1. I'm finding Mr Tickel's tent-based
twattery even more annoying.
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a man with a history of depression.
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app Britain. I call app Britain.
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5. I just hope Mannion can keep
his baccy stained fingers out of it.
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6. I call you up, app...
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7. I couldn't have looked more of a twat
unless I'd announced it dressed as
a mermaid with scallops on my tits!
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8. I was picked up at 7.
Of course I haven't walked the dog.
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9. I barely had time to take myself
for a shit.
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Peter withdrawal symptoms
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to keep an eye on the Tickel issue.
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You're taking the bridge, Kieran.
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to him as gypo or gypsy, Phil.
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that's the problem.
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it must be from when you took him
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You are not in fucking charge.
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18. I want the full crunch
on all the feeds as usual,
everything below the equator.
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There is one.
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21. The number will be in the folder.
Try and keep an eye on things,
right? Bile... Mm, what?
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22. Where are you taking us, Stewart?
This mind Kampf is in
the middle of nowhere.
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23. Thought camp, Peter, and isolation
is the mother of renewal.
We shall retreat to go forward.
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24. Terrible signal.
Phil sounded like he was phoning in
a report on an African coup.
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25. Why's he even gone in today?
I put him on Tickel oversight.
Oh, the eviction.
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26. Well, cutting the guy ropes on
his tent is hardly the siege of Troy.
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27. Bailiffs thought it would
be easier today, quicker or quieter.
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28. I want Phil sealed off, right?
He makes no statement today,
not even off the record.
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29. He wanted to feel useful.
Then he should sell his organs.
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30. Glenn. What?
What the fuck are you doing here?
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31. Oh, God, you're not living here,
are you?
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32. Oh, no. I've just go some stuff
I've got to catch up on.
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a rooftop barbecue
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34. and I didn't fancy being bombarded
with chicken bones and Radio 1.
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35. Anyway, why aren't you
on Stewart's away day?
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36. Drinking herbal tea
and playing leapfrog?
I told Stewart where to get off.
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37. Yeah, well, we've got
the whole palace to ourselves, eh?
Rosencratz and Guildenstern.
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Well, one of us.
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Sure.
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41. This is like some weird
inverted Dodge City.
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42. Presumably we're allowed to keep
our six shooters. I might want
to blow my brains out.
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from a school trip
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what time the coaches are arriving.
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same rules for everyone.
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yeah,
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yeah? I don't literally but...
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48. OK, lovely people.
Let's go truffling
in the forest of knowledge.
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49. Come on, quick. Quick.
Fuck, fuck, it's hot.
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apocalypse?
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Adam. You know that.
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Not that I'm at all anti-Catholic.
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A meeting with Fergus.
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56. Heads up. Lady and the Tramp are in,
too.
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57. Yeah, I know. Cheers.
Just make sure you copy me in
on any minutes. OK.
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59. Cos it's party business.
It's not ministerial.
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61. While Peter is absent,
I'm his surrogate - the king's hand.
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62. Yeah. Finish him off with that hand
as well, do you?
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I've been needed in the past.
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this session with a question.
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Peter!
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when it is plural.
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70. She thinks like you, she votes
like you, she is not you
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I've joined the Scientologists.
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73. Some of these people want
a federal Britain, others don't,
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we continue to do nothing
we can call that consensus.
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75. Why am I the only senior minister
here? Is JB punishing me?
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76. Look, Mary Drake's here,
Home Office.
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77. And yes, JB is punishing you.
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Stand up.
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79. Maclntyre?
In fact, chairs to the side, please.
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principles of democracy?
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82. Oh, I'm sorry, Peter, do you want
to share your thoughts? Hmm?
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83. No, we just hoped we were going
to do some dancing, er, Stewart.
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something like that?
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85. OK, maybe later you can share it
with us. Fabulous.
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something with you.
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87. Silicone Playgrounds, yeah?
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88. What caused this slow motion
pile up? Shall we sit down
and chew over hash tag epic fail
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some solutions on their feet?
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90. That's it just put it at the side,
Peter.
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91. I was hoping to catch the snooker
after I've finished collating
those healthy workplace stats.
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92. Just down there.
Glenn, you're a marvel.
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93. You're like a modern day Jeeves.
Only not modern... day.
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94. You're like Jeeves
but only not as good.
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95. This meeting, is it something
I should be in on?
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96. Well, it's not really a meeting,
it's more sort of faces
with lips making noise.
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Sounds like a meeting.
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98. Yeah, well you know,
Fergus just called someone in
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Right.
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100. Stop Slytherin getting wind of it.
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101. Oh, hang on. I've got to go.
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102. You need to get back to your telly?
It takes a while to warm up,
doesn't it?
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103. Here we are at the coal face.
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105. Hello, lovely to meet you. Hi there.
Really lovely, lovely.
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She's an economist and a lady.
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107. Yes, obviously. Lovely. Ahem.
What's going on? Who's the skirt?
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108. I'd love to bring you up to speed,
Phil, I really would,
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long enough.
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110. So tell you what? Why don't you go
and help Glenn watch his telly?
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111. I think the dancing's on
in a minute.
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112. I really like your coat, by the way.
Thank you.
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113. It's like a leopard.
It is a little bit. Or a cheetah.
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114. Am I supply-side economics?
No. Oh, bugger.
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115. OK, Mary, you've got to help Peter
work out what political concept
he is. You have one guess left.
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116. Keep the energy up, guys.
Chins up, yeah.
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No.
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118. The beauty of this model... Yeah.
..Is that micro banking can
happen anywhere, OK?
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119. Great. Small, low interest
loans, that's the way forward.
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120. This is terrific, I mean,
it's so fucking us it's brilliant.
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121. Adam! Adam!
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122. Oh, don't worry, I don't mind
swearing. Shows passion.
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123. I've done some community
enterprise case studies.
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124. Sisters who want to set up a pop-up
bakers in a disused travel agents.
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an apprentice.
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126. Yeah. The helping hand
for hands-on people.
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127. Yeah. I like that, that's great,
that's really good.
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128. Making sure the can-doers
don't get canned.
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129. Terrific, yeah, really good.
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or uncomfortable...?
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131. Yes or no questions only, please,
Peter.
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132. Would I be uncomfortable
talking to Andrew Marr
about this concept on the television?
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No.
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136. Oh, for fuck's sake. Inclusivity's
practically the same as diversity.
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137. No, it's not.
No, it isn't, Peter.
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138. I could be at home
watching the snooker with
a bottle of unpronounceable scotch.
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140. I'm sitting down, I don't care.
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141. Actually we can all sit down now.
Thanks, Peter.
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142. So take a chair because Emma's going
to co-steer module 4 with me.
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143. We're gonna do a kind of
Top Trumps stats check
on the PM's future enemies, yeah?
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144. Strengths, weaknesses,
blocking moves and take downs.
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145. Em. Great, thank you, Stewart.
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146. You've turned into
the wrong Mitford sister.
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147. Basically, we'd set up a network
of micro-credit lenders
at neighbourhood level.
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148. This is great.
So what would it be called?
Like the Citizens' Bank or...?
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149. The People's Bank.
Erm, community... The credit fund.
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150. No, no, credit's a bad word.
Negative.
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151. Something with advance. The We Bank.
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152. The We Bank? I like that.
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153. Although it does sound a bit like
a sperm bank but for wee.
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154. Bit of a farce going on here
with your Mr Tickle.
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155. They've turned up to evict him
and he's not there.
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156. Good, self-evicted.
Gone. Problem solved.
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157. Anyway, what's going on with Fergus
and Adam and the sexy stranger?
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158. She's an economist, apparently.
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159. Oh, don't be ridiculous,
she's far too attractive.
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160. You can get sexy economists.
What about Stephanie Flanders?
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161. Yeah, that's true.
I quite like Emily Maitlis.
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162. Really? Oh, I'm sure
she'd love a grey pounding.
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163. Do you want to have an idea-gasm?
Yes, please.
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164. Ask me how we'd initially fund this?
How would we initially fund this?
How would we initially fund this?
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165. A one-off Robin Hood tax.
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166. Steal from the fat cats,
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167. raise enough seed capital
for hundreds of start-up funds
for fledgling businesses.
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168. You know what? This could work
really well for us.
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170. Yeah? I mean, let's just talk
figures.
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are we talking here? Erm...
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172. Not very much. I think we're looking
at about 2 billion.
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173. 2 billion. 2 billion.
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174. Good. I erm... Well, obviously,
I'd have to ring the Treasury.
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175. Sure. And twist a few arms.
You know, it'll take a couple
of weeks to work out
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176. but we are extremely keen
to set that process in motion.
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177. Nicola Murray. We're assuming
she's on her way out.
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178. That's a given. She's
a political accident nobody
can quite remember how it happened.
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180. Now, ABC1's over-thirties consider
him shifty and unfocused.
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181. Can't think why that is.
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182. Geoff Holhurst. Tiny head.
Yeah, an Achilles head.
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183. Ah, Dan Miller,
definitely our anti-fave.
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184. Charming, charismatic, clever,
dedicated and phwoar, God, he's hot.
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185. Yes, thanks, Em.
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186. OK, let's architecturalise this,
yeah? Oh, don't bother.
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187. If it's Ben Swain,
we all shout "sweaty Swain" as
he dehydrates himself through PMQs.
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188. Holhurst looks like a shepherd
dressed up to meet the Queen
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189. and if it's Dan Miller we're fucked.
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190. I should tell you
I do also have a meeting
with Dan Miller booked in.
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191. What? I would just knock that
right on the head, don't do it.
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192. Well, he's in opposition, we rule.
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193. We're the rulers,
we're the governors.
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194. And in the end, this is so
fucking us. Fuck, yeah. Yeah.
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195. Here, Tara Strachan, LSE, Harvard,
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196. author of Strapped:
Why We're In Debt To Each Other,
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197. Small Is Bountiful,
expert in micro financing
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198. and community credit guilds.
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199. God, that sounds dreary. Bloody
hell, that's all 4th sector stuff.
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200. I mean, why have they kept me
out here like a stray dog?
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201. And why are they keeping Mannion
out of it?
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202. This is government business.
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203. Right, that's enough, stop, stop,
stop. I demand an explanation.
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204. Sorry, Phil, we're busy.
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2017?
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206. As Peter's representative,
it's as though you lied to him.
That's probably illegal.
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207. If you want to see something
probably illegal, pass me
that fucking stapler over there.
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208. Er, listen is there a problem
with me being here?
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210. The minister is unaware
that you're here,
so you have to leave.
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211. So she's a security risk?
Oh, no - I'd forgotten. You're not
allowed within 50 feet of a woman.
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212. How d'you explain this, then?
I'm within 50 feet of you.
You're a woman.
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213. Oh, brilliant. That is really good.
Fuck! Tickle's dead!
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Suicide.
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217. Hey, classic. The Bohemian Rhapsody
of suicides.
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I'm sorry, I just, you know...
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It's good, in a way.
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to an issue
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to it because...
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222. Can you just turn it down, all
right, because we have somebody in?
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224. God, I was just ringing you.
I got a heads-up from Reuters
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the dwarf irises.
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a lot of managing.
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227. Who's that? No-one.
Ah, Minister, sorry.
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228. Yes, I'm halfway through a draft.
Any minute. Thank you, Terri.
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That's awful.
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230. Er, yes, this is Mr Tickel,
it's a tragedy.
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Fergus?
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not the time to...
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and it's complicated.
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to voice any public opposition.
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our dirty linen in public?
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236. I'm not the one who shat the bed.
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Yeah.
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238. This situation calls for
a black coffee
and my Bluetooth headset.
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239. Do not touch that phone, Glenn.
That is a comms phone.
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240. Erm... No filters, Emma. First
thoughts. We're policy jamming here.
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242. Oh, sorry, a little bit
of mental housekeeping.
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243. There is only positivity
in the circle.
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244. When someone makes a suggestion,
we say, "yes and".
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249. ho. Great. Let's run with that.
Yes and ho.
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24/7 parliament.
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251. Yes and ho.
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to drive ambulances. Yes and ho.
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Yes and ho.
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254. I'm just telling it straight.
Adam, the girl is still in
our office.
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255. Well... Well, then,
let's get rid of her.
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256. Well, ask her out, that'll do it.
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257. Did you get her a tea?
What? Er, she needs a tea.
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258. Well, get her a tea.
You get her a tea.
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259. She's your girlfriend.
Get her a fucking tea.
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260. I'm the minister. I don't even know
where tea is made. Make her a tea.
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261. Could you make her a tea?
I'm in charge. You're not in charge.
I am in charge.
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262. Get hold of Mannion. They need
to know about this. I am Mannion.
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263. Hi. Sorry.
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A tea, coffee?
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265. Oh, no, don't, don't worry, you
just... Sure? Yeah. OK, sit tight.
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266. It's fine, the protest is over so it
solves the problem. It's gone away.
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267. It's like there's a little
12-year-old boy in a suit
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in his desk...
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it's there...
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270. running this department
when Mannion's away. Yeah?
It's a fucking joke.
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271. No, it's not, no, it's not. Have you
seen Game of Thrones season 2? No.
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272. Or Anakin Skywalker -
he was young.
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273. Er, Frodo, in his thirties -
still young for a hobbit, you know?
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274. I'm in charge because I'm a Jedi
and you're a fucking Ewok.
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275. Right, what is the Ewok
position on this, then?
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Yes and ho.
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for people getting a puppy.
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280. Yes and ho.
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was that I do nothing.
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282. That was the one clear instruction
they gave me, OK?
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283. We ignore him and he goes away.
He is dead. Which makes him
easier to ignore.
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at least express condolences.
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285. That, that should come from Peter.
But he's not here. I am.
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286. Has anyone seen my Bluetooth headset?
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287. Look, I speak for Peter
and I say that we look guilty
if we say we're sorry he died.
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292. and then you can't respond -
you get sucked fucking inside out.
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293. Look, Tickle wasn't
the Queen of people's hearts.
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294. He was a twat in a tent.
Tick-EL! He was called Tick-EL!
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295. We drove a man to his death.
We are responsible for this.
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297. Do you think we could just pretend
to behave like compassionate
professionals in control,
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Yeah, OK, er...
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299. Look, er, whatever the fallout
from today, megaphone Mary,
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she's your problem.
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301. Right, fuck. Adam, we need to.
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302. Could be...
Hang on they're coming back.
I'll ring you back.
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303. Great stuff, Tara, we're going to
go ahead with the bank.
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304. Yep, meeting's over. Don't you need
to talk to the Treasury?
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305. Done that.
OK, well, let's talk details.
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306. When it comes to interest rates,
there's still quite a lot...
Hey, don't talk us out of it.
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307. You don't want to do that.
So, is this the green light?
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308. Uh-huh, yep, £2 billion.
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309. Oh, my God! Oh! Crikey. Ohh!
That's great.
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310. Oh, right, OK! Oh, my God.
Great, great, terrific.
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311. We'll be in touch. Thank you.
Lovely to meet you. Great.
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313. Well, we are starting
a community bank with £2 billion.
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314. Right, is that the £2 billion
we keep in the biscuit tin?
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315. This is just great,
this is just fucking great.
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316. Oh... I hang around this moral
abattoir to do something exactly like
this and you shut me out.
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my bank holiday founding a bank?
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318. I thought the point
about bank holidays is
that they're supposed to be shut.
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319. You know, when we see
something we like we just buy it,
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all OK.
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322. Well, it'll be fine.
Thank you. Great.
Lovely to meet you. See you soon.
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and I am going Nordic drama.
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Stewart and Mannion back here stat.
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326. Brilliant, got that guys, yeah? OK?
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327. Sure, I'll do it
your way for now, Fergus,
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for a reason.
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329. I bet you line up
all your action figures on the edge
of your bath, don't you?
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330. One, I've got a shower and two,
they're still in the boxes.
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331. Emma, it's Phil, same message
as before. Tickle's topped himself,
the press want me to respond,
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333. Have you got them?
No, everyone's ignoring me.
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that Peter Mannion will not
be resigning over this.
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338. Thank you. Who was that?
World At One. I handled it.
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339. You don't handle the World At One,
Phil. They're not stolen goods.
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340. If you want to go
and play phones,
you can go down to the creche
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341. where there's a big phone
with big boggly eyes
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342. that go round and round
when you wheel it about.
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343. Now piddle off.
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344. We've got to put something out there,
Terri.
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345. That boy is a simpleton.
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346. Two hundred years ago they wouldn't
have let him milk a cow.
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347. Jonty! Terri here
over at Hectic House.
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348. No! No, Peter's not resigning!
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349. Free apples.
Yes and ho.
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350. Free coffins.
Yes and ho.
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351. Reduce the deficit
with spending cuts.
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352. Yes and ho.
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353. Peter, Peter, I want to hear
new ideas ricocheting
off your sinuses like a pinball,
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354. not just a 2-year-old slogan.
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355. OK, Dr Jazz, let's hear it.
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356. We do away with computers.
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357. Yes and ho.
You idiot, that's fucking mental.
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358. No blocking, Peter,
only counterpoint.
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359. Do away with computers, what do
we think? How would it affect us?
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360. Good idea, bad idea?
Good idea for me. I wouldn't get
any more of your fucking emails.
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361. Try and stay cross-legged if you
can, Peter. Don't break the circle.
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362. I'm 54, Stewart. My knees are fucked
and my patience is snapped.
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363. Some of us had to go through this
hippy shit the first time around.
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364. I'm not talking about selling
it to the electorate.
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365. I'm talking about exploring it
within the free space of the circle.
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366. OK, give me the ball. Give
me the ball. Give me the ball.
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367. No.
Give me the fucking ball, Stewart.
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368. Let's do away with you.
What?
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369. Filters off, daddyo,
let it all hang out.
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370. Just suppose your free-range,
no-consequences bullshit
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371. was hugely entertaining when we were
in opposition and shitting money
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372. but now that we're in government
and it's all gone a bit JG Ballard,
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373. it's irrelevant and infantile.
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374. Oh, very droll, Peter.
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375. And maybe the reason you don't mind
handing your phone in
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376. is that it doesn't ring as much
as it used to.
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377. Oh, sorry, doesn't ring
as much as it used to, yes and ho.
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378. Er, I'm sorry but does the sign
on the door say "do disturb"?
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379. No. Sorry. It is urgent.
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380. Your office says Peter Mannion and
Stewart Pearson should check their
phones and call back now, please.
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381. Fine, well, you've,
you've burst the thought bubble,
erm, receptionist,
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382. so that's great.
Thank you very much. Fantastic.
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383. OK, everyone just take...
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384. Sorry, is that a phone, Emma?
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385. Er, hotline, Number 10.
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386. It's just I'm amending
some boring policy drafts.
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387. They're encrypted
but I've got to keep it on me.
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388. And Stewart hasn't got one.
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389. Want the opinion of an old lag?
Mannion will have to go.
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390. Stick to policemen are
getting younger, Glenn.
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391. Peter's going nowhere
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392. and I don't mean that
in a Glenn's career kind of way.
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393. I've seen a lot of people resign and
they're always happier afterwards.
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394. You're thinking of lobotomies.
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395. Peter resigns over my dead body.
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396. Yes, yes.
That would be the ideal scenario.
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397. It's probably just Phil, he's run
out of colouring books or something.
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398. Anything to get out
of Stewart's think sphincter.
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399. Hello, receptionist.
Could I have my phone, please?
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400. Your name, sir? It's Stewart.
Stewart...? Stewart Pearson.
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401. Peter Mannion,
mine's the old Nokia. It's engaged.
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402. Yeah, thank you. Look, the one with
Stewart written on it.
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403. No, nothing.
Just keep trying. It's engaged.
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404. I can't get any reception.
No, you won't round here.
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405. No reception at reception, we
always say. The best spot, sounds
stupid, is the children's play area.
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406. Top of the slide.
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407. Nothing.
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408. God, I hate the country.
Get higher, you idiot.
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409. That's it, that's it,
I've got something.
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410. Download the intel, Peter.
Come on. Put it on speaker.
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411. No. I've got loads of messages
from my wife and from Phil.
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412. She's taking the dog to the hospital.
Oh, come on.
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413. She's... She's had a long wait.
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414. The wound in his paw's gone septic.
Oh, please, Peter, move on.
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415. Tickle's dead. What? Tickle's dead.
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416. OK, it's my turn on that signal,
Peter, get down.
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417. Wait, I'm listening to
the fucking message.
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418. I need to get this signal.
Just get down.
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419. Stop being so childish.
Jesus Christ. Just get down, Peter.
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420. I've got it, I've got it.
Playtime's over. Tickle's dead, OK?
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421. Number 10's gone off-the-hook
mental. Take my phone
to call the PM.
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422. Right, Phil's meeting us, he's going
to bring a shirt, suit and tie.
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423. You are not going to arrive
looking like the manager
of an organic wine bar.
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424. Right, come on, come on, come on!
Movement. Sh! Hello?
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425. Update, Phil's intercepting Peter.
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426. Everyone's coming back
here, half an hour.
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427. Coverly, comms. Yeah, can you hold
on one second please?
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428. ETA plus 30 minutes GMT.
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429. Well, anyway,
Mannion has surely got to freeze
housing disposals now.
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430. Yeah, on that point, Glenn, I wonder
if it might be at all helpful
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431. if we collated every single
statement Mannion's made about
Tickle and the sell-off policy.
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432. Yeah, as a sort of favour
to selected hacks,
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433. put a bit of air between us
and the policy, a lot of air.
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434. Adam, this is not the time
for party political point scoring.
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435. At least let the body get cold.
Of course. Understood.
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436. What was it...?
What was it Peter said
to those Welsh chartered surveyors?
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437. "The health service should be
for care not subsidised housing."
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438. Now, I mean, that is...
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439. Jesus. Is this what we came into
politics for?
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440. Yeah, that and the pussy.
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441. What's that? I'm supposed
to be commenting on a suicide
not a fucking camel race.
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442. It will balance out
the bad news. You know - yin-yang.
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443. Jon Snow does it. I want Tickle's
movements over the last 24 hours
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444. and I want
his complete mental health records
since he first sat on a potty.
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445. Do you think you might need one
or two computers for that, Stewart?
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446. We're going to try and dredge up
some fire-fighting strategy.
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447. Absolutely. I'll top-load you
as soon as we arrive.
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448. Yep, thanks. OK. All right. Bye.
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449. Can I...?
Can I take the seatbelt off?
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450. No, Peter.
Stewart, what are you doing?
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451. It helps with the car sickness.
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452. This is great, isn't it, Stewart?
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453. A conference on crisis management
that's been scuppered
by an actual fucking crisis.
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454. We don't even know
why he killed himself yet.
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455. I mean, suicide, it's pathetic.
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456. At least take some of your enemies
with you, that's a noble death.
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457. This is going nuts.
So many questions being asked.
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458. It started with why did Phil
bring a tie from the '90s?
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459. I brought an alternative.
But that's too far the other way.
It makes him look guilty.
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460. How can he be guilty? He's got the
perfect alibi. He was at boot camp.
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461. Oh! Brilliant, let's release that,
hey?
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462. There's no actual blood on his hands
and he remembered to wipe
the fingerprints off the knife.
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463. Look, you can wear my tie,
what about mine?
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464. What's on your tie? Tintin moon
rockets. Oh, for fuck's sake.
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465. It amazes me you ever found
your way out of your mother's womb.
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466. Here he is! Minister!
Minister, does the government
have blood on its hands?
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467. Are you resigning? Have you got
anything to say to the family?
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468. Shouldn't you have done more,
Minister? Please! Not the trousers.
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469. Let's show a little more decorum.
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470. A man has died in tragic
and complicated circumstances.
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471. This is not the time
for barked questions
or hurried judgment.
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472. There will be a statement presently.
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473. Was Mr Tickel killed
by politics, Mr Mannion?
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474. Do relax... Heads up now, yeah?
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475. Terri, poppet, can you send me out
a cry mail?
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476. "We give a toss,
we're sorry for your loss, yeah?"
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477. Peter, we might need to relaunch
the trousers.
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478. Get him a tie, a bland one.
Glenn, one of yours, yeah?
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479. Peter, I have a bit of news that I
should probably make you aware of.
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480. Yes, I do know, Fergus. A man
with an amusing name has died.
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481. Er, no, actually.
It's that this morning I...
Well, I set up a community bank.
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482. What? You did what? You...
You... You set up a bank?
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483. I had a moment of weakness
and they exploited it,
like Hugh Grant.
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484. Yeah, well, we didn't
really have much choice
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485. because it was all going to piss
in a kettle here,
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486. so we had to get the economist
out of the way. What economist?
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487. Well, we were having
a preliminary meeting
when Phil started to crow,
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488. Glenn was having a meltdown -
it was embarrassing.
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489. You bought a bank
out of social embarrassment?
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490. I sometimes buy the Big Issue
out of social embarrassment,
I don't buy a fucking bank.
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491. Oh... Peter,
this is so fucking us.
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492. Just wind back, right.
Let's get this straight,
so I can deal with you two properly.
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493. How much is this bank?
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494. Well, 2 billion.
2 billion.
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495. 2 billion!
Sweet Tracy Emin!
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496. All right, don't need
to shit yourself about it
because we're not buying it, OK?
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497. It's funded by taxes.
That's all right then.
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498. Oh, great, the triple!
I'm a nurse killer, a banker
and now I'm raising fucking taxes!
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499. Well, you are meant to be
the bad cop, so what's our out?
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500. You're giving me an actual noose
along with the metaphorical one.
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501. Trousers!
Sorry, I'm getting your trousers.
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502. Jesus, what were
you guys doing at the hotel?
There's a picture of you on a slide.
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503. It's been tweeted by a golfer.
Oh, for...
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504. No, no, no, no, no, no.
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505. It's gonna go big,
bigger than Charlie bit my finger.
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506. You look like the Shit Family
Robinson. Aaahhhh!
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507. Jesus Christ! Shit!
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508. Oh, poor Stewart.
I think a bit of his brain broke.
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509. My phone broke. I was up to
Warlock General in Dragonlance.
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510. A year of my life, gone.
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511. Er, Peter, speaking of socially
embarrassing situations,
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being photographed on a slide?
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513. It was the only place
we could get a fucking signal.
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514. Two grown men in a playground -
that's a pretty clear signal.
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515. Peter, Number 10 have
seen the photo. They don't want you
to make a statement.
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516. Fergus, looks like you're up.
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517. Statement on Tickle
in 10 minutes OK? Bring it!
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518. I'm gonna go and talk Stewart down.
I don't want the fucking trousers.
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519. Peter,
sorry to take this off you.
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520. Yeah, but that's swings
and roundabouts, isn't it?
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521. Coverly, comms.
Yeah, statement in er... Emma?
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522. Yes. Statement in?
Nine. Nine, nine minutes.
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523. Yep. OK, everyone.
Terri Coverly offline.
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524. OK, shall I bring you some tea?
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525. Oh, Peter, that tie's
a bit rubbish, isn't it?
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526. Can I just...?
Why don't I just help you with that?
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527. Just... I'm very willing to...
Take it.
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528. Jesus, Christ, Terri.
Next time why don't you just
lick his spats?
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529. This is not about changing
policy, this is not about running
away from our obligations...
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530. Here you go. I managed to wrestle
your tie back off Terri.
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531. There's some of her fingernails
in it.
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532. Well, in the grand scheme of things,
that's not such a big deal.
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533. You're not gonna watch your guy
give the statement? No.
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534. He's not my guy, Phil. I'm
on my own here. There's no one quite
like me, not here, not any more.
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535. Yeah. You're the last VHS in Oxfam.
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536. They won't take them anymore,
I've tried.
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537. Series one to five of the X Files -
nothing, can't give them away.
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538. For a fairer NHS, for a fairer
public housing programme.
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539. He's exactly why
people hate politicians.
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540. He's making me hate politicians,
him in particular.
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541. Any second now he's gonna do
the imaginary tits.
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542. There they are.
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543. Thank you.
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544. Look at him.
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545. Moments like this make you realise
why Elvis shot so many TVs.
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