Margaret

0:00:02 > 0:00:08This programme contains some strong language from the start

0:00:10 > 0:00:13Prime Minister, you look to die for.

0:00:19 > 0:00:23To die for? Is that good? Is that an expression?

0:00:55 > 0:00:57PHONE RINGS

0:00:57 > 0:00:59Prime Minister...Charles.

0:01:03 > 0:01:05- Charles.- Prime Minister.

0:01:05 > 0:01:10We understand that Geoffrey will be making a resignation statement tomorrow after PMQs.

0:01:10 > 0:01:15Thank you, Charles. Now, if you don't mind, we girls are rather busy.

0:01:26 > 0:01:29- Prime Minister, if you don't mind my saying...- What, dear?

0:01:29 > 0:01:33You must hold your head up or you'll get lost in the ruff.

0:01:36 > 0:01:39Like this?

0:01:39 > 0:01:41- Mustn't tilt forward.- Tilt?

0:01:41 > 0:01:45The Prime Minister does not tilt.

0:01:52 > 0:01:54(Heseltine.)

0:02:04 > 0:02:06- Michael.- Geoffrey.

0:02:06 > 0:02:09I just wanted to say how sorry I am about all this.

0:02:09 > 0:02:13- Your resignation. - Thank you, Michael.

0:02:13 > 0:02:16I know it only too well myself, of course.

0:02:16 > 0:02:19Of course.

0:02:19 > 0:02:21The thing is...erm...

0:02:21 > 0:02:23things being what they are now...

0:02:23 > 0:02:27um...I'm thinking of sending...

0:02:27 > 0:02:33an open letter to my constituency supporting you in your resignation -

0:02:33 > 0:02:36Europe, Cabinet government and so forth.

0:02:36 > 0:02:38I see.

0:02:38 > 0:02:40Yes.

0:02:40 > 0:02:43Michael, I should say that my resignation is not intended

0:02:43 > 0:02:49- as a prelude to my standing for the leadership, if that's what you were wondering.- God, no!

0:02:49 > 0:02:52That remains my position at present as well.

0:02:52 > 0:02:53Indeed.

0:02:57 > 0:02:59Except...

0:02:59 > 0:03:02were I to stand...I mean...

0:03:02 > 0:03:06were that eventuality to arise...

0:03:06 > 0:03:09could I...would I be able to count on your support?

0:03:09 > 0:03:12Were that to arise?

0:03:13 > 0:03:19Michael, I think my position is probably best left uncluttered by commitments of that kind.

0:03:19 > 0:03:22Of course, of course.

0:03:26 > 0:03:29Although...

0:03:29 > 0:03:34should I have any further message to convey at a later stage, then I shall of course do so.

0:03:36 > 0:03:38Right.

0:03:38 > 0:03:40Yes, of course.

0:03:40 > 0:03:42Thank you, Geoffrey.

0:03:45 > 0:03:48What the fuck does that mean?

0:03:48 > 0:03:52Since I first went into bat 11 years ago,

0:03:52 > 0:03:56the score at your end has ticked over nicely.

0:03:56 > 0:04:01You are the 663rd Lord Mayor.

0:04:01 > 0:04:06At the Prime Minister's end we are stuck on 49.

0:04:06 > 0:04:08LAUGHTER

0:04:08 > 0:04:14I am still at the crease, though the bowling has been pretty hostile of late.

0:04:14 > 0:04:19And in case anyone doubted it, can I assure you,

0:04:19 > 0:04:22there will be no ducking the bouncers,

0:04:22 > 0:04:27no stonewalling, no playing for time.

0:04:27 > 0:04:34The bowling's going to get hit all round the ground. That's my style.

0:04:59 > 0:05:03RADIO: Headlines this lunchtime, MPs are gathering in parliament

0:05:03 > 0:05:08for the resignation speech of the former Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe.

0:05:08 > 0:05:11The Prime Minister is travelling to the Commons as we speak.

0:05:11 > 0:05:15Sir Geoffrey served as her Foreign Secretary for six years.

0:05:15 > 0:05:20His resignation follows growing tension in the Cabinet over the divisive issue of Europe.

0:05:22 > 0:05:26SHOUTING BELL TOLLS

0:05:26 > 0:05:29Order. Order.

0:05:29 > 0:05:31Order.

0:05:31 > 0:05:32Order.

0:05:39 > 0:05:46I remind the House that a resignation statement is heard in silence

0:05:46 > 0:05:49and without interruption.

0:05:50 > 0:05:52Sir Geoffrey Howe.

0:06:01 > 0:06:04Mr Speaker.

0:06:04 > 0:06:05Sir.

0:06:08 > 0:06:13A quarter of a century has passed since I last spoke from one of the back benches.

0:06:13 > 0:06:17Since then, the Prime Minister and I have enjoyed something like

0:06:17 > 0:06:23700 meetings of cabinet and Shadow Cabinet during the past 18 years.

0:06:23 > 0:06:28It was a pleasure to serve as my Right Honourable friend's Chancellor of the Exchequer,

0:06:28 > 0:06:32to share in the transformation of our industrial relations

0:06:32 > 0:06:37and to help launch our free-market programme.

0:06:37 > 0:06:43It was a great honour to serve for six years as Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary.

0:06:45 > 0:06:48And, therefore, the House might well feel that something more than

0:06:48 > 0:06:55simple matters of style would be necessary to rupture such a well-tried relationship.

0:06:55 > 0:07:02It was the late Lord Stockton, formerly Harold Macmillan, who first put the central point clearly.

0:07:02 > 0:07:06He saw it as essential then as it is today

0:07:06 > 0:07:10not to cut ourselves off from the realities of power,

0:07:10 > 0:07:14not to retreat into a ghetto of sentimentality about our past

0:07:14 > 0:07:19and so diminish our own control over our own destiny in the future.

0:07:21 > 0:07:23The tragedy is -

0:07:23 > 0:07:26and it is for me personally, for my party,

0:07:26 > 0:07:28for our whole people

0:07:28 > 0:07:32and for my Right Honourable friend herself, a very real tragedy -

0:07:32 > 0:07:36that the Prime Minister's perceived attitude towards Europe

0:07:36 > 0:07:40is running serious risks for the future of our nation.

0:07:40 > 0:07:45I hope there is no monopoly on cricketing metaphors.

0:07:45 > 0:07:49It is rather like sending your opening batsman to the crease

0:07:49 > 0:07:53only for them to find, the moment the first balls are bowled,

0:07:53 > 0:07:57that their bats have been broken before the game by the team captain.

0:07:57 > 0:07:59LAUGHTER

0:08:08 > 0:08:11The conflict of loyalty,

0:08:11 > 0:08:14of loyalty to my Right Honourable friend, the Prime Minister,

0:08:14 > 0:08:21and of loyalty to what I perceive to be the true interests of the nation has become all too great.

0:08:21 > 0:08:27I no longer believe it possible to resolve that conflict from within this government.

0:08:27 > 0:08:30That is why I have resigned.

0:08:30 > 0:08:37In doing so I have done what I believe to be right for my party and for my country.

0:08:37 > 0:08:42The time has come for others to consider their own response

0:08:42 > 0:08:47to the tragic conflict of loyalties with which I have myself wrestled

0:08:47 > 0:08:49for perhaps too long.

0:09:02 > 0:09:04EXCITED VOICES

0:09:34 > 0:09:36Traitor!

0:09:36 > 0:09:38Traitor!

0:09:38 > 0:09:41Traitor!

0:09:49 > 0:09:53I remember Harold MacMillan saying to me at Conference once,

0:09:53 > 0:09:58"For God's sake, Geoffrey, do something political."

0:10:02 > 0:10:04Well...

0:10:05 > 0:10:07I didn't think he had that in him.

0:10:07 > 0:10:09Pity he was never that sharp with the Opposition.

0:10:09 > 0:10:13- Shall we let him have it?- No. Don't attack what he said. Not now.

0:10:13 > 0:10:17It's much wiser just to express sadness and regret, I think.

0:10:17 > 0:10:20It's Heseltine, he must have put him up to this.

0:10:20 > 0:10:26- All that business about "others and their conflict of loyalties". - He'll stand now. He has to.

0:10:26 > 0:10:28I still don't think he's got the balls. It's...

0:10:28 > 0:10:31Loyalty?! He talks of loyalty?

0:10:31 > 0:10:34Conflict of loyalty? What about loyalty to me?!

0:10:42 > 0:10:46- Not a flicker. - How could he? How could he do that?

0:10:46 > 0:10:49Fatty Lawson slumped next to him like a sack of beetroot.

0:10:51 > 0:10:53Carol called, sent love.

0:10:53 > 0:10:57I hope people are not going to start rallying round.

0:10:57 > 0:10:59As though any of this were to be taken seriously.

0:10:59 > 0:11:04Goodness me, we've fought much bigger battles than this and won.

0:11:04 > 0:11:08Did Mark call? I expect he's busy.

0:11:08 > 0:11:10Like the rest of us should be, getting on with our jobs.

0:11:10 > 0:11:12- What's the mood?- What mood?

0:11:12 > 0:11:16- The party? - They know who I am. What I've done.

0:11:16 > 0:11:18Be careful, love. They scent blood.

0:11:21 > 0:11:25Bernard and Charles are waiting. These things are such a distraction.

0:11:25 > 0:11:29There's a lasagne in the fridge I've ear-marked for tonight.

0:11:29 > 0:11:33- Unless you're out?- They scent blood.

0:11:33 > 0:11:37If there's any blood to be spilt, it will most certainly not be mine.

0:11:37 > 0:11:39They wouldn't dare.

0:11:48 > 0:11:50They'll crucify you!

0:11:52 > 0:11:55This is the Tory party, for God's sake!

0:11:55 > 0:11:57They're not going to let a woman run the show.

0:11:57 > 0:11:59Love, love, think about it.

0:11:59 > 0:12:02If you lose, that'll be it.

0:12:02 > 0:12:06You won't come back. The whole bangshoot, gone. Kaput!

0:12:06 > 0:12:09Chancellor, you said, that was always the goal.

0:12:09 > 0:12:10There's never been a woman Chancellor.

0:12:10 > 0:12:13But leader of the party? They'll take you to the bloody cleaners.

0:12:13 > 0:12:16Someone has got to stand. If no-one else will, then I must.

0:12:16 > 0:12:18I don't have a choice.

0:12:18 > 0:12:20Of course you've got a choice, woman!

0:12:20 > 0:12:23No! We've all held back long enough.

0:12:23 > 0:12:28For Ted's sake. For unity, for the sake of the Party. And for what?

0:12:28 > 0:12:33- We've lost two elections in a year, the country's practically on its knees.- Sod the country!

0:12:33 > 0:12:40I don't give a toss about the country or Ted bloody Heath. What about us? The family? Me?

0:12:40 > 0:12:42I retire next year, love.

0:12:42 > 0:12:45I don't know how much more of all this I can stand.

0:12:49 > 0:12:51I can't do this without you.

0:12:51 > 0:12:54I couldn't have done any of it without you.

0:12:56 > 0:12:58But I am going to stand.

0:13:00 > 0:13:03Christ, I need a drink.

0:13:11 > 0:13:13Mr Heath's office.

0:13:20 > 0:13:23- I've got an appointment for 11. - Just go on through.

0:13:45 > 0:13:47Ted.

0:13:54 > 0:13:55Ted.

0:13:59 > 0:14:03I thought it right to inform you, personally.

0:14:03 > 0:14:07I feel that someone from my wing of the Party should stand.

0:14:07 > 0:14:09If you must.

0:14:10 > 0:14:12You'll lose, of course.

0:14:12 > 0:14:14PHONE RINGS

0:14:19 > 0:14:21Yes?

0:14:21 > 0:14:22Ken!

0:14:22 > 0:14:26No, no. Nothing important.

0:14:26 > 0:14:28Rather absurd actually.

0:14:42 > 0:14:44Mrs Thatcher?

0:14:46 > 0:14:47Mr Heseltine!

0:14:47 > 0:14:50I am...

0:14:50 > 0:14:55I am persuaded I would now have a better prospect than Mrs Thatcher

0:14:55 > 0:14:59of leading the Conservatives into a fourth electoral victory

0:14:59 > 0:15:03and prevent the calamity of a Labour government.

0:15:03 > 0:15:09I have, accordingly, informed the Chief Whip, Tim Renton, and the Chairman...

0:15:09 > 0:15:11HE SWITCHES TV OFF

0:15:11 > 0:15:13Toe-rag!

0:15:18 > 0:15:22Prime Minister, we'll need to sort out your nomination papers.

0:15:22 > 0:15:25How dare he? A sitting Prime Minister.

0:15:25 > 0:15:29And Cranley Onslow has requested a meeting to confirm the date of the ballot.

0:15:29 > 0:15:32The 20th?

0:15:32 > 0:15:35But won't you be in Paris on the 20th?

0:15:35 > 0:15:38Yes, the CSCE Summit.

0:15:38 > 0:15:43- You remember, of course, what the CSCE Summit is, Cranley?- Yes.

0:15:43 > 0:15:46Yes. The Cold War thing.

0:15:46 > 0:15:48Summit.

0:15:48 > 0:15:52The Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, Cranley.

0:15:52 > 0:15:57President Bush, President Gorbachev, Chancellor Kohl, President Mitterrand

0:15:57 > 0:16:03and myself will be meeting to celebrate the end of the "Cold War thing", as you so quaintly put it.

0:16:03 > 0:16:06Yes, quite.

0:16:06 > 0:16:10I think our time is better spent organising the fall of socialism

0:16:10 > 0:16:13than going cap in hand around tea-rooms importuning backbenchers,

0:16:13 > 0:16:17most of whom would not be where they are today were it not for us anyway.

0:16:17 > 0:16:19Wouldn't you agree?

0:16:21 > 0:16:23The 20th it is, Prime Minister.

0:16:28 > 0:16:30And Cranley...

0:16:32 > 0:16:34..congratulations.

0:16:34 > 0:16:38Re-elected as Chairman of the 1922 Committee.

0:16:39 > 0:16:41Thank you, Prime Minister.

0:16:41 > 0:16:43Unopposed, I understand?

0:16:46 > 0:16:48That's what I call an election.

0:16:58 > 0:17:04I imagine, Prime Minister, you'll be wanting one or two Cabinet figures to propose and second you?

0:17:04 > 0:17:06Douglas Hurd? John Major?

0:17:06 > 0:17:09Yes, good. United in support.

0:17:09 > 0:17:12And make it public, I'd have thought.

0:17:12 > 0:17:14I'll start to get them round the studios.

0:17:14 > 0:17:16The big guns should help to see this off.

0:17:16 > 0:17:20Douglas and John will stay onside. Anything else is inconceivable.

0:17:23 > 0:17:25Could be just what she needs.

0:17:26 > 0:17:28She wins,

0:17:28 > 0:17:31gets a bit of a shock,

0:17:31 > 0:17:33becomes more manageable,

0:17:33 > 0:17:37we squeeze through the next election,

0:17:37 > 0:17:42- and then she can go of her own free will.- Do you think she ever would?

0:17:42 > 0:17:45- Go?- Of her own free will?

0:17:47 > 0:17:51Surely even she would see the sense in that.

0:18:00 > 0:18:06I imagine in the event you would be the Party's favoured unity candidate.

0:18:06 > 0:18:07Do you think?

0:18:09 > 0:18:11Possibly.

0:18:12 > 0:18:15- You?- Oh, I would never presume.

0:18:15 > 0:18:18No, of course.

0:18:25 > 0:18:30Anyway, I'm afraid I shall have to leave you all to it for a few days.

0:18:30 > 0:18:33Infected wisdom teeth, spot of minor surgery required.

0:18:35 > 0:18:38So you'll be off limits?

0:18:38 > 0:18:42Only for a few days. We must keep in touch though.

0:18:43 > 0:18:45Of course.

0:18:47 > 0:18:50Oh, no, no - on me, Douglas. I insist.

0:18:50 > 0:18:52You're the Chancellor.

0:19:04 > 0:19:09So we think between 230 and 240 for you, Prime Minister,

0:19:09 > 0:19:15and Michael less than 100, which gives you a clear cut victory in the first ballot.

0:19:15 > 0:19:17Thank you, Peter.

0:19:21 > 0:19:25I don't want to be churlish or anything, Margaret,

0:19:25 > 0:19:28but I think those figures might be a little optimistic.

0:19:28 > 0:19:32Trust me, Kenneth, I've done the tea rooms. People are very positive.

0:19:32 > 0:19:39I've already got Michael in excess of 120, possibly as high as 150 and 40 abstentions.

0:19:39 > 0:19:42That would mean a second ballot.

0:19:45 > 0:19:48Are we sure about this Paris thing, Margaret?

0:19:48 > 0:19:52Is that wise? I'd have thought a few phone calls, the odd visit...

0:19:52 > 0:19:57Gordon, if we pull out of Paris now, we'll be accused of running scared. No, the decision is made.

0:19:57 > 0:20:03Surely what we should be discussing now is how to unite the Party once we've won?

0:20:03 > 0:20:04Hear, hear!

0:20:05 > 0:20:08Trust me. All in here.

0:20:13 > 0:20:16MEN TALK QUIETLY AMONG THEMSELVES

0:20:28 > 0:20:32Come along, everyone. Lunch will be getting cold.

0:20:40 > 0:20:42Airey Neave?

0:20:42 > 0:20:44Yes, dear. Mind your feet.

0:20:44 > 0:20:48- I didn't know he was a supporter. - Neither did I.

0:20:48 > 0:20:53But it seems he wants to see the back of Ted almost as much as we do and I'm his best chance.

0:20:53 > 0:20:56He's got all kinds of plots in mind.

0:20:56 > 0:20:59Well, I suppose if he got out of Colditz...

0:20:59 > 0:21:03- Must we have all this in here? - As long as you keep out of the way, there won't be a problem.

0:21:03 > 0:21:06DOORBELL RINGS

0:21:06 > 0:21:09Come along, dear, I'm sure there's plenty you can be getting on with.

0:21:11 > 0:21:16The backbenches, that's where Ted's weakness lies.

0:21:16 > 0:21:18They want him out.

0:21:18 > 0:21:21We have to get you in amongst them a bit more.

0:21:21 > 0:21:24You don't visit the tea rooms enough.

0:21:24 > 0:21:30- I've got a husband, Airey, family. I simply don't have time for all that. - You're going to have to make time.

0:21:30 > 0:21:31Court them.

0:21:31 > 0:21:33'Small groups at a time.'

0:21:33 > 0:21:36I want you to meet Rupert.

0:21:36 > 0:21:42- Rupert, can I introduce Mrs Thatcher? - Rupert, what a pleasure. - This is Henry.- Henry.

0:21:42 > 0:21:43'Listen.

0:21:43 > 0:21:45'Flatter.

0:21:45 > 0:21:47'Your votes are with the small fry.

0:21:47 > 0:21:51'They want a leadership that listens.

0:21:51 > 0:21:53'You're a woman.

0:21:53 > 0:21:58'Everyone's playing it as though it's a disadvantage. I'm not so sure

0:21:58 > 0:22:01'and I think we need to take off a few of those sharp edges.

0:22:01 > 0:22:03'Feminine,

0:22:03 > 0:22:05'not exactly feminist.'

0:22:09 > 0:22:10Ah!

0:22:15 > 0:22:17Margaret.

0:22:18 > 0:22:21What people don't realise about me

0:22:21 > 0:22:25is that I am a very ordinary person

0:22:25 > 0:22:29- who leads a very ordinary life. - No.

0:22:29 > 0:22:32No. You're doing the teaching thing again.

0:22:32 > 0:22:34Just say it.

0:22:34 > 0:22:38"I'm a very ordinary person who leads a very ordinary life."

0:22:40 > 0:22:43- I'm a very ordinary person...- No!

0:22:43 > 0:22:45Now you sound like Joyce Grenfell.

0:22:45 > 0:22:51Relax, be natural. It sounds like you've got one of those bloody hats of yours down your throat.

0:22:51 > 0:22:53- What's wrong with my hats?- Nothing.

0:22:53 > 0:22:56Nothing at all. They're great hats.

0:22:56 > 0:23:00You just have to stop wearing them. Not sure about the pearls either.

0:23:00 > 0:23:05- I am not losing my pearls! - Beautiful pearls, don't get me wrong, but such a cliche.

0:23:05 > 0:23:11- Playing into their hands. Twin set and pearls. Tory lady. - They were a present from Denis!

0:23:11 > 0:23:15Oh, God, now you're shrieking again. Sweet. Gentle.

0:23:15 > 0:23:19Softly, softly, catchy Tory.

0:23:21 > 0:23:26I am not a Tory lady. For goodness sake, my father was a grocer.

0:23:26 > 0:23:30Exactly! And that's what we've got to get out there.

0:23:30 > 0:23:34It'll do you a damn sight more good than those bloody hats.

0:23:34 > 0:23:36OK. We'll give it a rest.

0:23:36 > 0:23:38No! Again.

0:23:38 > 0:23:43We will do it. Now! Again! Sit down, please. We will do it.

0:23:51 > 0:23:54What people don't realise about me

0:23:54 > 0:23:59is that I'm a very ordinary person...

0:23:59 > 0:24:02That's better. Slower. Warmer.

0:24:02 > 0:24:04Chest voice. Open throat.

0:24:06 > 0:24:08..who leads a very ordinary life.

0:24:11 > 0:24:15We think we've got 120 pledges for you

0:24:15 > 0:24:17with Ted at less than 80.

0:24:19 > 0:24:21If it's true, it's the end of him.

0:24:21 > 0:24:24But no-one must know about these figures.

0:24:24 > 0:24:28We tell them we think we may have 70 maximum.

0:24:28 > 0:24:35What we have to do now is quietly convince certain people that you can't win

0:24:35 > 0:24:42at the same time as you are fighting your heart out knowing that you just might.

0:24:42 > 0:24:45Does that make sense?

0:24:47 > 0:24:52You must understand, Margaret, you are an act of rebellion for some of them,

0:24:52 > 0:24:57an act of revenge for others, a means to an end for most.

0:24:57 > 0:25:04For nearly all of them, you are simply a way of getting Heath out.

0:25:04 > 0:25:07The woman doing the men's dirty work. Expendable.

0:25:10 > 0:25:13You're up against Healey, aren't you, in a couple of days?

0:25:13 > 0:25:16Capital transfer tax. I'm leading.

0:25:17 > 0:25:19Healey's a bully.

0:25:19 > 0:25:22He's bullied Ted, he's bullied Carr.

0:25:22 > 0:25:26They're waiting for someone to stand up to him.

0:25:26 > 0:25:29No-one gives you a chance,

0:25:29 > 0:25:31least of all Ted.

0:25:32 > 0:25:34It's up to you now.

0:25:34 > 0:25:38This is not our show any longer, Margaret.

0:25:38 > 0:25:40It's up to you.

0:25:54 > 0:25:57Mum, I'm off.

0:25:57 > 0:26:00- Off where?- Mum, I told you.

0:26:00 > 0:26:02Everything's too mad here.

0:26:02 > 0:26:05I've got my exams next week.

0:26:05 > 0:26:08Sue's offered me her spare room again.

0:26:08 > 0:26:11Well, don't be a stranger.

0:26:11 > 0:26:14No, Mum. Thanks.

0:26:14 > 0:26:16Good luck tomorrow.

0:26:24 > 0:26:27You all right with this?

0:26:27 > 0:26:31- Feel a bit like we're booting you out.- No, it's fine.

0:26:31 > 0:26:34- Are you all right?- Me?

0:26:34 > 0:26:38Of course. It's all a bit of a pantomime at the moment,

0:26:38 > 0:26:40but we'll get through.

0:26:40 > 0:26:42Yes.

0:26:42 > 0:26:49The Right Honourable lady's speech is nothing but a defiant reassertion of birth and privilege.

0:26:49 > 0:26:55She has clearly decided to tag her party as the party of the rich few

0:26:55 > 0:26:58and herself as La Passionara of Privilege.

0:27:00 > 0:27:04I believe that she and her party will regret it.

0:27:04 > 0:27:06SHOUTING

0:27:17 > 0:27:24I wish I could say that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had done himself less than justice.

0:27:27 > 0:27:34Unfortunately, I can only say that I believe he has done himself justice.

0:27:34 > 0:27:36Hear, hear. Hear, hear.

0:27:36 > 0:27:40Some Chancellors are macro-economic,

0:27:40 > 0:27:43other Chancellors are fiscal,

0:27:43 > 0:27:46this one is just plain cheap!

0:27:46 > 0:27:48CHEERING AND SHOUTING

0:27:49 > 0:27:56If this Chancellor can be Chancellor, anyone in the House of Commons can be Chancellor.

0:28:00 > 0:28:05Capital transfer tax would affect not only the one in a thousand

0:28:05 > 0:28:09to whom he referred, but everyone -

0:28:09 > 0:28:15including people born like I was with no privilege at all!

0:28:15 > 0:28:18Hear, hear! Hear, hear!

0:28:35 > 0:28:38- Congratulations.- Thank you. Thank you so much.

0:29:09 > 0:29:11Was it all right?

0:29:15 > 0:29:17I've never liked it in there, you know.

0:29:17 > 0:29:19I've never felt comfortable.

0:29:21 > 0:29:23It makes one feel so small.

0:29:23 > 0:29:25Like...

0:29:27 > 0:29:29Well, like a woman, I suppose.

0:29:30 > 0:29:32You weren't small today.

0:29:34 > 0:29:38I've spent so much time over the past few years

0:29:38 > 0:29:40saying things I didn't believe in.

0:29:40 > 0:29:43For Ted, for the party...

0:29:45 > 0:29:47but not today.

0:29:47 > 0:29:49It was a different feeling.

0:29:53 > 0:29:56I felt like I belonged there.

0:30:00 > 0:30:02KNOCKING ON DOOR

0:30:07 > 0:30:10TV NEWS THEME PLAYS

0:30:10 > 0:30:15NRESREADER: 'The Conservative Party has elected Margaret Thatcher as its new leader.

0:30:15 > 0:30:20'Mrs Thatcher now becomes the first woman to lead a British political party.'

0:30:21 > 0:30:23PRESS CHATTER

0:30:25 > 0:30:28- Shall we go inside? Thank you.- Thank you.

0:30:29 > 0:30:31Thank you.

0:30:31 > 0:30:33CHEERING

0:30:34 > 0:30:36Thank you! Thanks.

0:30:36 > 0:30:39Thank you so much.

0:30:39 > 0:30:43To my remarkable and wonderful mother!

0:30:43 > 0:30:45THEY CHEER

0:30:45 > 0:30:48Thank you, dear. Gosh, you do look smart.

0:30:48 > 0:30:50Need a haircut as usual, of course.

0:30:50 > 0:30:52Anything you say, Ma.

0:30:57 > 0:31:00This is just the thing, eh? Just the bloody thing.

0:31:01 > 0:31:03I hope you put a few bob on the filly.

0:31:06 > 0:31:08I wish I had.

0:31:08 > 0:31:11I never thought she'd win, you know?

0:31:11 > 0:31:14Not the whole damn thing.

0:31:14 > 0:31:17No. Neither did I.

0:31:21 > 0:31:25- Sue, where's Carol?- Bed.

0:31:25 > 0:31:27She was whacked after the exams.

0:31:27 > 0:31:29Oh, bugger! Her exams!

0:31:29 > 0:31:31HE SIGHS

0:31:31 > 0:31:32She all right?

0:31:32 > 0:31:36Margaret promised she'd pop in on her if she could.

0:31:36 > 0:31:38Probably a bit busy now.

0:31:40 > 0:31:42Thank you.

0:31:42 > 0:31:43Where is she?

0:31:43 > 0:31:45On the right here. I expect she's asleep by now.

0:31:45 > 0:31:49I promised, Sue. One must keep promises to one's children.

0:31:49 > 0:31:53- What lovely wallpaper. Is that a Sanderson? In here?- Yes.

0:31:53 > 0:31:56- SHE KNOCKS - Carol, dear?

0:31:56 > 0:31:58Mum! Turn it off.

0:32:01 > 0:32:04You'll sleep your life away, Carol.

0:32:04 > 0:32:08Grandpa always said sleep was just a waste of valuable time.

0:32:09 > 0:32:11I can't believe you won, Mum.

0:32:11 > 0:32:13You should have more faith.

0:32:13 > 0:32:16- I can't be surrounded by faint hearts.- I'm so proud of you.

0:32:16 > 0:32:18Mind my hair, dear.

0:32:23 > 0:32:25Are you celebrating?

0:32:25 > 0:32:27Everyone's getting very excited.

0:32:27 > 0:32:29I just want to get down to work.

0:32:29 > 0:32:31There's so much to be done.

0:32:31 > 0:32:34Mark's loving it, of course.

0:32:34 > 0:32:36He's so handsome now, isn't he?

0:32:39 > 0:32:41You look bigger.

0:32:41 > 0:32:42Bigger?

0:32:43 > 0:32:45The hair, I expect.

0:32:45 > 0:32:46Power, Mum.

0:32:46 > 0:32:48Don't be silly.

0:32:48 > 0:32:51I shall always be the same. Whatever happens.

0:32:51 > 0:32:53Yes, I know.

0:32:56 > 0:32:58You'd better get back to sleep.

0:32:58 > 0:33:03- You've got exams to think about. - I finished them, Mum.

0:33:03 > 0:33:05Today.

0:33:06 > 0:33:08Of course you did...

0:33:08 > 0:33:10I'm sorry. It's been terribly hectic.

0:33:10 > 0:33:13Yes, I know. It's OK.

0:33:20 > 0:33:22- You'd better get back. - Yes, I should.

0:33:22 > 0:33:24Thanks for coming over, Mum.

0:33:25 > 0:33:27Well, sleep tight.

0:33:27 > 0:33:29God bless.

0:33:38 > 0:33:39Everything OK?

0:33:40 > 0:33:42Everything's fine. Thank you, Sue.

0:33:42 > 0:33:44This wallpaper of yours, Sue...

0:33:44 > 0:33:46- I do hope it's British.- Oh.

0:33:47 > 0:33:52NEWSREADER: 'As the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd

0:33:52 > 0:33:56'leave for Paris for the CSCE summit, Mrs Thatcher remains confident of...'

0:33:56 > 0:34:00NEWSREADER: 'Journalists are outside Westminster as Tory MPs decide

0:34:00 > 0:34:03'who they will back in tomorrow's leadership contest.

0:34:03 > 0:34:06'We go over now to political correspondent...'

0:34:06 > 0:34:11'The Prime Minister said she'd not be diverted from representing Great Britain in critical international

0:34:11 > 0:34:15'affairs and that she has left her campaign in safe hands.'

0:34:16 > 0:34:18Alan Clark!

0:34:20 > 0:34:21Michael.

0:34:21 > 0:34:24I don't suppose I could tempt you?

0:34:24 > 0:34:26Not a chance.

0:34:27 > 0:34:29- Loyal to the end, eh?- Unswervingly.

0:34:29 > 0:34:31Enjoy the papers.

0:34:31 > 0:34:32I shall.

0:34:34 > 0:34:36Idiot.

0:34:36 > 0:34:37Wanker.

0:34:42 > 0:34:45KNOCKING ON DOOR

0:34:49 > 0:34:50Christ!

0:34:52 > 0:34:54Alan!

0:34:54 > 0:34:57- I must just have closed my eyes. - Don't you think you should be canvassing?

0:34:57 > 0:34:59We've got less than 24 hours.

0:34:59 > 0:35:03- Quite all right, old boy, relax. - Relax?- All in here.

0:35:03 > 0:35:06She's got it in the bag. No point in arm twisting.

0:35:06 > 0:35:08Just counter-productive.

0:35:08 > 0:35:10Bound to be a few don't knows at this stage...

0:35:10 > 0:35:12This isn't a fucking street canvas, Peter.

0:35:12 > 0:35:18It's a two horse race, and each vote affects the relative score by two unless it's an abstention.

0:35:18 > 0:35:24- Calm down...- What the hell does she think she's doing going to Paris? - Winding up the Cold War, I believe.

0:35:24 > 0:35:27So she's seen these, has she?

0:35:27 > 0:35:33According to these polls, the party gets a 10% bigger approval rating with Heseltine as leader.

0:35:33 > 0:35:35Chequers over the weekend, you know how it is,

0:35:35 > 0:35:38only reads what Ingham shows her.

0:35:39 > 0:35:42- Christ!- For God's sake, pull your finger out!

0:35:42 > 0:35:45We've got to fight. If we don't, she's fucked.

0:35:45 > 0:35:46And if she's fucked, so am I.

0:35:48 > 0:35:49And so are you.

0:35:50 > 0:35:52HE SLAMS THE DOOR

0:35:58 > 0:36:02PHONE RINGS

0:36:02 > 0:36:06Pollsters? Bunch of incompetent stirrers.

0:36:06 > 0:36:09Never show her if I can help it.

0:36:09 > 0:36:13The Mail and the Observer have come out against her.

0:36:13 > 0:36:16And the Independent. And the Correspondent!

0:36:16 > 0:36:19Tory MPs don't read that piffle.

0:36:19 > 0:36:22The Times will be on-side. Rupert won't desert her.

0:36:23 > 0:36:25I hope you're not getting twitchy, Peter.

0:36:25 > 0:36:27Oh, no, not at all.

0:36:27 > 0:36:30You know what she'd say, "Don't go wobbly on me now."

0:36:38 > 0:36:41Morrison. Old woman.

0:36:41 > 0:36:44Are we safe with him, do you think?

0:36:44 > 0:36:46Even he can't cock this up.

0:36:49 > 0:36:53'While MPs gather in London this evening to await the result

0:36:53 > 0:36:59'of the Conservative Party leadership election, Mrs Thatcher and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd'

0:36:59 > 0:37:02are due to attend a banquet to celebrate the final day

0:37:02 > 0:37:04of the Cold War summit here in Paris.

0:37:04 > 0:37:06Beautiful.

0:37:09 > 0:37:12- What bag have we got? - It's the one you like, it's black.

0:37:12 > 0:37:14Oh, yes.

0:37:14 > 0:37:17PHONE RINGS

0:37:20 > 0:37:22Hello? Of course.

0:37:24 > 0:37:25They're ready for you.

0:37:28 > 0:37:30What time do they start?

0:37:30 > 0:37:31Start what, dear?

0:37:32 > 0:37:34The ballot.

0:37:35 > 0:37:36The voting.

0:37:36 > 0:37:39I'm not sure.

0:37:39 > 0:37:41Do you know, I'd forgotten it for a second?

0:37:46 > 0:37:49Right. To battle.

0:37:55 > 0:37:59Peter Morrison will cast your proxy vote then he's coming over for the result.

0:37:59 > 0:38:01Wants to be here for the good news.

0:38:01 > 0:38:05Such a fuss. And a dreadful waste of taxpayers' money, I'd have thought.

0:38:05 > 0:38:08Beautiful earrings, Prime Minister. Have we seen those before?

0:38:08 > 0:38:10Charles, you come with me.

0:38:10 > 0:38:13Douglas can go with the ambassador. How's coverage, Bernard?

0:38:13 > 0:38:17- They're assembling outside for the result.- Not for the ballot. For the summit.

0:38:17 > 0:38:21Yes. Yes, of course. We've got slots on all the lunchtime news.

0:38:21 > 0:38:26You on the world stage, away from petty party business.

0:38:26 > 0:38:30Bush, Gorbachev, President Mitterrand.

0:38:30 > 0:38:33TV: 'We understand that President Bush has already left

0:38:33 > 0:38:36- 'under the strictest security measures...'- Madness.

0:38:36 > 0:38:40No-one's watching this. Not the people who matter. They're all out there.

0:38:40 > 0:38:45'We're awaiting the Prime Minister's departure where she'll join other world leaders.'

0:38:57 > 0:39:00THEY TALK LOUDLY

0:39:21 > 0:39:22HE LAUGHS

0:39:54 > 0:39:56JOURNALISTS: Mr Morrison, Mr Morrison...

0:40:06 > 0:40:08Peter's just arrived.

0:40:08 > 0:40:11They've cleared a room for her...

0:40:11 > 0:40:14and Charles and Bernard of course.

0:40:15 > 0:40:17How are the teeth, by the way?

0:40:18 > 0:40:21Oh, er, painful.

0:40:21 > 0:40:23But I think I'll survive.

0:40:24 > 0:40:26PHONE RINGS

0:40:28 > 0:40:30Hello?

0:40:34 > 0:40:36They're waiting for you downstairs.

0:40:46 > 0:40:48PHONE RINGS

0:40:49 > 0:40:50We're expecting her any time.

0:40:52 > 0:40:54Well, keep the line open, Tim.

0:40:54 > 0:40:57Charles has got another line, for safe measure apparently.

0:41:15 > 0:41:18- Prime Minister.- Prime Minister.

0:41:18 > 0:41:24- Everything set, Peter?- Tim's on the other end. He sends a hug.- I'd rather have his vote.- Of course.

0:41:30 > 0:41:33Just have to wait now, Prime Minister.

0:41:33 > 0:41:36Yes, Peter. We have done this type of thing before.

0:41:36 > 0:41:42TV: 'I understand that the Prime Minister is in a private suite along with her closest advisors.

0:41:42 > 0:41:46'She will wait there for the ballot result which is expected imminently.'

0:41:54 > 0:41:57I, Cranley Onslow,

0:41:57 > 0:42:00as chairman of the 1922 Committee

0:42:00 > 0:42:03hereby declare the following.

0:42:05 > 0:42:09The result of the leadership ballot.

0:42:55 > 0:42:56Thank you.

0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Hello? Tim. Yes.- I have the figures.

0:43:02 > 0:43:05- Get me the Prime Minister. - Let me take them down first.

0:43:05 > 0:43:09- Peter, I'd like...- Tim. Please. - All right, all right.

0:43:20 > 0:43:21Yes, Tim.

0:43:21 > 0:43:23Thank you.

0:43:27 > 0:43:30Not, I fear, as good as we'd hoped.

0:43:34 > 0:43:37Tim. Does this mean a second ballot?

0:43:37 > 0:43:39I'm afraid it does, Margaret.

0:43:39 > 0:43:44204 to you, 152 to Michael,

0:43:44 > 0:43:4916 abstentions. It's a good majority of the party,

0:43:49 > 0:43:52but you just fall short of the 15% rule.

0:43:52 > 0:43:55- By four votes, in fact. - I'll talk to the press straightaway.

0:43:55 > 0:43:59Of course. But you will use the words we agreed on? "It is your intention..."

0:44:02 > 0:44:04DIALLING TONE

0:44:07 > 0:44:09We know what we have to do.

0:44:11 > 0:44:14Careful, Prime Minister. Treacherous...

0:44:16 > 0:44:19So it's confirmed, second ballot.

0:44:19 > 0:44:21Will she stand?

0:44:22 > 0:44:24Hang on, something's happening.

0:44:26 > 0:44:29JOHN SERGEANT: '..give her the news directly.'

0:44:29 > 0:44:33But I would have thought now there'll be a long series of consultations

0:44:33 > 0:44:37- backwards and forwards. - She's behind you, you pinko prat.

0:44:40 > 0:44:41Good God.

0:44:41 > 0:44:43Prime Minister...

0:44:43 > 0:44:44Christ's sake.

0:44:44 > 0:44:46- Prime Minister!- Where's she going?

0:44:46 > 0:44:49Prime Minister. Mrs Thatcher!

0:44:49 > 0:44:51Careful, sweetie.

0:44:51 > 0:44:53PRESS SHOUT QUESTIONS

0:44:58 > 0:45:00What's she doing?

0:45:00 > 0:45:02Good evening, good evening, gentlemen.

0:45:02 > 0:45:05- Where's the microphone?- Here it is.

0:45:05 > 0:45:10I am naturally very pleased that I got more than half the parliamentary party.

0:45:11 > 0:45:14Back off, woman, for God's sake.

0:45:14 > 0:45:19- 'Disappointed it's not quite enough to win on the first ballot.' - What's she saying?

0:45:19 > 0:45:20Gently does it...

0:45:20 > 0:45:27So I confirm it is my intention to let my name go forward for the second ballot.

0:45:27 > 0:45:29Damn!

0:45:29 > 0:45:31She's going on.

0:45:33 > 0:45:35But it didn't look good.

0:45:35 > 0:45:38..acknowledge that you don't enjoy the confidence of the party?

0:45:38 > 0:45:43- Are you gonna resign? - I have got more than half the votes for the parliamentary party.

0:45:43 > 0:45:49- It was not quite 15% above those of Mr Heseltine...- Mrs Thatcher, I...

0:45:49 > 0:45:52I think it was about 14.6%.

0:45:52 > 0:45:55So that means we have to go for a second ballot.

0:45:55 > 0:46:00So I confirm that I will let my name go forward for the second ballot.

0:46:00 > 0:46:03Now I must go and do some telephone calls.

0:46:03 > 0:46:05Thank you very much, thank you.

0:46:05 > 0:46:10Boastful, posturing, conceited...

0:46:11 > 0:46:13Perfect!

0:46:13 > 0:46:16PRESS CONTINUE TO SHOUT QUESTIONS

0:46:21 > 0:46:23Well, extraordinary...

0:46:23 > 0:46:26Why can't she say anything without hectoring?

0:46:28 > 0:46:31She said it was her "intention", didn't she? What more do you want?

0:46:31 > 0:46:34A bloody white flag?

0:46:34 > 0:46:37The second ballot will include the Prime Minister herself.

0:46:39 > 0:46:41I'm going to speak to Denis.

0:46:41 > 0:46:45I want everyone in my suite in ten minutes. Where's Douglas?

0:46:46 > 0:46:47Margaret.

0:46:47 > 0:46:49I've just heard.

0:46:49 > 0:46:51I'll back you, of course.

0:46:51 > 0:46:55It might be helpful if you went downstairs and said so.

0:46:55 > 0:46:56- I...- Thank you, Douglas.

0:47:05 > 0:47:07Mr Hurd!

0:47:08 > 0:47:10Are you supporting her?

0:47:10 > 0:47:13Did you support her in the first ballot?

0:47:14 > 0:47:18The Prime Minister continues to have my full support.

0:47:27 > 0:47:29PHONE RINGS

0:47:33 > 0:47:34Hello?

0:47:34 > 0:47:37Congratulations, sweetie-pie!

0:47:39 > 0:47:42You've won.

0:47:42 > 0:47:44- It's just the rules.- Yes.

0:47:47 > 0:47:49You all right, love?

0:47:51 > 0:47:53Four votes.

0:47:53 > 0:47:55Four votes.

0:47:55 > 0:47:58I know. Bloody silly.

0:47:59 > 0:48:01Put that BBC wallah in his place.

0:48:05 > 0:48:07Love?

0:48:13 > 0:48:16This is not really the time to talk.

0:48:17 > 0:48:20We're all behind you. You know that.

0:48:20 > 0:48:23Yes, of course. I'm going to fight.

0:48:23 > 0:48:28TV: 'I am overwhelmed with gratitude to my parliamentary colleagues...'

0:48:28 > 0:48:30Tory Party, I suppose.

0:48:32 > 0:48:34Bunch of pygmies in the end.

0:48:36 > 0:48:38KNOCKING ON DOOR

0:48:38 > 0:48:40Crawfie's hovering.

0:48:40 > 0:48:42I'll see you tomorrow. God bless.

0:48:42 > 0:48:44God bless.

0:49:05 > 0:49:10CHILD'S VOICE: 'The Law Of The Jungle, by Rudyard Kipling.

0:49:10 > 0:49:16'"Now this is the law of the jungle, as old and as true as the sky."'

0:49:16 > 0:49:18MAN'S VOICE: 'Again.'

0:49:18 > 0:49:20'"The Law of the Jungle..."'

0:49:20 > 0:49:21KNOCKING ON DOOR

0:49:21 > 0:49:22Prime Minister?

0:49:31 > 0:49:34I believe it is what the Prime Minister would want.

0:49:34 > 0:49:37I've already declared my support, Charles.

0:49:37 > 0:49:41Then proposing her for the second ballot is surely a formality.

0:49:42 > 0:49:44Ah. Margaret. Good.

0:49:44 > 0:49:46Prime Minister. You look radiant.

0:49:46 > 0:49:48Thank you, Charles.

0:49:48 > 0:49:51- Charles, you're not dressed. - No, Prime Minister.

0:49:51 > 0:49:54I've got some work I need to catch up on here.

0:49:54 > 0:49:56Peter can go in my place.

0:49:56 > 0:49:58He looks like he needs cheering up.

0:49:59 > 0:50:02Stop moping, Peter. For goodness' sake,

0:50:02 > 0:50:05we must fight. Now go and get changed.

0:50:05 > 0:50:08We've kept everyone waiting long enough as it is.

0:50:08 > 0:50:10Are you sure?

0:50:10 > 0:50:12After all the sterling work you've done this week,

0:50:12 > 0:50:15Peter, I thought you might enjoy a little ballet...

0:50:15 > 0:50:18whilst I make a few rather important phone calls.

0:50:20 > 0:50:23Look out for the dying swan.

0:50:25 > 0:50:27REPORTERS: Prime Minister!

0:50:31 > 0:50:34We're meeting in my house in Catherine Street later.

0:50:34 > 0:50:37- We?- A few chums. Some Cabinet.

0:50:37 > 0:50:40We need to talk through the next steps.

0:50:41 > 0:50:44Four votes, Tristan. Four votes!

0:50:54 > 0:50:57When I think of Morrison asleep on his fucking desk...

0:50:57 > 0:50:59She should have asked me. I'd have got the old bat in.

0:50:59 > 0:51:05I told her after the Meyer challenge last year that there were a hundred assassins now lurking in the bushes.

0:51:05 > 0:51:07I told her they'd come back for her.

0:51:07 > 0:51:08She doesn't listen, Al.

0:51:08 > 0:51:10It's too late now.

0:51:17 > 0:51:21THEY CHATTER

0:51:25 > 0:51:27PHONE RINGS

0:51:27 > 0:51:29Yes?

0:51:29 > 0:51:30Who?

0:51:30 > 0:51:33Charles, I'm sorry. It's like Bedlam in here.

0:51:35 > 0:51:38I just thought it might be helpful for you to know that

0:51:38 > 0:51:41Douglas will be proposing the Prime Minister for the second ballot.

0:51:41 > 0:51:46- Is that definite?- It might be worth letting John Major know.

0:51:46 > 0:51:49The sooner her intentions are out, the better, I think.

0:51:49 > 0:51:52She intends to carry on, then?

0:51:53 > 0:51:54What do you think?

0:51:57 > 0:51:58Is that wise?

0:51:58 > 0:52:02That's not for me to say, is it?

0:52:04 > 0:52:05Thank you, Charles.

0:52:05 > 0:52:06You called?

0:52:06 > 0:52:09HE WHISPERS Come in, Michael!

0:52:09 > 0:52:12Talk later, Charles.

0:52:12 > 0:52:14DIALLING TONE

0:52:19 > 0:52:23Let's dispense with formalities. This whole thing is descending into anarchy.

0:52:23 > 0:52:26As Chief Whip, I have to ask you this.

0:52:26 > 0:52:31Would you consider giving up your challenge, even at this late stage,

0:52:31 > 0:52:33and serving in a Cabinet led by Margaret?

0:52:33 > 0:52:36Or even led by Douglas?

0:52:36 > 0:52:41The idea that having been wounded, Margaret will somehow

0:52:41 > 0:52:44change her ways, become manageable, is nonsense. She can't change.

0:52:44 > 0:52:48That's the way she is, and the Party no longer wants her, nor the country.

0:52:48 > 0:52:51It's brutal, I know, but there it is!

0:52:51 > 0:52:54As for serving under Douglas, well, it's clearly out of the question.

0:52:54 > 0:52:58- Why?- He's not an election winner. I am.

0:52:58 > 0:53:05I can unite this party, Tim, and lead it to victory in the next election. No-one else can do that.

0:53:05 > 0:53:06No-one!

0:53:07 > 0:53:09She's got to go.

0:53:09 > 0:53:13I still think she could beat Heseltine in the second round.

0:53:13 > 0:53:15It's more a question of what it would do to the party.

0:53:15 > 0:53:18Exactly. Her support is falling away by the minute.

0:53:18 > 0:53:21Would Michael be a complete disaster?

0:53:21 > 0:53:27I mean, at least he's not completely barking. Norman?

0:53:28 > 0:53:29He's tolerable enough.

0:53:29 > 0:53:32I imagine we could all serve under him.

0:53:32 > 0:53:34Not quite that simple, though, is it, William?

0:53:34 > 0:53:38We have to ensure that whoever takes over can win the next election.

0:53:38 > 0:53:40Douglas, then.

0:53:40 > 0:53:42Or...John.

0:53:42 > 0:53:46Except if we put Major in, he'll be there for the next 25 years.

0:53:46 > 0:53:49I suppose that would foil a few well-made plans.

0:53:50 > 0:53:54So we're all assuming, are we, that she won't stand?

0:53:54 > 0:53:56If she stands, Michael wins.

0:53:56 > 0:53:59- Oh, she'll stand. - But she can't be allowed to.

0:53:59 > 0:54:00Who's going to tell her?

0:54:05 > 0:54:06Ken Clarke?

0:54:06 > 0:54:11- She's not going to listen to Ken Clarke! You can forget that. - She's mad enough to stick it out.

0:54:11 > 0:54:15That's exactly what she'll do, and I don't blame her. She'll get my vote.

0:54:19 > 0:54:20Of course. And mine.

0:54:22 > 0:54:23If she stands.

0:54:23 > 0:54:24Absolutely.

0:54:25 > 0:54:29United in support.

0:54:29 > 0:54:31But she mustn't stand.

0:54:31 > 0:54:34We must be united on that. She must go.

0:54:34 > 0:54:38That's why we're here, isn't it?

0:54:38 > 0:54:40I shan't sleep, Crawfie.

0:54:42 > 0:54:47- You must. It's going to be a long day tomorrow.- Shall we have a nightcap?

0:54:49 > 0:54:53- Gin and tonic for me. - Nonsense. You can't drink gin and tonic at this time of night.

0:54:53 > 0:54:55Just make you sleepy.

0:55:08 > 0:55:11- Here.- Thank you.

0:55:21 > 0:55:24Funny old world.

0:55:25 > 0:55:27Is it?

0:55:27 > 0:55:29Why is it funny?

0:55:29 > 0:55:31Is that a joke?

0:55:31 > 0:55:33I do so hope not, Crawfie, dear.

0:55:33 > 0:55:35Jokes are such hard work.

0:55:35 > 0:55:36It's a saying.

0:55:38 > 0:55:39"Funny old world."

0:55:39 > 0:55:42Not funny ha-ha. More funny peculiar.

0:55:42 > 0:55:46Funny peculiar. Yes.

0:55:46 > 0:55:49It's the funny ha-ha I don't get, isn't it?

0:55:52 > 0:55:54I've never understood the ha-ha business.

0:55:58 > 0:56:01I suppose one never had that much as a child.

0:56:11 > 0:56:13I always thought they wanted a boy, you know.

0:56:15 > 0:56:18After Muriel. I'm sure she did.

0:56:18 > 0:56:20My mother.

0:56:21 > 0:56:24So, one was never really able to be a girl.

0:56:26 > 0:56:28In that way.

0:56:30 > 0:56:33Daddy's, but...not Daddy's girl.

0:56:33 > 0:56:35Do you see?

0:56:40 > 0:56:41He took me everywhere.

0:56:43 > 0:56:45Chapel.

0:56:45 > 0:56:47Rotary Club. Council Chamber.

0:56:49 > 0:56:52Listening to him.

0:56:52 > 0:56:55Sermons. Speeches.

0:56:55 > 0:56:57Talking to his friends.

0:56:59 > 0:57:03Grown-up men in their smart suits...

0:57:03 > 0:57:06with their pipes...

0:57:06 > 0:57:08and the change jangling in their pockets.

0:57:11 > 0:57:14It's odd the things one remembers.

0:57:16 > 0:57:18The jangling change.

0:57:18 > 0:57:21The money.

0:57:21 > 0:57:23And the talk.

0:57:27 > 0:57:31One always felt so small.

0:57:34 > 0:57:36You had to fight to be heard, you see.

0:57:39 > 0:57:41He made you fight.

0:57:42 > 0:57:48Again...and again...and again.

0:57:48 > 0:57:50Against your smallness.

0:57:50 > 0:57:52Your weakness.

0:57:54 > 0:57:55Against him.

0:58:00 > 0:58:02But not like a girl.

0:58:08 > 0:58:11That's what they laugh at now, isn't it?

0:58:13 > 0:58:16That's funny, ha-ha.

0:58:17 > 0:58:19Me as a man.

0:58:22 > 0:58:24Carol tries to explain it to me.

0:58:26 > 0:58:29Me...as a man.

0:58:32 > 0:58:34Ha-ha.

0:58:42 > 0:58:43It's a funny old world.

0:59:42 > 0:59:45- YOUNG MARGARET: - 'Now, this is the law of the jungle,

0:59:45 > 0:59:48'as old and as true as the sky.

0:59:48 > 0:59:52'And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper,

0:59:52 > 0:59:55'but the wolf that shall break it must die.'

0:59:59 > 1:00:02SNORING

1:00:02 > 1:00:04PHONE RINGS

1:00:06 > 1:00:07Morrison.

1:00:07 > 1:00:08Alan Clark.

1:00:08 > 1:00:09Oh...

1:00:10 > 1:00:12I need to speak with the lady.

1:00:12 > 1:00:14- Not a hope, old boy. - MORRISON GROANS

1:00:14 > 1:00:18- Working breakfast.- Yeah, with a lot of fucking foreigners, I suppose.

1:00:18 > 1:00:19I need to talk to her.

1:00:19 > 1:00:22There was a gathering last night at Tristan's.

1:00:22 > 1:00:26Mostly Blue Chips, but a lot of Cabinet. She needs to know the mood.

1:00:26 > 1:00:30- I'll call you back later.- Peter, you will tell her I rang, won't you?

1:00:30 > 1:00:32This is crucial. Plots are afoot.

1:00:32 > 1:00:35- Yes, yes.- Because if you tell her, she'll call me.

1:00:35 > 1:00:40And if she doesn't call me, I'll know it's because you haven't told her.

1:00:40 > 1:00:42Don't worry. I'll tell her!

1:00:44 > 1:00:46No, you won't.

1:00:47 > 1:00:48Wanker.

1:01:04 > 1:01:05Ken Baker, Tim Renton and Cranley

1:01:05 > 1:01:07will join you as soon as they can.

1:01:07 > 1:01:09What about the nomination papers?

1:01:09 > 1:01:11Douglas has agreed to propose you.

1:01:11 > 1:01:13I'm sure John will follow suit again.

1:01:13 > 1:01:15- Is he still at home?- Apparently.

1:01:15 > 1:01:19Very painful business, wisdom teeth.

1:01:19 > 1:01:22It would be helpful if he and Douglas were to put out a statement.

1:01:22 > 1:01:24I'll see to it.

1:01:33 > 1:01:35'No, no, no!'

1:01:40 > 1:01:42The idea that I would share a platform with

1:01:42 > 1:01:44Ted Heath on my last press conference...

1:01:44 > 1:01:47I see it's difficult for you, Margaret. But we must act.

1:01:47 > 1:01:49Half a percent, Willie.

1:01:49 > 1:01:52It's the first time we've been behind,

1:01:52 > 1:01:56and with a week left, I'd say this was serious.

1:01:56 > 1:01:59It's just running scared.

1:01:59 > 1:02:00Scared rabbits!

1:02:02 > 1:02:03How dare you?

1:02:03 > 1:02:05Does nobody understand?

1:02:05 > 1:02:09I'm not just fighting everything the Labour Party stands for.

1:02:09 > 1:02:13I'm fighting everything Ted Heath stands for. Can nobody see that?

1:02:13 > 1:02:17We understand your position, Margaret. But if it means the party coming through...

1:02:17 > 1:02:20I beat Ted Heath.

1:02:20 > 1:02:22I beat him!

1:02:22 > 1:02:23You don't join with your enemy.

1:02:23 > 1:02:26You don't make deals with him.

1:02:26 > 1:02:27You destroy him!

1:02:29 > 1:02:33This election will be won or lost on my leadership,

1:02:33 > 1:02:35and my leadership alone.

1:02:37 > 1:02:40I trust I have your full support.

1:02:42 > 1:02:46TV: 'And as the country wakes up to the news that Britain has elected

1:02:46 > 1:02:50'its first-ever woman prime minister, Mrs Thatcher herself is at

1:02:50 > 1:02:54'Conservative Central Office, waiting for the call from the Palace.'

1:02:54 > 1:02:56Now, ask them when the car business happens,

1:02:56 > 1:02:57do we swap at the Palace?

1:02:57 > 1:03:02- What will you do, love? I hope they haven't forgotten you. - All taken care of. Don't fret.

1:03:02 > 1:03:05Mum, I've left my lipstick. Have you got any?

1:03:05 > 1:03:08Don't be silly, dear, you can't wear mine. Caroline?

1:03:09 > 1:03:10Mark, dear...

1:03:10 > 1:03:11your shoes. Filthy.

1:03:11 > 1:03:13It's just a scuff mark.

1:03:13 > 1:03:15Oh, thank you.

1:03:15 > 1:03:16Sit down.

1:03:17 > 1:03:20A woman always looks at a man's shoes.

1:03:20 > 1:03:23Sure sign of character.

1:03:24 > 1:03:26PHONE RINGS

1:03:29 > 1:03:32PHONE CONTINUES TO RING

1:03:34 > 1:03:35Hello?

1:03:38 > 1:03:40Oh...yes, of course.

1:03:41 > 1:03:42It's Ted Heath.

1:03:44 > 1:03:46He'd like to offer his congratulations.

1:03:53 > 1:03:54That should do it.

1:03:56 > 1:03:59Just thank him for me, would you, Caroline?

1:04:00 > 1:04:04The Prime Minister has asked me to say she's grateful for your call...

1:04:10 > 1:04:11PHONE RINGS

1:04:11 > 1:04:13CAROLINE PICKS UP RECEIVER

1:04:17 > 1:04:18The Palace.

1:04:18 > 1:04:20Good. At last.

1:04:20 > 1:04:24Come along, everyone, don't dawdle.

1:04:24 > 1:04:27Now, then, who's driving us?

1:04:28 > 1:04:32..is what I would advise you, Prime Minister.

1:04:34 > 1:04:35Prime Minister?

1:04:35 > 1:04:37Sorry, Charles.

1:04:37 > 1:04:41I was thinking, perhaps, John Wakeham on the campaign.

1:04:41 > 1:04:44Yes, yes. We need some weight.

1:04:44 > 1:04:47And Tristan Garel-Jones, get hold of him. Richard Ryder.

1:04:47 > 1:04:49They've done it for us in the past.

1:04:49 > 1:04:51They know the score.

1:04:56 > 1:04:59- What's the SP, John? - Looks like she's going to stand.

1:04:59 > 1:05:00HE SIGHS

1:05:00 > 1:05:02Can't help herself, can she?

1:05:02 > 1:05:06I wish to God she'd just...

1:05:06 > 1:05:07Yes.

1:05:07 > 1:05:08I know.

1:05:09 > 1:05:13She wants me to run her campaign, Denis.

1:05:13 > 1:05:15As soon as she gets back.

1:05:15 > 1:05:17I see.

1:05:17 > 1:05:18Of course.

1:05:18 > 1:05:19Well...

1:05:19 > 1:05:21good luck.

1:05:23 > 1:05:25No-one wants her to be crushed.

1:05:26 > 1:05:29- No. Thank you, John. - We'll look after her.

1:05:29 > 1:05:30She doesn't need looking after.

1:05:31 > 1:05:34No. Of course not.

1:05:42 > 1:05:45TV: 'That the party would stand a better chance

1:05:45 > 1:05:49- 'of victory in the next election...' - Denis?

1:05:49 > 1:05:51Hello, Thatcher.

1:05:53 > 1:05:54Hello, dear.

1:05:56 > 1:06:00It's a blue fug in here. Honestly.

1:06:04 > 1:06:05WINDOW FRAME RATTLES

1:06:07 > 1:06:08SHE SIGHS

1:06:10 > 1:06:12- It's all right, love. - HE CHUCKLES

1:06:12 > 1:06:14I'll do it.

1:06:17 > 1:06:19WINDOW OPENS

1:06:24 > 1:06:26You look bushed.

1:06:31 > 1:06:33Take your shoes off.

1:06:33 > 1:06:36No, I mustn't. I mustn't stop.

1:06:36 > 1:06:37Just have a moment.

1:06:52 > 1:06:53Don't go on, love.

1:06:55 > 1:06:56Stand down now.

1:06:56 > 1:06:58Don't let them break you.

1:06:59 > 1:07:01I will decide when I stand down.

1:07:01 > 1:07:03Not them.

1:07:03 > 1:07:05Who else could do the job?

1:07:05 > 1:07:07Just tell me that, and I'll go.

1:07:08 > 1:07:09Who can I trust?

1:07:12 > 1:07:14PHONE RINGS

1:07:21 > 1:07:22I'll be right down.

1:07:27 > 1:07:29- So we think 25.- 25?

1:07:31 > 1:07:32That would reduce my support to...

1:07:32 > 1:07:34179.

1:07:34 > 1:07:36From 204.

1:07:36 > 1:07:40And the target for you to win on your second ballot would be...

1:07:40 > 1:07:43187. Yes, we know that.

1:07:45 > 1:07:46How accurate are your figures?

1:07:46 > 1:07:47We think, very.

1:07:47 > 1:07:49I see.

1:07:49 > 1:07:51I'm firmly convinced, Prime Minister,

1:07:51 > 1:07:54with a more effective campaign over the next five days,

1:07:54 > 1:07:56there's a good chance you could turn it around.

1:07:56 > 1:07:58Hear, hear.

1:07:58 > 1:08:01But it is a close call.

1:08:04 > 1:08:08I've asked John to do a trawl of the Cabinet, Prime Minister.

1:08:08 > 1:08:09John?

1:08:11 > 1:08:16Um... There's nothing concrete as yet,

1:08:16 > 1:08:17I'm afraid, Prime Minister.

1:08:20 > 1:08:22For my part...

1:08:22 > 1:08:25I believe there's no disgrace to you

1:08:25 > 1:08:27in fighting on for what you believe in.

1:08:27 > 1:08:30Even if you are defeated.

1:08:30 > 1:08:31Which you will be,

1:08:31 > 1:08:34if we don't get through the bloody waffle and start fighting.

1:08:34 > 1:08:36- Thank you, Norman.- I'm with Norman.

1:08:36 > 1:08:39What we should do is get the campaign moving -

1:08:39 > 1:08:40get you out there, Margaret.

1:08:40 > 1:08:43- Back into the tea rooms.- Yeah.

1:08:43 > 1:08:48Find these bastards who are drifting away, and set you on them.

1:08:48 > 1:08:49Have you contacted Tristan,

1:08:49 > 1:08:50and Richard Ryder?

1:08:50 > 1:08:53Not got back to us yet.

1:08:53 > 1:08:56Prime Minister, you're due in the House in half an hour.

1:08:56 > 1:08:57Thank you, Peter.

1:08:57 > 1:09:00I should prepare my statement about the summit.

1:09:00 > 1:09:01Couldn't you...leave that?

1:09:01 > 1:09:05Perhaps include it in the No Confidence debate?

1:09:05 > 1:09:07No.

1:09:07 > 1:09:08I refuse to be sidetracked.

1:09:08 > 1:09:11I have an important statement to make to the House,

1:09:11 > 1:09:12and I shall make it.

1:09:20 > 1:09:23REPORTERS ALL SHOUT

1:09:23 > 1:09:24I fight on.

1:09:24 > 1:09:25I fight to win.

1:09:25 > 1:09:26How are you feeling?

1:09:26 > 1:09:28Any more comments on...

1:09:28 > 1:09:30ALL SHOUT AT ONCE

1:09:30 > 1:09:33- A couple more, Maggie... - What's your reply...?

1:09:33 > 1:09:36The Cabinet are what?

1:09:37 > 1:09:3912 - 7 against so far.

1:09:39 > 1:09:43And 15% of junior ministers have swung.

1:09:43 > 1:09:45Why the hell didn't you tell her?

1:09:45 > 1:09:47- I didn't feel it was proper.- Oh!

1:09:47 > 1:09:50I was given this in confidence.

1:09:51 > 1:09:53Not everyone here is Cabinet.

1:09:55 > 1:09:56What have you got?

1:10:02 > 1:10:04Yes, I've spoken to some of these.

1:10:04 > 1:10:07And you've not heard from Tris or Richard?

1:10:07 > 1:10:10They're not on. Both think she's finished.

1:10:10 > 1:10:11Fuck them.

1:10:11 > 1:10:12She's got to stand.

1:10:12 > 1:10:15She's got to keep Heseltine out.

1:10:15 > 1:10:17Christ, if she doesn't, I will.

1:10:22 > 1:10:23Backbenches?

1:10:23 > 1:10:25Michael's definitely gaining.

1:10:25 > 1:10:27What's the matter with everyone? It's falling apart.

1:10:27 > 1:10:30They don't think she's electable any longer.

1:10:30 > 1:10:32I suppose you can see the logic.

1:10:32 > 1:10:36If 45% of the parliamentary party won't vote for her, why should the country?

1:10:39 > 1:10:42She's going to have to face the Cabinet...

1:10:42 > 1:10:43isn't she?

1:10:45 > 1:10:50< I believe that the outcome of this summit

1:10:50 > 1:10:53< is one of which this government,

1:10:53 > 1:10:57< this House, and this country can be proud.

1:10:57 > 1:10:58CHEERING

1:10:58 > 1:11:01FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

1:11:05 > 1:11:06Tea rooms.

1:11:10 > 1:11:12LAUGHTER AND CHATTER

1:11:24 > 1:11:26CHATTER DIES DOWN

1:11:42 > 1:11:47- Moaning you haven't seen the Prime Minister? - Excellent speech, Prime Minister.

1:11:47 > 1:11:48- First class.- Robust statement,

1:11:48 > 1:11:51- thank you, Prime Minister. - Yes, please, sit down.

1:11:52 > 1:11:55- Now.- The Prime Minister would like to know

1:11:55 > 1:11:58if there's anything she can do to reassure you.

1:11:58 > 1:12:01Well, it's more one's constituents, Prime Minister.

1:12:01 > 1:12:03Issues like the Poll Tax. They...

1:12:03 > 1:12:06I can't start pulling rabbits out of hats now.

1:12:11 > 1:12:13The Community Charge will work.

1:12:13 > 1:12:15Trust me.

1:12:16 > 1:12:19Absolutely, Prime Minister. Thank you.

1:12:19 > 1:12:21I think we'd all like to say how nice it is

1:12:21 > 1:12:24to see you, Prime Minister, in person.

1:12:24 > 1:12:26Michael's people have been round three or four times

1:12:26 > 1:12:29over...over the last couple of days.

1:12:33 > 1:12:35Fear not.

1:12:35 > 1:12:38- All is in hand.- So...

1:12:38 > 1:12:40the Prime Minister can count on your support?

1:12:40 > 1:12:42Absolutely, Prime Minister, of course.

1:12:42 > 1:12:44Of course.

1:12:46 > 1:12:48Get me out of here.

1:12:54 > 1:12:58I can't do it, Norman. I will not put myself through that.

1:12:58 > 1:13:00Why should I?

1:13:01 > 1:13:03Because you have to.

1:13:03 > 1:13:05You don't have a choice any more.

1:13:05 > 1:13:09I must have the choice. Don't you think I've earned that, Norman?

1:13:09 > 1:13:12Don't you think I've at least earned that?

1:13:14 > 1:13:16TV: 'Three hours later, as the fires continued,

1:13:16 > 1:13:20'nearly 200 people were reported injured. Inevitably...'

1:13:20 > 1:13:24These are criminal acts. These people are common criminals.

1:13:24 > 1:13:26This has nothing to do with our social policy.

1:13:26 > 1:13:29Think of the shopkeepers. They're victims. Not these people.

1:13:29 > 1:13:32I think the concern is simply that

1:13:32 > 1:13:35the economic measures the government are taking

1:13:35 > 1:13:38may be a little harsh in the present climate, Prime Minister.

1:13:38 > 1:13:41It's the old story, isn't it? Two years in,

1:13:41 > 1:13:44things get a bit bumpy, and everyone loses their nerve.

1:13:44 > 1:13:47Well, I am not going to lose my nerve.

1:13:47 > 1:13:51But we're in danger here of pulling the entire country apart

1:13:51 > 1:13:52for the sake of a theory.

1:13:52 > 1:13:54I'm sure...

1:13:55 > 1:13:58It should be possible to establish common ground.

1:13:58 > 1:14:03- Perhaps if alternatives to our course of action... - They haven't got alternatives!

1:14:03 > 1:14:04There is no alternative.

1:14:04 > 1:14:08There are people in these deprived areas living in appalling squalor!

1:14:08 > 1:14:10Whose fault's that?

1:14:10 > 1:14:11Not the government's.

1:14:11 > 1:14:13I've visited some of those areas.

1:14:13 > 1:14:15Litter everywhere.

1:14:15 > 1:14:18You're not going to tell me people are so deprived

1:14:18 > 1:14:20they can't pick up a bit of litter?

1:14:20 > 1:14:22Well, no. But litter is hardly...

1:14:22 > 1:14:25And when did you become such an expert on deprived areas?

1:14:25 > 1:14:28A couple of away days to Liverpool,

1:14:28 > 1:14:31and suddenly, you're ringing your hands like William Wilberforce.

1:14:33 > 1:14:36This all seems quite straightforward to me.

1:14:36 > 1:14:39Those who disagree with the path we're on

1:14:39 > 1:14:42have one very simple alternative.

1:14:53 > 1:14:58Well, I think we're all in broad agreement on that,

1:14:58 > 1:15:02so I propose we wish Geoffrey luck with this afternoon's statement,

1:15:02 > 1:15:03and move on.

1:15:11 > 1:15:15- We mustn't lose our nerve, Willie. - I fear we may be losing the country.

1:15:15 > 1:15:18Perhaps a little more consensus in Cabinet.

1:15:18 > 1:15:21You mean something which no-one believes in, but no-one objects to.

1:15:21 > 1:15:24- That kind of consensus? - Wrong word, perhaps.

1:15:24 > 1:15:26Er... Persuasion, possibly.

1:15:26 > 1:15:29I find persuasion to be utterly counterproductive.

1:15:29 > 1:15:34I don't want a Cabinet wasting time talking. We should be doing.

1:15:34 > 1:15:38We won't be doing anything if we lose the next election.

1:15:38 > 1:15:43I'm sorry to have to be so frank, but there are concerns

1:15:43 > 1:15:47that things are going awry.

1:15:47 > 1:15:49Serious concerns.

1:15:49 > 1:15:54No-one doubts your conviction, or your courage.

1:15:54 > 1:15:56Go on, Willie. I'm listening.

1:15:58 > 1:16:02But what I believe you to be, above all else, is a politician.

1:16:02 > 1:16:08That is your greatest strength. You have a political instinct and you must never allow it to desert you.

1:16:08 > 1:16:10That is the thing...

1:16:10 > 1:16:13that will always protect you.

1:16:13 > 1:16:17I'm a woman, Willie. I must dominate them, or they will destroy me.

1:16:18 > 1:16:24But you cannot dominate the entire country, Margaret.

1:16:25 > 1:16:29I will change the soul of this country, Willie.

1:16:29 > 1:16:32I will do it.

1:16:32 > 1:16:35Either you are with me, or you are against me.

1:16:38 > 1:16:40We shall prevail.

1:17:04 > 1:17:05Prime Minister.

1:17:07 > 1:17:08Right, where are we?

1:17:09 > 1:17:13- Douglas, I understand you've been good enough to nominate me for the second ballot.- I...

1:17:15 > 1:17:17Of course.

1:17:17 > 1:17:19And what about John Major?

1:17:19 > 1:17:21Has anyone spoken to him?

1:17:21 > 1:17:24John is still convalescing, Prime Minister.

1:17:28 > 1:17:31PHONE RINGS

1:17:40 > 1:17:42(It's the Prime Minister.)

1:17:50 > 1:17:52Prime Minister. How are you?

1:17:52 > 1:17:53Fighting on, John.

1:17:53 > 1:17:55I see.

1:17:55 > 1:17:57And your mouth?

1:17:58 > 1:18:01- Improving, thank you, Prime Minister.- Good.

1:18:01 > 1:18:03I shall need you to sign my nomination papers.

1:18:03 > 1:18:05I believe they are being sent up to you.

1:18:14 > 1:18:15John?

1:18:16 > 1:18:18Of course, Prime Minister.

1:18:19 > 1:18:22If that is what you want.

1:18:23 > 1:18:24Thank you.

1:18:28 > 1:18:31Warm salt water, by the way.

1:18:31 > 1:18:32Prime Minister?

1:18:32 > 1:18:35Your mouth.

1:18:35 > 1:18:37You must prevent infection.

1:18:39 > 1:18:40Yes.

1:18:40 > 1:18:43Thank you, Prime Minister.

1:18:44 > 1:18:46DIAL TONE

1:18:52 > 1:18:53Good.

1:18:53 > 1:18:56Well, come along. What are we doing?

1:18:56 > 1:18:59John, have you contacted Tristan and Richard?

1:18:59 > 1:19:01JOHN SIGHS

1:19:01 > 1:19:02I'm afraid...

1:19:02 > 1:19:07they don't feel able to help, Prime Minister.

1:19:09 > 1:19:10I see.

1:19:10 > 1:19:13Prime Minister, I think the time has come for you to face the Cabinet.

1:19:13 > 1:19:14Face?

1:19:14 > 1:19:16Consult, I mean, of course.

1:19:16 > 1:19:20- Is that necessary? - When would you suggest, John?

1:19:20 > 1:19:22I'm due at the Palace in half an hour.

1:19:22 > 1:19:24Perhaps you'd like me to put the Queen off

1:19:24 > 1:19:26so that I can face the Cabinet?

1:19:28 > 1:19:33I would suggest we set up a series of private interviews on your return.

1:19:33 > 1:19:36- I wonder, Prime Minister...- Charles.

1:19:36 > 1:19:39Might it not be more advisable...

1:19:39 > 1:19:41- to meet in full Cabinet?- I agree.

1:19:41 > 1:19:44Absolutely. Get them all in there.

1:19:44 > 1:19:47Say to them, none of you bastards would be here if it wasn't for me.

1:19:47 > 1:19:49Now I need something from you - loyalty!

1:19:52 > 1:19:56I suspect it might be a little more discreet

1:19:56 > 1:20:00if we keep it to individual interviews.

1:20:01 > 1:20:05The Prime Minister should have time alone with each of her ministers.

1:20:05 > 1:20:06I believe it equally important that

1:20:06 > 1:20:11her ministers should feel they can speak with the Prime Minister, in confidence.

1:20:11 > 1:20:12HE MUMBLES IN DISAGREEMENT

1:20:12 > 1:20:15I also believe, constitutionally,

1:20:15 > 1:20:18the Prime Minister needs the support of the Cabinet...

1:20:18 > 1:20:21in order to continue.

1:20:33 > 1:20:36I'm sure things will become...

1:20:36 > 1:20:41clearer, once you've spoken to them yourself, Prime Minister.

1:20:43 > 1:20:45Yes.

1:20:45 > 1:20:48Things usually do.

1:20:51 > 1:20:54I suggest five minutes each will be sufficient.

1:20:54 > 1:20:56But...

1:20:56 > 1:20:59What do we say, Ken? I mean,

1:20:59 > 1:21:01what do we say?

1:21:01 > 1:21:04Just let her have it, John. God's sake, let's get this over with.

1:21:04 > 1:21:05MURMURING

1:21:05 > 1:21:09- You owe it to her to tell her the truth.- She's got to go.

1:21:09 > 1:21:12If she doesn't, some of us will. That's what we've got to tell her.

1:21:12 > 1:21:17- Haven't we?- I'm sure you'll avoid unnecessary brutality, Ken.

1:21:17 > 1:21:19Of course.

1:21:19 > 1:21:21Right, who's got the batting order?

1:21:38 > 1:21:43And President Bush, Ma'am, was most solicitous. And Barbara.

1:21:43 > 1:21:45They whisked one away from all the fuss.

1:21:45 > 1:21:48Quite a formidable woman, I understand.

1:21:48 > 1:21:50And we were talking to Brian Mulroney.

1:21:50 > 1:21:52- Canadian Prime...- Yes.

1:21:52 > 1:21:54I know Mr Mulroney.

1:21:55 > 1:21:58Of course, Ma'am.

1:21:58 > 1:22:01He was saying, in his country,

1:22:01 > 1:22:04they put up statues to men who lose three elections.

1:22:04 > 1:22:06Yes.

1:22:06 > 1:22:10One has a great regard for the Canadians, of course.

1:22:11 > 1:22:13Of course, Ma'am.

1:22:20 > 1:22:24But you have the support of your Cabinet?

1:22:24 > 1:22:27There are waverers, I believe, Ma'am.

1:22:27 > 1:22:31But one is advised that one's support is fairly solid.

1:22:33 > 1:22:34I see.

1:22:34 > 1:22:38We would like to think we have earned that much loyalty.

1:22:42 > 1:22:47- One does have to be on one's guard, though, don't you find?- Ma'am?

1:22:47 > 1:22:50One's advisers...

1:22:50 > 1:22:52Sometimes, perhaps,

1:22:52 > 1:22:58advise what they think one would like to hear advised, as it were.

1:23:01 > 1:23:02Yes, Ma'am.

1:23:04 > 1:23:08Although one likes to think one is still sufficiently in control

1:23:08 > 1:23:10to recognise the difference.

1:23:12 > 1:23:14Indeed.

1:23:19 > 1:23:20And you fight on.

1:23:22 > 1:23:24One must always fight, Ma'am.

1:23:26 > 1:23:28What else is there?

1:23:35 > 1:23:37She's back.

1:23:41 > 1:23:43Two-thirds against?

1:23:43 > 1:23:46When did you find this out?

1:23:46 > 1:23:49- You knew this earlier, didn't you? - It was difficult, Prime Minister.

1:23:49 > 1:23:54There were non-Cabinet ministers present. I didn't feel I could betray confidences.

1:23:57 > 1:24:00Do we still have sufficient support?

1:24:00 > 1:24:01Prime Minister.

1:24:01 > 1:24:04Do we?! Stop fudging, all of you.

1:24:04 > 1:24:06Where do we stand?

1:24:06 > 1:24:09We keep fighting. You can do it.

1:24:09 > 1:24:10Norman's right.

1:24:10 > 1:24:14You're still our best chance.

1:24:14 > 1:24:16Our best chance?!

1:24:17 > 1:24:20- We must keep Heseltine out. - Has it come to that?

1:24:20 > 1:24:21After everything,

1:24:21 > 1:24:26I am our best chance of "keeping Michael out"? John?

1:24:27 > 1:24:31I believe support is haemorrhaging somewhat on the backbenches.

1:24:31 > 1:24:33I wouldn't say haemorrhaging.

1:24:33 > 1:24:36The Party in the country is as strong as ever.

1:24:36 > 1:24:39But I have only one-third of the Cabinet?

1:24:52 > 1:24:55The Queen is a remarkable woman.

1:24:58 > 1:25:02All right, John, let's see what they've got to say.

1:25:05 > 1:25:09- Ken. Would you like a drink? - No, Prime Minister. This shouldn't take long.

1:25:09 > 1:25:11Good. That's more like it.

1:25:11 > 1:25:13I'm afraid you can't possibly go on.

1:25:13 > 1:25:17It was clear the moment you didn't come through the first ballot.

1:25:17 > 1:25:22You MUST step down now and let Douglas and John run. If you don't, God knows who we'll end up with.

1:25:23 > 1:25:24I see.

1:25:24 > 1:25:26Don't get me wrong. I'd support you.

1:25:26 > 1:25:30I'd support you for the next five, ten years if necessary.

1:25:30 > 1:25:35The point is, no-one in the Cabinet thinks you have a chance of winning.

1:25:35 > 1:25:38It'd be like the Charge Of The Light Brigade.

1:25:38 > 1:25:40"C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre."

1:25:42 > 1:25:43I think I get the message, Ken.

1:25:43 > 1:25:46There's been too much bloodletting as it is.

1:25:46 > 1:25:48And no-one wants you humiliated, Margaret.

1:25:50 > 1:25:52Humiliated?

1:25:52 > 1:25:54No-one wants that.

1:25:55 > 1:25:57You don't deserve that.

1:25:58 > 1:26:01Thank you, Ken.

1:26:01 > 1:26:04I appreciate your candour.

1:26:10 > 1:26:12I'm sorry, Margaret, but there it is.

1:26:22 > 1:26:25I think I may need a drink for this.

1:26:41 > 1:26:42How was she?

1:26:42 > 1:26:44She'll live.

1:26:44 > 1:26:45Who's next? Malcolm?

1:26:48 > 1:26:49Right.

1:26:53 > 1:26:57Like a penalty shootout, isn't it?

1:26:57 > 1:27:00I'm afraid I don't think you'd win, Prime Minister,

1:27:00 > 1:27:03and your standing may well do untold harm.

1:27:03 > 1:27:06What's more, if you do stand, I believe you'll lose,

1:27:06 > 1:27:08and you'll undermine the authority of the government.

1:27:08 > 1:27:15So I'm afraid that you must step down now and let Douglas and John run...

1:27:15 > 1:27:17And of course, one wouldn't want you

1:27:17 > 1:27:21to be humiliated in any way, Prime Minister.

1:27:21 > 1:27:25- HE SOBS - I'm sorry...

1:27:25 > 1:27:28Prime Minister... It's...

1:27:28 > 1:27:31all so...awful.

1:27:31 > 1:27:33Don't tell me, John.

1:27:33 > 1:27:35You will support me if I stand,

1:27:35 > 1:27:38but you don't think that I will win,

1:27:41 > 1:27:45and you think I should stand aside and let Douglas and John run,

1:27:45 > 1:27:46for the sake of the Party.

1:27:49 > 1:27:50And, above all,

1:27:50 > 1:27:53you don't want to see me humiliated.

1:27:57 > 1:28:01They've all got together like frightened little schoolboys behind Matron's back!

1:28:01 > 1:28:04Charles was right, I should have seen them together.

1:28:04 > 1:28:08How has it come to this? How?

1:28:09 > 1:28:12John. Who have we got on the campaign team now?

1:28:14 > 1:28:19I'm afraid we're having... problems mustering troops at the moment, Prime Minister.

1:28:21 > 1:28:25These men would be nothing without me.

1:28:25 > 1:28:27This party - nothing!

1:28:30 > 1:28:33They can't do this.

1:28:33 > 1:28:35The country elected me Prime Minister.

1:28:35 > 1:28:38I should carry on as Prime Minister.

1:28:38 > 1:28:40Damn the party.

1:28:42 > 1:28:44I could do that.

1:28:44 > 1:28:47I could carry on as Prime Minister and damn them.

1:28:47 > 1:28:50Why should they destroy me? Could I do that? Could I?

1:28:50 > 1:28:52Call an election, you mean?

1:28:52 > 1:28:55No! I don't need an election!

1:28:55 > 1:28:58I've been elected.

1:28:58 > 1:29:01I mean, carry on as Prime Minister of this country,

1:29:01 > 1:29:04and let them get whoever they want to lead their damned party!

1:29:11 > 1:29:12WAKEHAM CLEARS HIS THROAT

1:29:20 > 1:29:24Perhaps you should...get back to Number 10, Prime Minister.

1:29:26 > 1:29:28Have a word with Denis?

1:29:35 > 1:29:37Yes. Thank you, John.

1:29:39 > 1:29:40Thank you.

1:29:52 > 1:29:54Crawfie, dear.

1:29:54 > 1:29:56Prime Minister. How are you?

1:29:56 > 1:29:57Fine, dear, fine.

1:29:57 > 1:30:01Nothing a good stiff drink won't sort out.

1:30:01 > 1:30:02Where's Denis?

1:30:05 > 1:30:06You're exhausted.

1:30:06 > 1:30:11Where's Charles? Has he drafted something for tomorrow's debate yet?

1:30:11 > 1:30:13I'm going to give the doctor a call.

1:30:13 > 1:30:15Don't be silly. Where's Denis?

1:30:15 > 1:30:18Here, love.

1:30:18 > 1:30:21Sit down, woman.

1:30:21 > 1:30:24For God's sake.

1:30:24 > 1:30:27Take your shoes off.

1:30:27 > 1:30:29Stop for a minute.

1:30:29 > 1:30:31Here.

1:30:43 > 1:30:44Come on, love.

1:30:46 > 1:30:48You're just tired.

1:30:48 > 1:30:51Must get back to work.

1:30:51 > 1:30:52Mustn't waste a minute now.

1:31:05 > 1:31:07The Cabinet.

1:31:10 > 1:31:12Lost their nerve.

1:31:13 > 1:31:15Spineless.

1:31:18 > 1:31:19It's over, love.

1:31:19 > 1:31:22No. Not like this.

1:31:22 > 1:31:25I won't let them do this to me.

1:31:25 > 1:31:28- Love...- I will not.

1:31:28 > 1:31:29I will not.

1:31:31 > 1:31:33Bunch of bloody toe rags.

1:31:36 > 1:31:37Bastards.

1:31:47 > 1:31:51The doctor's on his way, Prime Minister.

1:31:51 > 1:31:53Almost done, there.

1:31:53 > 1:31:54Just a vitamin shot.

1:31:54 > 1:31:57- Keep you going.- Call down to Charles.

1:31:57 > 1:32:00Tell him I want to start work as soon as possible.

1:32:00 > 1:32:03PHONE RINGS

1:32:05 > 1:32:06Yes?

1:32:06 > 1:32:10Norman Tebbit's here for you, Prime Minister. And John Gummer.

1:32:10 > 1:32:13Good. Good.

1:32:13 > 1:32:14Back to work then, everyone.

1:32:14 > 1:32:16Much to do.

1:32:25 > 1:32:27Don't worry, Norman. Still here.

1:32:27 > 1:32:32Don't let them talk you round, Prime Minister. There's still plenty of support out there.

1:32:32 > 1:32:35Prime Minister, I couldn't leave you without...

1:32:35 > 1:32:40Please let me do something. This is all so awful.

1:32:40 > 1:32:42That's more like it. Good.

1:32:43 > 1:32:45Thank goodness for one's friends.

1:32:45 > 1:32:48Now, come along. We've got to get this speech drafted.

1:32:51 > 1:32:53Charles, have you eaten? Has everyone eaten?

1:32:53 > 1:32:55Plenty in the freezer.

1:32:55 > 1:32:57No, thank you, Prime Minister.

1:32:57 > 1:33:00Let's see what you've got, then.

1:33:00 > 1:33:01And let's get some work done.

1:33:06 > 1:33:08Are you sure?

1:33:08 > 1:33:12CLARKE: 'She's working on the speech for the no confidence debate tomorrow,

1:33:12 > 1:33:15'but I saw Morrison earlier, and that's the feeling'.

1:33:15 > 1:33:16Poor Margaret.

1:33:18 > 1:33:22So what do I do about her nomination papers?

1:33:22 > 1:33:26- Driver's been waiting here for hours.- 'Sign them.

1:33:26 > 1:33:29'By the time they get back to London, it'll all be over'.

1:33:29 > 1:33:32What about Cabinet tomorrow? She could bounce them all back again.

1:33:32 > 1:33:34'Unlikely now.'

1:33:39 > 1:33:41And...my nomination?

1:33:41 > 1:33:44'I suggest you get back down first thing.

1:33:44 > 1:33:45'Assuming she stands down.

1:33:45 > 1:33:49'And assuming your mouth is OK, of course. No infection?'

1:33:49 > 1:33:51No, no infection.

1:33:56 > 1:33:59Thank you, Ken.

1:34:13 > 1:34:14All right, gentlemen.

1:34:14 > 1:34:17Thank you. I think that's it.

1:34:17 > 1:34:22- Would anyone like a drink? Nightcap? - No, thank you, Prime Minister.

1:34:22 > 1:34:26- Better get off, Prime Minister. - Of course.

1:34:32 > 1:34:34Prime Minister, are you all right?

1:34:36 > 1:34:39Yes, Charles. Thank you.

1:34:42 > 1:34:43Come on, then. Off you go.

1:34:43 > 1:34:47Wives will be waiting. I should get upstairs to Denis.

1:34:47 > 1:34:49He'll only be fretting.

1:34:54 > 1:34:59- Night.- Prime Minister. - Prime Minister.

1:35:14 > 1:35:18Goodnight, sir. Goodnight, sir.

1:35:22 > 1:35:23DOORBELL RINGS

1:35:29 > 1:35:32John Major's driver just dropped this off.

1:35:32 > 1:35:35- Nomination papers.- Right.

1:35:35 > 1:35:37Thank you, Brian.

1:36:20 > 1:36:24LOUD CLAMOURING

1:36:25 > 1:36:29APPLAUSE Bravo!

1:36:29 > 1:36:35ALL: Ten more years! Ten more years!

1:36:35 > 1:36:39HOWE: 'And above all, I should like to pay tribute to the firmness,'

1:36:39 > 1:36:44resolution and courage the Prime Minister has shown

1:36:44 > 1:36:47over the course of these ten years.

1:36:47 > 1:36:51Her belief in what we set out to achieve has been unwavering,

1:36:51 > 1:36:56and has given us all the strength to see through the task in hand.

1:36:56 > 1:36:58The Prime Minister.

1:36:58 > 1:37:01ALL: The Prime Minister.

1:37:02 > 1:37:07Advisors. Like courtiers. They just play up to her.

1:37:07 > 1:37:09Leaks. Sources. Briefings.

1:37:09 > 1:37:12Semi-public snipings.

1:37:12 > 1:37:13It's preposterous.

1:37:13 > 1:37:17She's got Powell helping to draft the manifesto for the European elections.

1:37:17 > 1:37:21They're just stirring up all the worst aspects of...

1:37:21 > 1:37:24chauvinism, nationalism, whatever you'd like to call it,

1:37:24 > 1:37:27just because she thinks there are votes in it.

1:37:30 > 1:37:32She misses you at her side, Willie.

1:37:32 > 1:37:34I think we all do.

1:37:34 > 1:37:41Well, I told her when I left that I'd be available if ever she needed me. Haven't heard a peep.

1:37:41 > 1:37:44We're the senior figures.

1:37:44 > 1:37:47We just look weak and ineffectual.

1:37:49 > 1:37:51We must do something.

1:37:51 > 1:37:54What do you suggest?

1:37:54 > 1:37:56A union, perhaps.

1:38:02 > 1:38:06It's, um...very difficult for me, of course.

1:38:06 > 1:38:08This is mostly your territory.

1:38:08 > 1:38:13Europe. The economy. Not much I can contribute at the Home Office.

1:38:13 > 1:38:16You and Nigel must stand together.

1:38:16 > 1:38:17That's as far as you can go for now.

1:38:17 > 1:38:20Now then, you lot. What plots are you hatching here?

1:38:20 > 1:38:23Margaret! How delightful you look tonight.

1:38:23 > 1:38:25Doesn't she, Denis?

1:38:25 > 1:38:28- Has done for the last 30 years. - Hear, hear!

1:38:28 > 1:38:30Willie, I hope you're taking it easy.

1:38:30 > 1:38:34We only allowed you to retire on condition that you play golf

1:38:34 > 1:38:37and shoot a few furry, defenceless animals at the weekend.

1:38:37 > 1:38:40Never felt better. Away from all this.

1:38:40 > 1:38:42Does you the world of good.

1:38:42 > 1:38:44You should try it, love.

1:38:45 > 1:38:49I'm sure you're not alone in that thought, Denis.

1:38:49 > 1:38:52Geoffrey, charming speech.

1:38:55 > 1:38:58- Have you had a haircut?- I...

1:39:01 > 1:39:03..may have had a little trim.

1:39:03 > 1:39:05How thoughtful.

1:39:05 > 1:39:07Geoffrey has had a trim for the party.

1:39:07 > 1:39:10And very smart you look, too.

1:39:12 > 1:39:15Nigel, I see yours is creeping over your collar again.

1:39:15 > 1:39:17Is it? Well...

1:39:17 > 1:39:20Makes you look so louche, Nigel.

1:39:20 > 1:39:23I couldn't help noticing it on television the other day.

1:39:23 > 1:39:28I think you need to take a leaf out of Geoffrey's book.

1:39:28 > 1:39:29Nice little trim.

1:39:31 > 1:39:36Dear me, one has to keep an eye on one's Cabinet, doesn't one?

1:39:40 > 1:39:44- Prime Minister...- John, thank you. John's looking after me, you see,

1:39:44 > 1:39:46while the rest of you stand around gossiping.

1:39:51 > 1:39:53Geoffrey, fetch my shawl, would you?

1:40:04 > 1:40:08Now, gentlemen, shall we join the ladies?

1:40:13 > 1:40:17"Beware the fury of a patient man"?

1:40:26 > 1:40:30RADIO: 'Nominations for the second ballot of the leadership

1:40:30 > 1:40:33'of the Conservative Party are due by 12 o'clock this afternoon.

1:40:33 > 1:40:37'Michael Heseltine is claiming strong support, although it is still not clear

1:40:37 > 1:40:40'whether the Prime Minister intends to stand...'

1:40:48 > 1:40:51Thank you.

1:41:08 > 1:41:11We must spot the furniture.

1:41:11 > 1:41:13Spot?

1:41:13 > 1:41:15Spots. Stickers.

1:41:15 > 1:41:17On the furniture.

1:41:17 > 1:41:19Green for ours.

1:41:19 > 1:41:22Red for...what belongs here.

1:41:27 > 1:41:28I'll tell Crawfie.

1:41:37 > 1:41:39It's best.

1:41:43 > 1:41:45I'll call Peter.

1:41:48 > 1:41:51SHE SOBS

1:42:40 > 1:42:43- She's going.- Thank you, Peter.

1:42:44 > 1:42:45Thank you, Peter.

1:42:45 > 1:42:47Thank you, Peter.

1:42:47 > 1:42:48Fuck!

1:42:48 > 1:42:50What did I say,

1:42:50 > 1:42:52right from the start?

1:42:52 > 1:42:55"He who wields the dagger...

1:42:55 > 1:42:57"never wears the crown."

1:43:00 > 1:43:02Fucking woman!

1:43:19 > 1:43:21Right.

1:43:21 > 1:43:22Work.

1:43:35 > 1:43:37They don't deserve you.

1:43:37 > 1:43:39They never have.

1:43:39 > 1:43:41Hear, hear.

1:43:57 > 1:44:01- YOUNG MARGARET: - 'Now this is the law of the jungle,

1:44:01 > 1:44:04'as old and as true as the sky,

1:44:04 > 1:44:07'and the wolf that shall keep it may prosper,

1:44:07 > 1:44:11'but the wolf that shall break it must die.

1:44:11 > 1:44:14'As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk,

1:44:14 > 1:44:17'the law runneth forward and back.

1:44:17 > 1:44:20'For the strength of the pack is the wolf,

1:44:20 > 1:44:23'and the strength of the wolf is the pack.'

1:45:06 > 1:45:09Before we proceed to formal Cabinet business,

1:45:09 > 1:45:11I'd like to make a short statement.

1:45:22 > 1:45:27"Having consulted widely with...colleagues...

1:45:37 > 1:45:40"Having consulted widely..."

1:45:40 > 1:45:41I'm so sorry.

1:45:50 > 1:45:51For God's sake, James. You read it.

1:46:02 > 1:46:07"I have concluded that the unity of the party

1:46:07 > 1:46:11"and the prospects of victory in a general election...

1:46:16 > 1:46:21"..would be better served if I stood down to enable Cabinet colleagues

1:46:21 > 1:46:24"to enter the ballot for the leadership."

1:46:27 > 1:46:33"I should like to thank all those in the Cabinet and outside...

1:46:35 > 1:46:39"..who have given me such dedicated support."

1:46:52 > 1:46:57You have and you will always continue to have

1:46:57 > 1:47:01the loyalty of the party.

1:47:01 > 1:47:04ALL: Hear, hear.

1:47:26 > 1:47:28It's a funny old world.

1:47:38 > 1:47:39'The Prime Minister!'

1:47:39 > 1:47:42CHEERING

1:47:42 > 1:47:45'11 years ago,

1:47:45 > 1:47:48'we rescued Britain from the parlous state

1:47:48 > 1:47:51'to which socialism had brought it.

1:47:51 > 1:47:52SHOUTS OF APPROVAL

1:47:52 > 1:47:57'Once again, Britain stands tall in the councils of Europe'

1:47:57 > 1:48:00- 'and of the world, - SHOUTS OF APPROVAL

1:48:00 > 1:48:06'and our policies have brought unparalleled prosperity to our citizens at home.'

1:48:06 > 1:48:07SHOUTS OF APPROVAL

1:48:07 > 1:48:15'Will the Prime Minister tell us whether she intends to continue her personal fight

1:48:15 > 1:48:22'against a single currency and an independent central bank when she leaves office?'

1:48:22 > 1:48:25- 'She's going to be the governor!' - LAUGHTER

1:48:25 > 1:48:28'What a good idea!

1:48:28 > 1:48:34'I hadn't thought of that! Now, where were we? I'm enjoying this!'

1:48:34 > 1:48:36LAUGHTER

1:48:36 > 1:48:41'Cancel it. You can wipe the floor with these people!'

1:48:44 > 1:48:46Prime Minister.

1:48:48 > 1:48:51I haven't touched your drawer.

1:48:51 > 1:48:52Your private one.

1:48:52 > 1:48:55You haven't packed anything from it yet.

1:48:55 > 1:48:57No.

1:48:57 > 1:49:00I'm so sorry, Crawfie, dear.

1:49:00 > 1:49:02You pack it. I'm sure it'll be fine.

1:49:08 > 1:49:10I'm just going down to the office.

1:49:10 > 1:49:12A few things.

1:49:15 > 1:49:17She hasn't packed anything.

1:49:17 > 1:49:19I know, Crawf.

1:49:22 > 1:49:25I know.

1:50:02 > 1:50:05I'm afraid it's been removed, Prime Minister.

1:50:10 > 1:50:14They've taken it. It's no longer yours.

1:50:16 > 1:50:18Tradition.

1:50:21 > 1:50:24Of course.

1:50:24 > 1:50:26Yes.

1:50:30 > 1:50:33This must be appallingly difficult for you.

1:50:38 > 1:50:40In the House this afternoon...

1:50:43 > 1:50:44You were magnificent.

1:50:49 > 1:50:55One felt as though one were speaking for the last time.

1:50:57 > 1:51:00Well, I suppose you were.

1:51:01 > 1:51:03My God, the House will miss you.

1:51:03 > 1:51:04No, Charles.

1:51:07 > 1:51:09Not just in the House.

1:51:12 > 1:51:15I felt as though I were speaking for the last time ever...

1:51:17 > 1:51:20in my life.

1:51:20 > 1:51:23I'm sure you've got a lot more more to say yet, Prime Minister.

1:51:29 > 1:51:31What am I going to do, Charles?

1:52:10 > 1:52:13REPORTERS SHOUT AT ONCE

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