1 00:00:01,064 --> 00:00:03,984 The following programme contains strong language. 2 00:00:10,144 --> 00:00:13,344 'The government has been threatened with an act of extreme violence 3 00:00:13,344 --> 00:00:15,384 targeted at 10 Downing Street.' 4 00:00:15,384 --> 00:00:18,104 Damocles was developed as part of the Saladin programme. 5 00:00:18,104 --> 00:00:20,744 We have to get what Nate knows on record. 6 00:00:20,744 --> 00:00:22,624 Listen to me. Ellie wants to help you. 7 00:00:22,624 --> 00:00:26,224 You brought them here. They got into your phone, you stupid bitch. 8 00:00:27,384 --> 00:00:28,864 (HEAVY THUD) 9 00:00:29,704 --> 00:00:31,384 Death merchant! 10 00:00:32,064 --> 00:00:34,944 ELEANOR: We believe these are the parties responsible. 11 00:00:34,944 --> 00:00:38,784 - Special bloody Forces? - And he is the father of Polly Wright. 12 00:00:38,784 --> 00:00:42,304 He was a bloody fool to make it - public. - But a new Prime Minister 13 00:00:42,304 --> 00:00:46,024 could take a firm position that Saladin is an imperative asset. 14 00:00:46,024 --> 00:00:48,424 Against my explicit directive, 15 00:00:48,424 --> 00:00:51,664 Condor Aerotech paid the fucking ransom. 16 00:00:51,664 --> 00:00:54,864 A thumb drive was delivered to our embassy in Shirasia. 17 00:00:54,864 --> 00:00:58,664 For all Samir's promises, these are plans for a fresh campaign. 18 00:00:58,664 --> 00:01:01,864 I will not be forced to choose between you or the job. 19 00:01:01,864 --> 00:01:05,104 You cannot stare down everything we're facing 20 00:01:05,104 --> 00:01:07,144 and just say, "Fuck it, let's dance." 21 00:01:07,144 --> 00:01:11,344 You told me your son was killed in a live-fire training exercise. 22 00:01:11,344 --> 00:01:14,704 It was a Condor tank, wasn't it? Get out of my office. 23 00:01:14,704 --> 00:01:18,224 Something's really filed your teeth right down. 24 00:01:18,224 --> 00:01:22,984 Hard to snarl with a gobful of fucking stumps, isn't it? 25 00:01:26,704 --> 00:01:28,224 Argh! 26 00:01:30,344 --> 00:01:33,144 Cry for help, try anything brave, I shoot you in the head, understand? 27 00:01:33,144 --> 00:01:34,504 (MUFFLED REPLY) 28 00:01:35,664 --> 00:01:37,624 (GASPS FOR BREATH) 29 00:01:37,624 --> 00:01:39,464 (GUN CLICKS) Sit. 30 00:01:40,304 --> 00:01:42,064 Sit down. 31 00:01:42,064 --> 00:01:44,224 What do you want? - Sit. - What do you want? 32 00:01:52,704 --> 00:01:55,624 You lost your boy. Dundrennan. 33 00:01:56,344 --> 00:01:58,864 Is that why you aimed there? 34 00:01:58,864 --> 00:02:01,464 Salt in the wound? Salt in the wound? 35 00:02:01,464 --> 00:02:04,064 Foreign Secretary approves arms sales. 36 00:02:04,064 --> 00:02:06,504 Condor Aerotech arms sales. 37 00:02:07,664 --> 00:02:10,064 (SCOFFS) Is that how you honour him? 38 00:02:10,064 --> 00:02:12,784 Don't... touch that. 39 00:02:17,784 --> 00:02:20,024 How dare you talk to me about honour. 40 00:02:20,024 --> 00:02:24,024 You steal, threaten, extort... 41 00:02:24,024 --> 00:02:26,584 I don't give a shit about the money. 42 00:02:26,584 --> 00:02:28,584 Do you want it back? Huh? 43 00:02:29,784 --> 00:02:31,784 Go on, take it. 44 00:02:31,784 --> 00:02:33,784 We didn't pay you. 45 00:02:35,504 --> 00:02:37,464 Never intended to. 46 00:02:38,624 --> 00:02:41,144 It was Condor. Behind our back. 47 00:02:44,464 --> 00:02:46,264 (SARCASTIC CHUCKLE) 48 00:02:46,264 --> 00:02:48,784 Who even runs this fucking country? 49 00:02:58,184 --> 00:03:01,344 If it isn't the money... what do you want? 50 00:03:02,384 --> 00:03:05,824 I tried to tell you, in your gleaming chariot, by the memorial. 51 00:03:07,024 --> 00:03:08,784 Your pamphlets? 52 00:03:10,024 --> 00:03:12,024 Against weapon sales? 53 00:03:14,024 --> 00:03:15,984 But you're a mercenary. 54 00:03:15,984 --> 00:03:18,384 I took whatever work I could after... 55 00:03:19,864 --> 00:03:22,584 (SCOFFS) It isn't hard for a man to lose his way. 56 00:03:26,104 --> 00:03:29,624 Out in the Peninsula, we were hired to train the Shirasians. 57 00:03:30,864 --> 00:03:33,784 Condor artillery. 58 00:03:33,784 --> 00:03:37,304 I saw the war crimes your government shrugs off. 59 00:03:39,864 --> 00:03:41,864 For convenience. 60 00:03:42,824 --> 00:03:45,144 But you're not stupid, sergeant. 61 00:03:45,144 --> 00:03:48,024 You know how the wheels turn. Oh, I do. 62 00:03:48,864 --> 00:03:52,064 See, when I was a boy, my old man took me to the memorial. 63 00:03:53,064 --> 00:03:55,024 Taught me what it stood for. 64 00:03:56,304 --> 00:03:58,144 Honour. Sacrifice. 65 00:03:58,144 --> 00:04:00,384 The price of freedom. 66 00:04:00,384 --> 00:04:04,384 Have you asked yourself if he'd be proud of what you're doing? 67 00:04:04,384 --> 00:04:06,824 (SCOFFS) What I ask myself is what the fuck 68 00:04:06,824 --> 00:04:08,864 that monument is doing in Whitehall 69 00:04:08,864 --> 00:04:12,064 cos the only sacrifice you're willing to make is honour itself. 70 00:04:12,064 --> 00:04:15,944 The only freedom that matters to you lot is the free market. 71 00:04:19,264 --> 00:04:23,304 All I did about it was wave a few pamphlets. 72 00:04:23,304 --> 00:04:25,024 (CHUCKLES) 73 00:04:25,024 --> 00:04:27,064 You're right to sneer. 74 00:04:28,344 --> 00:04:30,224 So was my daughter. 75 00:04:30,224 --> 00:04:32,264 (TENSE MUSIC) 76 00:04:35,264 --> 00:04:37,464 I'm sorry about what happened to her. 77 00:04:38,144 --> 00:04:40,104 Sutherland happened to her. 78 00:04:42,424 --> 00:04:44,544 Sutherland's government. 79 00:04:45,864 --> 00:04:47,584 So you'll... 80 00:04:48,584 --> 00:04:50,584 ...blow up Downing Street? 81 00:04:52,864 --> 00:04:54,824 No. 82 00:04:55,824 --> 00:04:57,824 Roddy and Finn were right. I... 83 00:04:58,904 --> 00:05:01,104 ...I just want somebody better in it. 84 00:05:04,144 --> 00:05:06,224 I want Sutherland out. 85 00:05:07,624 --> 00:05:09,744 His resignation tomorrow morning. 86 00:05:09,744 --> 00:05:12,264 His admission of guilt, of hypocrisy... 87 00:05:13,504 --> 00:05:15,464 ...of venality... 88 00:05:15,464 --> 00:05:17,504 of dishonour. 89 00:05:22,944 --> 00:05:24,344 Or... 90 00:05:25,344 --> 00:05:26,984 ...Damocles comes home. 91 00:05:33,264 --> 00:05:35,064 (TENSE MUSIC) 92 00:05:38,264 --> 00:05:39,824 (EXHALES SHAKILY) 93 00:05:51,464 --> 00:05:54,584 I appreciate everyone attending at such short notice 94 00:05:54,584 --> 00:05:56,344 and it goes without saying 95 00:05:56,344 --> 00:06:00,064 everything that passes within this room is strictly confidential. 96 00:06:00,064 --> 00:06:02,984 I'd hate to send anyone to the firing squad. 97 00:06:02,984 --> 00:06:06,904 (MUTED LAUGHTER) I've found myself repeatedly in the Cobra room 98 00:06:06,904 --> 00:06:09,344 contending with one crisis after the other. 99 00:06:09,344 --> 00:06:12,464 And it's become increasingly clear to me 100 00:06:12,464 --> 00:06:15,464 that at the root of all these crises 101 00:06:15,464 --> 00:06:18,344 is the leadership of Robert Sutherland himself. 102 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:20,184 (MURMURING) 103 00:06:21,784 --> 00:06:26,624 The Prime Minister's judgement has been irrational and compromised 104 00:06:26,624 --> 00:06:29,944 since his delinquent daughter stepped off the plane to throw in her lot 105 00:06:29,944 --> 00:06:31,864 with a group of eco-terrorists. 106 00:06:32,584 --> 00:06:36,424 And who knows how long the PM's been cavorting with his Chief of Staff. 107 00:06:36,424 --> 00:06:37,784 (BACKBENCHERS MURMUR) 108 00:06:37,784 --> 00:06:40,864 Dysfunction at Downing Street - upstairs and down. 109 00:06:40,864 --> 00:06:43,824 On top of which, I'm informed he's on the brink of trashing 110 00:06:43,824 --> 00:06:46,584 our critical investment and strategic relationship 111 00:06:46,584 --> 00:06:49,464 with Shirasia. Abetted, I might interject, 112 00:06:49,464 --> 00:06:52,824 by extremely poor counsel from the Deputy PM 113 00:06:52,824 --> 00:06:55,704 whose own judgement I can no longer support. 114 00:06:55,704 --> 00:06:59,304 The very fact that we're all here, exiled from our offices, 115 00:06:59,304 --> 00:07:03,624 is testimony to Robert Sutherland's abdication of law and order. 116 00:07:03,624 --> 00:07:05,824 The man's a busted flush. 117 00:07:05,824 --> 00:07:08,784 And if we fail to act he's going to cost all of us power. 118 00:07:09,584 --> 00:07:12,024 So I am calling, without delay, 119 00:07:12,704 --> 00:07:15,904 for a vote of no confidence. (ANIMATED MURMURING) 120 00:07:15,904 --> 00:07:17,304 (THUDDING ON TABLES) 121 00:07:18,704 --> 00:07:20,384 (THUDDING CONTINUES) 122 00:07:20,384 --> 00:07:23,664 We're reviewing and enhancing all residential security. 123 00:07:23,664 --> 00:07:27,704 Well, that is a comfort. Obviously the threat from Goddard and the Damocles weapon 124 00:07:27,704 --> 00:07:31,024 remains at the highest level. He gave no indication of target? 125 00:07:31,024 --> 00:07:33,184 Only that it wouldn't be Downing Street. 126 00:07:33,184 --> 00:07:35,104 And we can take this man at his word(!) 127 00:07:35,104 --> 00:07:37,304 Well, strangely, I think we probably can. 128 00:07:37,304 --> 00:07:40,544 He seemed... almost pathological about honour. 129 00:07:40,544 --> 00:07:42,344 Well, he's wounded and alone. 130 00:07:42,344 --> 00:07:45,144 We have units continuing - to go door to door. - Then find him 131 00:07:45,144 --> 00:07:47,784 because I will not, under any circumstances, be resigning. 132 00:07:48,504 --> 00:07:50,504 Even with a gun to your head. 133 00:07:55,104 --> 00:07:57,904 They had guns, Anna. I told you he was a spook. 134 00:07:57,904 --> 00:08:00,264 Eleanor James looked into it and found nothing. 135 00:08:00,264 --> 00:08:02,624 Then maybe ask why she didn't look harder. 136 00:08:03,344 --> 00:08:05,864 You have to bring him in before it's too late. 137 00:08:05,864 --> 00:08:07,944 He had two armed men after him. 138 00:08:07,944 --> 00:08:10,984 How do you know it isn't already - too late? - I think he got away. 139 00:08:10,984 --> 00:08:14,184 About an hour after I saw him, - he texted Ellie. - Saying what? 140 00:08:14,184 --> 00:08:18,464 "You lying bitch. You've fucked me. You'll pay for this."Charming. 141 00:08:18,464 --> 00:08:20,784 And she will. Unless you bring Nate Stevens in 142 00:08:20,784 --> 00:08:24,824 and make him tell the truth about what really happened at Godley Common. 143 00:08:26,184 --> 00:08:29,504 Why am I discovering that Nate Stevens was a hired spy 144 00:08:29,504 --> 00:08:33,144 through the efforts of a demoted shadow minister and my own daughter 145 00:08:33,144 --> 00:08:35,424 instead of from my head of intelligence? 146 00:08:35,424 --> 00:08:38,504 I had suspicions that I was investigating... 147 00:08:39,184 --> 00:08:41,584 but, in the absence of any tangible evidence - 148 00:08:41,584 --> 00:08:45,264 Suspicions you thought better than to share with your Prime Minister? 149 00:08:45,264 --> 00:08:47,824 I...thought it necessary to tread carefully, 150 00:08:47,824 --> 00:08:51,144 given your personal involvement with the matter in hand. 151 00:08:51,144 --> 00:08:53,024 So you doubt I'm rational? 152 00:08:53,024 --> 00:08:57,624 - I did not say that. - Defence of the realm is your remit, correct? 153 00:08:57,624 --> 00:09:00,704 - Yes. - So who do you imagine you're defending it from? 154 00:09:00,704 --> 00:09:03,304 Or are you defending something else altogether? 155 00:09:04,904 --> 00:09:07,504 Prime Minister, I have been - Send him in. 156 00:09:14,104 --> 00:09:15,984 Good morning, Ben. Good morning. 157 00:09:15,984 --> 00:09:18,024 I'm pleased to announce your promotion. 158 00:09:18,024 --> 00:09:21,704 Eleanor is stepping down. Effective... immediately. 159 00:09:25,264 --> 00:09:26,984 She will brief you... 160 00:09:29,064 --> 00:09:30,784 ...on her way out. 161 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:33,824 Understood, Prime Minister. 162 00:09:39,024 --> 00:09:41,024 Thank you, sir. 163 00:09:49,264 --> 00:09:52,624 Are you going to tell me I was wrong? I can't tell you it was right. 164 00:09:52,624 --> 00:09:56,864 But it has to be someone you trust and who trusts you. 165 00:09:56,864 --> 00:09:58,504 Yeah. 166 00:09:59,984 --> 00:10:01,344 Anna. 167 00:10:01,344 --> 00:10:02,704 We need to talk. 168 00:10:02,704 --> 00:10:04,064 We will. 169 00:10:05,064 --> 00:10:06,784 Ellie's on her way in. 170 00:10:07,464 --> 00:10:08,904 Anna. 171 00:10:08,904 --> 00:10:10,544 Robert... 172 00:10:11,664 --> 00:10:13,424 ...it's all right. 173 00:10:40,664 --> 00:10:42,264 (OMINOUS MUSIC) 174 00:10:58,504 --> 00:11:00,344 It's Polly's dad, isn't it? 175 00:11:01,384 --> 00:11:03,824 He's why everyone round here's shitting it. 176 00:11:06,064 --> 00:11:09,384 He's a very dangerous man. Wouldn't you be if I'd been killed? 177 00:11:09,384 --> 00:11:11,584 Of course I would. 178 00:11:19,744 --> 00:11:21,744 Why didn't you come to me sooner? 179 00:11:22,744 --> 00:11:24,744 Tell me about Nate? 180 00:11:30,144 --> 00:11:32,144 I didn't think you'd help. 181 00:11:34,224 --> 00:11:35,704 Why? 182 00:11:35,704 --> 00:11:38,744 Because it's been so long since you did what was right... 183 00:11:39,744 --> 00:11:42,744 ...instead of what seemed politically advantageous. 184 00:11:47,064 --> 00:11:48,784 You know, I'm... 185 00:11:50,664 --> 00:11:53,024 ...I'm better than you think I am. 186 00:11:56,544 --> 00:11:58,584 I hope so, Dad. 187 00:11:58,584 --> 00:12:00,584 This is Robert Sutherland. 188 00:12:00,584 --> 00:12:02,904 NATE: (ON CALL) (SNIGGERS) Well, well, well. 189 00:12:02,904 --> 00:12:04,944 Ellie's explained your situation - 190 00:12:04,944 --> 00:12:06,984 what you need, what you know. 191 00:12:06,984 --> 00:12:09,504 I'm prepared to provide the former for the latter. 192 00:12:10,904 --> 00:12:14,784 And I'm supposed to believe you're any more trustworthy than your daughter? 193 00:12:16,264 --> 00:12:18,264 Well, I give you my word. 194 00:12:18,264 --> 00:12:22,024 And, at this point, I don't believe you've any option but to take it. 195 00:12:24,424 --> 00:12:26,104 I'm listening. 196 00:12:26,864 --> 00:12:29,144 Seems like my career in public service 197 00:12:29,144 --> 00:12:31,184 may have come to an end after all. 198 00:12:32,704 --> 00:12:34,664 Why don't I come in and um... 199 00:12:36,144 --> 00:12:38,144 ...we can talk it over. 200 00:12:46,544 --> 00:12:49,424 I was employed by Rhombus Strategic Services 201 00:12:49,424 --> 00:12:52,304 to infiltrate and report 202 00:12:52,304 --> 00:12:56,184 on the activities of the Planet Resistance protest movement. 203 00:12:59,784 --> 00:13:04,944 I'd done similar work for Rhombus numerous times previously with... 204 00:13:05,944 --> 00:13:09,144 ...activist groups both here... and abroad. 205 00:13:12,544 --> 00:13:16,464 Once I'd been amongst Planet Resistance for some time, 206 00:13:16,464 --> 00:13:20,864 I was instructed to provoke a desire 207 00:13:20,864 --> 00:13:23,584 to escalate from non-violent tactics. 208 00:13:23,584 --> 00:13:26,024 My attempts to this end failed. 209 00:13:27,104 --> 00:13:29,864 During the occupation of Godley Common 210 00:13:29,864 --> 00:13:33,384 I was provided with a small incendiary device... 211 00:13:36,264 --> 00:13:38,864 ...that was meant to damage the boring machine. 212 00:13:42,944 --> 00:13:44,944 But nobody was meant to die. 213 00:13:44,944 --> 00:13:47,584 They said it would just wreck the machine. 214 00:13:47,584 --> 00:13:49,784 Like an act of reckless ecotage 215 00:13:49,784 --> 00:13:52,544 just enough to smear Planet Resistance as criminals - 216 00:13:52,544 --> 00:13:54,424 not activists but guerrillas. 217 00:13:56,744 --> 00:13:59,264 I didn't know about it. The client. 218 00:14:00,104 --> 00:14:01,944 Who was the client? 219 00:14:02,784 --> 00:14:06,344 Rhombus employed you, Nathan, but who employed Rhombus? 220 00:14:06,344 --> 00:14:09,024 I was never told. 221 00:14:10,424 --> 00:14:12,224 But who had the most to lose 222 00:14:12,224 --> 00:14:14,704 from Planet Resistance obstructing Ultraline? 223 00:14:15,424 --> 00:14:19,224 And most to gain from making sure they'd never be a problem again? 224 00:14:25,504 --> 00:14:29,344 Dan Goddard is turning himself in. Says he wants to return the weapon. 225 00:14:29,344 --> 00:14:31,984 Assessment is his injuries are likely fatal. 226 00:14:31,984 --> 00:14:34,744 Armed units are responding now to the given location. 227 00:14:35,824 --> 00:14:37,984 (TYRES SCREECH SOFTLY) 228 00:14:40,064 --> 00:14:42,584 (OFFICER GIVES ORDERS) 229 00:14:44,224 --> 00:14:46,824 OFFICER: Approaching target flat. 230 00:14:48,384 --> 00:14:50,384 (TENSE MUSIC) 231 00:14:56,384 --> 00:14:57,824 (DOOR THUDS) 232 00:14:59,384 --> 00:15:01,984 Bathroom clear. Bedroom clear. 233 00:15:01,984 --> 00:15:04,344 No sign of suspect. Weapon located. 234 00:15:04,344 --> 00:15:06,584 Where is he? You said he was turning himself in. 235 00:15:06,584 --> 00:15:08,824 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) 236 00:15:11,824 --> 00:15:13,424 (METALLIC CLATTER) 237 00:15:14,344 --> 00:15:16,464 (OFFICERS SHOUTING) Get clear now! 238 00:15:19,224 --> 00:15:21,624 There's been an incident... at Whitehall. 239 00:15:22,344 --> 00:15:23,544 What? 240 00:15:23,544 --> 00:15:25,584 (OFFICERS SHOUTING) 241 00:15:30,144 --> 00:15:32,624 Disposal entering the target flat. 242 00:15:32,624 --> 00:15:34,264 (BEEPING) 243 00:15:34,264 --> 00:15:35,784 Get back! 244 00:15:39,064 --> 00:15:43,024 The mortar has fired. Repeat. The Damocles weapon has discharged. 245 00:15:44,344 --> 00:15:46,744 (SMOKE GRENADE HISSES) (SIRENS WAIL) 246 00:15:48,744 --> 00:15:50,064 (GROANS) 247 00:15:50,944 --> 00:15:54,544 Halt! Hands, now! On the ground! 248 00:15:55,904 --> 00:15:57,464 Ground! Now! 249 00:15:57,464 --> 00:15:59,504 OFFICER: On the ground! 250 00:16:00,304 --> 00:16:02,944 OPERATOR: Still no target lock on the mortar. 251 00:16:02,944 --> 00:16:05,984 OFFICER: Suspect has locked himself to the memorial. 252 00:16:08,584 --> 00:16:10,584 What the fuck is he doing? 253 00:16:11,264 --> 00:16:13,264 OFFICER: No weapons found. 254 00:16:14,224 --> 00:16:16,424 What's the target? 255 00:16:16,424 --> 00:16:19,384 - What is it? - Mortar locked, sir. Travelling inbound. 256 00:16:19,384 --> 00:16:23,384 Incoming. Repeat. Incoming. Get the fuck out of there now! 257 00:16:24,064 --> 00:16:25,144 Run. 258 00:16:27,824 --> 00:16:30,384 OFFICER: Clear the area! Clear the area! 259 00:16:30,384 --> 00:16:32,064 (TENSE MUSIC BUILDS) 260 00:16:47,304 --> 00:16:49,184 (RAPID BEEPING) 261 00:17:02,824 --> 00:17:04,824 (SIRENS WAIL) 262 00:17:19,984 --> 00:17:22,984 It's confirmed, no fatalities - except Goddard. 263 00:17:26,784 --> 00:17:28,904 The press are expecting a statement. 264 00:17:28,904 --> 00:17:31,304 What do they want me to say? 265 00:17:33,104 --> 00:17:37,424 This was the action of a deranged individual, hellbent on destruction. 266 00:17:39,224 --> 00:17:43,424 His circumstances cannot be seen as any mitigation for this outrage. 267 00:17:47,944 --> 00:17:50,344 Robert, this was an act of terror - 268 00:17:50,344 --> 00:17:52,384 plain and simple. 269 00:17:52,384 --> 00:17:54,424 And most importantly... 270 00:17:54,424 --> 00:17:56,464 we'll rebuild it. 271 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:13,424 (DISTANT SIRENS WAIL) 272 00:18:19,744 --> 00:18:21,624 I'm going to cancel Saladin. 273 00:18:21,624 --> 00:18:24,064 I can't stop Samir invading the Peninsula 274 00:18:24,064 --> 00:18:27,424 but I can make bloody sure we don't supply the ammunition for it. 275 00:18:30,584 --> 00:18:32,584 You can take a stand of strength... 276 00:18:32,584 --> 00:18:35,744 but if it looks like you're giving Dan Goddard what he wanted... 277 00:18:35,744 --> 00:18:37,864 It's not about what he wanted. 278 00:18:37,864 --> 00:18:39,464 It's about what I want. 279 00:18:41,504 --> 00:18:45,064 Last night... We don't have to do this... No, but you're right. 280 00:18:45,784 --> 00:18:47,504 About everything. 281 00:18:48,224 --> 00:18:51,304 We are facing a storm on all fronts... 282 00:18:52,304 --> 00:18:55,224 ...and I am going to reap every whirlwind. 283 00:18:55,944 --> 00:18:58,384 But I can only do what's right if I'm in power. 284 00:19:01,664 --> 00:19:03,384 We just cannot afford... 285 00:19:03,384 --> 00:19:05,144 I know. 286 00:19:06,184 --> 00:19:07,624 I know. 287 00:19:10,944 --> 00:19:12,944 I love you, Anna. 288 00:19:15,824 --> 00:19:17,904 I love you with every beat of my heart. 289 00:19:20,264 --> 00:19:23,504 But I still cannot fight without you by my side. 290 00:19:31,584 --> 00:19:33,544 (EXHALES SHAKILY) 291 00:19:33,544 --> 00:19:35,544 You'll never have to. 292 00:19:39,464 --> 00:19:41,344 But this has to come first. 293 00:19:45,464 --> 00:19:48,784 Sir Richard, you're fully aware that I've devoted my career 294 00:19:48,784 --> 00:19:51,824 to the security and prosperity of our great country 295 00:19:51,824 --> 00:19:55,184 and the armed forces has no more dedicated advocate than me. 296 00:19:55,864 --> 00:19:59,704 But the situation we now face is nothing short of a national emergency. 297 00:19:59,704 --> 00:20:04,144 The Prime Minister's judgement and authority are bankrupt. 298 00:20:04,144 --> 00:20:06,344 The vile attack on the remembrance monument 299 00:20:06,344 --> 00:20:08,664 says everything about his total loss of control. 300 00:20:08,664 --> 00:20:10,984 And it's vital you're aware 301 00:20:10,984 --> 00:20:14,024 Sutherland intends to abandon Saladin, 302 00:20:14,024 --> 00:20:16,704 to burn down our strategic relationship 303 00:20:16,704 --> 00:20:18,744 with King Samir's new regime. 304 00:20:18,744 --> 00:20:21,904 And on his current trajectory, I see no way Sutherland will approve 305 00:20:21,904 --> 00:20:24,424 the defence budget increases I've been pushing for. 306 00:20:24,424 --> 00:20:27,784 There's no question these are unprecedented times. 307 00:20:27,784 --> 00:20:32,504 Any threats to national security must, of course, be contained. 308 00:20:32,504 --> 00:20:34,544 Our thinking precisely. 309 00:20:34,544 --> 00:20:38,784 The point is, the party will dither over launching a no-confidence - 310 00:20:38,784 --> 00:20:41,984 unless they know categorically the PM's lost confidence 311 00:20:41,984 --> 00:20:44,184 where it counts the most. 312 00:20:46,184 --> 00:20:48,944 Particularly in the light of the outrage at the memorial, 313 00:20:48,944 --> 00:20:52,104 I'm certain those rumours that the Prime Minister is reconsidering 314 00:20:52,104 --> 00:20:55,504 the UK's defence strategy and supply of arms to the Shirasian regime 315 00:20:55,504 --> 00:20:56,904 are baseless. 316 00:20:56,904 --> 00:20:59,904 After all, it would be a demonstration of VERY weak leadership. 317 00:20:59,904 --> 00:21:02,464 Despite the classified military files discovered online 318 00:21:02,464 --> 00:21:05,424 suggesting an aggressive Shirasian escalation in the Peninsula? 319 00:21:05,424 --> 00:21:08,024 There's no shortage of disinformation, is there? 320 00:21:08,024 --> 00:21:10,944 We're looking into the possibility the files are a fabrication 321 00:21:10,944 --> 00:21:12,904 of the Peninsula Resistance Front. But - 322 00:21:12,904 --> 00:21:15,584 This country stands steadfast with its allies. 323 00:21:15,584 --> 00:21:18,064 And I can assure you the Prime Minister understands 324 00:21:18,064 --> 00:21:21,384 that is the position of his government... and his party. 325 00:21:21,384 --> 00:21:23,464 Minister, are you intimating the issue 326 00:21:23,464 --> 00:21:25,424 has potential for significant rebellion? 327 00:21:25,424 --> 00:21:28,824 You've interviewed me enough to know I'm a straight talker. 328 00:21:28,824 --> 00:21:30,584 I don't intimate. 329 00:21:30,584 --> 00:21:32,664 Despite Nathan Scott's insinuation 330 00:21:32,664 --> 00:21:35,784 there's no evidence of engagement with Rhombus Strategic. 331 00:21:36,464 --> 00:21:39,624 But the internal communications from Ultraline make it clear. 332 00:21:39,624 --> 00:21:42,824 The company knew about the risks of drilling through Godley Common. 333 00:21:42,824 --> 00:21:45,704 Knew about the risks but wanted to maximise profit 334 00:21:45,704 --> 00:21:48,144 and avoid losing money by re-routing. 335 00:21:48,144 --> 00:21:51,944 So they decided to chance it. They were already way over budget 336 00:21:51,944 --> 00:21:54,464 and the next government bailout was contingent on them 337 00:21:54,464 --> 00:21:56,864 completing the link through Godley on schedule. 338 00:21:56,864 --> 00:21:59,464 So all of the protestors against the construction - 339 00:21:59,464 --> 00:22:02,064 Planet Resistance, the people of Godley Common - 340 00:22:02,064 --> 00:22:04,784 all along... they were right. 341 00:22:06,544 --> 00:22:10,824 OK. The entire Metro Ultraline... cancelled. 342 00:22:10,824 --> 00:22:13,824 Whatever's already been built, we convert to local links 343 00:22:13,824 --> 00:22:16,184 but the plug gets pulled today. 344 00:22:17,624 --> 00:22:19,944 Hand these documents over to the enquiry. 345 00:22:24,064 --> 00:22:26,504 Archie thinks there might be some French interest 346 00:22:26,504 --> 00:22:28,544 in funding the Teesside project. 347 00:22:28,544 --> 00:22:32,424 We divert the Ultraline budget, fill in the gap. 348 00:22:32,424 --> 00:22:35,024 We have to be prepared for Ultraline to litigate. 349 00:22:35,024 --> 00:22:37,064 (SCOFFS) Oh, do we? 350 00:22:38,304 --> 00:22:40,304 Let them try. 351 00:22:40,304 --> 00:22:42,304 (HEAVY RUMBLING) 352 00:22:51,664 --> 00:22:53,264 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) 353 00:22:53,264 --> 00:22:56,144 COMMANDER: Civilians, leave the area. Move, move, move! 354 00:22:56,144 --> 00:22:57,824 Yeah. Gents, this way. 355 00:22:59,424 --> 00:23:00,744 COMMANDER: Form up! 356 00:23:02,024 --> 00:23:04,664 This area is under military control. 357 00:23:14,544 --> 00:23:16,544 What's the meaning of this? 358 00:23:17,504 --> 00:23:18,864 Answer me. 359 00:23:20,024 --> 00:23:22,824 I'm told they're holding a vigil. 360 00:23:23,664 --> 00:23:25,504 Vigil? 361 00:23:25,504 --> 00:23:28,984 I didn't clear this. Why wasn't I informed? 362 00:23:28,984 --> 00:23:30,704 None of us were. 363 00:23:34,784 --> 00:23:36,984 What the hell do you think you're doing? 364 00:23:36,984 --> 00:23:40,104 Everything you've abjectly proven you can't. 365 00:23:40,104 --> 00:23:44,344 Bringing back order, the rule of law, authority. 366 00:23:44,344 --> 00:23:47,624 You've lost the faith of the police, of our intelligence 367 00:23:47,624 --> 00:23:51,784 and, on account of your handwringing over Shirasia, the military. 368 00:23:51,784 --> 00:23:54,944 The time has come, Prime Minister, for a reckoning. 369 00:23:54,944 --> 00:23:59,264 You are making a galactic mistake, Victoria. 370 00:23:59,264 --> 00:24:00,784 No. 371 00:24:00,784 --> 00:24:04,864 You - all of you - have made nothing but mistakes. 372 00:24:04,864 --> 00:24:07,784 Those soldiers outside aren't just on vigil 373 00:24:07,784 --> 00:24:10,264 for a monument desecrated on your watch. 374 00:24:10,264 --> 00:24:14,184 They're on guard for the restoration of a leadership worth the name. 375 00:24:14,184 --> 00:24:16,544 They won't be going anywhere until that happens. 376 00:24:16,544 --> 00:24:19,624 You are out of your fucking mind. 377 00:24:19,624 --> 00:24:22,584 Oh, shut up, you sanctimonious little puppet. 378 00:24:23,624 --> 00:24:26,424 We all now know how much you like his hand up you. 379 00:24:29,184 --> 00:24:32,784 I am the Prime Minister of this - country. - Prime Minister in name only. 380 00:24:32,784 --> 00:24:35,464 I've had the numbers for a no-confidence vote... 381 00:24:36,464 --> 00:24:38,424 ...and it's a fucking landslide. 382 00:24:39,264 --> 00:24:42,544 Your legacy will be wholesale humiliation. 383 00:24:42,544 --> 00:24:45,624 Or, if you'd prefer to cauterise the gash, 384 00:24:45,624 --> 00:24:50,104 give this burnt-out old gasbag his long overdue ticket to a care home - 385 00:24:50,784 --> 00:24:52,784 make me your deputy. 386 00:24:52,784 --> 00:24:55,544 Then resign and hand me the premiership. 387 00:24:57,344 --> 00:24:59,744 There's no way back for you, Robert. 388 00:25:00,624 --> 00:25:03,264 The only question is whether you fall on your sword 389 00:25:03,264 --> 00:25:05,144 with some illusion of dignity. 390 00:25:05,144 --> 00:25:08,824 Or whether I pull the trigger on the disgrace and dishonour you deserve. 391 00:25:10,944 --> 00:25:14,744 I've informed the aides you'll need the podium outside No.10 tomorrow. 392 00:25:34,744 --> 00:25:36,744 He's made a full deposition. 393 00:25:37,504 --> 00:25:39,624 You shouldn't have tried to kill him, Zelda. 394 00:25:39,624 --> 00:25:41,664 Clear up the mess, you said. 395 00:25:42,704 --> 00:25:44,664 I've drawn up a contract. 396 00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:47,544 How do we firefight this? 397 00:25:49,064 --> 00:25:50,784 How indeed. 398 00:25:50,784 --> 00:25:52,944 You know, my job is - 399 00:25:52,944 --> 00:25:55,864 was - defence of the realm. 400 00:25:56,544 --> 00:25:58,184 Yours too, once. 401 00:25:58,184 --> 00:26:00,104 But I find myself questioning 402 00:26:00,104 --> 00:26:03,064 whether Robert Sutherland's recent decisions 403 00:26:03,064 --> 00:26:05,064 have become a legitimate threat to it. 404 00:26:05,824 --> 00:26:07,824 I knew we still saw eye to eye. 405 00:26:08,504 --> 00:26:11,144 And he's the one staring down a P45. 406 00:26:11,144 --> 00:26:13,264 You misunderstand, Zelda. 407 00:26:14,424 --> 00:26:16,664 I'm not here cos I want a job with you. 408 00:26:16,664 --> 00:26:21,144 I'm here cos I want my old job - my real job - back. 409 00:26:21,144 --> 00:26:23,544 So no more games. 410 00:26:23,544 --> 00:26:26,024 You know what I need from you. 411 00:26:26,024 --> 00:26:28,384 Who asked you to hire Nathan Scott? 412 00:26:28,384 --> 00:26:30,424 Are you going to tear it all down? 413 00:26:30,424 --> 00:26:33,664 This. Everything I've built. 414 00:26:33,664 --> 00:26:36,664 It was meant to be a smear not mass murder. 415 00:26:37,384 --> 00:26:39,384 We don't have to do this. 416 00:26:39,384 --> 00:26:41,184 I do. 417 00:26:41,184 --> 00:26:43,064 And I'm doing it. 418 00:26:54,984 --> 00:26:57,304 It's confirmed. 419 00:26:57,304 --> 00:26:59,504 She's turned most of the party. 420 00:26:59,504 --> 00:27:01,504 Got the gaggle riled. 421 00:27:01,504 --> 00:27:04,344 She'd probably win a leadership vote. 422 00:27:04,344 --> 00:27:06,384 I don't know how... 423 00:27:08,344 --> 00:27:10,344 What are the angles here? 424 00:27:11,744 --> 00:27:13,544 What can I do? I don't know. 425 00:27:13,544 --> 00:27:15,704 If she's got the numbers, I don't know. 426 00:27:15,704 --> 00:27:18,664 We can't just surrender. It's checkmate. 427 00:27:18,664 --> 00:27:21,704 The only question is whether you take your piece off the board... 428 00:27:21,704 --> 00:27:24,464 Or she snaps it in two. No. 429 00:27:24,464 --> 00:27:26,504 She can force me out. 430 00:27:26,504 --> 00:27:29,544 (PHONE BEEPS AND BUZZES) But I'm not handing over the keys. 431 00:27:31,864 --> 00:27:34,504 Eleanor James. - Oh, Christ. - Wait. 432 00:27:38,784 --> 00:27:40,544 Come in. Now. 433 00:27:41,344 --> 00:27:44,064 Two years ago, during the solar-flare blackout, 434 00:27:44,784 --> 00:27:49,064 four Planet Resistance activists broke into a Condor Aerotech factory 435 00:27:49,064 --> 00:27:51,904 and vandalised a fighter jet in one of the hangars. 436 00:27:52,584 --> 00:27:54,744 They waited to be arrested, 437 00:27:54,744 --> 00:27:56,704 then plead in court they were acting 438 00:27:56,704 --> 00:27:59,104 to prevent a greater crime against humanity. 439 00:27:59,104 --> 00:28:02,824 And the jury acquitted them. Which stuck like a fish bone 440 00:28:02,824 --> 00:28:04,824 in Gerald Kendrick's gullet. 441 00:28:04,824 --> 00:28:09,304 Condor regarded the judgement as an extremely dangerous precedent. 442 00:28:09,304 --> 00:28:12,024 So, they enlisted Rhombus Strategic Services 443 00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:14,544 to destroy Planet Resistance. 444 00:28:14,544 --> 00:28:16,824 Godley Common offered the opportunity. 445 00:28:18,344 --> 00:28:20,344 We have Rhombus on the hook. 446 00:28:20,344 --> 00:28:24,744 I didn't want to make further moves without your... instruction - 447 00:28:26,064 --> 00:28:28,184 official or otherwise. 448 00:28:32,344 --> 00:28:35,344 Victoria Dalton's going to destroy this country. 449 00:28:35,344 --> 00:28:37,984 What's left of what it stands for, what it should stand for. 450 00:28:37,984 --> 00:28:40,664 Maybe you're right. Maybe she has already won. 451 00:28:41,624 --> 00:28:43,904 But if I'm going... 452 00:28:43,904 --> 00:28:46,144 I'm pulling down some fucking pillars. 453 00:28:49,184 --> 00:28:52,664 But I can assure you, I have every confidence 454 00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:54,704 and, indeed, assurance 455 00:28:54,704 --> 00:28:59,184 that this recent era of turbulent and erratic government 456 00:28:59,184 --> 00:29:02,464 will imminently be shifting towards 457 00:29:02,464 --> 00:29:06,064 a stronger and more stable executive. 458 00:29:06,064 --> 00:29:09,544 One which will ensure the Saladin contract 459 00:29:09,544 --> 00:29:12,104 with our friends in Shirasia 460 00:29:12,104 --> 00:29:15,344 can proceed swiftly and unencumbered. 461 00:29:15,344 --> 00:29:18,944 Which will support, unwaveringly, 462 00:29:18,944 --> 00:29:22,064 the role of Condor Aerotech 463 00:29:22,064 --> 00:29:26,544 at the global forefront of the defence industry. 464 00:29:27,984 --> 00:29:29,704 Prime Minister. This is... 465 00:29:29,704 --> 00:29:31,544 Unexpected? 466 00:29:31,544 --> 00:29:33,464 Yes, I imagine it is. 467 00:29:33,464 --> 00:29:35,504 Apologies for the interruption, 468 00:29:35,504 --> 00:29:38,464 I have some pressing business with your chief executive. 469 00:29:41,064 --> 00:29:43,384 If you could give us the room, please. 470 00:29:44,624 --> 00:29:45,944 Now. 471 00:29:50,384 --> 00:29:52,664 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 472 00:29:57,544 --> 00:29:59,824 With respect, Prime Minister - Let's not pretend 473 00:29:59,824 --> 00:30:03,584 there's anything even resembling respect here, Gerald. 474 00:30:05,424 --> 00:30:06,984 Take a seat. 475 00:30:20,824 --> 00:30:22,424 This... 476 00:30:22,424 --> 00:30:24,144 this isn't what it... 477 00:30:24,144 --> 00:30:26,184 It is. 478 00:30:26,184 --> 00:30:28,504 No need to explain what it'll do to you. 479 00:30:28,504 --> 00:30:30,504 The company may recover. 480 00:30:30,504 --> 00:30:33,904 Companies like Condor are like cockroaches, after all. 481 00:30:35,464 --> 00:30:38,064 But you'll be hearing about it from a prison cell. 482 00:30:38,064 --> 00:30:40,784 Do you actually believe you'll be in power long enough 483 00:30:40,784 --> 00:30:42,664 to do anything about this? 484 00:30:42,664 --> 00:30:46,024 You're already finished. You're all back to front, Gerald. 485 00:30:46,024 --> 00:30:49,224 You don't need to worry about what I'll do if I'm in power. 486 00:30:49,224 --> 00:30:51,824 It's what I WON'T do. 487 00:30:51,824 --> 00:30:54,864 If I'm dragged out of the door of Downing Street today... 488 00:30:55,864 --> 00:30:57,704 ...I might just mislay that 489 00:30:57,704 --> 00:31:02,424 on the desk of every major news outlet in the country. 490 00:31:03,984 --> 00:31:06,584 You think Victoria Dalton could shield you from that? 491 00:31:06,584 --> 00:31:08,584 And who do you think would shield you? 492 00:31:08,584 --> 00:31:10,584 Oh, Gerald. 493 00:31:11,584 --> 00:31:13,584 What do you imagine I have left to lose? 494 00:31:15,104 --> 00:31:17,704 You said if you're in power... 495 00:31:19,064 --> 00:31:21,064 ...what you wouldn't do. 496 00:31:23,024 --> 00:31:24,664 Look... 497 00:31:26,464 --> 00:31:29,024 ...so long as I'm Prime Minister 498 00:31:29,024 --> 00:31:32,464 I could make sure that never sees the light of day. 499 00:31:32,464 --> 00:31:36,664 You stay comfortably behind your desk, I behind mine. 500 00:31:36,664 --> 00:31:39,144 Your support, your... sponsorship, 501 00:31:39,144 --> 00:31:41,944 of Victoria Dalton ends now. 502 00:31:41,944 --> 00:31:44,944 Victoria Dalton ends now. 503 00:31:45,664 --> 00:31:49,144 If you have any interest whatsoever in self-preservation, 504 00:31:49,144 --> 00:31:51,504 you will do your absolute utmost 505 00:31:51,504 --> 00:31:54,464 to ensure I continue to lead this country. 506 00:31:54,464 --> 00:31:57,024 Because so long as I remain in power... 507 00:31:57,024 --> 00:32:01,984 you, Condor Aerotech, the Saladin deal... 508 00:32:04,024 --> 00:32:05,824 ...all remain untouchable. 509 00:32:06,544 --> 00:32:09,064 I didn't think you had it in you. 510 00:32:12,944 --> 00:32:14,944 (REPORTERS CHATTER) 511 00:32:26,064 --> 00:32:28,104 Well, Robert. 512 00:32:28,104 --> 00:32:32,464 I assume you've come to the right decision... for the country. 513 00:32:35,144 --> 00:32:36,584 I have. 514 00:32:38,064 --> 00:32:39,384 Please... 515 00:32:49,624 --> 00:32:52,344 You've put me in a position where I have no choice. 516 00:32:53,104 --> 00:32:54,904 I've spoken with Archie. 517 00:32:54,904 --> 00:32:58,304 He's agreed to relinquish his role as deputy prime minister 518 00:32:58,304 --> 00:33:00,744 and I have written a letter of resignation. 519 00:33:08,424 --> 00:33:11,464 "Owing to recent pressures, I hereby inform you 520 00:33:11,464 --> 00:33:14,184 that I shall be resigning both from my post 521 00:33:14,184 --> 00:33:16,664 and from politics permanently 522 00:33:16,664 --> 00:33:19,064 to devote my time to my family. 523 00:33:22,464 --> 00:33:25,104 "Sincerely, Victoria Dalton"? 524 00:33:33,224 --> 00:33:37,064 - Do you think this is funny? - I assure you I'm taking it very seriously. 525 00:33:37,064 --> 00:33:39,224 And accepting it with immediate effect. 526 00:33:43,784 --> 00:33:48,064 VICTORIA: (ON RECORDING) "The fact is the party will dither over launching a no-confidence, 527 00:33:48,064 --> 00:33:52,784 unless they know categorically the PM's lost confidence where it counts the most." 528 00:33:52,784 --> 00:33:54,824 What the fuck is this? 529 00:33:54,824 --> 00:33:56,864 I have the whole conversation. 530 00:33:57,584 --> 00:33:59,584 All the conversations. 531 00:34:00,584 --> 00:34:03,224 I had a very informative chat with Gerald Kendrick - 532 00:34:03,224 --> 00:34:06,864 a bastard, but a clever enough bastard to keep insurance. 533 00:34:07,824 --> 00:34:11,584 And he's come to the view he's backed the wrong horse, Victoria. 534 00:34:12,584 --> 00:34:15,824 And you remember what it's like when a horse takes a fall. 535 00:34:16,784 --> 00:34:18,784 What does that even prove? 536 00:34:18,784 --> 00:34:20,584 Nothing. 537 00:34:21,544 --> 00:34:23,744 Just idle chatter. 538 00:34:23,744 --> 00:34:26,024 Private chatter, recorded illegally. 539 00:34:26,024 --> 00:34:30,024 Ah! I'm pleased you brought up illegality. 540 00:34:31,464 --> 00:34:34,224 Because you might recognise these. 541 00:34:37,544 --> 00:34:39,904 Eleanor followed the money. 542 00:34:41,424 --> 00:34:44,784 The slush funds, the kickbacks, the off-shores. 543 00:34:46,144 --> 00:34:50,184 Quite the retirement fund you were getting for pushing through Saladin. 544 00:34:51,184 --> 00:34:53,904 And for the web of other Condor contracts 545 00:34:53,904 --> 00:34:55,904 you were so very eager to champion. 546 00:35:03,104 --> 00:35:05,704 The military are withdrawing from Whitehall. 547 00:35:07,184 --> 00:35:10,544 The Defence Chief of Staff has tendered his resignation. 548 00:35:10,544 --> 00:35:14,304 He thought that was preferable to court-martial or prosecution. 549 00:35:14,304 --> 00:35:17,944 Now tell me, what's your preference, prosecution-wise? 550 00:35:19,064 --> 00:35:20,704 Look, Robert... 551 00:35:20,704 --> 00:35:22,544 I know I've been... Corrupt? 552 00:35:24,784 --> 00:35:26,584 Despicable? 553 00:35:27,784 --> 00:35:29,584 Treasonous? 554 00:35:31,984 --> 00:35:33,824 You're finished. 555 00:35:33,824 --> 00:35:36,984 Out of Westminster... for good. 556 00:35:36,984 --> 00:35:40,264 And if I ever hear one negative comment 557 00:35:40,264 --> 00:35:43,624 coming from your poisonous mouth about my administration, 558 00:35:43,624 --> 00:35:49,024 I will see to it that your venality is broadcast in sky-high writing. 559 00:35:49,024 --> 00:35:51,064 And when you clear out your desk... 560 00:35:52,744 --> 00:35:55,424 ...I suggest you find some fucking Sellotape. 561 00:36:09,624 --> 00:36:11,224 (BEEPING) 562 00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:14,104 (BEEPING) 563 00:36:15,864 --> 00:36:17,864 Hey there, my pass isn't working. 564 00:36:17,864 --> 00:36:19,904 Oh, that is awkward. 565 00:36:23,464 --> 00:36:25,424 I might've known. 566 00:36:26,904 --> 00:36:28,664 Fuck you, old man. 567 00:36:28,664 --> 00:36:30,944 Arrivederci, Mottie. 568 00:36:33,024 --> 00:36:34,824 Do you think this is over? 569 00:36:34,824 --> 00:36:36,824 By no means. 570 00:36:37,624 --> 00:36:39,624 "Sad fossil" I think you said. 571 00:36:40,304 --> 00:36:42,304 "Gobful of stumps", wasn't it? 572 00:36:43,304 --> 00:36:47,304 I am the full-fanged fucking megalodon 573 00:36:47,304 --> 00:36:49,344 of these black waters. 574 00:36:49,344 --> 00:36:53,944 And wherever you go, whatever you try to be, little minnow... 575 00:36:55,504 --> 00:36:58,344 ...best you skitter from my jaws 576 00:36:58,344 --> 00:37:01,024 till the end of all time. 577 00:37:03,944 --> 00:37:06,624 If you please, officer, toss this one back. 578 00:37:06,624 --> 00:37:09,104 I can always find him if I'm peckish. 579 00:37:12,264 --> 00:37:13,704 (BEEPS) 580 00:37:18,784 --> 00:37:22,424 Robert, are you sure that this is the right thing? 581 00:37:23,144 --> 00:37:25,624 I have no choice. 582 00:37:25,624 --> 00:37:27,664 I gave Kendrick my word. 583 00:37:30,024 --> 00:37:32,144 So long as I'm Prime Minister... 584 00:37:32,144 --> 00:37:34,184 all of this stays buried. 585 00:37:35,264 --> 00:37:37,264 And my word is my word. 586 00:37:39,984 --> 00:37:42,344 You know what to do with this. 587 00:37:43,904 --> 00:37:46,424 And, Anna... whatever comes... 588 00:37:47,144 --> 00:37:49,144 I was only ever strong enough... 589 00:37:49,824 --> 00:37:51,824 for any of it... 590 00:37:52,944 --> 00:37:54,944 ...because of you. 591 00:37:56,624 --> 00:37:59,544 (TEARFULLY) Well, let's not get all sentimental. 592 00:38:14,384 --> 00:38:15,824 Good afternoon. 593 00:38:15,824 --> 00:38:20,784 It will have escaped no-one that this has been a challenging time - 594 00:38:20,784 --> 00:38:23,664 for the country and also for my family. 595 00:38:25,424 --> 00:38:29,064 It has been the greatest privilege of my life 596 00:38:29,064 --> 00:38:33,264 to meet such challenges during my time as Prime Minister 597 00:38:33,264 --> 00:38:35,304 of this great nation. 598 00:38:35,304 --> 00:38:39,064 But I believe the time is right for me to stand down... 599 00:38:39,064 --> 00:38:43,864 (REPORTERS MURMUR) ..from leadership of the country and from my party. 600 00:38:43,864 --> 00:38:48,544 I spoke to the King earlier and informed him of my resignation. 601 00:38:50,584 --> 00:38:53,024 Every departing Prime Minister 602 00:38:53,024 --> 00:38:56,544 must leave with regrets of work left undone 603 00:38:56,544 --> 00:38:59,224 of promises unfulfilled. 604 00:38:59,224 --> 00:39:01,384 He's fucked me. 605 00:39:01,384 --> 00:39:04,224 But the promise most imperative to me right now... 606 00:39:05,224 --> 00:39:08,584 ...is to be the best father I can be to my daughter, 607 00:39:08,584 --> 00:39:12,344 a young woman of whom I am immensely proud 608 00:39:12,344 --> 00:39:15,424 and who has faced her own share of challenges. 609 00:39:19,784 --> 00:39:24,944 Archie Glover-Morgan will lead in a caretaker capacity 610 00:39:24,944 --> 00:39:26,984 until a new Prime Minister is selected. 611 00:39:26,984 --> 00:39:31,744 Now I wish to give my thanks to you, the British people. 612 00:39:31,744 --> 00:39:34,144 It has been my honour to serve you... 613 00:39:35,144 --> 00:39:38,944 ...and I have sought to do so, no less at this moment, 614 00:39:38,944 --> 00:39:40,984 with honour. 615 00:39:42,344 --> 00:39:43,824 Thank you. 616 00:39:43,824 --> 00:39:45,504 (CLAMOURING) 617 00:39:47,984 --> 00:39:50,544 REPORTER: In the aftermath of what can only be described 618 00:39:50,544 --> 00:39:53,904 as incendiary allegations, I'm joined by Francine Bridge. 619 00:39:53,904 --> 00:39:56,304 Allegations? Try revelations. 620 00:39:56,304 --> 00:39:59,624 That an arms conglomerate and a corporate intelligence firm 621 00:39:59,624 --> 00:40:01,984 conspired to destroy a peaceful protest movement, 622 00:40:01,984 --> 00:40:04,904 orchestrating the catastrophe at the village of Godley Common. 623 00:40:04,904 --> 00:40:08,504 REPORTER: Planet Resistance have, of course, been fully exonerated. 624 00:40:08,504 --> 00:40:12,184 'From what very nearly stood as a monstrous miscarriage of justice.' 625 00:40:12,184 --> 00:40:14,984 I welcome the government's decision to place under review, 626 00:40:14,984 --> 00:40:17,424 and hopefully rescind, the Civil Disturbance Bill, 627 00:40:17,424 --> 00:40:19,744 which represents a naked affront to democracy. 628 00:40:19,744 --> 00:40:23,224 REPORTER: Speaking of democracy, will you comment on the growing rumours 629 00:40:23,224 --> 00:40:26,984 you now have your eyes firmly on the leadership of the opposition? 630 00:40:26,984 --> 00:40:29,024 My focus has always been the same - 631 00:40:29,024 --> 00:40:31,904 on making this country a better, fairer place. 632 00:40:53,104 --> 00:40:56,264 SECRETARY: (OVER INTERCOM) Prime Minister, you're due in the Cobra room... 633 00:40:57,784 --> 00:41:00,504 Instruct the Home Secretary to chair, would you? 634 00:41:00,504 --> 00:41:02,504 Certainly, sir. 635 00:41:14,864 --> 00:41:17,744 You did cauliflower cheese! Of course. 636 00:41:17,744 --> 00:41:20,784 (LAUGHS) Mum said you'd bring out the big guns. 637 00:41:22,024 --> 00:41:23,944 How is your mum? 638 00:41:23,944 --> 00:41:26,264 Good. Yeah, she's um... 639 00:41:26,264 --> 00:41:28,304 she's joined a new chambers, so... 640 00:41:28,304 --> 00:41:31,544 - Rebuilding and all that. - That's great. I'm really pleased for her. 641 00:41:34,504 --> 00:41:36,384 Would you like a glass, Ellie? 642 00:41:36,384 --> 00:41:39,304 They said in the shop this was a particularly good Chilean. 643 00:41:39,304 --> 00:41:41,344 Yes, please. I'd love some. 644 00:41:43,064 --> 00:41:45,064 (DOORBELL) 645 00:41:45,064 --> 00:41:47,624 WOMAN: Good afternoon, sir. Go in, won't you. 646 00:41:47,624 --> 00:41:49,624 Thank you. 647 00:41:51,464 --> 00:41:53,704 This is unexpected, Prime Minister. 648 00:41:53,704 --> 00:41:55,704 I do apologise for the intrusion, 649 00:41:55,704 --> 00:41:58,264 but this won't wait. 650 00:41:58,264 --> 00:41:59,664 Take a seat. 651 00:42:01,904 --> 00:42:04,864 Glass of wine? I don't drink on the job. 652 00:42:05,944 --> 00:42:07,264 Any more. 653 00:42:08,504 --> 00:42:10,504 Although... (CHUCKLES) 654 00:42:11,184 --> 00:42:14,024 ...an Apalta Carmenere... (CHUCKLES) 655 00:42:14,024 --> 00:42:16,304 ...maybe just a finger. 656 00:42:17,944 --> 00:42:19,624 Thank you. 657 00:42:22,024 --> 00:42:24,024 I'll keep this brief. 658 00:42:25,264 --> 00:42:27,584 The odds are we're going to be facing 659 00:42:27,584 --> 00:42:29,944 Francine Bridge across the floor. 660 00:42:31,064 --> 00:42:33,864 She's fresh, hungry... 661 00:42:34,824 --> 00:42:36,424 dangerous. 662 00:42:36,424 --> 00:42:38,384 No offence. 663 00:42:38,384 --> 00:42:40,984 And the party needs a leader with the proven stones 664 00:42:40,984 --> 00:42:43,624 to take her on and keep her out of power. 665 00:42:44,904 --> 00:42:47,904 I don't want the job, Robert. I'm too long in the tooth. 666 00:42:48,664 --> 00:42:50,904 And the fact is there is nobody 667 00:42:50,904 --> 00:42:53,704 better equipped for it... than you. 668 00:42:54,944 --> 00:42:56,904 Archie. 669 00:42:56,904 --> 00:42:59,504 I retired. That doesn't mean it's over. 670 00:43:01,224 --> 00:43:04,104 Let's just say there's been some corrective briefing 671 00:43:04,104 --> 00:43:06,224 over the whole VD business 672 00:43:06,224 --> 00:43:08,824 and a very substantial number of colleagues 673 00:43:08,824 --> 00:43:12,744 now realise the error of their judgement. 674 00:43:12,744 --> 00:43:15,944 If you toss your hat back in the ring, you'd have the numbers. 675 00:43:15,944 --> 00:43:19,984 And whatever your other reasons for refusing may be... 676 00:43:21,064 --> 00:43:22,704 ...this shouldn't be one. 677 00:43:23,424 --> 00:43:26,344 If you go in together, openly... 678 00:43:27,424 --> 00:43:29,824 ...you've nothing to hide any more. 679 00:43:35,064 --> 00:43:36,664 Think about it. 680 00:43:38,304 --> 00:43:40,984 Whatever your decision, I'll respect it. 681 00:43:44,824 --> 00:43:46,304 Delicious. 682 00:43:46,304 --> 00:43:47,944 I'll show myself out. 683 00:43:55,464 --> 00:43:57,344 Let's have lunch. 684 00:43:57,344 --> 00:43:58,664 Robert... 685 00:43:58,664 --> 00:44:01,704 did you have any inkling that this might...? 686 00:44:02,624 --> 00:44:04,024 For what it's worth... 687 00:44:05,024 --> 00:44:07,344 ...and I can't quite believe I'm saying this... 688 00:44:09,584 --> 00:44:11,464 ...I'd vote for you. 689 00:44:14,024 --> 00:44:15,424 (CHUCKLES) 690 00:44:19,064 --> 00:44:20,664 Fuck it. 691 00:44:22,824 --> 00:44:24,704 Let's dance. 692 00:44:32,984 --> 00:44:35,104 AccessibleCustomerService@sky.uk