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00:00Tell me it isn't true.
00:07Tell me it isn't true.
00:11I love you, daddy.
00:14Daddy!
00:18I love you, daddy.
00:37Francis!
00:41What is it?
00:51I had a bad dream.
00:57I didn't call out, did I?
00:59It sounded as if you were in fear of your life.
01:04It's all right, Cawdor.
01:06It was just a dream.
01:09All right. Fine.
01:13I'll leave you to it, then.
01:16A lot of fuss about nothing.
01:20Time to get started, anyway.
01:23Francis, why don't you stay down here at Chequers for the day?
01:27The morning, at least.
01:29Why on earth should I do that? Far more interesting things to do.
01:32Complete my reshuffle, for a start.
01:34I'm making Geoffrey Boozer Pitt, my foreign secretary.
01:38Little Geoffrey? Is that wise?
01:40Oh, yes, I think so. Why not?
01:42Cap sticks too dithery, bullocks too dense.
01:44Rayner would like it, of course.
01:46But he's just a bit too much of a thug.
01:48He might as well have I Hate Foreigners tattooed on his forehead.
01:52Geoffrey has brains and Geoffrey has cheek,
01:54and Geoffrey will do what I tell him to do.
01:56He's one of us, Elizabeth.
02:01And best of all, it's so humiliating for make-peace.
02:04Deposed from high office, the ritual clearing of the desk.
02:08Too many knick-knacks for the briefcase,
02:10so a typist lends a carrier bag from Tesco's.
02:13In go the family photos.
02:16The underlings avert their gaze.
02:18A couple of awkward handshakes,
02:20then the ignominious exit by the tradesman's gate.
02:25And in the morning, waking to the knowledge that it's true, all true.
02:30No more red boxes, no more urgent calls,
02:34no one wants your opinion about anything anymore.
02:37No interviews, no photographs, no ministerial car.
02:42I could find it in my heart to pity the man.
02:46If he weren't such a canteen, high-minded, sanctimonious hypocrite,
02:50he deserves everything he gets.
02:56Claire.
02:58Where did you say you were going so early in the morning?
03:01Don't stop.
03:03Said I was going to the gym.
03:06Fair enough, I suppose.
03:08Come on, then.
03:10Work that body.
03:12What?
03:13Don't be flippant, Claire. Please.
03:16You're very sensitive this morning.
03:20I still love you, you know.
03:22Even though you're not the Foreign Secretary anymore,
03:25you still give a girl a hell of a good time in bed.
03:29Oh, Tom, there's no need to look quite so tragic.
03:34Tom?
03:36Tom!
03:38This is silly.
03:40I know.
03:42It's not your fault, it's my fault.
03:44The thing is...
03:46I've decided we've got to stop.
03:52I'm sorry.
04:23It's him.
04:25Francis?
04:27Yes, Francis.
04:29You're not jealous of him.
04:31I don't do anything with Francis.
04:34You're his PPS.
04:36Oh, Tom, we've been through all this.
04:39I've told you, it's not a problem for me.
04:41You know I'm all for you.
04:43Being his PPS is just a means to an end.
04:45I told you, if he didn't let me do my job, I'd bloody well take his.
04:48I know. So what's the problem? I can help you do it.
04:51I can't work like that.
04:53Oh, brilliant.
04:55If I'm going to fight Francis Urquhart, and I am,
04:57then it has to be a straight fight.
04:59I have to be straight and I have to be seen to be straight.
05:02Family values.
05:04Yes, if you like.
05:06So you're chucking me, are you?
05:08Claire, believe me...
05:10But you thought you'd have one for the road and then tell me, did you?
05:14Claire, please.
05:16I think...
05:19..this is the hardest thing I've ever had to do.
05:22I've never known anything like...
05:26..what we've had.
05:29I've hurt you, haven't I?
05:31It should have been me who said when it was over.
05:40Sorry.
05:42Better now.
05:44You're absolutely right, of course.
05:49And there isn't a perfect way to do these things.
05:52I do understand you'll have to distance yourself for a while.
05:56Politically as well.
06:00But I want you to know I'm still here for you...
06:03..when you need me...
06:05..in every way.
06:09You're a wonderful woman.
06:11I know.
06:14Always stay.
06:19Are you all set, Francis?
06:21It's not going to be just a farewell performance.
06:23I never imagined it would be.
06:25These resignation statements so often turn into squalid recriminations, don't they?
06:29So tedious and so bad for the reputation of politics in general, don't you feel?
06:33I think you should take it seriously.
06:35I think he's out to get you.
06:37Well, let's see what he can do, shall we?
06:40I am proud to have served this country...
06:43..as His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
06:47And I'm proud of what I've been able to achieve in that position.
06:51Most recently, of course, the historic Cyprus settlement.
06:54But Cyprus has been one achievement amongst many lost opportunities.
06:59I can no longer refrain from speaking out against an attitude to foreign policy...
07:04..which has made the civilised nations of the world see Britain as the yob of Europe.
07:09And I can no longer support a British Prime Minister...
07:13..whose idea of diplomacy is to demand that everyone else speaks English.
07:17Is this not the politics of the football hooligan and the boot boy?
07:21Surely Britain has more to offer Europe than a two-fingered salute.
07:25Well, yes, of course it has.
07:27But not, I fear, under its present leadership.
07:32It became very clear to me when I read in the paper who my successor was to be.
07:36In future, it seems, Britain's interests are to be defended in the international arena...
07:41..by a kind of...
07:43How shall I put this?
07:45A kind of... glove puppet.
07:49A cuddly little creature who will speak with his master's voice...
07:52..because he has none of his own.
07:55Order!
07:56Sooty!
07:57Sooty!
07:59Let's hear it from Sooty!
08:01Order!
08:03Order!
08:04Order!
08:05Order!
08:06Let me remind the House...
08:08..that personal statements are by custom listened to in silence.
08:12Thank you.
08:13Mr Tom, make peace.
08:15Madam Speaker...
08:17It has become clear to me, as it has become clear to many in this House...
08:21..and many more throughout the country...
08:23..that all is not well in Britain.
08:25I became a Member of Parliament...
08:27..because I wanted to uphold those traditions which made England great.
08:31I wanted to serve my country...
08:34..not lay waste to it in the name of asset stripping.
08:37I am convinced now...
08:39..that nothing but a change of leadership will put us back on the right track.
08:43Join the opposition!
08:45Order!
08:47A number of my colleagues have approached me in recent days...
08:50..and asked if I would be prepared to offer myself as a candidate for party leadership.
08:55I have decided that I must accept the challenge.
08:58Until that matter is resolved...
09:00..I find myself so much at odds with what is being done in the name of my party and my country...
09:05..that I can no longer, in conscience...
09:08..take my seat on the government benches.
09:31Prime Minister.
09:36I am grateful for this opportunity to thank the Right Honourable Gentleman...
09:40..for his loyal and conscientious service over the years.
09:43On these occasions, a certain amount of petulance is expected...
09:48..and forgiven...
09:50..and, indeed, forgotten.
09:53May I assure the Right Honourable Gentleman...
09:56..forgotten.
09:58May I assure the Right Honourable Gentleman...
10:01..that he has my very best wishes for his future career...
10:05..whatever that may be.
10:11It was right of you. You made him look very silly.
10:15Thank you.
10:24All the same, Matthew, I think you need to take this very seriously.
10:27Yes, right. Thank you, Geoffrey. Later.
10:30Yes.
10:38Well, now, and what are we to make of that?
10:42I did warn you.
10:44I didn't know you'd go so far as to cross the house.
10:47A piece of histrionic buffoonery.
10:49I doubt if it'll be reported that way.
10:52And it won't be the last we've heard of Sooty.
10:54I think you should have done more.
10:56You should have savaged him. You should have humiliated him publicly.
10:59I didn't want to dignify him with my anger.
11:02You have a lot to learn, Clare.
11:04The worst humiliation is not to be taken seriously.
11:08After all, one doesn't froth at the mouth when dismissing the jobbing gardener.
11:12I know how you meant it to look.
11:14But people read it as weakness.
11:16You didn't, did you? No, of course not.
11:18But I think he did.
11:20Didn't you see his face?
11:22You let him think he'd won, and that makes me furious.
11:27As well as being tactically risky, in my view.
11:31Other people might have read it as weakness.
11:34To make peace has a lot more support than you think on the back benches.
11:38But not from you.
11:40Not anymore.
11:42He's chucked you, hasn't he?
11:48Other way round, as a matter of fact.
11:51What a shame.
11:54Well, I'll hurt him for you, Clare, before this game is over, and that's a promise.
12:01Thank you.
12:04Thank you.
12:19Hi.
12:21Hello.
12:23Saw you on the news.
12:25Very good, I thought. Thank you.
12:27You're really going for it this time, aren't you? All the way.
12:30Well, it's left me no option.
12:33I really want it now.
12:35And I know I'm ready for it.
12:37Well, good for you. I hope you wipe the floor with the old bastard.
12:40I think you'll make a brilliant Prime Minister.
12:45Really? Yes, really.
12:56I thought we might go out for dinner tonight.
12:59Lovely.
13:01Except I've got a dinner date, sorry.
13:03John Collins, my new editor.
13:05Oh, fine.
13:07He's only 35. He thinks my work is wonderful.
13:11Well, I think your work's wonderful.
13:16What is it, Tom?
13:18Nothing.
13:20I just wanted to talk, you know.
13:23What did you want to talk about?
13:27Well, you know.
13:29Nothing, really. Going for the leadership.
13:32You and me, where we're headed.
13:36I just think it would be good to get things straightened out.
13:41Well, you know.
13:44You've broken up with Clare Carlson, haven't you?
13:50Well, yes, I have, as a matter of fact.
13:53Was it rough?
13:56It wasn't easy.
14:00But what I feel now is a strong sense of relief
14:04that I've done the right thing.
14:06Oh. Jolly good.
14:08I only hope she feels the same.
14:12Look, Tom, hasn't it occurred to you
14:14that you might have left all this a bit too late?
14:19I'm sorry it's such disappointing news.
14:22Your uncle's death involved certain security elements, apparently,
14:26and that makes the information subject to the 50 years ban.
14:29So the truth is known.
14:31But my father can't be told and neither can I.
14:34I understand how you feel.
14:36I'm just the bearer of the message.
14:38It's just one of those things, it would seem.
14:40No, I don't think it is just one of those things.
14:42When I spoke to Mr Urquhart, he seemed very keen to talk about Cyprus.
14:46Really? Really.
14:48And then I mentioned the name of the village, Spilia,
14:50below the mountains of Trudos.
14:52I could tell he knew it, but he didn't want to talk about it.
14:56Look, I'm just doing this for my father, really.
14:58All we want to do is locate my uncle's graves
15:01so we can give them a proper memorial.
15:03I don't understand what all this big mystery's about.
15:06I'm very sorry, but I'm not in a position to give you any further information.
15:10I see.
15:12Well, thanks for your time.
15:15Wait a minute.
15:20Try this number.
15:22Tom Makepeace.
15:28I think you'll find you'll get some help.
15:32So what's the line on young Tom Makepeace?
15:34He's digging his own grave.
15:36Hmm. We don't actually think so.
15:39We think it might be just what the doctor ordered.
15:42We think it might be just what the doctor ordered.
15:44He should be saying so in tomorrow's paper.
15:47This country is crying out for change,
15:51and I don't care who hears me say that.
15:54Excellent. Oh, Lord.
15:56Ah.
15:58Claire, excellent.
16:00Miss Pasolidis, I am so sorry,
16:03but rules are rules.
16:05We'll have another chat one day soon, I promise.
16:07I did enjoy meeting you so much.
16:09You'll have to excuse me now.
16:11I've got to go now. I'll be in touch.
16:13OK. Thank you.
16:15Bruce! How very good to see you.
16:18I had a feeling that this is where the action would be,
16:21as they say in our days.
16:23Good to see you, Prime Minister. You're looking very well.
16:25So are you, my boy, so are you.
16:27Sir Bruce was just extolling the virtues of Tom Makepeace to us.
16:31Was he, was he?
16:33Well, he's quite right, a very talented chap,
16:35but so self-destructive.
16:37Such a shame.
16:38They do say he falls in love every time he passes a mirror,
16:41but who can blame him?
16:43What do you think, Claire?
16:45I think the feeling on the back bench is that he lacks substance.
16:49In the final analysis, he doesn't really believe in himself.
16:52Well, if that's the woman's angle, you have nothing to fear, F.U.
16:56Well, I must get on.
16:58Been grand to see you, Bruce.
17:00We need more chaps of your calibre in the Upper House.
17:03Bruce?
17:05After the smiles, after the handshakes,
17:08after the arms round shoulders and the merry, hollow laughter,
17:13after the conditional promise and the purchased friendship,
17:18after the elusive, dangling reward, the nagging threat,
17:24after all that, the calculation of the odds,
17:28the sifting of the probabilities,
17:31and then the fear.
17:36Fear in the smell of damp newsprint and the crackle of the radio.
17:41Fear that this might be the day we wake to find the magic gone.
17:56Tom, make peace with me.
17:59Tom, make peace has brought a fresh breeze
18:02of principle and idealism into British politics.
18:05There is a middle ground of principle and decency
18:08where people of goodwill from every class and race can stand together,
18:12and Tom, make peace has claimed that middle ground.
18:15People of goodwill, people of principle and decency will wish him well.
18:20That's Bruce Bullaby?
18:22I'm afraid so.
18:24What ever happened to gratitude, I wonder?
18:28You could simply walk away and leave them to it,
18:31then they'd soon realise what they owe you.
18:34There is a world elsewhere.
18:36He's thrown down the gauntlet, I have to take it up,
18:39and if I take it up, I have to win, and I shall,
18:42and fight and win another election.
18:44Then I'll have beaten that bloody woman's record.
18:47You look pale, Francis. Didn't you sleep well?
18:50I slept very well, thank you.
18:52I am very well.
18:54Yes?
18:56The car's here.
18:58Right.
19:02Oh, let me take that for you, sir.
19:04Thank you.
19:19Hi.
19:23Claire.
19:27Geoffrey. Hello.
19:29Say, this is a bit all right, isn't it?
19:32It's quiet. We won't be disturbed.
19:35We use it to put up executives
19:37when they're over from Sweden and the States.
19:40And it's only five minutes from the house.
19:42It's a Friday, you fancied a quick, er, cuppa?
19:45Put your feet up?
19:47Quite. It's good for work, too.
19:50Right, shall we go through the names in alphabetical order, then?
19:54Starting with a definite for a few.
19:57Anyway you like, Claire.
19:59You know I'm easy.
20:19Hello? I'm Maria Pasolides.
20:22I phoned.
20:24Oh, yes. I forgot all about you. I'm sorry. Do come in.
20:30You answered the door yourself.
20:32Yes. What did you expect? A button?
20:35Look, I'm sorry about this, but I can only give you about ten minutes.
20:39I'm afraid things have got a bit hectic around here.
20:42Yes, I can. It's very good of you to see.
20:46If you have a message.
20:48But I'm all yours for ten minutes.
20:50So, how can I help you?
20:53I think Francis Urquhart might have murdered my uncles.
20:58It's all right, really. I'm not mad.
21:01I might be mistaken, but I'm not deluded.
21:07Well, that looks safe enough.
21:09Somewhere between a 50 and 60 vote majority.
21:12If everybody told the truth.
21:14If everybody told the truth.
21:16Frankly, it's not as wide a margin as I'd thought.
21:19Hmm. Well, the thing is,
21:21Francis has roughed up quite a lot of chaps in the last ten years.
21:25Quite a lot of sore bodies on the government benches.
21:28It's not that they think Makepeace is so wonderful.
21:31More that they want to say,
21:33Yabu sucks to the boss.
21:35In a secret ballot, of course.
21:38You don't really think he could lose, do you?
21:40No, no, no, no. Impossible.
21:50Well, I'm not one of Francis Urquhart's greatest admirers,
21:53but I can't quite see him as a murderer.
21:56I'm not suggesting that you're fantasising,
21:58just that there might be another explanation.
22:01But you believe me that he knows something happened that he wants to conceal.
22:05He's suppressing evidence, and for what other reason than it's damaging to him?
22:11I wish you'd come to see me sooner, Maria.
22:13Three weeks ago, as Foreign Secretary,
22:15I had automatic access to any documents I wanted to see.
22:19But I can raise this question in the house for you.
22:22I think there's a broader issue here.
22:24There's been a number of people like you and your father
22:26who've lost relatives and still don't know the truth about them.
22:29Yes, there are.
22:30And we talk about open government.
22:32Listen, has there been any public discussion of this issue,
22:35either here or in Cyprus?
22:36A little in the Greek Cypriot papers,
22:38and we hope to go on local radio.
22:40Good. Good.
22:42I think we should be on national radio too, and TV. Why not?
22:45Look, I'd like to help you in any way I can.
22:47Let's get this whole thing out in the open. Right?
22:50Right. Claire Carson said she thought you'd be keen.
22:53Did she?
22:54Yes.
22:55Well, I'll have to try not to disappoint you.
22:59Yes, indeed.
23:02No, it's not bad at all.
23:06Yes.
23:08Thank you, Claire.
23:10175 of my honourable colleagues firmly intend to vote for me.
23:14123 are almost certainly against me.
23:17How dare they?
23:19They owe me everything.
23:20Half of them wouldn't even have jobs,
23:22let alone seats in Parliament.
23:24As if I hadn't won three elections in a row
23:26and kept their noses in the gravy.
23:28And these stuff suits, these lumps of lobby fodder,
23:31dare to arrange themselves against me?
23:33Not enough of them to damage you, Friar.
23:36They'll break.
23:38Makepeace will break if you stand firm.
23:42They want strong leadership.
23:44They want the smack of firm government.
23:46And they resent that in themselves, that weakness.
23:49They're supposed to be big, strong men.
23:51Why should they still be frightened of Daddy?
23:54Oh, they are, Francis.
23:56They are, I know.
23:58Makepeace, too.
24:00They'll break.
24:01Makepeace will break if you stand firm.
24:04I know.
24:05Makepeace, too.
24:07In his heart of hearts, he knows you're twice the man he is,
24:10or ever will be.
24:12He's frightened of Daddy, too.
24:16I owe so much to you, my darling.
24:26Time to meet the baying hordes.
24:30Lofty indifference of the world's statesmen, wouldn't you say?
24:33I think so.
24:34Let others play politics while you make history.
24:44I am extremely happy to announce that this morning
24:46the last remaining obstacle to permanent peace in Cyprus
24:49has been cleared away.
24:51The disputed sea boundaries have been agreed
24:53by an international panel of judges
24:55chaired by our own Sir Clive Watling.
24:58Next week, the Greek and Turkish presidents of Cyprus
25:02will sign the treaty at a special European summit
25:05here in Great Britain.
25:07We've done it.
25:09We are home and dry.
25:11Yes, but what about the leadership challenge, Mr. Urquhart?
25:14Far more important things to think about than petty politics.
25:17I've got a job to do, you know, and I fully intend to do it.
25:20These are great days.
25:22We are redrawing the map of Europe,
25:24and Britain is showing the way.
25:27Thank you all very much.
25:32He is such an old bastard.
25:35Clever old bastard, though, isn't he?
25:37It's going to take something very special to break him.
25:41I think I might just have it.
25:44Do you?
25:46It's such a grimy business, politics, isn't it?
25:50Oh, that'll be John.
25:52We're going to the late show at the Everman.
25:55Do you remember the Gorky trilogy?
25:57Yes, I do.
25:58Those were the days, eh?
26:01Don't wait up.
26:15The Greek and Turkish Cypriot presidents shake hands at last
26:18at this special European summit meeting.
26:21Apart from the signing of the Cyprus Treaty,
26:23there's no formal agenda to this very exclusive gathering.
26:27It's an opportunity for some of the key international players
26:31to share their thinking on an informal basis.
26:36President Artaud of France sharing a joke with Francis Urquhart.
26:40Well, there's not much sign of international tension there.
26:43Tedious but necessary.
26:45In fact, of course, Artaud and I dislike each other
26:47and each other's politics, but we have to be seen,
26:50we have to be there, we have to be seen strutting about
26:53all the worlds of photo opportunity.
26:55There's Nicolaou, the Greek Cypriot president.
26:57Nice chap, but completely out of his depth in this company.
27:00Mr Nicolaou.
27:02Mr Urquhart.
27:03Very happy day. I'm very happy.
27:05Are you happy? You must be very happy.
27:07I'm very happy we have this agreement.
27:09But between you and me, I think we gave away a little bit too much.
27:12Some of my people aren't happy at all.
27:14Believe me, the Turks are saying the exact same thing.
27:17I think you've both been very understanding of each other's point of view.
27:20Yes, I think so.
27:22But it's very important that nothing should go wrong now.
27:25I've had to overcome so much bad feeling about the Turks,
27:28about the British, about your bases,
27:31the way your soldiers conduct themselves in our country.
27:34Some of them...
27:36Some of my people feel very sore about these things.
27:39I understand completely.
27:41We are extremely keen to do all we can to help defuse any tension.
27:44So why is a British-Turkish consortium test drilling for oil again?
27:48I don't know, really.
27:50I understand there's very little hope of finding any.
27:52But if they did, Mr. Hackert,
27:54if they were to find oil now,
27:56in the disputed area, in the watering waters,
27:58it would make the situation very difficult, for me especially.
28:01I'm quite sure there's no cause for concern,
28:04but let's walk over here a moment.
28:09Some things are better said in private, man to man.
28:14We're not about to let you down, Mr. Nicolau.
28:17Britain is backing this agreement up to the hilt,
28:20up to and including military support, if that should prove necessary.
28:24You have my word of honour, my personal word of honour on that.
28:28Thank you, Mr. Erkert. You're a good man.
28:31I'm a plain man, Mr. Nicolau.
28:34I like to think that I'm an honest man.
28:36I keep my promises.
28:43Thank you.
28:51Mrs. Erkert, vision of loveliness as usual.
28:55You know you're driving me crazy. What can I say?
28:58I'd rather you didn't say anything else along that line, Mr. Norrish.
29:01I'm sure that we should be seen together.
29:03You're worried about your reputation?
29:05You know perfectly well what I'm worried about.
29:07I'm not really sure that you should be seen here at all.
29:10Couldn't resist. Don't worry about these people.
29:12They don't know anything about our little business connection.
29:15They probably think I'm just under your spell here.
29:18Bewitched, bothered and bewildered.
29:20And maybe they're right.
29:22Preliminary drillings confirm our earlier hypothesis completely.
29:26There is a geological fault along a line north-west of the island
29:30which has tilted the geology of the sea bed.
29:32All the oil is concentrated in one area,
29:35a big puddle of it, under wattling water.
29:39Puddle doesn't sound awfully big to me.
29:41We calculate at least a billion barrels.
29:44I'm sorry, but I'm not frightfully up on the price of oil.
29:47Say, $20 a barrel. Cost of extraction, five.
29:51So in round terms, $15 billion.
29:54Your consultancy fee would be .005%.
29:58Doesn't sound very big.
30:00Seven and a half million.
30:02Ah.
30:03The first instalment is already on deposit for you in your Zurich account.
30:07Oh, nice.
30:08Now, what do you think I have here?
30:11I'm not at all sure that I care to know, Mr Naresh.
30:14A little gift to celebrate good fortune.
30:16For the Urquhart Library, perhaps.
30:19Or maybe just to read at home on long winter evenings.
30:24The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli.
30:27What a lovely thought.
30:28Do you know this is one of Francis's particular favourites?
30:32Thank you very much, Mr Naresh.
30:34We really should be getting back.
30:37Now that the Cyprus peace deal is complete,
30:40will the Prime Minister at last release those papers
30:43relating to the unmarked graves of Greek Cypriot freedom fighters
30:46killed by the British Army in the 50s?
30:49I refer in particular to those relating to the deaths of
30:52Hoggios and Euripides Pasolithus,
30:54of which my right honourable friend is well aware,
30:56but also to all those unreported and unpublished deaths
31:00which still cause distress to surviving relatives
31:03who have never been able properly to mourn them.
31:07Prime Minister.
31:10I am surprised to find the right honourable gentleman
31:13so out of touch so soon.
31:15The documentation that has survived such as it is
31:18is already in the public domain, with certain exceptions.
31:22The particular case to which the right honourable gentleman refers
31:26is still covered by the 50-year rule
31:29and is therefore not available for scrutiny.
31:34Mr Tombake, please.
31:35Will the Prime Minister deny that the incident which is now being covered up
31:39involved the killing of two defenceless boys
31:41by a member of the British Army known personally to the Prime Minister,
31:45who was, as we well know, a serving officer on the island at the time?
31:51Prime Minister.
31:56I am happy to inform the House that I have no idea
31:59what the right honourable gentleman is talking about.
32:01Here we are, celebrating a great achievement,
32:04guaranteeing not only peace for Cyprus
32:07but enormous opportunities for investment and development
32:11involving British aid and expertise.
32:14Everyone except, it seems, the right honourable gentleman is happy.
32:20I ask you, is this the moment to start opening old wounds?
32:23Madam Speaker, I think not.
32:27What's Sooty got to say about it?
32:31Mr Tombake, please.
32:32Is the Prime Minister not in the business of opening up new wounds?
32:36Is he not presiding over a carve-up?
32:38If there are opportunities, who's going to benefit from them?
32:41Not the ordinary people of Cyprus, that's for sure,
32:43just as the people of Britain have seen precious little benefit
32:47from the economic recovery.
32:49It is no longer acceptable that this country should be run
32:52for the sole benefit of British business,
32:54which I am sorry to say has come to mean
32:56a small and cynical club of cronies
32:58in the know and on the make, the friends of Francis Hercate!
33:02Order! Order!
33:06Order! Order!
33:11Prime Minister.
33:19The right honourable gentleman has made a number of allegations
33:22and accusations under parliamentary privilege.
33:25I wonder if he is prepared to face personal and financial ruin
33:29by repeating them outside Parliament,
33:31where he will be subject to the law of the land.
33:35If not, then there is no more to be said.
33:38We can treat his words with the contempt they deserve.
33:41As for the rest of his intemperate remarks,
33:44might I remind the House that until a few weeks ago,
33:47the right honourable gentleman was a senior government minister.
33:51If he thought things were so dreadful,
33:54why didn't he say so then?
33:56And why didn't he do something about it?
34:01He's got it right now, hasn't he?
34:03And he's got you right and all.
34:13Makepeace knows something.
34:15A lot of it was hot air and gas work, but he knows something.
34:19Something about Cyprus.
34:21You think he knows about the oil?
34:23No, no, not that.
34:25But that girl was in the public gallery again.
34:28She came to me first.
34:30She must have gone to Makepeace.
34:32He raised a question about unmarked Yoka graves.
34:35What girl, Francis?
34:37Her name is Maria Pasolisis.
34:39She thinks I know something about the death of her uncles,
34:42who were killed and buried somewhere below the Trudas Mountains in 1956.
34:46And do you know something about it?
34:48Yes.
34:49I killed them myself, as a matter of fact.
34:52It wasn't a war crime or anything like that.
34:55It was an act of mercy.
34:59Francis, can this harm us?
35:02I don't see how it can. After all, nobody knows what really happened now.
35:06It was a military operation.
35:08They were known terrorists, and these things happen.
35:11Of course they do.
35:13But it's strange that it should come back now.
35:18I had a peculiar feeling in the house this afternoon,
35:22as if I couldn't quite...
35:25smell the mood.
35:27You were superb.
35:29You made Makepeace look a complete fool.
35:32You silenced him. He had no cumber.
35:34Yes, but I had the odd impression that they didn't like it.
35:38They didn't want to see him savaged.
35:40And he sat there, looking at me.
35:43I couldn't tell what was going on, Elizabeth.
35:46Nobody wins the party leadership on a sympathy vote, Francis.
35:51Tom Makepeace is a weak, philandering renegade.
35:55He can't win.
35:57We simply won't permit it.
36:03I'm sorry.
36:05I'm sorry.
36:07I'm sorry.
36:09I'm sorry.
36:11I'm sorry.
36:21He's putting a very brave face on it, I'll say that for him.
36:24But his support's dropping off, like a guardsman's britches.
36:27I thought he had over a hundred in the bag.
36:30I'm afraid not. The chaps are taking a second look.
36:32I don't like a man who'll turn round and rubbish everything he said the day before yesterday.
36:36Exactly, my dear. This is it.
36:38Massive credibility cleavage.
36:40F.U. is as straight as a die. Never waivers. People respect him for that.
36:44On the other hand, can we stomach another five years of the old bastard?
36:48Frankly, I'd back Donald Duck if he'd get the voters out and keep my seat safe.
36:53Well, failing the duck, F.U. is still your best bet, Clive.
37:01Hello.
37:03Hello.
37:05I just wanted to say I thought you were terrific today. Those things needed saying.
37:09I know it's going to sound silly, but I felt proud of you.
37:13Proud of... Well, you know.
37:15Thank you.
37:17That's it, really.
37:19Good luck, Tom. I mean that.
37:26Does one normally pay for that sort of thing at all?
37:29Sooty, over here.
37:32How's it looking, Sooty?
37:34Geoffrey, if you don't mind.
37:37Anyway, it's not at all clear.
37:39F.U. will win, but it won't be by a huge margin.
37:42I think what the people really want is a savage lurch to the right.
37:46Some of these back woodsmen have been coming on like the Ku Klux Klan,
37:50and I thought, well, if that's what you really want,
37:53tomorrow belongs to John Rayner.
37:56Well, if that's what you really want, tomorrow belongs to John Rayner.
38:00We could even sing the song at the party conference.
38:07Yeah, yeah, all right, all right.
38:09OK. Seriously, if I were you,
38:11I wouldn't be so bashful about my most deeply held beliefs.
38:15I think there's going to be a second ballot.
38:21Right.
38:23Thanks, Geoff.
38:26I won't forget this.
38:28OK. Yeah.
38:31Right, I'll see you in the house tomorrow.
38:33Thanks a lot. Bye.
38:37Well, nothing more we can do.
38:40I've given my all tonight.
38:45Lovely wine, this, Clare.
38:47And that's your last glass of it.
38:50He'll pull through at the first ballot tomorrow.
38:53Oh, yeah, sure. But then what?
38:56If he doesn't get the margin, he'll fight on. He should fight on.
38:59Why do you think that?
39:01Because there's no-one fit to take his place.
39:04Not yet.
39:06You used to be a make-peace girl.
39:10Till I got to know him too well.
39:12He's...
39:14No, he wouldn't understand, cos you're like that too.
39:17Like what? Soft.
39:20Weak.
39:22In the nicest possible way, of course.
39:25Now I've offended you.
39:29You want it for yourself, don't you?
39:31You want to be Prime Minister.
39:33Geoffrey, you're being ridiculous.
39:35No, I'm not.
39:37You want to be Prime Minister, but next time round.
39:40That's why you've covered your bets both ways.
39:42That's nonsense.
39:44Look, don't get me wrong, darling.
39:48I think it's wonderful. I think you're wonderful.
39:52You're such a ruffian.
39:54My tough, brilliant little sister.
39:57I'm not your sister, Geoffrey.
39:59Oh, yes, you are. We're the clever ones.
40:02Most of that bunch, well, they're like dinosaurs in suits.
40:05They have absolutely no idea we're playing with their little brains.
40:09Listen, Clare, I want to help you.
40:12You have helped me. You've been brilliant.
40:14No, I mean all the way.
40:17You can make it. I can't.
40:20Though I am perceived, you know, a sooty chorus boy, all that.
40:27What I want to say is...
40:29I think you're wonderful.
40:32I'm yours, Clare.
40:34All the way.
40:38Thank you, Geoffrey.
40:40Seal the pact? Hmm?
40:43In there, I mean.
40:45We'd be wonderful.
40:47What do you say?
40:50No, thank you, Geoffrey. I don't think it would be appropriate.
40:55Anyway, I have to go now.
40:57Where?
40:59Home to my husband, of course.
41:20In the first ballot for the leadership of the party,
41:23the votes cast were as follows.
41:25The Prime Minister, 202.
41:28Tom Makepeace, 145.
41:33If neither of the candidates secured a sufficient majority under the rules,
41:37there'll be a second ballot next week,
41:39which will be open to any other properly nominated candidates.
41:42Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
41:44But surely, if you will be home and dry in the second ballot,
41:47no-one's going to vote twice for a loser.
41:49On the contrary.
41:51I think he's buggered, Wolf.
41:53202 votes.
41:55That's almost exactly what Maggie got in the first ballot.
41:58And look what happened to her.
42:08Hello, how are you?
42:10What's up?
42:12Hello, how are you? What's all this, then?
42:15How do you feel after the results of the first ballot?
42:18Is this the beginning of the end for Francis Urquhart?
42:21Well, that's not for me to say.
42:23I feel enormously encouraged by the results
42:25and I'm keenly looking forward to the second ballot.
42:27It's Prime Minister or bus data.
42:29Not at all. I'm just keen to serve my country in any way I can.
42:32If the people want me as Prime Minister, then that's fine by me.
42:35You can be damn sure I'll give it my best shot.
42:37Thanks. Goodbye.
42:40I'm in here, Tom.
42:46Congratulations.
42:48Is it congratulations?
42:50I rather think it is.
42:52Nobody thought I could beat him.
42:54Now they do.
42:56I think he's on the way out.
42:58We'll bully for you.
43:00No, I mean it.
43:02You've worked so hard for it.
43:04You going out?
43:06Yes, I am, actually.
43:08I'm going round to John's.
43:10Oh, yes. Yes, of course.
43:12I'll probably stay the night.
43:14You didn't need me for anything in particular, did you?
43:20What do you mean?
43:24I don't suppose there can be a good time to say this.
43:29I've decided to leave you, Tom.
43:31I'm sorry.
43:33I realise that this has come at a very inconvenient time for you
43:36and I'll try to fit in with your plans as far as I can,
43:39but I feel that I have to do this, um...
43:42well, for me, if you see what I mean.
43:48You know I'd never leave you.
43:50Yes, I do know that.
43:52But you don't really want very much from me these days, do you?
43:55And John does.
43:57I...
44:00I'm very fond of you. You know that.
44:03Not quite the same thing.
44:05You'll be all right, Tom.
44:07You're a bit of a baby emotionally and lots of women love that.
44:11You could get Clare Carlson back.
44:13Or if you don't, I'm sure somebody else...
44:15Don't you bloody well console me.
44:17Sorry. Look, um, I think I'd better go now.
44:20I promise I won't do anything in a hurry
44:23and I'll try not to embarrass you.
44:36I will not give way.
44:41I will never give way.
44:43Earlier this evening, I had the opportunity to canvass...
44:46Oh, Prime Minister, Hal Harris, BBC.
44:48Hello, Mr Harris. Yes, I've heard the news.
44:51Yes, I'm greatly encouraged.
44:53Yes, I intend to fight, fight and fight again
44:56and lead my party to victory, as I have always done.
44:59Thank you all for waiting up so patiently.
45:01Good night. Good night, now.
45:32Tell me it isn't true.
45:34Tell you what isn't true?
45:36That you were the one all the time, the one who killed Roger O'Neill.
45:39I don't think we should be too pessimistic, Francis.
45:41After all, you did win the ballot.
45:43The first ballot. I should have routed him. Now he thinks he spells blood.
45:46He will certainly draw more support, now they see it's possible,
45:49but you can still beat him, Francis. I'm sure you can.
45:52Where the hell is Geoffrey?
45:54He sent a message. He had to go into hospital.
45:56Apparently an old groin injury flared up rather painfully.
45:58How very convenient. And what about you, Claire?
46:00Isn't it time you deserted the sinking ship?
46:02Not at all.
46:04Too late, is it?
46:06Francis, you should know I'm with you all the way.
46:12What we need now is a new initiative, a diversion,
46:16something that can win us time
46:18and reminds them of your strength and leadership.
46:20In other words, only a miracle can save me now.
46:29When I was a boy,
46:31I was once taken to a badger baiting.
46:35It's an experience you don't easily forget.
46:39The badger is tremendously strong and utterly fearless.
46:43One bite can take off a dog's leg,
46:47but it can also kill a man.
46:50I was once taken to a badger baiting.
46:53It's an experience you don't easily forget.
46:56One bite can take off a dog's leg, crush its skull even.
47:02They put the badger in with several dogs.
47:07At first the dog's task seems hopeless.
47:12They get horribly damaged.
47:16And then one dog gets in a lucky snap and draws blood.
47:24And the rest take heart.
47:28But, Francis, you're secure now.
47:32The Urquhart Trust is assured, our financial future guaranteed.
47:37You know that you could simply walk away.
47:39No. I have set my life upon a cast and I will stand the hazard of the die.
47:45I have to go on, Elizabeth. It's as simple as that.
47:48I can do no other.
47:50I know.
47:53But, Francis, I don't think I could bear to see you wounded.
48:01Claire Carson implied that what we need now is a miracle,
48:04as if she thought me capable of splitting the Earth's crust.
48:12The Earth's crust.
48:15Francis?
48:18Suppose we leak information to the Greeks and the French
48:21that they have been cynically conned.
48:23There are massive oil deposits off the coast of Cyprus.
48:27The British and the Turks have known it all along
48:30and are now exploiting it to enrich themselves.
48:33No, it's too dangerous.
48:34Thus provoking an international incident,
48:36a small war, perhaps, to which we can react with moral outrage,
48:40uniting the country behind a strong Prime Minister.
48:43But we couldn't control the outcome.
48:45We'd risk losing everything.
48:47Better to do that than to slink away.
48:49One way or the other, I'll be remembered.
48:52This could be our Falklands, Elizabeth.
48:56Our Falklands.