset
that is home,

and they are Somerset people,

and Shaun roots them in Somerset

because he comes
from a rural background.

The same could be said
of the riding establishment
where they all go.

That shows them
that there is a real rural life
and they're part of it.

Out of the eight of us,
six of us ride.

So, this is Lottie.

Erm, this is Gus,

and this is my mum's Rebel.

He's having a bit of an itch, but...

My mother grew up hunting,
certainly, as a teenager,

and, er, saw to it,

ensured that I learned to ride,
at that stage, whether I liked it
or not.

So, I suppose, I've been keen,
as my mother was with me,

to pass it on to the children.

Anselm was our youngest
to have his first sit on a pony.

He was still one, but only just.

So, it's not just a question
of having your legs on.

She's got to be listening to them.

Back in the beginning of the summer
I qualified for Bicton.

It's, kind of, the big competition
for the southwest

for show-jumping, dressage,
and eventing.

Hold her, lift her,
push her, work her.

Obviously I...
I am looking forward to it...

...but actually, now I'm thinking
about it, I am getting nervous.

You can grip your leg
around her belly
until you go blue in the face.

If she's ignoring it,
you'll get no response.

Mary definitely feels the pressure
of competing.

I hope she's doing it
because she wants to,

not that she feels she has to
or was forced into it.

Connect, connect. Don't drop her.

How did you get on?
I was a bit more rusty
than last week.

Not so "bueno" this week,
so that's a bit annoying,

but better make mistakes now
than when I'm actually doing it.

Hopefully I'm a bit better tomorrow.

This is endless.
"Highways, parking and safety."

I'm sure.
"Construction management plan
will be required."

It's all such nonsense.
It just needs one digger
to dig a hole.Yeah.

Mary wanted a pond. Jolly good idea.
I should like to have a pond,

but it turns out to be
a bureaucratic morass.

"Negligible potential.
How badgers may use the site
for commuting purposes."

Badgers may use it
for commuting purposes?
Yes! Commuting badgers.

That's very formal, isn't it?
Commuting badgers.

Who cares about badger commuting?
They do care about badger commuting.

Well, they said there may be
commuting badgers,

and if they turned up,
then we'd have to adjust the plans.

But badgers can drink the water.
It would be nice for them.Yeah.

I mean, just absurd.

What about any other kind
of animal commuting?

I mean, there must be
a few deer around.

And a few people
who commute into Bristol.
Perhaps they could go over it, too.

Now, I don't know what
the badger commuting routes are,

whether they're going into Bristol.

I thought everyone was working
from home,

so I'm glad at least the badgers are
doing a bit of work and commuting,

'cause nobody else is.

It's just so ridiculously
bureaucratic for a pond.

The thing is all of this
just makes it expensive and bother.

It's a complete waste of time.
I don't think I can be bothered.

Dressage is not particularly
my thing.

I haven't the... the patience
or the talent.

It's all marvellous watching
your own child do something,

I have to say, and unless you know
a person's child very well,

watching someone else's child
do an early Pony Club-level
dressage test

is rather like watching paint dry.

I loosened them loads in the car
and over-did it a bit, I reckon.

It's kind of flapping around.
Better.

These Pony Club mums...
Very scary.

You look gorgeous, darling.

"Don't do that.
Sit up straight. Hands down."

But compared to just doing, like,
a little unaffiliated event,

Bicton is totally different.

So many competitors and horses,

and everyone wants the same thing -
to win. That's why they're there.

Ready?Yeah.
Let's get down and warm up.

Let me bring the test sheet.

There was probably
an element of trepidation.

You know,
the regional dressage championships,
quite a big deal.

You know,
"Will I remember the test?

"Will my horse fall
out of the arena?" -
which can happen.

She ignores me the first time,
so I have to keep-

Okay, so let's get her
so she listens to you first time.

You're gonna keep doing it till
she listens to you the first time.

Ready? Canter.

She definitely gets nervous,

erm, but then again,
I don't know who wouldn't.

Oh, hello.Hello.

Mary is on Kinder there...
Is there, yes.

...warming up with Tabitha
and Lucio, I think.

Insist.I know.

Insist, Mary.
But she's not listening
to my outside leg at all.

Whoo-oop.

I don't like that.
That's okay. She just slipped.

That's okay. Find a balance.
Don't panic.

When Mary was warming up,

Kinder, her horse,
was quite feisty...

Oh.

...which is unnerving.

Listen to me, please, Kinder.

I'm just trying to help you.

I think that rather,
perhaps, unsettled her.

Don't fret, sweetheart.
It'll be all right.

You'll be brilliant.
Don't worry. Don't worry.

Don't worry. You'll do great, girl.

And it doesn't matter.
It's all for fun.

It's all for fun.

Do you want a handkerchief?
No. Thank you.

It's just my nerves. Like, hard
for me to breathe, and then...Yes.

Three "hail Mary"s.
The solution to everything.

She takes her time, that hail-Mary.
Yes, but it always works
in the end.

She got herself together
and got in the ring.

So, I'm impressed
and really pleased with this...

...because in the warm-up
it was going wrong,
which is why we had the tears.

Salute. Salute. Did she salute?
Yeah, she did salute.

Mary, well done.

I'll go and meet her.
Well done, that girl.

65.4. Oh.Yeah.

Well, that's very good.

65.4%.

You think, "Well, that's a 2:1
at university."

Do you feel proud?
Of Kinder, yes. Not of me.

For what it's worth,
your father's proud of you.

He thinks you're remarkable.

Can't quite believe we're related.

But now it's over
I can actually breathe,
which is nice.

Nice luxury.

Jacob, as a father,

is it important to know
when to be tough

and when to be supportive?

I never really thought
about that, actually.

I think I'm just putty
in my children's hands regardless.

I don't think I've ever...
I ought to be tougher, I think.

I think all my children would say
I should be stricter and firmer

rather than being such a push-over.

So, your school uniform's there,
school sports kit there.

The "back to school" in September
is interesting.

Yeah, your GCSE folders
and books here.

In four days, we have to get Mary
back to Ascot...

Can I give you this
to deal with yourself?Yeah.

...Anselm, Alfred, and Sixtus
back to London for prep school...

...and Peter and Thomas back to Eton

for the start
of the Michaelmas half,

or "autumn term",
as the rest of us would say.

Down there.

Can you remember
how you felt at the end of summer

when you used to go back
to boarding school?Erm...

Er, yes. Fine, actually.

I was always happy at home
when I was at home

and happy at school
when I was at school.

I mean, I loved my wonderful parents
very much, still do,

but I just preferred, I suppose,
the camaraderie of boarding,

living with lots of people
your own age

rather than rattling
around a large house,
just me and a nanny.

Lovely nanny,
but no siblings of my age,

so I decided
boarding was much more fun.

I could take her in my trunk.

She fits.That's sweet.

She likes it. She wants to come
to school. No, stay in.

What was it like
the first time Mary went away?
Was it more emotional?

For who?Mary... and you.
Erm, I don't know.

It wasn't emotional.

Mary's not our eldest,
so she wasn't the first to...

...start boarding. The adjustment
had been the year before,
when Peter went off to Eton.

Did you feel sad when he went off?
I certainly felt a bit heavy-hearted
for a couple of days.

Erm... but then you get used to it,

and he was so happy there,
immediately happy,

which was absolutely great.
Anyway, yeah, so...

...there we go.

Is the bag ready?Yeah.

Great.

It is a pity that we won't see Mary
for 12 days,

but, then again, Jacob and I
both wanted to board,

chose to board, and then loved it -

eventually in Jacob's case,
but immediately in mine -

and we wanted that for our children,

and, no, I do not wish
they were at day school in London.

They're much happier where they are.

I have never looked forward
to going back to school, ever,

because you always want
the summer to continue.

Like, you always want
the summer to last for ever.

This is proper weather, innit?

Tropical storm in East Harptree.

No, we're in West Harptree,
aren't we? I've had a drink.

And we have to say goodbye to Daisy,

and that is the worst,
the worst thing I'm thinking about.

How much do you miss
your parents when you're at school?

Yeah, no, I miss my parents.

I like being at home,
so I'm always ringing up,

especially to get, like,
a Daisy update

or, "How are the horses doing?"
or something.

I usually call most...

Usually with Dad and Mummy
most days.

Erm... Yeah.

Mary? Anyone know where Jacob is?

What are you on hand
to do now?

I've no idea. Hold the brolly.
Top job.

I'm not taking
this ridiculous trunk.

It's just easier to put the things
in the car

and have one journey, not several.

I do not understand why the school
wants people to have trunks.
Nothing but a bore,

and it won't fit in my car, anyway.

That ain't going in there.

Big enough for a golf bag.

Doing it. Planning ahead.

Thank you. Erm...

Where's that other book box?

Sixtus, in there.
You're coming with me.

Anselm, et cetera, with your mater.
Whoops.

Onward, Christian soldiers...

...marching belatedly as to war,

with the cross of Jesus
going on before.

I don't think
Mary ever looks forward
to going back to school.

Definitely more of a homebody,
but this was the case
when she was at day school.

What is the ideal
that you would like

in terms of boarding,
non-boarding...

Well, I don't really like boarding
very much.

Do you think you wouldn't...?
But I don't know.

Wouldn't you get fed up with us
if you were home all the time?

Well, if I was in Somerset
all the time, I'd never get fed up
with it.

I like being at home.Yeah, I love
having you at home, as you know.

And... Yeah.

Why can't you just accidentally
keep taking me to London?

All right. Okay. Erm...

This might put "where there's a will
there's a way" to the test.

Well, it's a cloudy
but mild September day,

and the car is being loaded up

for the two elder boys to head back

to the College of Our Lady
of Eton beside Windsor.

Everyone needs a picture
of their distinguished ancestors

on their walls at school.

We won't actually see them now
for a month.

I know Helena always is sorry
to see them go, as am I...

Can you drag this through
from the other side?

...but they get
a fantastic education there,
so it is all to the good.

I'm stitching more name-tapes
onto some flannels...

...for Peter to take to school.

Can you remember
when you had to do this for Jacob?

Yes, indeed, I can,
and all the others.

What was Jacob like
at the start of term, Veronica?

Was he excited to go back to Eton?

Not for the first year
he wasn't, no.

He was very homesick.

He used to ring me up every day
from a Windsor call-box.

Would I take a reverse charge
from a Windsor call-box?

Every day.

Could I send this,

or bring something else on Sunday
when I went down?

Could I take him
Bath Oliver biscuits or books,

go to Harrods and get him
some PG Wodehouse paperbacks?
That sort of thing.

And how was he
different to Peter and Thomas?

Well, they're more independent.

They don't bother to ring me up
or get me to do jobs for them
very often.

It's the return to Eton,

so we're trying to squeeze
everything in, both my belongings
and Thomas',

so Mummy's done a good job
of getting it all in,

but, yeah, we return this evening.

Chuck this down there, please.Yeah.

Are you not roasting
in cords and a cashmere...?

No.Okay.
I love my cords.Yeah, okay.

Ah-ha. Oh, hello, sweetheart.

Hello. How are you?

I am well. How are you?Good.

Better for hearing from you.

How's Daisy?
I haven't heard from Margaret.

I've been in touch with her today,
but she hasn't said anything
about Daisy. I hope she's all right.

Erm... You know I miss Daisy
when I'm away.

Yes, yes. Well, I think
she misses you too.Yeah.

So, are you missing us all,
or are you as happy as a sand-boy?

No, it would be nice to see you...

Yes, quite right. No.

Do you want to see my room?
Oh, I'd love a tour, yes.

There's my tuck-box.Oh, yes.

Then I have a tuck drawer,
which is just brilliant.

Oh, very good.It's fantastic.

And this is my pinboard.
Ah, I like that.

My Conservative calendar.
Quite right.

Good, solid stuff, yes.
"Labour isn't working."

Excellent.That's Kinder...
Oh, yes, yes....and Daisy.Yes.

And that's my bed.Your bed.Yes.

It all looks very comfortable.Yeah.

Yes. Hey-ho. I'd better let you go
to your French drop-in, sweetheart.

Okay, bye.All right. Well, lovely
to talk to you. Pip-pip.

Bye.Bye. Bye.

How is she?
All right. She's fine.
She's tickety-boo.

She's in fine fettle.

I love hearing from her.
She's such a sweetheart.

She's always so positive
and upbeat about things.

And where do you think
she'd rather be, Jacob?

At school or, do you think,
in Somerset?

Of course she'd rather be
in Somerset,

but everybody would rather be
in Somerset.

But there's life to be led.
You've got to crack on with work.

Somerset is there
as the icing on the cake,

but if cakes were all icing,
they would be a bit too rich.

I've always said to my children
that if they are unhappy
at their schools,

I'll take them out straight away,

but children need to work out
how to lead their own lives.

You are not going to be there
for ever to tell them what to do

or how to do it,

and so their becoming independent
is important,

and boarding school advances
that process,

I think, very considerably.

Well, we're off to lunch
with William Sitwell.

We were at school together.
We've kept in touch ever since.

He's a great sounding board,
and I'm much looking forward
to catching up.

Abracadabra.

Hello. Good afternoon.
I'm expecting to see
Mr Sitwell, please.

He's waiting for you.
Thank you very much.

Oh, William, hello.Hi, Jacob.
Sorry to keep you waiting.

I'd stand up if I could.
I'll shuffle in.

How are you?Very well, thank you.

As we were coming here,

I was very relieved
we weren't next door,

'cause the last time
I went next door

the proprietor,
at the end of the evening,

berated me about Brexit and then,
even worse, stole my taxi.Okay.

Right.I haven't been back since.
So, when did you last eat Japanese?

Oh, I should think
when I was in Japan years ago.

Okay. And did you cope with it?
Erm, depends what it is.

Look at that. Sea urchin.
Ah-ha. Thank you.

How's that?

Just shove it straight in, Jacob.

The whole thing?The whole thing.

I'm glad
Nanny isn't watching.Go on.

There you go.Mm.

Delicious, but as I say,
I'm glad Nanny wasn't watching.

She would not approve of a mouthful
that size being taken.

So, my two have gone back to school.

All six of yours have gone back?
All back, yes.

Are they all boarding?

No, the three older ones board,

and the three younger ones
are still at home.

Will they all board?
Will you let them decide?

If one wanted to stay at home,
would you let them?

It's trying to organise it.

You see, I don't want them to go
to day school in London,

so they've got choice of school
much more than they've got choice
of boarding or not.

We first met quite soon after,
I think, we both started.Yes.

Do you remember those early days?

Did you miss home?
Oh, hugely, hugely.You did?

It was quite a surprise.
Shock to the system.

The food was terrible. It was cold.
You had to make your own bed.

Well, Nanny came to do that for me.
What, every day?Not every day.

What else is going on?
Are you still hankering after
going back into politics?

Yes.
It's a very interesting thought.

There is so much
that needs to be done.

We have condemned ourselves
to a low-growth, poor economy.

And yet, we know
how to make it better.

You say "we". I mean, Labour are in
'cause the Tories...

'Cause we made a mess of it.
I agree. I agree.

It's quite hard
to quite so quickly say,

"Come on, let us back in,

"because we need to fix
the mess that we created."

Do you feel...? I do think
there's a, sort of, idea that...

you've done it, you've got further
than you ever thought you'd get,

and it's an addiction
of the roller-coaster ride
you want to get back on.

Don't tell me it's because
you want to serve the people.

It is also about you
and what you want.
I've always said I've enjoyed it.

What I really enjoyed...Yeah.
...about government

was making decisions,

and therefore there is an attraction
if the right opportunity came up.

Right, then.

Well, that was jolly good.
Very good indeed.

Are you surprised
he's still interested in politics,

or do you think once a politician,
always a politician?

He went far further in politics
than any of us ever thought,

but it's more than career.
It's about being at the centre
of things.

When you're an MP, it is your job
to be at the centre

of the biggest discussions
on the planet,

so I can see how that's addictive.

We're having a little party
for Nanny, not a huge party.

Hello, Barbara.
Hello. Nice to see you.

The Conservative party has laid out
a timetable for finding
its next leader.

Maybe this will be
an end of the Tory party,

if they make a mistake
in this contest.

Politics is in my blood.

I really can't see myself
taking up knitting.