0:00:02 > 0:00:05This programme contains some strong language
0:00:05 > 0:00:08and scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11EXPLOSION
0:00:12 > 0:00:14It was a lovely day.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16We'd been to the garden centre, had lunch there,
0:00:16 > 0:00:18bought some nuts for the birds. CAMERAS CLICK
0:00:18 > 0:00:20It was all very, very British.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25'You love your kids so much, you think you'd know.'
0:00:25 > 0:00:27EXPLOSION
0:00:27 > 0:00:29'That, no matter where they were in the world...
0:00:29 > 0:00:31GUNFIRE '..3,000 miles away even,
0:00:31 > 0:00:32'you'd know.'
0:00:32 > 0:00:35You'd know if they were in danger.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37PHONE RINGS
0:00:40 > 0:00:44BIRDSONG, PHONE CONTINUES
0:01:07 > 0:01:09WOMAN SIGHS
0:01:12 > 0:01:14CHATTER OUTSIDE
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Here we are.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21There.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25SHE SIGHS
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- Nice cup of tea. - Ooh, I love this.- Yeah.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36MUSIC: Summer Breeze by The Isley Brothers
0:01:48 > 0:01:51MUSIC PLAYS, PHONE RINGS
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Hello?- 'Hi, Sally, it's June.' - Oh, hi, June.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59- JUNE INDISTINCT - Yeah, Reg's mum here.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- We've been out for lunch.- 'Did you see the news? Six MPs killed.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04'It's on now.'
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Now?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Thanks.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13MAGAZINES RUSTLE LOUDLY
0:02:20 > 0:02:23'Six dead and eight injured, three of them critically.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25'Even at the height of the war in Iraq,
0:02:25 > 0:02:29'British forces did not suffer such heavy casualties in a single day.'
0:02:35 > 0:02:38TELEPHONE RINGS, TV REPORT CONTINUES
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- What is it?- Hello? No, no, we've got it on now.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Mr Reginald Keys?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49TV: '..one was wounded and two vehicles were destroyed.'
0:02:49 > 0:02:51I'm Major Potter and this is Captain Fletcher.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53We're from Army Notification.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57TV: '..details. In the other, a patrol of Paras came under fire.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59'When a quick reaction force was sent in to mount
0:02:59 > 0:03:03'a helicopter rescue, they too faced enemy fire.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05'We'll be getting reaction here in a minute
0:03:05 > 0:03:08'but first, Clive Myrie is in Baghdad.'
0:03:09 > 0:03:12CLIVE MYRIE: 'Troops from the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment
0:03:12 > 0:03:15'have been based in Southern Iraq for some time now.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19'They were due to return home at the end of this month.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23'In recent weeks, anger has been rising against British rule...'
0:03:23 > 0:03:25TV REPORT AUDIO FADES
0:03:28 > 0:03:30SHOUTING, GUNFIRE
0:03:37 > 0:03:39SHE GASPS
0:03:43 > 0:03:45SHE WHIMPERS
0:03:48 > 0:03:50SHE SOBS
0:04:02 > 0:04:03KNOCK ON DOOR
0:04:03 > 0:04:04Come in.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10At ease.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- I've got some bad news, Sapper Keys.- Sir?
0:04:15 > 0:04:16About your brother.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- Sir?- He's been shot dead.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28I'm sorry.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35What do I do now, sir?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38WATER RUNS
0:04:47 > 0:04:48DISHES RATTLE
0:05:02 > 0:05:04CABINET OPENS
0:05:20 > 0:05:23CAR APPROACHES OUTSIDE
0:05:31 > 0:05:32REG: It's Richard.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Richard's here, Violet.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53You on your own?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58They've all been, son. Been and gone.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Come in.- No, thanks, we're just getting off.- Oh, no, you're not.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10You're not going all the way back there without a cup of tea.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- Come in.- Are you sure?- Yeah, go in.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Is Tom coming too?
0:06:53 > 0:06:54'My mum died six months ago,'
0:06:54 > 0:06:57still thinking Tom was alive.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Sally later said how much she envied her that.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01ENGINE ROARS
0:07:05 > 0:07:07MOURNFUL FANFARE PLAYS
0:07:37 > 0:07:39QUIET CHATTER
0:07:40 > 0:07:42GLASS CLINKS, CHATTER DIES DOWN
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Thank you. Secretary of State, ladies and gentlemen,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50we're going to do this in order of length of service.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Your name will be called and you'll go in and sit with your loved one,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56for as long as you wish.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00First, please, the family of Sergeant Simon Hamilton-Jewell.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36TICKING CLOCK ECHOES
0:08:36 > 0:08:38CHATTER RESUMES
0:09:02 > 0:09:04WOMAN WHIMPERS
0:09:11 > 0:09:13The family of Corporal Paul Long.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21TICKING CLOCK ECHOES
0:09:36 > 0:09:38DOOR CLOSES
0:09:51 > 0:09:54The family of Lance Corporal Thomas Keys.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46HE BREATHES SHARPLY
0:10:54 > 0:10:55DOOR CLOSES
0:10:57 > 0:11:00There's another couple in after us.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- I know. - Let's not stay too long, then.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05They stayed for ages.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09If we walk out in five minutes, how's that going to look?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11I don't care how it looks.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- I need a wee. - Why didn't you go in there?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Cos I didn't want them to say my name and not be there.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Hmm.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26I'm really proud of you, son.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31AIRCRAFT ROARS OUTSIDE
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Reg?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Right.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21A DOOR IS UNLOCKED
0:12:23 > 0:12:24DOOR OPENS
0:14:40 > 0:14:43COFFIN LID CLICKS AND CREAKS
0:15:00 > 0:15:02GUNFIRE RICOCHETS, SHOUTING ECHOES
0:15:02 > 0:15:04LOUD CRUNCH
0:15:25 > 0:15:27TWO GUNSHOTS
0:15:32 > 0:15:34GUNSHOT
0:15:36 > 0:15:38GUNFIRE
0:16:31 > 0:16:33MACHINE GUNFIRE OFFICER: Move back!
0:16:33 > 0:16:34GUNSHOT
0:16:41 > 0:16:43MACHINE GUNFIRE
0:16:43 > 0:16:45SHOUTING
0:16:48 > 0:16:50GUNSHOT
0:16:53 > 0:16:54SCREAMING, GUNFIRE CONTINUES
0:17:01 > 0:17:02LOUD CRUNCH
0:18:48 > 0:18:52There were 31 bullet wounds to my son's body.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55I know, because I counted them all myself.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Tell me it's all been a big mistake.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08Come in.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20Are you sure?
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Did he suffer?
0:19:27 > 0:19:28One shot.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32It would've been instantaneous.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49They're here.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- I'm Major Bryn Parry Jones, Mr Keys. - Right.- Thanks for seeing us.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Oh, no problem.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- This is Lance Corporal Joanne Richardson.- How do you do?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- And Corporal John Fraser.- All right?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Er, I told my wife he didn't suffer.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Just one shot to the head.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Of course.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Well, please come in.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31FRONT DOOR CLOSES
0:20:34 > 0:20:39This is my wife Sally. This is Major Bryn Parry Jones.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Oh, hello.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43And I've... I'm sorry, I've forgotten already.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45- Er, Corporal John Fraser.- Oh, hi.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Jo Richardson.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Jo?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- Yes.- THE Jo?
0:20:53 > 0:20:54He mentioned me?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- SALLY LAUGHS - All the time.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59THE Jo, then, yes.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I was very proud of them.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09It was a tremendous honour to have been their commanding officer.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Good men. Really good men.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14But even among men like that,
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Tom was an exceptional soldier, Mr Keys.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19And, a lot of the time, funny as well.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Funny and...mischievous.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- You'd say that, Corporal?- Yes, sir.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Which was great for morale.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Why was he told to stay out there?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33It was the end of their stint, wasn't it?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Tom knew the ropes and we desperately needed the likes of him
0:21:35 > 0:21:37to remain out there for the handover,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40in order to help the new batch of lads coming out from the UK.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- You didn't stay, then?- No, but the CO who took over from me,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Captain Phillips, he was more than up to the job.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47Excellent soldier.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52He was four days off his 21st birthday.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Right, I'll make some more tea, I think.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- Another coffee for you? - Thank you, Mrs Keys.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Jo, would you mind giving me a hand in the kitchen?- Of course.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Do you know why they were attacked?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Well, we're still trying to get to the bottom of that.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27All we know for sure is a heavily-armed mob
0:22:27 > 0:22:30assembled in the town and went off looking for soldiers to kill.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34- It was Tom's bad luck...- Tea always tastes better out of a pot,
0:22:34 > 0:22:35- doesn't it? - SALLY LAUGHS
0:22:35 > 0:22:36TEAPOT CLINKS
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I mean, there's probably no real difference, really.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46A teabag would probably taste the same.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Were you...lovers?
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Yes.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12And when did you last make love?
0:23:18 > 0:23:19The, um...
0:23:24 > 0:23:25The night before he died.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34LOUD SOBBING
0:23:38 > 0:23:40SHE WAILS
0:23:54 > 0:23:56CABINET OPENS
0:24:03 > 0:24:04CORK IS UNSCREWED
0:24:06 > 0:24:18MALE CHOIR: # Ar ddyrys daith i'r Ganaan fry
0:24:18 > 0:24:29# Pob gras sydd yn yr Eglwys fawr
0:24:29 > 0:24:41# Fry yn y nef, neu ar y llawr
0:24:41 > 0:24:53# Caf feddu'n oll, eu meddu'n un
0:24:53 > 0:25:05# Wrth feddu d'anian Di dy Hun
0:25:06 > 0:25:18# Mi lyna'n dawel wrth dy draed
0:25:18 > 0:25:30# Mi ganaf am rinweddau'r gwaed... #
0:25:30 > 0:25:42SINGING GETS LOUDER # Mi garia'r groes, mi nofia'r don
0:25:42 > 0:25:59# Ond cael dy anian dan fy mron. #
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Five years ago, we gave the Army...
0:26:11 > 0:26:14a rather shy, introverted...
0:26:15 > 0:26:18..young 16-year-old boy.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Sadly...
0:26:23 > 0:26:24..what we see before us today...
0:26:28 > 0:26:32..is not how we expected the Army to return him to us.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35'Not the homecoming we had planned for Tom.'
0:26:35 > 0:26:38SEAGULLS CALL, GUNFIRE ECHOES
0:26:42 > 0:26:44GUNFIRE ECHOES
0:26:44 > 0:26:46GUNS ARE RELOADED
0:26:49 > 0:26:51GUNFIRE ECHOES
0:26:54 > 0:26:56BUZZ OF CONVERSATION
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- Goodbye, then. - You take care.- Thank you.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Sorry.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18- How are you?- OK.- I need to tell you something, Mr Keys.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- It might come as a bit of a surprise.- Yes?
0:27:29 > 0:27:33A few weeks before they were killed, the lads were descaled.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- Descaled?- It's Army jargon for removing equipment -
0:27:36 > 0:27:39grenades, flares and so on. It's just so the new lads coming in
0:27:39 > 0:27:41have everything they need.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46Well, that's no surprise. It seems reasonable, in fact.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49Thanks.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Grenades and flares?
0:27:59 > 0:28:00Yes.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Anything else?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Some ammo.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Some?
0:28:11 > 0:28:13They only had 50 rounds each.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16- 50?!- Yes.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20In Majar al-Kabir?
0:28:20 > 0:28:21Yes.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24You knew this at the time?
0:28:24 > 0:28:28- Yes.- But you still came home and left them there?- Yes.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Why are you telling me this now?
0:28:34 > 0:28:38The papers have got hold of it. They're running the story.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Oh, so you're telling me this now,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42because you've GOT to tell me this now?
0:28:42 > 0:28:44No. I am telling you this now, because
0:28:44 > 0:28:47it's easier to hear it from me than to read it in the tabloids.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53We're thinking of you and the other families, Mr Keys, that's all.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Uh-huh.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00What else was taken off them?
0:29:03 > 0:29:04Morphine.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06Anything else?
0:29:09 > 0:29:12A satellite phone. Well, that's what the papers are saying, but they were
0:29:12 > 0:29:15never given a satellite phone. They had a clansman radio.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19But a clansman is bolted to the vehicle.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24Yes.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Away from the vehicle, what did they have?
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Away from the vehicle, what did they have?
0:29:42 > 0:29:43Nothing.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00BIRDS CALL
0:30:09 > 0:30:11There were dozens of bullet wounds to his body.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15I heard them talking.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18You said one.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21One shot to the head.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- It's what you wanted to hear. - I want to hear the truth, Reg.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44They only had 50 rounds each.
0:30:50 > 0:30:51No radio.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06SHE WHIMPERS
0:31:18 > 0:31:21I don't want you going back to the Army, Richard.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Look, if I leave the Army, Mum, what have I got?
0:31:25 > 0:31:27There's nothing here.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Besides, Tom got killed. They'll look after me.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35They don't want two from the same family.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42MATT FREI ON TV: 'The Prime Minister hasn't smiled like this
0:32:42 > 0:32:44'for a long time. But it's the troubles at home that have been
0:32:44 > 0:32:46'the very making of him over here.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51'America adores his unwavering loyalty and this is his reward.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53'Mr Speaker, the Prime Minister
0:32:53 > 0:32:57'of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.'
0:32:57 > 0:32:59CHEERING
0:33:00 > 0:33:03'Only very few foreigners and two other Britons have been given
0:33:03 > 0:33:07'the honour of addressing a joint session of Congress.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10'The first was Winston Churchill, who did it three times,
0:33:10 > 0:33:12'twice during the Second World War.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15'The last was Margaret Thatcher at the height of the Cold War.'
0:33:27 > 0:33:33'I'm deeply touched by that warm and generous welcome that's...
0:33:35 > 0:33:38'..more than I deserve and more than I'm used to, quite frankly...'
0:33:38 > 0:33:40LAUGHTER
0:33:41 > 0:33:44- 'And...' - APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:33:48 > 0:33:51'..you, like me, know who the real heroes are.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57'Those brave servicemen and women, yours and ours,
0:33:57 > 0:34:01'who fought the war and risk their lives still.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03'And our tribute to them should be measured...'
0:34:03 > 0:34:05- FRONT DOOR OPENS - '..in this way.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08- CAR KEYS RATTLE - 'By showing them and their families
0:34:08 > 0:34:11'that they did not strive or die in vain.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14'But that, through their sacrifice,
0:34:14 > 0:34:20'future generations can live in greater peace, prosperity and hope.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24'Let me also express my gratitude to President Bush.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27'Through the troubled times, since September the 11th
0:34:27 > 0:34:33'changed our world, we have been allies and friends.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35- 'Thank you, Mr President...' - You're killing yourself.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37APPLAUSE ON TV
0:34:39 > 0:34:40Good.
0:34:48 > 0:34:49Turn it off.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51If it hurts so much, just...
0:34:53 > 0:34:54..turn it off.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Or you need the pain.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01It gives you a good excuse to do that.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04'I'm being told that the first Congressional Gold Medal was
0:35:04 > 0:35:06'awarded to George Washington for what Congress called
0:35:06 > 0:35:08'his "wise and spirited conduct"
0:35:08 > 0:35:11'in getting rid of the British out of Boston.'
0:35:11 > 0:35:13LAUGHTER ON TV
0:35:13 > 0:35:15You'd leave me all alone, would you?
0:35:15 > 0:35:18CHEERING ON TV
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Leave me to go through all this on my own?
0:35:21 > 0:35:22How selfish is that?
0:35:25 > 0:35:26What about Tom?
0:35:29 > 0:35:32If he was alive, you'd think he'd want to see you like this?
0:35:32 > 0:35:36'..was kind enough to show me the fireplace where, in 1814,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39'the British had burnt the Congress Library.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42'I know this is kind of late, but sorry.'
0:35:42 > 0:35:44LAUGHTER
0:35:44 > 0:35:46APPLAUSE
0:35:50 > 0:35:51I saw that teacher today.
0:35:52 > 0:35:53What teacher?
0:36:03 > 0:36:06The one who said that Tom was too good for the Army.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10- TONY BLAIR CONTINUES:- 'But though we love freedom, others don't...'
0:36:10 > 0:36:12I wanted to say...
0:36:12 > 0:36:13"I agree with you, Mr Talbot,
0:36:13 > 0:36:17"I didn't want him anywhere near the Army.
0:36:17 > 0:36:18"But his dad was all for it."
0:36:18 > 0:36:21'..Western values, that Afghan women were..."
0:36:21 > 0:36:25- Well, you said nothing at the time.- What was the point?
0:36:25 > 0:36:29He was always going to do what his dad wanted him to do, wasn't he?
0:36:33 > 0:36:37You said you were proud of him. He's lying there in his coffin
0:36:37 > 0:36:39and you're telling him you're proud of him.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Proud of what?
0:36:41 > 0:36:43You're proud of them when they do something,
0:36:43 > 0:36:45when they achieve something.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47What's he done?
0:36:47 > 0:36:49What's he achieved?
0:36:51 > 0:36:54- SHE SOBS:- He's got himself shot to bits in some shit-hole
0:36:54 > 0:36:55in the middle of the desert!
0:36:57 > 0:36:59And all for nothing!
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- 'Actually...'- For nothing.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06'..you know, my middle son was studying 18th-century history
0:37:06 > 0:37:08'and the American War of Independence
0:37:08 > 0:37:11'and he said to me the other day, "You know Lord North, Dad?
0:37:11 > 0:37:15' "He was the British Prime Minister who lost us America.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18' "So just think, however many mistakes you'll make,
0:37:18 > 0:37:19' "you'll never make one that bad." '
0:37:19 > 0:37:21LAUGHTER
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY: - And we should pray too for those
0:37:23 > 0:37:26who have to keep on at the task of rebuilding,
0:37:26 > 0:37:29when the dramas of conflict have faded,
0:37:29 > 0:37:33for our leaders, here and in the United States.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38We have made ourselves accountable for peace and justice in Iraq.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44And leaders and people alike will be called to account for it.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50I'd like to speak to the Prime Minister, please.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55- Sorry?- I said, "I'd like to speak to the Prime Minister, please."
0:37:55 > 0:37:57- It's Mr Keys, isn't it?- Yes.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Um, you've already spoken to him, haven't you?
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Yeah, for about five seconds.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05And he was led away, or he allowed himself to be led away.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- I'd like to speak to him properly, please.- I'm really sorry,
0:38:08 > 0:38:11but I don't think that's going to be possible. He's extremely busy.
0:38:11 > 0:38:12I can wait.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18What is it you'd like to speak to him about?
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Well, my son was killed in Iraq - there's a clue.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Well, I'm very sorry about that, Mr Keys, and if you'd like
0:38:23 > 0:38:26to give me a message, I can pass it on to the Prime Minister.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28I'm sure he'll get back in touch.
0:38:28 > 0:38:29OK.
0:38:29 > 0:38:35A 500-strong mob, armed to the teeth, baying for blood,
0:38:35 > 0:38:40came after my son and he had 50 bullets and no radio.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Now, I can accept that, just about.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47But if I find out this war didn't have to be fought,
0:38:47 > 0:38:48and he died for nothing...
0:38:50 > 0:38:52..I will never accept that, I will never let that lie.
0:38:52 > 0:38:57Mr Keys, these weapons of mass destruction will be found.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59I assure you of that.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04BBC NEWS THEME PLAYS
0:39:09 > 0:39:13'Good evening. The main argument for invading Iraq -
0:39:13 > 0:39:15'that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction -
0:39:15 > 0:39:19'has been laid to rest by the leading US arms inspector.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22'Charles Duelfer, head of the Iraq Survey Group,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25'published his long-awaited report this evening.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27'He said that Saddam did not have any chemical
0:39:27 > 0:39:31'or biological stockpiles when the war began last year.'
0:39:31 > 0:39:32CLOCK STRIKES
0:40:01 > 0:40:03- CAMERAS CLICK - Mr Keys?
0:40:03 > 0:40:06I'm still waiting to talk to Tony.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Still very busy, I'm afraid.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12We have a petition.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14I'll see that he gets it.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16We're all people who've lost sons in Iraq.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18We'd like to give him it ourselves.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20It's just not going to be possible, I'm afraid.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23People who give a few grand to the party, they get to talk to him.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26We've given a lot more than that - we've given our sons.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29I will tell the Prime Minister that you came and I will see that he gets
0:40:29 > 0:40:33your petition and, um... Well, I thank you all very much for coming.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45DOOR CLOSES
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- PETER HAIN ON RADIO:- '..delegates, if they wish to, prioritise Iraq
0:41:06 > 0:41:09'over the health service, over education, over employment matters,
0:41:09 > 0:41:11'over other issues. That's their right.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13'You know, hunting and Iraq are fringe issues
0:41:13 > 0:41:15'as far as this conference is concerned...'
0:41:15 > 0:41:18- JAMES NAUGHTIE:- 'Well, it's their right to choose...'
0:41:18 > 0:41:20It can't fail.
0:41:20 > 0:41:21See?
0:41:21 > 0:41:25- This stops it, see? - Why are you doing it?
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Tony bloody Blair.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- '..a major debate.- But there is, there is a debate on Thursday...'
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- Have you seen this, Sapper Keys? - Sir!
0:42:08 > 0:42:11It's a life hanging in the balance, sir.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14As hundreds of thousands of other lives hang in the balance, sir.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17While the Prime Minister won't even talk about it, sir.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18Is he mad?
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Fuming, sir.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25So you're not suicidal at all, then?
0:42:25 > 0:42:27No, no. No.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31I just miss my son.
0:42:35 > 0:42:36I just miss him.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41I miss him so much.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44HE SNIFFS
0:42:44 > 0:42:47MALE VOICE CHOIR SINGS
0:43:02 > 0:43:04SINGING CONTINUES
0:43:28 > 0:43:31LOUD SINGING
0:43:37 > 0:43:40SINGING STOPS GRADUALLY
0:43:46 > 0:43:49I'd join you, lads, but, er, my throat's a bit sore.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:44:09 > 0:44:12Reg? I'm Felicity Arbuthnot.
0:44:12 > 0:44:13We're just up here.
0:44:14 > 0:44:15Brilliant, by the way.
0:44:39 > 0:44:40Reg Keys, everyone.
0:44:41 > 0:44:42Please, Reg.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48What can I do for you?
0:44:48 > 0:44:53We'd like you to take on Tony Blair at the next general election.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00- TONY BLAIR:- '..but the fact that their economic and health
0:45:00 > 0:45:05'and education plans are exactly the ones they rejected in 1997.
0:45:05 > 0:45:09'I think, when they do that, that, yes, I'll be very happy
0:45:09 > 0:45:13'that people compare the choice between their record and ours,
0:45:13 > 0:45:15'between our future programme and theirs.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17SHOUTS OF AGREEMENT
0:45:17 > 0:45:19- MICHAEL HOWARD:- 'Well, he talks about his record.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22'Let's look at his record. I'll tell him about his record.
0:45:22 > 0:45:28- 'Taxes UP!- OTHERS:- Up! - Crime UP!- Up!- Immigration UP!- Up!'
0:45:28 > 0:45:30- MOBILE PHONE BEEPS - 'Waiting times UP!- Up!
0:45:30 > 0:45:34- 'MRSA UP!- Up!- Truancy UP!- Up!
0:45:34 > 0:45:36'And let's have a look at what's gone down.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39- 'Take home pay DOWN!- Down! - Pensions DOWN.- Down!'
0:45:39 > 0:45:41Hi, it's Reg.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45Are you watching Prime Minister's Questions?
0:45:45 > 0:45:48- Talk about "don't mention the war". - 'Let me just remind him...'
0:45:48 > 0:45:50The answer's yes.
0:45:50 > 0:45:51I'll do it.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54I'm going to take him on.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57Take who on?
0:45:57 > 0:46:01Blair. I'm going to stand for Parliament, in his constituency.
0:46:03 > 0:46:04REG SIGHS
0:46:07 > 0:46:09Where's that?
0:46:09 > 0:46:10Sedgefield.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15Where's Sedgefield?
0:46:15 > 0:46:16It's the North East.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23- Is that where he's from?- No.
0:46:23 > 0:46:24No, no.
0:46:24 > 0:46:25Oh.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Why?
0:46:30 > 0:46:31- Because he lied.- Oh!
0:46:31 > 0:46:34- Because he took us to war on a lie! - Reg, you've got nothing to prove!
0:46:34 > 0:46:38- What does that mean?- Everybody knows how much you loved him.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41- No, it's not that.- Well, then, what is it?- It's not Tom.
0:46:43 > 0:46:47I think I could find it in me, somewhere deep within me,
0:46:47 > 0:46:50to forgive that bastard for what he did to Tom...
0:46:52 > 0:46:55..but I'll never forgive him for what he did to you.
0:47:01 > 0:47:02Yeah.
0:47:09 > 0:47:13- It might make things a bit awkward for you.- How?
0:47:13 > 0:47:16- Well, you're in the Army! - I can't be the first soldier to
0:47:16 > 0:47:19- have a dad standing for Parliament. - They won't see it like that,
0:47:19 > 0:47:22but as your dad's making problems for the Prime Minister of Britain.
0:47:22 > 0:47:23So? He's made enough for us.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28Could you beat him?
0:47:28 > 0:47:29Why not?
0:47:31 > 0:47:33Hey, that's better than bumping him off.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Yeah.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37- To Tom.- To Tom.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40Tony Blair was more than happy to go
0:47:40 > 0:47:442,000 miles across the Atlantic to talk to his American friends,
0:47:44 > 0:47:48but not prepared to walk as far as his own doorstep to talk to us.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51People whose sons had died in that war.
0:47:51 > 0:47:55He's more than happy to talk about democracy for the people in Iraq,
0:47:55 > 0:47:58but not prepared to listen to us, his own people,
0:47:58 > 0:48:02standing there, shivering, grieving on his own doorstep.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12Reg.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14Yes?
0:48:14 > 0:48:15Ah.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17Whisky!
0:48:20 > 0:48:22Well, not that it's any of your business,
0:48:22 > 0:48:26but I've been campaigning all day and I felt I deserved it.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28You haven't been campaigning.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30I beg your pardon?
0:48:30 > 0:48:34Spouting outside Tesco's with three people and a dog listening?
0:48:34 > 0:48:36That's not campaigning.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39And you didn't feel like you deserved that whisky either.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42You felt like you needed it.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Nice talking to you.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46We spoke on the phone.
0:48:46 > 0:48:47I'm Bob Clay.
0:48:49 > 0:48:50Oh.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54- How do you do, Bob? - How do you do, Reg?
0:48:55 > 0:49:01- So, do you still want my help? - Yes.- Then can I be frank?
0:49:01 > 0:49:03Well, what have you been so far?
0:49:03 > 0:49:06If we're going to do this, we do it properly.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09I'm not here to cause a bit of mischief, I'm here to win.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12And you win by talking to as many voters as possible.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15That means knocking on doors, morning, noon and night.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17That means you'll hardly see your missus
0:49:17 > 0:49:19between now and election night.
0:49:19 > 0:49:22And that means, halfway through this campaign, you'll hate my guts!
0:49:22 > 0:49:26But by the end of it, you'll be shaking my hand.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28So, are you up for that?
0:49:28 > 0:49:31- Can Reg be frank now, Bob?- Yeah.
0:49:32 > 0:49:36- You hate Tony Blair. That's why you're here. Yes?- Oh, yeah.
0:49:36 > 0:49:43Well, I loved my son. My love of my son will keep me going a lot longer
0:49:43 > 0:49:45than your hatred of Tony bloody Blair.
0:49:49 > 0:49:52- Have you any skeletons in the closet, Reg?- None.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54- Cos they'll find them if you have. - None whatsoever.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58Right, so you do this one, I'll do next door
0:49:58 > 0:50:02and then we'll just leapfrog each other up the street.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04It'll seem a little strange at first,
0:50:04 > 0:50:07but after you've done three or four, you'll be like falling off a log.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10- I'm shitting myself.- Eh! These are working class people.
0:50:10 > 0:50:11They'll love you for it.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17DOORBELLS RING
0:50:19 > 0:50:21Hello, sir.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23I'm Reg Keys.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27My son Tom was one of six military policeman killed in Iraq.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29- Reg Keys?- Yes.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31May I shake your hand, Mr Keys?
0:50:31 > 0:50:34And, yes, you can count on me vote.
0:50:35 > 0:50:36Thank you.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38Tony Blair sent them there on a falsehood, sir.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41- I wonder if we could count on your vote.- Er, yeah.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43- Thank you.- OK, no problem.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49Hello, I'm Martin Bell, former BBC war correspondent,
0:50:49 > 0:50:51and I'm campaigning on behalf of Reg Keys,
0:50:51 > 0:50:53whose son Tom died in Iraq.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58Oh, hello, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm Frederick Forsyth, the novelist.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01I'm helping Reg Keys in his campaign against Tony Blair,
0:51:01 > 0:51:03the man who took us to war in a lie,
0:51:03 > 0:51:05and I was hoping we could count on your vote.
0:51:05 > 0:51:10- No.- Um, may I ask why not? - You don't want to know why.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12- I do.- You don't.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16This is a howl of pain, Mr Keys, all this.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19- It's just a howl of pain.- Please tell me why you won't vote for me.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21- Reg? - I gave my son two rules, Mr Keys.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23One - you don't buy a motorbike.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25Two - you don't join the British Army.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28- Both could get you killed.- My son... - You should've done the same.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30- My son didn't die because he joined the Army...- Reg?
0:51:30 > 0:51:33My son died because the Army sent him into a hellhole
0:51:33 > 0:51:34with 50 bullets and no radio.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37It's what the Army does, Mr Keys - it lets its soldiers down.
0:51:37 > 0:51:40And not to expect to be let down's a bit naive, and who wants a naive MP?
0:51:40 > 0:51:43Is it naive to expect the Prime Minister to tell the truth
0:51:43 > 0:51:45- when he sends his soldiers...? - He's a politician!
0:51:45 > 0:51:48- I don't accept what you say... - He's a politician!
0:51:48 > 0:51:50- It's about the Army and these men... - You're wanted, Reg!
0:51:50 > 0:51:54- The Prime Minister can lie sending soldiers to war! - I'm sorry we don't see eye to eye.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57- Excuse us, we've a lot of people... - I'm talking!- By all means.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59- Some want to speak to Reg personally.- I'm talking!
0:51:59 > 0:52:00You do not argue with them!
0:52:00 > 0:52:04"I'm very sorry we don't see eye to eye on this matter, sir," and walk!
0:52:04 > 0:52:05You know what you've just achieved?
0:52:05 > 0:52:08He's absolutely fucking determined to vote AGAINST you!
0:52:08 > 0:52:09It's a waste of time and energy
0:52:09 > 0:52:11and absolutely fucking counter-productive!
0:52:11 > 0:52:14- Now, go and join Martin! - Reg? This is Trevor Johnson.
0:52:14 > 0:52:16- How do you do? - How do you do, Mr Johnson?
0:52:16 > 0:52:19RAIN PATTERS OUTSIDE How are you?
0:52:19 > 0:52:21- SALLY:- 'Fine.'
0:52:21 > 0:52:23- You OK?- 'I'm fine.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27SHE SWALLOWS 'Are you drinking?'
0:52:28 > 0:52:30- Tea. Are you eating?- 'Yeah.'
0:52:32 > 0:52:35- What?- 'I said yes.' - No, what are you eating?
0:52:35 > 0:52:38- Oh, a sandwich. - 'Well, that's not enough!'
0:52:38 > 0:52:42- It's fine.- 'That's not - you need some proper food!'
0:52:42 > 0:52:43Well, it's only for tonight.
0:52:47 > 0:52:48Are you coping, then?
0:52:50 > 0:52:51'More than coping.'
0:52:51 > 0:52:53'Are you sure?'
0:52:54 > 0:52:56Positive.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01Enjoying the peace and quiet, actually.
0:53:02 > 0:53:06I'll be home the weekend. We'll go to the garden centre.
0:53:08 > 0:53:09'Have lunch there.'
0:53:11 > 0:53:12Yeah.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18- 'Bye, love.'- Bye, love.
0:53:19 > 0:53:20- 'Bye.'- Bye.
0:53:38 > 0:53:419 o'clock in the morning, till 7.30 at night.
0:53:41 > 0:53:437.30, because Bob says you don't knock on the door
0:53:43 > 0:53:47once Coronation Street's started, or EastEnders.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49We always vote for Mr Blair here.
0:53:49 > 0:53:53- Always vote for Mr Blair? - Yes, we always vote for Tony.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55Right.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58'Then it's back to the hotel for a phone call with Sally.'
0:53:58 > 0:54:02Then, er, meet Bob again for a debrief.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04Day after day. Week after week.
0:54:04 > 0:54:08Reg and I are visiting all the betting shops in Sedgefield
0:54:08 > 0:54:11and we're telling everyone in there to back Reg Keys and vote for him.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13When you back a horse, what can you do
0:54:13 > 0:54:16to affect the running of that horse, hmm? Absolutely nothing.
0:54:16 > 0:54:20You are totally at the mercy of the horse and jockey.
0:54:20 > 0:54:24But back Reg Keys, ladies and gentlemen,
0:54:24 > 0:54:27and there is something you can do - you can vote for the bugger!
0:54:27 > 0:54:30Currently, he is 200-1.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33In an hour, he'll be 100-1. In two hours, he'll be 50-1.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35In three hours, he'll be 20-1.
0:54:35 > 0:54:38In four hours, he'll be down to tens and, by the end of the day,
0:54:38 > 0:54:39you'll be lucky to get even money.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42So, ladies and gentlemen, backed Reg Keys now!
0:54:42 > 0:54:43CHEERING
0:54:43 > 0:54:47I was in Downing Street handing in a petition. I couldn't help noticing
0:54:47 > 0:54:49how well equipped their policemen were there.
0:54:49 > 0:54:54They had pistols, automatic machine guns, radios, earpieces.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57Tony Blair gets more protection in the middle of London
0:54:57 > 0:54:59than our boys get in a warzone.
0:55:06 > 0:55:10- Hello again, Mr Keys. - We've got to stop meeting like this.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12The Prime Minister's not in, I'm afraid.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16Why all this?
0:55:16 > 0:55:19- Would you like me to give him a message?- Yes.
0:55:19 > 0:55:25He's invited to a televised debate - me, him, anyone else he fancies.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28That's not going to happen, I'm afraid.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30Why not?
0:55:30 > 0:55:32It's just not going to happen.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35I will have my say.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37I'll look forward to that, Mr Keys.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45Modern trains I'm talking about. Not old ones, modern ones.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47I go in for a piss, right? Not a shit, just a piss,
0:55:47 > 0:55:49but you've still got to flush it, haven't you?
0:55:49 > 0:55:51But the flash is behind the seat, isn't it?
0:55:51 > 0:55:54So you put the seat down and now you've touched a lavatory seat,
0:55:54 > 0:55:56- so you've got to wash your hands... - WIFE: Who is it?
0:55:56 > 0:55:58Mind your own fucking business who it is!
0:55:58 > 0:56:00You press the soap and get a load of soap on your hands,
0:56:00 > 0:56:03you move them along to the water, never any water.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05Nine times out of ten, there's no water!
0:56:05 > 0:56:10Why are we killing Iraqi civilians? They didn't vote for Saddam Hussein.
0:56:10 > 0:56:14They're not responsible in any way for whatever that monster did.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16But I? I voted for Blair.
0:56:17 > 0:56:22I'm responsible. OK, it's a tiny, tiny sliver of responsibility,
0:56:22 > 0:56:24but nevertheless, it's responsibility.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27So bomb me.
0:56:27 > 0:56:31Let some terrorist bomb go off in Sedgefield and there'll be
0:56:31 > 0:56:35more justification for that than for anything we do in Iraq.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39I'm responsible.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41And I cannot sleep at night, because of it.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46And that's why I'll vote for you, Mr Keys.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49Two sons and one daughter. She's on minimum wage.
0:56:49 > 0:56:51Zero hours contracts. The two boys?
0:56:51 > 0:56:54Well, they're on the dole! You, on the other hand,
0:56:54 > 0:56:58you had two boys bringing 40 to 50 grand into your house.
0:56:58 > 0:57:0040 to 50 grand every year!
0:57:00 > 0:57:02So long as they killed whoever they were told to kill!
0:57:02 > 0:57:05You come knocking on my door, all man of principle?
0:57:05 > 0:57:06Do me a fucking favour!
0:57:06 > 0:57:08They wanted your son dead, Mr Keys.
0:57:08 > 0:57:11George Bush, cos he wanted to say to his fellow Americans,
0:57:11 > 0:57:13"See, it's not just our boys dying, it's the British too!"
0:57:13 > 0:57:16And Tony Blair, cos he wanted to show his love of America
0:57:16 > 0:57:18and the more British dead, the greater his love.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21The most powerful army in the world up against a bunch
0:57:21 > 0:57:24of half-starved ragheads and he needed us? Did he shite, Mr Keys!
0:57:24 > 0:57:27If you're feeling a little pissed off about invading Iraq,
0:57:27 > 0:57:29how must the Iraqis feel? How must they feel
0:57:29 > 0:57:31when they see British soldiers marching up the streets every day?
0:57:31 > 0:57:33They had every right to kill your son, Mr Keys,
0:57:33 > 0:57:36as much right as the French had to kill the Germans!
0:57:36 > 0:57:37They weren't insurgents, you know!
0:57:37 > 0:57:41They weren't a mob! The were the Iraqi resistance!
0:57:41 > 0:57:43You're a mug, Mr Keys!
0:57:51 > 0:57:52- BOB:- Reg?
0:57:54 > 0:57:56That was the Tory. He wants to meet.
0:57:57 > 0:57:59- Why?- I think he might withdraw.
0:57:59 > 0:58:02And if the Tory withdraws, the Lib Dem does.
0:58:02 > 0:58:03We could win it, Reg.
0:58:09 > 0:58:10Just through there.
0:58:13 > 0:58:17- BOB SIGHS - Al Lockwood, Reg Keys.- Reg.
0:58:18 > 0:58:19- Tea?- Thanks.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24I'm impressed. As I'm meant to be, of course.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27- Of course. - How do you think you're doing?
0:58:27 > 0:58:30We're just behind Blair, with unstoppable momentum.
0:58:30 > 0:58:34- Of course you are. - How do you have it?- White, no sugar.
0:58:34 > 0:58:37Well, we've got you in third place. Neck and neck with the Lib Dems.
0:58:37 > 0:58:39BOB LAUGHS
0:58:39 > 0:58:41- Would you like a little bet on that? - We'd like to help.
0:58:42 > 0:58:44Thanks.
0:58:44 > 0:58:47If you withdraw, endorse my campaign,
0:58:47 > 0:58:50I'll flag up the six military policemen every chance I get.
0:58:50 > 0:58:54- You want ME to step down?- Yes. - I was expecting you to do that.
0:58:56 > 0:58:57I can't!
0:58:58 > 0:59:02We can't deny Conservative voters the chance to vote Conservative.
0:59:02 > 0:59:05Even though it could help Blair win?
0:59:05 > 0:59:08- Yes.- We can bring down a serving Prime Minister, Al.
0:59:08 > 0:59:11That's history, and you'll be part of it,
0:59:11 > 0:59:14- and Reg will thank you loud and clear, yes, Reg?- Loud and clear.
0:59:14 > 0:59:16Every Tory constituency in the country will want you!
0:59:16 > 0:59:19It's goodbye, Sedgefield! Hello, Surrey South West!
0:59:19 > 0:59:21I'm no career politician, Bob.
0:59:21 > 0:59:23I was in Iraq and that's why I'm here.
0:59:23 > 0:59:25Representing a party that voted for it.
0:59:26 > 0:59:29I can't possibly withdraw, Reg. You can.
0:59:32 > 0:59:35BOB SIGHS
0:59:35 > 0:59:36See yourself out.
0:59:39 > 0:59:41"Fine," she says.
0:59:42 > 0:59:46Only Sally could fill "fine" with such foreboding.
0:59:47 > 0:59:52F-I-N-E - fucked up, insecure, neurotic, emotional.
0:59:53 > 0:59:56And that's not tea she's drinking, it's booze.
0:59:56 > 1:00:00And even if it is tea, I'm going to think it's booze and she knows
1:00:00 > 1:00:03I'm going to think it's booze, so why's she drinking at all?
1:00:03 > 1:00:05And I know what they're saying, they're wrong.
1:00:05 > 1:00:08"Poor Reg Keys, lost his son, can't face that, can't accept that,
1:00:08 > 1:00:11"so he's thrown himself into this mad campaign.
1:00:11 > 1:00:16"He's not a hope in hell, but still, it keeps him busy,
1:00:16 > 1:00:18"keeps his mind off the death of his son - that's no bad thing.
1:00:18 > 1:00:21"Still, you've got to feel for his wife, having you?
1:00:21 > 1:00:24' "Having to go through that all on her own, back in Bala." '
1:00:24 > 1:00:26Shall I come round?
1:00:26 > 1:00:28No, no, I'm fine.
1:00:28 > 1:00:31HE LAUGHS Yeah - "fine".
1:00:47 > 1:00:50SMOKE ALARM BEEPS
1:00:52 > 1:00:53Mum?
1:00:55 > 1:00:57Ah!
1:01:00 > 1:01:02STEAM HISSES
1:01:02 > 1:01:03Mum?
1:01:10 > 1:01:12SMOKE ALARM CONTINUES
1:01:15 > 1:01:16Mum?
1:01:21 > 1:01:22Mu...?
1:01:36 > 1:01:37I need an ambulance!
1:01:37 > 1:01:40PHONES RING REG: Trouble is, I go up and down.
1:01:42 > 1:01:44It depends on the subject.
1:01:44 > 1:01:46For instance, get me on Tony Blair, I'll burst your eardrum.
1:01:46 > 1:01:49REG CONTINUES, MOBILE PHONE RINGS
1:01:53 > 1:01:55- Bob Clay?- 'Richard Keys here, Bob.'
1:01:55 > 1:01:58- SMOKE ALARM STILL BEEPING - 'Dad's not answering.'
1:01:58 > 1:02:00He's, er, he's getting miked up for an interview.
1:02:00 > 1:02:04- 'I found Mum unconscious.' - Is she all right? What happened?
1:02:04 > 1:02:07I don't know. She's breathing, she's got a pulse, but she's flat out.
1:02:07 > 1:02:09- You've called an ambulance? - Yeah, they're with her now.
1:02:09 > 1:02:12- You'll have to let Dad now. - SMOKE ALARM BEEPS
1:02:12 > 1:02:15- What's that noise? - Smoke alarm. Just let Dad know.
1:02:15 > 1:02:18- I will, yeah.- 'Thanks.' - Keep me posted.
1:02:18 > 1:02:19Yeah.
1:02:27 > 1:02:28Reg?
1:02:35 > 1:02:36Um...
1:02:38 > 1:02:40Why should they have you as their MP
1:02:40 > 1:02:44and not the Prime Minister, the most powerful man in Britain?
1:02:44 > 1:02:47Well, he may be the most powerful, but he's also the busiest.
1:02:47 > 1:02:48They never get to see him.
1:02:48 > 1:02:51When was the last time he was up in Sedgefield?
1:02:51 > 1:02:56When was the last time anybody in Sedgefield set eyes on Tony Blair?
1:02:56 > 1:02:59If they want an MP that'll protect their interests -
1:02:59 > 1:03:03THEIR interests, not George Bush's - they've got to vote for me.
1:03:04 > 1:03:05Good.
1:03:05 > 1:03:08SMOKE ALARM BEEPS
1:03:18 > 1:03:20BEEPING STOPS REG ON TV: 'We did consider that,
1:03:20 > 1:03:23'yes - defeating Tony Blair, then resigning immediately.
1:03:23 > 1:03:25'But that would force another election.'
1:03:33 > 1:03:36Also, if they vote for me, they're not just voting AGAINST Tony Blair,
1:03:36 > 1:03:38they're voting FOR Reg Keys.
1:03:38 > 1:03:41So, if elected, you'll serve a full term?
1:03:41 > 1:03:43- Yes.- Reg Keys, thank you very much indeed.
1:03:44 > 1:03:49- Thank you.- Great. Thank you very much.- Cheers.
1:03:49 > 1:03:51- Reg?- Yes?- Your car's outside.
1:03:51 > 1:03:52Why?
1:03:52 > 1:03:55- Sally's been taken ill.- How ill?
1:03:55 > 1:03:58Well, we don't know, but Richard found her unconscious.
1:03:58 > 1:04:00MOBILE PHONE BEEPS
1:04:00 > 1:04:02I've got five missed calls here. When did he call you?
1:04:05 > 1:04:06When did he call you?
1:04:08 > 1:04:09Hour and a half ago.
1:04:12 > 1:04:14That interview was crucial, Reg!
1:04:16 > 1:04:18- You'll thank me for it one day. - ENGINE STARTS
1:04:18 > 1:04:20It's finished, Bob. Finished.
1:04:29 > 1:04:32- '..message after the tone.' - BEEP!
1:04:32 > 1:04:36I've left the M6, hour and a half away, I think. Phone me.
1:04:37 > 1:04:41I'd sooner know. Good news or bad news, I'd sooner know.
1:04:42 > 1:04:45- '..message after the tone.' - BEEP!
1:04:45 > 1:04:48Now, I've realised, if you're in there with her,
1:04:48 > 1:04:52you won't be able to use your phone, so call me back when you can.
1:04:56 > 1:04:59AMBULANCE SIRENS WAIL
1:05:28 > 1:05:29Why didn't you leave right away?
1:05:30 > 1:05:33Oh, I... I'm sorry.
1:05:33 > 1:05:35How is she?
1:05:35 > 1:05:37- Same. Still out.- Right.
1:05:38 > 1:05:40What's up?
1:05:40 > 1:05:43- She left a pan on. I grabbed it and...- Right.
1:05:45 > 1:05:47What have they said?
1:05:47 > 1:05:51That she's dehydrated. They reckon it could've been that.
1:05:52 > 1:05:54So she didn't, er...?
1:05:56 > 1:05:58Oh, no, no! Of course not, no.
1:05:59 > 1:06:00Oh.
1:06:01 > 1:06:03Right.
1:06:05 > 1:06:07BIRDSONG
1:06:07 > 1:06:10VEHICLE APPROACHES
1:06:34 > 1:06:39- Bob, this is my wife Sally. - Hello.- This is my son Richard.
1:06:41 > 1:06:42Bob Clay.
1:06:43 > 1:06:47- Would you like a cup of tea, Mr Clay?- Yes, please.- Right.
1:06:49 > 1:06:51He played God with our lives.
1:06:51 > 1:06:54He didn't pass on your message for an hour and a half.
1:06:54 > 1:06:56That's why I did that interview.
1:06:56 > 1:06:59I'm really, really sorry.
1:07:01 > 1:07:02Thank you.
1:07:19 > 1:07:21You've got three options, Reg.
1:07:21 > 1:07:25The first one, the one we prefer, you come back to the campaign.
1:07:25 > 1:07:30Recent events never happened. Business as usual. Option two...
1:07:31 > 1:07:35..you pack it all in, yes, but you don't tell anyone.
1:07:35 > 1:07:37You let me - Freddie, Martin, Brian, all of us...
1:07:37 > 1:07:40You let us campaign on your behalf.
1:07:40 > 1:07:43We'll say you've taken time off for Sally's illness, and that you'll
1:07:43 > 1:07:47be back on board just as soon as you can, but meanwhile, we carry on.
1:07:47 > 1:07:49And what's the third?
1:07:50 > 1:07:53The third is that you pack it in and you tell everyone
1:07:53 > 1:07:56you've packed it in, but on no account, do that, Reg, please,
1:07:56 > 1:08:00because, otherwise, it just renders everything futile.
1:08:00 > 1:08:03All the effort we've put in, all the time, all of it, futile!
1:08:03 > 1:08:06Oh, the irony! I'm after Blair, cos he's a heartless bastard, and
1:08:06 > 1:08:10the only way to get him is to act like heartless bastards ourselves!
1:08:10 > 1:08:13- I'm no heartless bastard. - REG SCOFFS: No?
1:08:14 > 1:08:15No!
1:08:15 > 1:08:19I'm here to help, Reg. And how can I do that?
1:08:19 > 1:08:23I can't bring Tom back. I can't nail the guys who killed him.
1:08:23 > 1:08:27The only thing I can do is help you give Blair a bloody nose
1:08:27 > 1:08:29and a bigger and bloodier nose...
1:08:29 > 1:08:32The last thing you want to do is bring Tom back.
1:08:32 > 1:08:36I'm Reg Keys, father of Tom Keys, murdered in Iraq,
1:08:36 > 1:08:38and, without that, what good am I to you?
1:08:48 > 1:08:49I predicted this.
1:08:50 > 1:08:53I said, halfway through the campaign, you'd hate my guts,
1:08:53 > 1:08:56- but by the end of it, you'd shake my hand.- Well, you were half right.
1:09:05 > 1:09:06Sally?
1:09:07 > 1:09:08Yes?
1:09:10 > 1:09:11What do you think?
1:09:14 > 1:09:15Please?
1:09:18 > 1:09:20You want me to say I don't need him here.
1:09:21 > 1:09:22And I do.
1:09:24 > 1:09:25I don't want him here.
1:09:27 > 1:09:30I don't want to drag him off Tony Bloody Blair.
1:09:35 > 1:09:38His mum used to forget that Tom was dead.
1:09:38 > 1:09:43I wake up and, with...within a second - bang - Tom is dead.
1:09:44 > 1:09:47But she could forget for hours, days even.
1:09:50 > 1:09:52And I got so jealous of her.
1:09:52 > 1:09:54I used to think, "Why can't I be like that?"
1:09:59 > 1:10:01And...
1:10:03 > 1:10:05..so I'm drinking and...
1:10:09 > 1:10:11..I'm swallowing pills.
1:10:13 > 1:10:16And if I'm not drinking or swallowing pills,
1:10:16 > 1:10:19then I'm hoovering, polishing, scrubbing...
1:10:22 > 1:10:24..and I forget precisely nothing.
1:10:28 > 1:10:29But his mum...
1:10:31 > 1:10:32..everything.
1:10:33 > 1:10:35Hours, days, everything.
1:10:38 > 1:10:41And, vicious bitch that I am,
1:10:41 > 1:10:45I start reminding her that he's dead.
1:10:49 > 1:10:52"He's dead, you stupid woman.
1:10:56 > 1:10:57"He's dead."
1:11:02 > 1:11:04SHE SIGHS DEEPLY
1:11:04 > 1:11:06Which means more drink, more pills...
1:11:06 > 1:11:07SHE LAUGHS
1:11:07 > 1:11:10..more hoovering, polishing, scrubbing.
1:11:16 > 1:11:18And that is enough, Reg.
1:11:21 > 1:11:23Please don't add to it.
1:11:23 > 1:11:27Please don't make me the woman that dragged you off Tony bloody Blair.
1:11:29 > 1:11:31Just go back to Sedgefield, really.
1:11:42 > 1:11:44Richard?
1:11:48 > 1:11:49I want you to go back too, Dad.
1:11:51 > 1:11:52It's an adventure.
1:11:54 > 1:11:56And I know Tom's been killed and that,
1:11:56 > 1:12:01but that doesn't stop it being an adventure.
1:12:01 > 1:12:05I mean, you're taking on the Prime Minister and you can win!
1:12:05 > 1:12:08You could go down in history. You'd be mad to stop now, Dad.
1:12:10 > 1:12:12And who stands to profit if you stand down?
1:12:14 > 1:12:15Tony bloody Blair.
1:12:22 > 1:12:25CAR DOORS CLOSE, ENGINE STARTS
1:12:39 > 1:12:41Right, come on, then.
1:12:47 > 1:12:49Tom loved it here.
1:12:51 > 1:12:52SEAGULLS CALL
1:13:21 > 1:13:23For the six.
1:13:23 > 1:13:24Rest in peace, lads.
1:13:48 > 1:13:49What do you think?
1:13:53 > 1:13:55OVER LOUDSPEAKER: Vote Reg Keys.
1:13:55 > 1:13:59Tony Blair is a war criminal. He's got away with it
1:13:59 > 1:14:03because the process of removal has not taken place.
1:14:03 > 1:14:06So I'm asking the people of Sedgefield to do it today.
1:14:06 > 1:14:10Vote Reg Keys. Remove Blair, the war criminal.
1:14:10 > 1:14:13- FREDERICK FORSYTH:- I came north this morning to pay tribute
1:14:13 > 1:14:16to the sons of Sedgefield, commemorated behind me,
1:14:16 > 1:14:20who went out to fight two great wars to protect this land.
1:14:21 > 1:14:24They were told that they were going out
1:14:24 > 1:14:28because this country was under threat, and that was no lie.
1:14:28 > 1:14:31Imperial Germany in 1914 was a threat
1:14:31 > 1:14:38and the monstrosity of Nazism in 1940 was an even greater threat.
1:14:38 > 1:14:39They were not lied to.
1:14:41 > 1:14:42They were not betrayed.
1:14:45 > 1:14:49Now, I want you to cast your minds to 85 other soldiers.
1:14:50 > 1:14:53They're not listed on this monument behind me now.
1:14:55 > 1:14:59Their names are not carved in wood or in stone.
1:14:59 > 1:15:04They are written only in the hearts of the families they left behind,
1:15:04 > 1:15:06when they marched off so proudly
1:15:06 > 1:15:11to do what they thought was their duty in defending their country.
1:15:11 > 1:15:14Now, I believe there is a difference between those 85 men
1:15:14 > 1:15:18and the ones on this memorial behind me and it is this...
1:15:19 > 1:15:24Those 85 men who went to Iraq WERE lied to.
1:15:24 > 1:15:28They were lied to, so that Tony Blair could have
1:15:28 > 1:15:30a standing ovation in Washington
1:15:30 > 1:15:32and his place in history.
1:15:33 > 1:15:37Well, Mr Blair, you may have your place in history.
1:15:37 > 1:15:41But it will not be quite the one you thought.
1:15:41 > 1:15:42APPLAUSE
1:15:42 > 1:15:46- DAVID DIMBLEBY:- 'The excitement of election night is about to begin.'
1:15:46 > 1:15:48DIRECTOR: ..two, one.
1:15:48 > 1:15:51BUZZ OF CONVERSATION
1:15:53 > 1:15:56'Our star reporters are out in the country at the key counts.
1:15:56 > 1:15:59'We've got our cameras in all the places that matter.
1:15:59 > 1:16:01'At Sunderland South, where they're just having
1:16:01 > 1:16:03'a final rehearsal of getting the boxes in.
1:16:03 > 1:16:06'They plan to be the first to declare.
1:16:06 > 1:16:08'At Portsmouth, Guildhall,
1:16:08 > 1:16:11'where the postal ballots are being taken up the steps...'
1:16:21 > 1:16:25'..and at Enfield in London, Tory target, the seat...'
1:16:29 > 1:16:31Excuse me? Excuse me?
1:16:31 > 1:16:33That's a vote for Reg Keys.
1:16:33 > 1:16:34The Reg Keys pile is there.
1:16:34 > 1:16:37You put it on the Tony bloody Blair pile! Excuse me?
1:16:38 > 1:16:40And that's the third time you've done that,
1:16:40 > 1:16:42which I think is a bit much, if you don't mind me saying so.
1:16:42 > 1:16:45- What is it, Bob?- That's the third time he's put a vote for Reg Keys
1:16:45 > 1:16:48- on the Tony Blair pile. - An honest mistake.- Three times...
1:16:48 > 1:16:50- An honest mistake.- ..all Reg Keys, all gone to Tony Blair!
1:16:50 > 1:16:53That's a level of consistency that suggests something to me
1:16:53 > 1:16:56and what it suggests is a little more than an honest mistake.
1:16:56 > 1:16:59If he says "honest mistake", Bob, it was an honest mistake.
1:16:59 > 1:17:03- Sally!- How's it going? - I want you to do something for me.
1:17:03 > 1:17:07Hi, Richard. I'm going to get somebody to watch this guy -
1:17:07 > 1:17:09that's going to take me a couple of minutes -
1:17:09 > 1:17:10but for the next two minutes,
1:17:10 > 1:17:14you watch him and you watch where he puts those votes, OK?
1:17:14 > 1:17:15- Yeah, right.- Thank you.
1:17:19 > 1:17:21Here is where we are.
1:17:21 > 1:17:24Newton Aycliffe. We'll have done well here.
1:17:25 > 1:17:29There should be 1,423 votes from this polling station.
1:17:29 > 1:17:33If it's under, that's fine, cos some people go in and don't vote.
1:17:33 > 1:17:35But if it's over, that is not fine.
1:17:35 > 1:17:38That means some people have voted more than once, so, if it's over,
1:17:38 > 1:17:40- come and get me, all right? - Right.- Thanks.
1:17:41 > 1:17:44'I've had a number of people saying to me that they can't vote for me
1:17:44 > 1:17:46'because they were against the war in Iraq.
1:17:46 > 1:17:49'Heaven knows what more I could have done to convince them
1:17:49 > 1:17:52'that I also was opposed to the war and, if it was like that for me,
1:17:52 > 1:17:55'it must have been at least as strong for others...'
1:17:55 > 1:17:57JEREMY PAXMAN: 'A personal vote for you, you say,
1:17:57 > 1:18:00'but how much did your support for the war count against you there?'
1:18:00 > 1:18:03- JACK STRAW:- 'Well, that became part of the issue,
1:18:03 > 1:18:06'especially within some of the Asian communities,
1:18:06 > 1:18:09'but also amongst part of the white community as well.'
1:18:10 > 1:18:12- How are you doing, Bob? - BOB SIGHS
1:18:12 > 1:18:15- I don't think we can win it.- No.
1:18:15 > 1:18:17WOMEN LAUGH AND CHATTER
1:18:17 > 1:18:19- Blair here?- On his way.
1:18:19 > 1:18:23- Where you going to put him? - In his room.
1:18:23 > 1:18:26- Oh, you got him a room?- Of course. - The candidates couldn't have one.
1:18:26 > 1:18:28We've been walking around here! And you got him a room?
1:18:28 > 1:18:30He's got a country to run!
1:18:33 > 1:18:36- Who are you going to allow to speak? - I haven't given it any thought.
1:18:36 > 1:18:37You've got the world's media here
1:18:37 > 1:18:40and haven't given any thought to who's going to be allowed to speak?
1:18:40 > 1:18:42No, cos it all depends on the result.
1:18:42 > 1:18:45Convention dictates the top three will speak.
1:18:45 > 1:18:47What if we finish fourth?
1:18:47 > 1:18:49Well, someone's got to finish fourth, haven't they?
1:18:49 > 1:18:51Reg?
1:18:51 > 1:18:52You've got to let Reg speak.
1:18:52 > 1:18:55If he finishes top three, of course he can speak.
1:18:56 > 1:18:58Top three to speak.
1:18:58 > 1:19:00Right.
1:19:00 > 1:19:02He could finish fourth, you know that.
1:19:02 > 1:19:03If that happens, he speaks.
1:19:03 > 1:19:06And the one who finishes fifth? And the sixth?
1:19:06 > 1:19:09There's 15 candidates! Monster Raving Loonies and worse.
1:19:09 > 1:19:12Do I let them all speak? Do I turn it into a circus?
1:19:12 > 1:19:13I'm not asking you to turn it into a circus,
1:19:13 > 1:19:15I'm talking about the top four.
1:19:15 > 1:19:17This is a four-horse race, this, always has been -
1:19:17 > 1:19:19Labour, Tory, Lib Dem and Reg!
1:19:19 > 1:19:22The others are miles behind. It would be totally wrong to stop
1:19:22 > 1:19:25any of the top four from speaking, especially if it's this man here.
1:19:25 > 1:19:28I'm sticking with convention, Bob, and the top three will speak.
1:19:28 > 1:19:31- BOB SIGHS - You don't want to upset Tony. - Not at all.
1:19:31 > 1:19:34- I've kept a diary.- Oh, yes?- Yes.
1:19:34 > 1:19:37And I have listed every irregularity that you have overseen
1:19:37 > 1:19:41- in this campaign.- Bob... - Every irregularity?- Mm-hm.
1:19:41 > 1:19:42I wasn't aware there'd been one.
1:19:42 > 1:19:45Well, there was that business with the electoral roll
1:19:45 > 1:19:47- and how long it took us to get it. - You got it.- Eventually.
1:19:47 > 1:19:51- And then there was the map of the constituency.- Which you also got.
1:19:51 > 1:19:54Also eventually. And now you're talking to me about convention.
1:19:54 > 1:19:57Well, convention states that the candidates have a room
1:19:57 > 1:19:59where they can relax. ALL the candidates, not just one.
1:19:59 > 1:20:03Are you about to say that you'll overlook these "irregularities"
1:20:03 > 1:20:04if I agree to let this man speak?
1:20:04 > 1:20:07Because, if you say that, Bob, you'll be out of here on your arse!
1:20:07 > 1:20:09In fact, you might even find yourself in the nick!
1:20:09 > 1:20:11How dare you question my integrity?
1:20:11 > 1:20:14I have a run things as fair and square as I possibly could!
1:20:14 > 1:20:17No-one is questioning your integrity, are they, Bob?
1:20:19 > 1:20:22- No.- Three times, I've tried to get Tony Blair to listen to me
1:20:22 > 1:20:27and three times, he's ignored me, so I think he's got this coming!
1:20:27 > 1:20:29He's got to stand up there with the world watching
1:20:29 > 1:20:31and he's got to listen to me.
1:20:31 > 1:20:34- And that'll happen, as long as you finish in the top three.- Why?!
1:20:34 > 1:20:37- Because convention dictates?- Yes.
1:20:37 > 1:20:39Who sent us to war?
1:20:39 > 1:20:41It's not the people.
1:20:41 > 1:20:42They couldn't be convinced.
1:20:42 > 1:20:45But hundreds of democratically elected MPs,
1:20:45 > 1:20:48- they were.- Mm-hm.- Sticklers for convention, all of 'em!
1:20:50 > 1:20:51I hope you get to speak, Reg.
1:20:55 > 1:20:57Convention!
1:20:57 > 1:20:58APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
1:20:58 > 1:21:01- JEREMY PAXMAN:- 'We're seeing pictures now of Tony Blair
1:21:01 > 1:21:04'arriving at the, er... At his count, I believe.
1:21:04 > 1:21:08- DAVID DIMBLEBY:- 'Not clear what to read into the Prime Minister's face.
1:21:08 > 1:21:09'He and Cherie going towards the count there.
1:21:09 > 1:21:12'He's looking... He was looking a bit - how can I put it?
1:21:12 > 1:21:15'Putting a determined look on his face and, er,
1:21:15 > 1:21:18'Cherie looking, again, determinedly cheerful
1:21:18 > 1:21:21'as they go into the count, wouldn't you say?'
1:21:24 > 1:21:26Here we go.
1:21:26 > 1:21:294,252, Reg.
1:21:29 > 1:21:32Oh, that's wonderful, Reg! That is wonderful!
1:21:32 > 1:21:34- Where does that put us?- Fourth.
1:21:38 > 1:21:40What's wrong?
1:21:40 > 1:21:42Only the top three speak.
1:21:42 > 1:21:43Oh, what?
1:21:45 > 1:21:46Who was third?
1:21:46 > 1:21:49- Lib Dems.- What did he get?
1:21:49 > 1:21:52- Er, 4,935.- That's practically a tie!
1:21:52 > 1:21:55No, it isn't, Bob.
1:21:55 > 1:21:57- Who was fifth?- Ukip.
1:21:57 > 1:22:01- How many?- 646.- OK, so we're just behind third, well clear of fifth,
1:22:01 > 1:22:03- and we still can't speak?- Correct.
1:22:04 > 1:22:06Right, OK.
1:22:06 > 1:22:09The media are still upstairs, so, once the declaration's over,
1:22:09 > 1:22:12we'll go up there and we'll tell the world that you've been gagged.
1:22:12 > 1:22:14Labour, Tory and the Lib Dems could speak -
1:22:14 > 1:22:17the people who sent us to war could all speak -
1:22:17 > 1:22:19but Reg Keys couldn't.
1:22:20 > 1:22:22You must do as you see fit.
1:22:22 > 1:22:24Please, let me speak.
1:22:24 > 1:22:25Please?
1:22:27 > 1:22:30I'm not asking this for myself. I'll be speaking...
1:22:30 > 1:22:33I won't even see Blair, but the other families will see him.
1:22:33 > 1:22:36And the families of every British soldier killed in Iraq,
1:22:36 > 1:22:37they'll see him.
1:22:37 > 1:22:40I don't think you should stand in the way of that.
1:22:42 > 1:22:44You must excuse me. I've got things I must do.
1:22:44 > 1:22:46- ANDREW MARR:- 'A rictus, rather than genuine grin.
1:22:46 > 1:22:48- DAVID DIMBLEBY:- 'The last days of the campaign,
1:22:48 > 1:22:51- 'there's been a genuine grin on his face.- They thought they'd have
1:22:51 > 1:22:53'a really good night, better than they're having so far.
1:22:53 > 1:22:56'Especially when talking about their private life to the Sun.
1:22:56 > 1:23:00- 'Rather extraordinary.- What? "Five times a night Prime Minister?" '
1:23:00 > 1:23:03I, the returning officer for the Sedgefield constituency,
1:23:03 > 1:23:06do hereby declare that the numbers of votes in the election
1:23:06 > 1:23:08were as follows.
1:23:08 > 1:23:11Berony Abraham, 205...
1:23:12 > 1:23:15REG: 'When do you most need compassion?
1:23:16 > 1:23:18'Probably at the point of death.
1:23:18 > 1:23:22'But when you die in war, there is no compassion,
1:23:22 > 1:23:26'there's only hatred, because they can't kill you unless they hate you.
1:23:28 > 1:23:33'So, no whispers from a loving wife or mother...'
1:23:33 > 1:23:35GUNFIRE ECHOES 'Just your mates' screams
1:23:35 > 1:23:39'and your killer's snarling hatred. That's the reality of war.'
1:23:39 > 1:23:41LOUD CRUNCH
1:23:41 > 1:23:42Six young men...
1:23:43 > 1:23:47'..dead in a filthy storeroom-cum-toilet.
1:23:47 > 1:23:50'You multiply that by 100,000, 200,000,
1:23:50 > 1:23:53'you add women and children, and all on a lie?'
1:23:53 > 1:23:55CAMERAS CLICK All on a lie?
1:23:55 > 1:23:59..that Anthony Charles Lynton Blair has been duly elected
1:23:59 > 1:24:02to serve as member for the Sedgefield constituency.
1:24:02 > 1:24:04APPLAUSE AND SOME CHEERS
1:24:06 > 1:24:08LOUD CHEERS
1:24:12 > 1:24:16'..and I know too that Iraq has been a divisive issue in this country.
1:24:18 > 1:24:21'But I hope now that we can unite again
1:24:21 > 1:24:23'and look to the future, there and here.'
1:24:23 > 1:24:27Our job is to serve people. That's what I've tried to do in Sedgefield.
1:24:27 > 1:24:30It's what we'll try to do for the country. Thank you.
1:24:30 > 1:24:31APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
1:24:40 > 1:24:43Right, ready to go?
1:25:00 > 1:25:02He's letting him speak.
1:25:02 > 1:25:03Richard!
1:25:10 > 1:25:15First of all, I would like to thank the Returning Officer
1:25:15 > 1:25:17and all the people who have worked hard
1:25:17 > 1:25:19to put all this together tonight.
1:25:20 > 1:25:23And I want to thank, in particular,
1:25:23 > 1:25:29all the fantastic people who have organised and run this campaign
1:25:29 > 1:25:32and all the volunteers - they've been tremendous.
1:25:34 > 1:25:37I'd also like to thank my wife and my son
1:25:37 > 1:25:39for being here with me tonight,
1:25:39 > 1:25:41who have supported me tirelessly through this campaign.
1:25:43 > 1:25:45A remarkable campaign.
1:25:45 > 1:25:48Er, I'm not...
1:25:48 > 1:25:52I don't claim to be a professional politician.
1:25:52 > 1:25:55Fighting this campaign has not been an easy task for me,
1:25:55 > 1:26:00but I had to do it for my son, Thomas Keys,
1:26:00 > 1:26:05a Royal Military Policeman killed in Iraq
1:26:05 > 1:26:08four days short of his 21st birthday...
1:26:09 > 1:26:14..sent to war under extremely controversial circumstances.
1:26:15 > 1:26:18Extremely controversial circumstances.
1:26:18 > 1:26:20SMATTERING OF APPLAUSE
1:26:22 > 1:26:25If this war had been justified by international law,
1:26:25 > 1:26:29I would have grieved, not campaigned.
1:26:30 > 1:26:34If weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq, again,
1:26:34 > 1:26:38I would have grieved, not campaigned.
1:26:39 > 1:26:42And tonight, there are lessons to be learned
1:26:42 > 1:26:45and I hope in my heart that, one day,
1:26:45 > 1:26:47the Prime Minister may be able to say sorry.
1:26:49 > 1:26:51That, one day, you'll be able to say sorry
1:26:51 > 1:26:55to the families of the bereaved and that, one day,
1:26:55 > 1:27:00the Prime Minister may be able to visit wounded soldiers in hospital.
1:27:02 > 1:27:05Then our campaign will not have been in vain.
1:27:07 > 1:27:10All the people who have given me their vote tonight
1:27:10 > 1:27:15have sent a clear, resounding message about the Iraq War.
1:27:15 > 1:27:18And thank you to all the people who have voted for me tonight.
1:27:20 > 1:27:21And just finally...
1:27:23 > 1:27:29..I would like to dedicate this campaign to all the brave 88,
1:27:29 > 1:27:3188 British servicemen,
1:27:31 > 1:27:35because some people do not know how many have been killed.
1:27:37 > 1:27:41Servicemen who gave their young lives in this conflict.
1:27:41 > 1:27:43APPLAUSE
1:27:46 > 1:27:49But may I just in particular mention,
1:27:49 > 1:27:51as they've come to be known, "The Six".
1:27:52 > 1:27:59Six Royal Military Policemen left behind and slaughtered
1:27:59 > 1:28:03in a filthy police station in al-Majar.
1:28:05 > 1:28:06My son...
1:28:08 > 1:28:10..Lance Corporal Tom Keys..
1:28:13 > 1:28:15'..Corporal Russell Aston...
1:28:19 > 1:28:21'..Corporal Simon Miller...
1:28:23 > 1:28:25'..Sergeant Simon Hamilton-Jewell...
1:28:27 > 1:28:29'..Lance Corporal Ben Hyde...
1:28:32 > 1:28:34'..and Corporal Paul Long.'
1:28:38 > 1:28:39May you rest in peace, lads.
1:28:40 > 1:28:42Thank you.
1:28:50 > 1:28:53APPLAUSE ECHOES THEN FADES