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and scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:08 | |
EXPLOSION | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
It was a lovely day. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
We'd been to the garden centre, had lunch there, | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
bought some nuts for the birds. CAMERAS CLICK | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
It was all very, very British. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
'You love your kids so much, you think you'd know.' | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
EXPLOSION | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
'That, no matter where they were in the world... | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
GUNFIRE '..3,000 miles away even, | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
'you'd know.' | 0:00:31 | 0:00:32 | |
You'd know if they were in danger. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
PHONE RINGS | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
BIRDSONG, PHONE CONTINUES | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
WOMAN SIGHS | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
CHATTER OUTSIDE | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
Here we are. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:19 | |
There. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
SHE SIGHS | 0:01:24 | 0:01:25 | |
-Nice cup of tea. -Ooh, I love this. -Yeah. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
MUSIC: Summer Breeze by The Isley Brothers | 0:01:34 | 0:01:36 | |
MUSIC PLAYS, PHONE RINGS | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
-Hello? -'Hi, Sally, it's June.' -Oh, hi, June. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
-JUNE INDISTINCT -Yeah, Reg's mum here. | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
-We've been out for lunch. -'Did you see the news? Six MPs killed. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
'It's on now.' | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
Now? | 0:02:04 | 0:02:05 | |
Thanks. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
MAGAZINES RUSTLE LOUDLY | 0:02:12 | 0:02:13 | |
'Six dead and eight injured, three of them critically. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
'Even at the height of the war in Iraq, | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
'British forces did not suffer such heavy casualties in a single day.' | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
TELEPHONE RINGS, TV REPORT CONTINUES | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
-What is it? -Hello? No, no, we've got it on now. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:42 | |
Mr Reginald Keys? | 0:02:42 | 0:02:43 | |
TV: '..one was wounded and two vehicles were destroyed.' | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
I'm Major Potter and this is Captain Fletcher. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:51 | |
We're from Army Notification. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
TV: '..details. In the other, a patrol of Paras came under fire. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
'When a quick reaction force was sent in to mount | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
'a helicopter rescue, they too faced enemy fire. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
'We'll be getting reaction here in a minute | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
'but first, Clive Myrie is in Baghdad.' | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
CLIVE MYRIE: 'Troops from the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
'have been based in Southern Iraq for some time now. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
'They were due to return home at the end of this month. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
'In recent weeks, anger has been rising against British rule...' | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
TV REPORT AUDIO FADES | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
SHOUTING, GUNFIRE | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
SHE GASPS | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
SHE WHIMPERS | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
SHE SOBS | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
KNOCK ON DOOR | 0:04:02 | 0:04:03 | |
Come in. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:04 | |
At ease. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:10 | |
-I've got some bad news, Sapper Keys. -Sir? | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
About your brother. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:16 | |
-Sir? -He's been shot dead. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
I'm sorry. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:28 | |
What do I do now, sir? | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
WATER RUNS | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
DISHES RATTLE | 0:04:47 | 0:04:48 | |
CABINET OPENS | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
CAR APPROACHES OUTSIDE | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
REG: It's Richard. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:32 | |
Richard's here, Violet. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
You on your own? | 0:05:52 | 0:05:53 | |
They've all been, son. Been and gone. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
-Come in. -No, thanks, we're just getting off. -Oh, no, you're not. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
You're not going all the way back there without a cup of tea. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
-Come in. -Are you sure? -Yeah, go in. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
Is Tom coming too? | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
'My mum died six months ago,' | 0:06:53 | 0:06:54 | |
still thinking Tom was alive. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
Sally later said how much she envied her that. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
ENGINE ROARS | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
MOURNFUL FANFARE PLAYS | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
QUIET CHATTER | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
GLASS CLINKS, CHATTER DIES DOWN | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
Thank you. Secretary of State, ladies and gentlemen, | 0:07:42 | 0:07:46 | |
we're going to do this in order of length of service. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:50 | |
Your name will be called and you'll go in and sit with your loved one, | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
for as long as you wish. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:56 | |
First, please, the family of Sergeant Simon Hamilton-Jewell. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
TICKING CLOCK ECHOES | 0:08:32 | 0:08:36 | |
CHATTER RESUMES | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
WOMAN WHIMPERS | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
The family of Corporal Paul Long. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
TICKING CLOCK ECHOES | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
DOOR CLOSES | 0:09:36 | 0:09:38 | |
The family of Lance Corporal Thomas Keys. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:54 | |
HE BREATHES SHARPLY | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
DOOR CLOSES | 0:10:54 | 0:10:55 | |
There's another couple in after us. | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
-I know. -Let's not stay too long, then. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
They stayed for ages. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
If we walk out in five minutes, how's that going to look? | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
I don't care how it looks. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
-I need a wee. -Why didn't you go in there? | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
Cos I didn't want them to say my name and not be there. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
Hmm. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:23 | |
I'm really proud of you, son. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
AIRCRAFT ROARS OUTSIDE | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
Reg? | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
Right. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:15 | |
A DOOR IS UNLOCKED | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
DOOR OPENS | 0:12:23 | 0:12:24 | |
COFFIN LID CLICKS AND CREAKS | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
GUNFIRE RICOCHETS, SHOUTING ECHOES | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
LOUD CRUNCH | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
TWO GUNSHOTS | 0:15:25 | 0:15:27 | |
GUNSHOT | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
GUNFIRE | 0:15:36 | 0:15:38 | |
MACHINE GUNFIRE OFFICER: Move back! | 0:16:31 | 0:16:33 | |
GUNSHOT | 0:16:33 | 0:16:34 | |
MACHINE GUNFIRE | 0:16:41 | 0:16:43 | |
SHOUTING | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
GUNSHOT | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
SCREAMING, GUNFIRE CONTINUES | 0:16:53 | 0:16:54 | |
LOUD CRUNCH | 0:17:01 | 0:17:02 | |
There were 31 bullet wounds to my son's body. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:52 | |
I know, because I counted them all myself. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES | 0:18:55 | 0:18:56 | |
Tell me it's all been a big mistake. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
Come in. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:08 | |
Are you sure? | 0:19:19 | 0:19:20 | |
Did he suffer? | 0:19:23 | 0:19:24 | |
One shot. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:28 | |
It would've been instantaneous. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:32 | |
They're here. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:49 | |
-I'm Major Bryn Parry Jones, Mr Keys. -Right. -Thanks for seeing us. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
Oh, no problem. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:03 | |
-This is Lance Corporal Joanne Richardson. -How do you do? | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
-And Corporal John Fraser. -All right? | 0:20:06 | 0:20:08 | |
Er, I told my wife he didn't suffer. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
Just one shot to the head. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:16 | |
Of course. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:19 | |
Well, please come in. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:21 | |
FRONT DOOR CLOSES | 0:20:29 | 0:20:31 | |
This is my wife Sally. This is Major Bryn Parry Jones. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:39 | |
Oh, hello. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:40 | |
And I've... I'm sorry, I've forgotten already. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
-Er, Corporal John Fraser. -Oh, hi. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
Jo Richardson. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
Jo? | 0:20:47 | 0:20:48 | |
-Yes. -THE Jo? | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
He mentioned me? | 0:20:53 | 0:20:54 | |
-SALLY LAUGHS -All the time. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
THE Jo, then, yes. | 0:20:58 | 0:20:59 | |
I was very proud of them. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
It was a tremendous honour to have been their commanding officer. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
Good men. Really good men. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:11 | |
But even among men like that, | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
Tom was an exceptional soldier, Mr Keys. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
And, a lot of the time, funny as well. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
Funny and...mischievous. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
-You'd say that, Corporal? -Yes, sir. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
Which was great for morale. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
Why was he told to stay out there? | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
It was the end of their stint, wasn't it? | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
Tom knew the ropes and we desperately needed the likes of him | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
to remain out there for the handover, | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
in order to help the new batch of lads coming out from the UK. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
-You didn't stay, then? -No, but the CO who took over from me, | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
Captain Phillips, he was more than up to the job. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
Excellent soldier. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:47 | |
He was four days off his 21st birthday. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:52 | |
Right, I'll make some more tea, I think. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
-Another coffee for you? -Thank you, Mrs Keys. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:09 | |
-Jo, would you mind giving me a hand in the kitchen? -Of course. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
Do you know why they were attacked? | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
Well, we're still trying to get to the bottom of that. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
All we know for sure is a heavily-armed mob | 0:22:25 | 0:22:27 | |
assembled in the town and went off looking for soldiers to kill. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
-It was Tom's bad luck... -Tea always tastes better out of a pot, | 0:22:30 | 0:22:34 | |
-doesn't it? -SALLY LAUGHS | 0:22:34 | 0:22:35 | |
TEAPOT CLINKS | 0:22:35 | 0:22:36 | |
I mean, there's probably no real difference, really. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
A teabag would probably taste the same. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
Were you...lovers? | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
Yes. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:01 | |
And when did you last make love? | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
The, um... | 0:23:18 | 0:23:19 | |
The night before he died. | 0:23:24 | 0:23:25 | |
LOUD SOBBING | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
SHE WAILS | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
CABINET OPENS | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
CORK IS UNSCREWED | 0:24:03 | 0:24:04 | |
MALE CHOIR: # Ar ddyrys daith i'r Ganaan fry | 0:24:06 | 0:24:18 | |
# Pob gras sydd yn yr Eglwys fawr | 0:24:18 | 0:24:29 | |
# Fry yn y nef, neu ar y llawr | 0:24:29 | 0:24:41 | |
# Caf feddu'n oll, eu meddu'n un | 0:24:41 | 0:24:53 | |
# Wrth feddu d'anian Di dy Hun | 0:24:53 | 0:25:05 | |
# Mi lyna'n dawel wrth dy draed | 0:25:06 | 0:25:18 | |
# Mi ganaf am rinweddau'r gwaed... # | 0:25:18 | 0:25:30 | |
SINGING GETS LOUDER # Mi garia'r groes, mi nofia'r don | 0:25:30 | 0:25:42 | |
# Ond cael dy anian dan fy mron. # | 0:25:42 | 0:25:59 | |
Five years ago, we gave the Army... | 0:26:07 | 0:26:11 | |
a rather shy, introverted... | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
..young 16-year-old boy. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
Sadly... | 0:26:20 | 0:26:21 | |
..what we see before us today... | 0:26:23 | 0:26:24 | |
..is not how we expected the Army to return him to us. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:32 | |
'Not the homecoming we had planned for Tom.' | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
SEAGULLS CALL, GUNFIRE ECHOES | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
GUNFIRE ECHOES | 0:26:42 | 0:26:44 | |
GUNS ARE RELOADED | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
GUNFIRE ECHOES | 0:26:49 | 0:26:51 | |
BUZZ OF CONVERSATION | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
-Goodbye, then. -You take care. -Thank you. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
Sorry. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:08 | |
-How are you? -OK. -I need to tell you something, Mr Keys. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:18 | |
-It might come as a bit of a surprise. -Yes? | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
A few weeks before they were killed, the lads were descaled. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:33 | |
-Descaled? -It's Army jargon for removing equipment - | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
grenades, flares and so on. It's just so the new lads coming in | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
have everything they need. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
Well, that's no surprise. It seems reasonable, in fact. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:46 | |
Thanks. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:49 | |
Grenades and flares? | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 | |
Yes. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:00 | |
Anything else? | 0:28:03 | 0:28:04 | |
Some ammo. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
Some? | 0:28:08 | 0:28:09 | |
They only had 50 rounds each. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:13 | |
-50?! -Yes. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:16 | |
In Majar al-Kabir? | 0:28:18 | 0:28:20 | |
Yes. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:21 | |
You knew this at the time? | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
-Yes. -But you still came home and left them there? -Yes. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:28 | |
Why are you telling me this now? | 0:28:32 | 0:28:34 | |
The papers have got hold of it. They're running the story. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:38 | |
Oh, so you're telling me this now, | 0:28:38 | 0:28:40 | |
because you've GOT to tell me this now? | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
No. I am telling you this now, because | 0:28:42 | 0:28:44 | |
it's easier to hear it from me than to read it in the tabloids. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
We're thinking of you and the other families, Mr Keys, that's all. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
Uh-huh. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:55 | |
What else was taken off them? | 0:28:58 | 0:29:00 | |
Morphine. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:04 | |
Anything else? | 0:29:05 | 0:29:06 | |
A satellite phone. Well, that's what the papers are saying, but they were | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
never given a satellite phone. They had a clansman radio. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
But a clansman is bolted to the vehicle. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:19 | |
Yes. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:24 | |
Away from the vehicle, what did they have? | 0:29:26 | 0:29:28 | |
Away from the vehicle, what did they have? | 0:29:35 | 0:29:38 | |
Nothing. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:43 | |
BIRDS CALL | 0:29:59 | 0:30:00 | |
There were dozens of bullet wounds to his body. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:11 | |
I heard them talking. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:15 | |
You said one. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:18 | |
One shot to the head. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:21 | |
-It's what you wanted to hear. -I want to hear the truth, Reg. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
They only had 50 rounds each. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:44 | |
No radio. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:51 | |
SHE WHIMPERS | 0:31:03 | 0:31:06 | |
I don't want you going back to the Army, Richard. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:21 | |
Look, if I leave the Army, Mum, what have I got? | 0:31:23 | 0:31:25 | |
There's nothing here. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:27 | |
Besides, Tom got killed. They'll look after me. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:30 | |
They don't want two from the same family. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:35 | |
MATT FREI ON TV: 'The Prime Minister hasn't smiled like this | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
'for a long time. But it's the troubles at home that have been | 0:32:42 | 0:32:44 | |
'the very making of him over here. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:46 | |
'America adores his unwavering loyalty and this is his reward. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:51 | |
'Mr Speaker, the Prime Minister | 0:32:51 | 0:32:53 | |
'of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.' | 0:32:53 | 0:32:57 | |
CHEERING | 0:32:57 | 0:32:59 | |
'Only very few foreigners and two other Britons have been given | 0:33:00 | 0:33:03 | |
'the honour of addressing a joint session of Congress. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:07 | |
'The first was Winston Churchill, who did it three times, | 0:33:07 | 0:33:10 | |
'twice during the Second World War. | 0:33:10 | 0:33:12 | |
'The last was Margaret Thatcher at the height of the Cold War.' | 0:33:12 | 0:33:15 | |
'I'm deeply touched by that warm and generous welcome that's... | 0:33:27 | 0:33:33 | |
'..more than I deserve and more than I'm used to, quite frankly...' | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:33:38 | 0:33:40 | |
-'And...' -APPLAUSE AND CHEERING | 0:33:41 | 0:33:44 | |
'..you, like me, know who the real heroes are. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:51 | |
'Those brave servicemen and women, yours and ours, | 0:33:53 | 0:33:57 | |
'who fought the war and risk their lives still. | 0:33:57 | 0:34:01 | |
'And our tribute to them should be measured...' | 0:34:01 | 0:34:03 | |
-FRONT DOOR OPENS -'..in this way. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
-CAR KEYS RATTLE -'By showing them and their families | 0:34:05 | 0:34:08 | |
'that they did not strive or die in vain. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:11 | |
'But that, through their sacrifice, | 0:34:11 | 0:34:14 | |
'future generations can live in greater peace, prosperity and hope. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:20 | |
'Let me also express my gratitude to President Bush. | 0:34:20 | 0:34:24 | |
'Through the troubled times, since September the 11th | 0:34:24 | 0:34:27 | |
'changed our world, we have been allies and friends. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:33 | |
-'Thank you, Mr President...' -You're killing yourself. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:35 | |
APPLAUSE ON TV | 0:34:35 | 0:34:37 | |
Good. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:40 | |
Turn it off. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:49 | |
If it hurts so much, just... | 0:34:49 | 0:34:51 | |
..turn it off. | 0:34:53 | 0:34:54 | |
Or you need the pain. | 0:34:57 | 0:34:59 | |
It gives you a good excuse to do that. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:01 | |
'I'm being told that the first Congressional Gold Medal was | 0:35:01 | 0:35:04 | |
'awarded to George Washington for what Congress called | 0:35:04 | 0:35:06 | |
'his "wise and spirited conduct" | 0:35:06 | 0:35:08 | |
'in getting rid of the British out of Boston.' | 0:35:08 | 0:35:11 | |
LAUGHTER ON TV | 0:35:11 | 0:35:13 | |
You'd leave me all alone, would you? | 0:35:13 | 0:35:15 | |
CHEERING ON TV | 0:35:15 | 0:35:18 | |
Leave me to go through all this on my own? | 0:35:18 | 0:35:21 | |
How selfish is that? | 0:35:21 | 0:35:22 | |
What about Tom? | 0:35:25 | 0:35:26 | |
If he was alive, you'd think he'd want to see you like this? | 0:35:29 | 0:35:32 | |
'..was kind enough to show me the fireplace where, in 1814, | 0:35:32 | 0:35:36 | |
'the British had burnt the Congress Library. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:39 | |
'I know this is kind of late, but sorry.' | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:35:44 | 0:35:46 | |
I saw that teacher today. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:51 | |
What teacher? | 0:35:52 | 0:35:53 | |
The one who said that Tom was too good for the Army. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:06 | |
-TONY BLAIR CONTINUES: -'But though we love freedom, others don't...' | 0:36:06 | 0:36:10 | |
I wanted to say... | 0:36:10 | 0:36:12 | |
"I agree with you, Mr Talbot, | 0:36:12 | 0:36:13 | |
"I didn't want him anywhere near the Army. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:17 | |
"But his dad was all for it." | 0:36:17 | 0:36:18 | |
'..Western values, that Afghan women were..." | 0:36:18 | 0:36:21 | |
-Well, you said nothing at the time. -What was the point? | 0:36:21 | 0:36:25 | |
He was always going to do what his dad wanted him to do, wasn't he? | 0:36:25 | 0:36:29 | |
You said you were proud of him. He's lying there in his coffin | 0:36:33 | 0:36:37 | |
and you're telling him you're proud of him. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:39 | |
Proud of what? | 0:36:39 | 0:36:41 | |
You're proud of them when they do something, | 0:36:41 | 0:36:43 | |
when they achieve something. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
What's he done? | 0:36:45 | 0:36:47 | |
What's he achieved? | 0:36:47 | 0:36:49 | |
-SHE SOBS: -He's got himself shot to bits in some shit-hole | 0:36:51 | 0:36:54 | |
in the middle of the desert! | 0:36:54 | 0:36:55 | |
And all for nothing! | 0:36:57 | 0:36:59 | |
-'Actually...' -For nothing. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:03 | |
'..you know, my middle son was studying 18th-century history | 0:37:03 | 0:37:06 | |
'and the American War of Independence | 0:37:06 | 0:37:08 | |
'and he said to me the other day, "You know Lord North, Dad? | 0:37:08 | 0:37:11 | |
' "He was the British Prime Minister who lost us America. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:15 | |
' "So just think, however many mistakes you'll make, | 0:37:15 | 0:37:18 | |
' "you'll never make one that bad." ' | 0:37:18 | 0:37:19 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:37:19 | 0:37:21 | |
-ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY: -And we should pray too for those | 0:37:21 | 0:37:23 | |
who have to keep on at the task of rebuilding, | 0:37:23 | 0:37:26 | |
when the dramas of conflict have faded, | 0:37:26 | 0:37:29 | |
for our leaders, here and in the United States. | 0:37:29 | 0:37:33 | |
We have made ourselves accountable for peace and justice in Iraq. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:38 | |
And leaders and people alike will be called to account for it. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:44 | |
I'd like to speak to the Prime Minister, please. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:50 | |
-Sorry? -I said, "I'd like to speak to the Prime Minister, please." | 0:37:50 | 0:37:55 | |
-It's Mr Keys, isn't it? -Yes. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:57 | |
Um, you've already spoken to him, haven't you? | 0:37:57 | 0:38:00 | |
Yeah, for about five seconds. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:02 | |
And he was led away, or he allowed himself to be led away. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:05 | |
-I'd like to speak to him properly, please. -I'm really sorry, | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
but I don't think that's going to be possible. He's extremely busy. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:11 | |
I can wait. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:12 | |
What is it you'd like to speak to him about? | 0:38:16 | 0:38:18 | |
Well, my son was killed in Iraq - there's a clue. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
Well, I'm very sorry about that, Mr Keys, and if you'd like | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
to give me a message, I can pass it on to the Prime Minister. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:26 | |
I'm sure he'll get back in touch. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:28 | |
OK. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:29 | |
A 500-strong mob, armed to the teeth, baying for blood, | 0:38:29 | 0:38:35 | |
came after my son and he had 50 bullets and no radio. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:40 | |
Now, I can accept that, just about. | 0:38:40 | 0:38:43 | |
But if I find out this war didn't have to be fought, | 0:38:43 | 0:38:47 | |
and he died for nothing... | 0:38:47 | 0:38:48 | |
..I will never accept that, I will never let that lie. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:52 | |
Mr Keys, these weapons of mass destruction will be found. | 0:38:52 | 0:38:57 | |
I assure you of that. | 0:38:58 | 0:38:59 | |
BBC NEWS THEME PLAYS | 0:39:01 | 0:39:04 | |
'Good evening. The main argument for invading Iraq - | 0:39:09 | 0:39:13 | |
'that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction - | 0:39:13 | 0:39:15 | |
'has been laid to rest by the leading US arms inspector. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:19 | |
'Charles Duelfer, head of the Iraq Survey Group, | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
'published his long-awaited report this evening. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:25 | |
'He said that Saddam did not have any chemical | 0:39:25 | 0:39:27 | |
'or biological stockpiles when the war began last year.' | 0:39:27 | 0:39:31 | |
CLOCK STRIKES | 0:39:31 | 0:39:32 | |
-CAMERAS CLICK -Mr Keys? | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
I'm still waiting to talk to Tony. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:06 | |
Still very busy, I'm afraid. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:08 | |
We have a petition. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:12 | |
I'll see that he gets it. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:14 | |
We're all people who've lost sons in Iraq. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
We'd like to give him it ourselves. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:18 | |
It's just not going to be possible, I'm afraid. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:20 | |
People who give a few grand to the party, they get to talk to him. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:23 | |
We've given a lot more than that - we've given our sons. | 0:40:23 | 0:40:26 | |
I will tell the Prime Minister that you came and I will see that he gets | 0:40:26 | 0:40:29 | |
your petition and, um... Well, I thank you all very much for coming. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:33 | |
DOOR CLOSES | 0:40:44 | 0:40:45 | |
-PETER HAIN ON RADIO: -'..delegates, if they wish to, prioritise Iraq | 0:41:03 | 0:41:06 | |
'over the health service, over education, over employment matters, | 0:41:06 | 0:41:09 | |
'over other issues. That's their right. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:11 | |
'You know, hunting and Iraq are fringe issues | 0:41:11 | 0:41:13 | |
'as far as this conference is concerned...' | 0:41:13 | 0:41:15 | |
-JAMES NAUGHTIE: -'Well, it's their right to choose...' | 0:41:15 | 0:41:18 | |
It can't fail. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
See? | 0:41:20 | 0:41:21 | |
-This stops it, see? -Why are you doing it? | 0:41:21 | 0:41:25 | |
Tony bloody Blair. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:27 | |
-'..a major debate. -But there is, there is a debate on Thursday...' | 0:41:27 | 0:41:31 | |
-Have you seen this, Sapper Keys? -Sir! | 0:42:05 | 0:42:08 | |
It's a life hanging in the balance, sir. | 0:42:08 | 0:42:11 | |
As hundreds of thousands of other lives hang in the balance, sir. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:14 | |
While the Prime Minister won't even talk about it, sir. | 0:42:14 | 0:42:17 | |
Is he mad? | 0:42:17 | 0:42:18 | |
Fuming, sir. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:20 | |
So you're not suicidal at all, then? | 0:42:23 | 0:42:25 | |
No, no. No. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:27 | |
I just miss my son. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:31 | |
I just miss him. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:36 | |
I miss him so much. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:41 | |
HE SNIFFS | 0:42:42 | 0:42:44 | |
MALE VOICE CHOIR SINGS | 0:42:44 | 0:42:47 | |
SINGING CONTINUES | 0:43:02 | 0:43:04 | |
LOUD SINGING | 0:43:28 | 0:43:31 | |
SINGING STOPS GRADUALLY | 0:43:37 | 0:43:40 | |
I'd join you, lads, but, er, my throat's a bit sore. | 0:43:46 | 0:43:49 | |
LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE | 0:43:49 | 0:43:52 | |
Reg? I'm Felicity Arbuthnot. | 0:44:09 | 0:44:12 | |
We're just up here. | 0:44:12 | 0:44:13 | |
Brilliant, by the way. | 0:44:14 | 0:44:15 | |
Reg Keys, everyone. | 0:44:39 | 0:44:40 | |
Please, Reg. | 0:44:41 | 0:44:42 | |
What can I do for you? | 0:44:46 | 0:44:48 | |
We'd like you to take on Tony Blair at the next general election. | 0:44:48 | 0:44:53 | |
-TONY BLAIR: -'..but the fact that their economic and health | 0:44:57 | 0:45:00 | |
'and education plans are exactly the ones they rejected in 1997. | 0:45:00 | 0:45:05 | |
'I think, when they do that, that, yes, I'll be very happy | 0:45:05 | 0:45:09 | |
'that people compare the choice between their record and ours, | 0:45:09 | 0:45:13 | |
'between our future programme and theirs. | 0:45:13 | 0:45:15 | |
SHOUTS OF AGREEMENT | 0:45:15 | 0:45:17 | |
-MICHAEL HOWARD: -'Well, he talks about his record. | 0:45:17 | 0:45:19 | |
'Let's look at his record. I'll tell him about his record. | 0:45:19 | 0:45:22 | |
-'Taxes UP! -OTHERS: -Up! -Crime UP! -Up! -Immigration UP! -Up!' | 0:45:22 | 0:45:28 | |
-MOBILE PHONE BEEPS -'Waiting times UP! -Up! | 0:45:28 | 0:45:30 | |
-'MRSA UP! -Up! -Truancy UP! -Up! | 0:45:30 | 0:45:34 | |
'And let's have a look at what's gone down. | 0:45:34 | 0:45:36 | |
-'Take home pay DOWN! -Down! -Pensions DOWN. -Down!' | 0:45:36 | 0:45:39 | |
Hi, it's Reg. | 0:45:39 | 0:45:41 | |
Are you watching Prime Minister's Questions? | 0:45:42 | 0:45:45 | |
-Talk about "don't mention the war". -'Let me just remind him...' | 0:45:45 | 0:45:48 | |
The answer's yes. | 0:45:48 | 0:45:50 | |
I'll do it. | 0:45:50 | 0:45:51 | |
I'm going to take him on. | 0:45:52 | 0:45:54 | |
Take who on? | 0:45:55 | 0:45:57 | |
Blair. I'm going to stand for Parliament, in his constituency. | 0:45:57 | 0:46:01 | |
REG SIGHS | 0:46:03 | 0:46:04 | |
Where's that? | 0:46:07 | 0:46:09 | |
Sedgefield. | 0:46:09 | 0:46:10 | |
Where's Sedgefield? | 0:46:13 | 0:46:15 | |
It's the North East. | 0:46:15 | 0:46:16 | |
-Is that where he's from? -No. | 0:46:20 | 0:46:23 | |
No, no. | 0:46:23 | 0:46:24 | |
Oh. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:25 | |
Why? | 0:46:28 | 0:46:30 | |
-Because he lied. -Oh! | 0:46:30 | 0:46:31 | |
-Because he took us to war on a lie! -Reg, you've got nothing to prove! | 0:46:31 | 0:46:34 | |
-What does that mean? -Everybody knows how much you loved him. | 0:46:34 | 0:46:38 | |
-No, it's not that. -Well, then, what is it? -It's not Tom. | 0:46:38 | 0:46:41 | |
I think I could find it in me, somewhere deep within me, | 0:46:43 | 0:46:47 | |
to forgive that bastard for what he did to Tom... | 0:46:47 | 0:46:50 | |
..but I'll never forgive him for what he did to you. | 0:46:52 | 0:46:55 | |
Yeah. | 0:47:01 | 0:47:02 | |
-It might make things a bit awkward for you. -How? | 0:47:09 | 0:47:13 | |
-Well, you're in the Army! -I can't be the first soldier to | 0:47:13 | 0:47:16 | |
-have a dad standing for Parliament. -They won't see it like that, | 0:47:16 | 0:47:19 | |
but as your dad's making problems for the Prime Minister of Britain. | 0:47:19 | 0:47:22 | |
So? He's made enough for us. | 0:47:22 | 0:47:23 | |
Could you beat him? | 0:47:26 | 0:47:28 | |
Why not? | 0:47:28 | 0:47:29 | |
Hey, that's better than bumping him off. | 0:47:31 | 0:47:33 | |
Yeah. | 0:47:33 | 0:47:35 | |
-To Tom. -To Tom. | 0:47:35 | 0:47:37 | |
Tony Blair was more than happy to go | 0:47:37 | 0:47:40 | |
2,000 miles across the Atlantic to talk to his American friends, | 0:47:40 | 0:47:44 | |
but not prepared to walk as far as his own doorstep to talk to us. | 0:47:44 | 0:47:48 | |
People whose sons had died in that war. | 0:47:49 | 0:47:51 | |
He's more than happy to talk about democracy for the people in Iraq, | 0:47:51 | 0:47:55 | |
but not prepared to listen to us, his own people, | 0:47:55 | 0:47:58 | |
standing there, shivering, grieving on his own doorstep. | 0:47:58 | 0:48:02 | |
Reg. | 0:48:10 | 0:48:12 | |
Yes? | 0:48:12 | 0:48:14 | |
Ah. | 0:48:14 | 0:48:15 | |
Whisky! | 0:48:15 | 0:48:17 | |
Well, not that it's any of your business, | 0:48:20 | 0:48:22 | |
but I've been campaigning all day and I felt I deserved it. | 0:48:22 | 0:48:26 | |
You haven't been campaigning. | 0:48:26 | 0:48:28 | |
I beg your pardon? | 0:48:28 | 0:48:30 | |
Spouting outside Tesco's with three people and a dog listening? | 0:48:30 | 0:48:34 | |
That's not campaigning. | 0:48:34 | 0:48:36 | |
And you didn't feel like you deserved that whisky either. | 0:48:36 | 0:48:39 | |
You felt like you needed it. | 0:48:39 | 0:48:42 | |
Nice talking to you. | 0:48:42 | 0:48:44 | |
We spoke on the phone. | 0:48:44 | 0:48:46 | |
I'm Bob Clay. | 0:48:46 | 0:48:47 | |
Oh. | 0:48:49 | 0:48:50 | |
-How do you do, Bob? -How do you do, Reg? | 0:48:51 | 0:48:54 | |
-So, do you still want my help? -Yes. -Then can I be frank? | 0:48:55 | 0:49:01 | |
Well, what have you been so far? | 0:49:01 | 0:49:03 | |
If we're going to do this, we do it properly. | 0:49:03 | 0:49:06 | |
I'm not here to cause a bit of mischief, I'm here to win. | 0:49:06 | 0:49:09 | |
And you win by talking to as many voters as possible. | 0:49:09 | 0:49:12 | |
That means knocking on doors, morning, noon and night. | 0:49:12 | 0:49:15 | |
That means you'll hardly see your missus | 0:49:15 | 0:49:17 | |
between now and election night. | 0:49:17 | 0:49:19 | |
And that means, halfway through this campaign, you'll hate my guts! | 0:49:19 | 0:49:22 | |
But by the end of it, you'll be shaking my hand. | 0:49:22 | 0:49:26 | |
So, are you up for that? | 0:49:26 | 0:49:28 | |
-Can Reg be frank now, Bob? -Yeah. | 0:49:28 | 0:49:31 | |
-You hate Tony Blair. That's why you're here. Yes? -Oh, yeah. | 0:49:32 | 0:49:36 | |
Well, I loved my son. My love of my son will keep me going a lot longer | 0:49:36 | 0:49:43 | |
than your hatred of Tony bloody Blair. | 0:49:43 | 0:49:45 | |
-Have you any skeletons in the closet, Reg? -None. | 0:49:49 | 0:49:52 | |
-Cos they'll find them if you have. -None whatsoever. | 0:49:52 | 0:49:54 | |
Right, so you do this one, I'll do next door | 0:49:55 | 0:49:58 | |
and then we'll just leapfrog each other up the street. | 0:49:58 | 0:50:02 | |
It'll seem a little strange at first, | 0:50:02 | 0:50:04 | |
but after you've done three or four, you'll be like falling off a log. | 0:50:04 | 0:50:07 | |
-I'm shitting myself. -Eh! These are working class people. | 0:50:07 | 0:50:10 | |
They'll love you for it. | 0:50:10 | 0:50:11 | |
DOORBELLS RING | 0:50:15 | 0:50:17 | |
Hello, sir. | 0:50:19 | 0:50:21 | |
I'm Reg Keys. | 0:50:21 | 0:50:23 | |
My son Tom was one of six military policeman killed in Iraq. | 0:50:23 | 0:50:27 | |
-Reg Keys? -Yes. | 0:50:27 | 0:50:29 | |
May I shake your hand, Mr Keys? | 0:50:29 | 0:50:31 | |
And, yes, you can count on me vote. | 0:50:31 | 0:50:34 | |
Thank you. | 0:50:35 | 0:50:36 | |
Tony Blair sent them there on a falsehood, sir. | 0:50:36 | 0:50:38 | |
-I wonder if we could count on your vote. -Er, yeah. | 0:50:38 | 0:50:41 | |
-Thank you. -OK, no problem. | 0:50:41 | 0:50:43 | |
Hello, I'm Martin Bell, former BBC war correspondent, | 0:50:46 | 0:50:49 | |
and I'm campaigning on behalf of Reg Keys, | 0:50:49 | 0:50:51 | |
whose son Tom died in Iraq. | 0:50:51 | 0:50:53 | |
Oh, hello, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm Frederick Forsyth, the novelist. | 0:50:54 | 0:50:58 | |
I'm helping Reg Keys in his campaign against Tony Blair, | 0:50:58 | 0:51:01 | |
the man who took us to war in a lie, | 0:51:01 | 0:51:03 | |
and I was hoping we could count on your vote. | 0:51:03 | 0:51:05 | |
-No. -Um, may I ask why not? -You don't want to know why. | 0:51:05 | 0:51:10 | |
-I do. -You don't. | 0:51:10 | 0:51:12 | |
This is a howl of pain, Mr Keys, all this. | 0:51:13 | 0:51:16 | |
-It's just a howl of pain. -Please tell me why you won't vote for me. | 0:51:16 | 0:51:19 | |
-Reg? -I gave my son two rules, Mr Keys. | 0:51:19 | 0:51:21 | |
One - you don't buy a motorbike. | 0:51:21 | 0:51:23 | |
Two - you don't join the British Army. | 0:51:23 | 0:51:25 | |
-Both could get you killed. -My son... -You should've done the same. | 0:51:25 | 0:51:28 | |
-My son didn't die because he joined the Army... -Reg? | 0:51:28 | 0:51:30 | |
My son died because the Army sent him into a hellhole | 0:51:30 | 0:51:33 | |
with 50 bullets and no radio. | 0:51:33 | 0:51:34 | |
It's what the Army does, Mr Keys - it lets its soldiers down. | 0:51:34 | 0:51:37 | |
And not to expect to be let down's a bit naive, and who wants a naive MP? | 0:51:37 | 0:51:40 | |
Is it naive to expect the Prime Minister to tell the truth | 0:51:40 | 0:51:43 | |
-when he sends his soldiers...? -He's a politician! | 0:51:43 | 0:51:45 | |
-I don't accept what you say... -He's a politician! | 0:51:45 | 0:51:48 | |
-It's about the Army and these men... -You're wanted, Reg! | 0:51:48 | 0:51:50 | |
-The Prime Minister can lie sending soldiers to war! -I'm sorry we don't see eye to eye. | 0:51:50 | 0:51:54 | |
-Excuse us, we've a lot of people... -I'm talking! -By all means. | 0:51:54 | 0:51:57 | |
-Some want to speak to Reg personally. -I'm talking! | 0:51:57 | 0:51:59 | |
You do not argue with them! | 0:51:59 | 0:52:00 | |
"I'm very sorry we don't see eye to eye on this matter, sir," and walk! | 0:52:00 | 0:52:04 | |
You know what you've just achieved? | 0:52:04 | 0:52:05 | |
He's absolutely fucking determined to vote AGAINST you! | 0:52:05 | 0:52:08 | |
It's a waste of time and energy | 0:52:08 | 0:52:09 | |
and absolutely fucking counter-productive! | 0:52:09 | 0:52:11 | |
-Now, go and join Martin! -Reg? This is Trevor Johnson. | 0:52:11 | 0:52:14 | |
-How do you do? -How do you do, Mr Johnson? | 0:52:14 | 0:52:16 | |
RAIN PATTERS OUTSIDE How are you? | 0:52:16 | 0:52:19 | |
-SALLY: -'Fine.' | 0:52:19 | 0:52:21 | |
-You OK? -'I'm fine. | 0:52:21 | 0:52:23 | |
SHE SWALLOWS 'Are you drinking?' | 0:52:24 | 0:52:27 | |
-Tea. Are you eating? -'Yeah.' | 0:52:28 | 0:52:30 | |
-What? -'I said yes.' -No, what are you eating? | 0:52:32 | 0:52:35 | |
-Oh, a sandwich. -'Well, that's not enough!' | 0:52:35 | 0:52:38 | |
-It's fine. -'That's not - you need some proper food!' | 0:52:38 | 0:52:42 | |
Well, it's only for tonight. | 0:52:42 | 0:52:43 | |
Are you coping, then? | 0:52:47 | 0:52:48 | |
'More than coping.' | 0:52:50 | 0:52:51 | |
'Are you sure?' | 0:52:51 | 0:52:53 | |
Positive. | 0:52:54 | 0:52:56 | |
Enjoying the peace and quiet, actually. | 0:52:59 | 0:53:01 | |
I'll be home the weekend. We'll go to the garden centre. | 0:53:02 | 0:53:06 | |
'Have lunch there.' | 0:53:08 | 0:53:09 | |
Yeah. | 0:53:11 | 0:53:12 | |
-'Bye, love.' -Bye, love. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:18 | |
-'Bye.' -Bye. | 0:53:19 | 0:53:20 | |
9 o'clock in the morning, till 7.30 at night. | 0:53:38 | 0:53:41 | |
7.30, because Bob says you don't knock on the door | 0:53:41 | 0:53:43 | |
once Coronation Street's started, or EastEnders. | 0:53:43 | 0:53:47 | |
We always vote for Mr Blair here. | 0:53:47 | 0:53:49 | |
-Always vote for Mr Blair? -Yes, we always vote for Tony. | 0:53:49 | 0:53:53 | |
Right. | 0:53:53 | 0:53:55 | |
'Then it's back to the hotel for a phone call with Sally.' | 0:53:55 | 0:53:58 | |
Then, er, meet Bob again for a debrief. | 0:53:58 | 0:54:02 | |
Day after day. Week after week. | 0:54:02 | 0:54:04 | |
Reg and I are visiting all the betting shops in Sedgefield | 0:54:04 | 0:54:08 | |
and we're telling everyone in there to back Reg Keys and vote for him. | 0:54:08 | 0:54:11 | |
When you back a horse, what can you do | 0:54:11 | 0:54:13 | |
to affect the running of that horse, hmm? Absolutely nothing. | 0:54:13 | 0:54:16 | |
You are totally at the mercy of the horse and jockey. | 0:54:16 | 0:54:20 | |
But back Reg Keys, ladies and gentlemen, | 0:54:20 | 0:54:24 | |
and there is something you can do - you can vote for the bugger! | 0:54:24 | 0:54:27 | |
Currently, he is 200-1. | 0:54:27 | 0:54:30 | |
In an hour, he'll be 100-1. In two hours, he'll be 50-1. | 0:54:30 | 0:54:33 | |
In three hours, he'll be 20-1. | 0:54:33 | 0:54:35 | |
In four hours, he'll be down to tens and, by the end of the day, | 0:54:35 | 0:54:38 | |
you'll be lucky to get even money. | 0:54:38 | 0:54:39 | |
So, ladies and gentlemen, backed Reg Keys now! | 0:54:39 | 0:54:42 | |
CHEERING | 0:54:42 | 0:54:43 | |
I was in Downing Street handing in a petition. I couldn't help noticing | 0:54:43 | 0:54:47 | |
how well equipped their policemen were there. | 0:54:47 | 0:54:49 | |
They had pistols, automatic machine guns, radios, earpieces. | 0:54:49 | 0:54:54 | |
Tony Blair gets more protection in the middle of London | 0:54:54 | 0:54:57 | |
than our boys get in a warzone. | 0:54:57 | 0:54:59 | |
-Hello again, Mr Keys. -We've got to stop meeting like this. | 0:55:06 | 0:55:10 | |
The Prime Minister's not in, I'm afraid. | 0:55:10 | 0:55:12 | |
Why all this? | 0:55:14 | 0:55:16 | |
-Would you like me to give him a message? -Yes. | 0:55:16 | 0:55:19 | |
He's invited to a televised debate - me, him, anyone else he fancies. | 0:55:19 | 0:55:25 | |
That's not going to happen, I'm afraid. | 0:55:25 | 0:55:28 | |
Why not? | 0:55:28 | 0:55:30 | |
It's just not going to happen. | 0:55:30 | 0:55:32 | |
I will have my say. | 0:55:33 | 0:55:35 | |
I'll look forward to that, Mr Keys. | 0:55:35 | 0:55:37 | |
Modern trains I'm talking about. Not old ones, modern ones. | 0:55:42 | 0:55:45 | |
I go in for a piss, right? Not a shit, just a piss, | 0:55:45 | 0:55:47 | |
but you've still got to flush it, haven't you? | 0:55:47 | 0:55:49 | |
But the flash is behind the seat, isn't it? | 0:55:49 | 0:55:51 | |
So you put the seat down and now you've touched a lavatory seat, | 0:55:51 | 0:55:54 | |
-so you've got to wash your hands... -WIFE: Who is it? | 0:55:54 | 0:55:56 | |
Mind your own fucking business who it is! | 0:55:56 | 0:55:58 | |
You press the soap and get a load of soap on your hands, | 0:55:58 | 0:56:00 | |
you move them along to the water, never any water. | 0:56:00 | 0:56:03 | |
Nine times out of ten, there's no water! | 0:56:03 | 0:56:05 | |
Why are we killing Iraqi civilians? They didn't vote for Saddam Hussein. | 0:56:05 | 0:56:10 | |
They're not responsible in any way for whatever that monster did. | 0:56:10 | 0:56:14 | |
But I? I voted for Blair. | 0:56:14 | 0:56:16 | |
I'm responsible. OK, it's a tiny, tiny sliver of responsibility, | 0:56:17 | 0:56:22 | |
but nevertheless, it's responsibility. | 0:56:22 | 0:56:24 | |
So bomb me. | 0:56:25 | 0:56:27 | |
Let some terrorist bomb go off in Sedgefield and there'll be | 0:56:27 | 0:56:31 | |
more justification for that than for anything we do in Iraq. | 0:56:31 | 0:56:35 | |
I'm responsible. | 0:56:37 | 0:56:39 | |
And I cannot sleep at night, because of it. | 0:56:39 | 0:56:41 | |
And that's why I'll vote for you, Mr Keys. | 0:56:43 | 0:56:46 | |
Two sons and one daughter. She's on minimum wage. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:49 | |
Zero hours contracts. The two boys? | 0:56:49 | 0:56:51 | |
Well, they're on the dole! You, on the other hand, | 0:56:51 | 0:56:54 | |
you had two boys bringing 40 to 50 grand into your house. | 0:56:54 | 0:56:58 | |
40 to 50 grand every year! | 0:56:58 | 0:57:00 | |
So long as they killed whoever they were told to kill! | 0:57:00 | 0:57:02 | |
You come knocking on my door, all man of principle? | 0:57:02 | 0:57:05 | |
Do me a fucking favour! | 0:57:05 | 0:57:06 | |
They wanted your son dead, Mr Keys. | 0:57:06 | 0:57:08 | |
George Bush, cos he wanted to say to his fellow Americans, | 0:57:08 | 0:57:11 | |
"See, it's not just our boys dying, it's the British too!" | 0:57:11 | 0:57:13 | |
And Tony Blair, cos he wanted to show his love of America | 0:57:13 | 0:57:16 | |
and the more British dead, the greater his love. | 0:57:16 | 0:57:18 | |
The most powerful army in the world up against a bunch | 0:57:18 | 0:57:21 | |
of half-starved ragheads and he needed us? Did he shite, Mr Keys! | 0:57:21 | 0:57:24 | |
If you're feeling a little pissed off about invading Iraq, | 0:57:24 | 0:57:27 | |
how must the Iraqis feel? How must they feel | 0:57:27 | 0:57:29 | |
when they see British soldiers marching up the streets every day? | 0:57:29 | 0:57:31 | |
They had every right to kill your son, Mr Keys, | 0:57:31 | 0:57:33 | |
as much right as the French had to kill the Germans! | 0:57:33 | 0:57:36 | |
They weren't insurgents, you know! | 0:57:36 | 0:57:37 | |
They weren't a mob! The were the Iraqi resistance! | 0:57:37 | 0:57:41 | |
You're a mug, Mr Keys! | 0:57:41 | 0:57:43 | |
-BOB: -Reg? | 0:57:51 | 0:57:52 | |
That was the Tory. He wants to meet. | 0:57:54 | 0:57:56 | |
-Why? -I think he might withdraw. | 0:57:57 | 0:57:59 | |
And if the Tory withdraws, the Lib Dem does. | 0:57:59 | 0:58:02 | |
We could win it, Reg. | 0:58:02 | 0:58:03 | |
Just through there. | 0:58:09 | 0:58:10 | |
-BOB SIGHS -Al Lockwood, Reg Keys. -Reg. | 0:58:13 | 0:58:17 | |
-Tea? -Thanks. | 0:58:18 | 0:58:19 | |
I'm impressed. As I'm meant to be, of course. | 0:58:21 | 0:58:24 | |
-Of course. -How do you think you're doing? | 0:58:24 | 0:58:27 | |
We're just behind Blair, with unstoppable momentum. | 0:58:27 | 0:58:30 | |
-Of course you are. -How do you have it? -White, no sugar. | 0:58:30 | 0:58:34 | |
Well, we've got you in third place. Neck and neck with the Lib Dems. | 0:58:34 | 0:58:37 | |
BOB LAUGHS | 0:58:37 | 0:58:39 | |
-Would you like a little bet on that? -We'd like to help. | 0:58:39 | 0:58:41 | |
Thanks. | 0:58:42 | 0:58:44 | |
If you withdraw, endorse my campaign, | 0:58:44 | 0:58:47 | |
I'll flag up the six military policemen every chance I get. | 0:58:47 | 0:58:50 | |
-You want ME to step down? -Yes. -I was expecting you to do that. | 0:58:50 | 0:58:54 | |
I can't! | 0:58:56 | 0:58:57 | |
We can't deny Conservative voters the chance to vote Conservative. | 0:58:58 | 0:59:02 | |
Even though it could help Blair win? | 0:59:02 | 0:59:05 | |
-Yes. -We can bring down a serving Prime Minister, Al. | 0:59:05 | 0:59:08 | |
That's history, and you'll be part of it, | 0:59:08 | 0:59:11 | |
-and Reg will thank you loud and clear, yes, Reg? -Loud and clear. | 0:59:11 | 0:59:14 | |
Every Tory constituency in the country will want you! | 0:59:14 | 0:59:16 | |
It's goodbye, Sedgefield! Hello, Surrey South West! | 0:59:16 | 0:59:19 | |
I'm no career politician, Bob. | 0:59:19 | 0:59:21 | |
I was in Iraq and that's why I'm here. | 0:59:21 | 0:59:23 | |
Representing a party that voted for it. | 0:59:23 | 0:59:25 | |
I can't possibly withdraw, Reg. You can. | 0:59:26 | 0:59:29 | |
BOB SIGHS | 0:59:32 | 0:59:35 | |
See yourself out. | 0:59:35 | 0:59:36 | |
"Fine," she says. | 0:59:39 | 0:59:41 | |
Only Sally could fill "fine" with such foreboding. | 0:59:42 | 0:59:46 | |
F-I-N-E - fucked up, insecure, neurotic, emotional. | 0:59:47 | 0:59:52 | |
And that's not tea she's drinking, it's booze. | 0:59:53 | 0:59:56 | |
And even if it is tea, I'm going to think it's booze and she knows | 0:59:56 | 1:00:00 | |
I'm going to think it's booze, so why's she drinking at all? | 1:00:00 | 1:00:03 | |
And I know what they're saying, they're wrong. | 1:00:03 | 1:00:05 | |
"Poor Reg Keys, lost his son, can't face that, can't accept that, | 1:00:05 | 1:00:08 | |
"so he's thrown himself into this mad campaign. | 1:00:08 | 1:00:11 | |
"He's not a hope in hell, but still, it keeps him busy, | 1:00:11 | 1:00:16 | |
"keeps his mind off the death of his son - that's no bad thing. | 1:00:16 | 1:00:18 | |
"Still, you've got to feel for his wife, having you? | 1:00:18 | 1:00:21 | |
' "Having to go through that all on her own, back in Bala." ' | 1:00:21 | 1:00:24 | |
Shall I come round? | 1:00:24 | 1:00:26 | |
No, no, I'm fine. | 1:00:26 | 1:00:28 | |
HE LAUGHS Yeah - "fine". | 1:00:28 | 1:00:31 | |
SMOKE ALARM BEEPS | 1:00:47 | 1:00:50 | |
Mum? | 1:00:52 | 1:00:53 | |
Ah! | 1:00:55 | 1:00:57 | |
STEAM HISSES | 1:01:00 | 1:01:02 | |
Mum? | 1:01:02 | 1:01:03 | |
SMOKE ALARM CONTINUES | 1:01:10 | 1:01:12 | |
Mum? | 1:01:15 | 1:01:16 | |
Mu...? | 1:01:21 | 1:01:22 | |
I need an ambulance! | 1:01:36 | 1:01:37 | |
PHONES RING REG: Trouble is, I go up and down. | 1:01:37 | 1:01:40 | |
It depends on the subject. | 1:01:42 | 1:01:44 | |
For instance, get me on Tony Blair, I'll burst your eardrum. | 1:01:44 | 1:01:46 | |
REG CONTINUES, MOBILE PHONE RINGS | 1:01:46 | 1:01:49 | |
-Bob Clay? -'Richard Keys here, Bob.' | 1:01:53 | 1:01:55 | |
-SMOKE ALARM STILL BEEPING -'Dad's not answering.' | 1:01:55 | 1:01:58 | |
He's, er, he's getting miked up for an interview. | 1:01:58 | 1:02:00 | |
-'I found Mum unconscious.' -Is she all right? What happened? | 1:02:00 | 1:02:04 | |
I don't know. She's breathing, she's got a pulse, but she's flat out. | 1:02:04 | 1:02:07 | |
-You've called an ambulance? -Yeah, they're with her now. | 1:02:07 | 1:02:09 | |
-You'll have to let Dad now. -SMOKE ALARM BEEPS | 1:02:09 | 1:02:12 | |
-What's that noise? -Smoke alarm. Just let Dad know. | 1:02:12 | 1:02:15 | |
-I will, yeah. -'Thanks.' -Keep me posted. | 1:02:15 | 1:02:18 | |
Yeah. | 1:02:18 | 1:02:19 | |
Reg? | 1:02:27 | 1:02:28 | |
Um... | 1:02:35 | 1:02:36 | |
Why should they have you as their MP | 1:02:38 | 1:02:40 | |
and not the Prime Minister, the most powerful man in Britain? | 1:02:40 | 1:02:44 | |
Well, he may be the most powerful, but he's also the busiest. | 1:02:44 | 1:02:47 | |
They never get to see him. | 1:02:47 | 1:02:48 | |
When was the last time he was up in Sedgefield? | 1:02:48 | 1:02:51 | |
When was the last time anybody in Sedgefield set eyes on Tony Blair? | 1:02:51 | 1:02:56 | |
If they want an MP that'll protect their interests - | 1:02:56 | 1:02:59 | |
THEIR interests, not George Bush's - they've got to vote for me. | 1:02:59 | 1:03:03 | |
Good. | 1:03:04 | 1:03:05 | |
SMOKE ALARM BEEPS | 1:03:05 | 1:03:08 | |
BEEPING STOPS REG ON TV: 'We did consider that, | 1:03:18 | 1:03:20 | |
'yes - defeating Tony Blair, then resigning immediately. | 1:03:20 | 1:03:23 | |
'But that would force another election.' | 1:03:23 | 1:03:25 | |
Also, if they vote for me, they're not just voting AGAINST Tony Blair, | 1:03:33 | 1:03:36 | |
they're voting FOR Reg Keys. | 1:03:36 | 1:03:38 | |
So, if elected, you'll serve a full term? | 1:03:38 | 1:03:41 | |
-Yes. -Reg Keys, thank you very much indeed. | 1:03:41 | 1:03:43 | |
-Thank you. -Great. Thank you very much. -Cheers. | 1:03:44 | 1:03:49 | |
-Reg? -Yes? -Your car's outside. | 1:03:49 | 1:03:51 | |
Why? | 1:03:51 | 1:03:52 | |
-Sally's been taken ill. -How ill? | 1:03:52 | 1:03:55 | |
Well, we don't know, but Richard found her unconscious. | 1:03:55 | 1:03:58 | |
MOBILE PHONE BEEPS | 1:03:58 | 1:04:00 | |
I've got five missed calls here. When did he call you? | 1:04:00 | 1:04:02 | |
When did he call you? | 1:04:05 | 1:04:06 | |
Hour and a half ago. | 1:04:08 | 1:04:09 | |
That interview was crucial, Reg! | 1:04:12 | 1:04:14 | |
-You'll thank me for it one day. -ENGINE STARTS | 1:04:16 | 1:04:18 | |
It's finished, Bob. Finished. | 1:04:18 | 1:04:20 | |
-'..message after the tone.' -BEEP! | 1:04:29 | 1:04:32 | |
I've left the M6, hour and a half away, I think. Phone me. | 1:04:32 | 1:04:36 | |
I'd sooner know. Good news or bad news, I'd sooner know. | 1:04:37 | 1:04:41 | |
-'..message after the tone.' -BEEP! | 1:04:42 | 1:04:45 | |
Now, I've realised, if you're in there with her, | 1:04:45 | 1:04:48 | |
you won't be able to use your phone, so call me back when you can. | 1:04:48 | 1:04:52 | |
AMBULANCE SIRENS WAIL | 1:04:56 | 1:04:59 | |
Why didn't you leave right away? | 1:05:28 | 1:05:29 | |
Oh, I... I'm sorry. | 1:05:30 | 1:05:33 | |
How is she? | 1:05:33 | 1:05:35 | |
-Same. Still out. -Right. | 1:05:35 | 1:05:37 | |
What's up? | 1:05:38 | 1:05:40 | |
-She left a pan on. I grabbed it and... -Right. | 1:05:40 | 1:05:43 | |
What have they said? | 1:05:45 | 1:05:47 | |
That she's dehydrated. They reckon it could've been that. | 1:05:47 | 1:05:51 | |
So she didn't, er...? | 1:05:52 | 1:05:54 | |
Oh, no, no! Of course not, no. | 1:05:56 | 1:05:58 | |
Oh. | 1:05:59 | 1:06:00 | |
Right. | 1:06:01 | 1:06:03 | |
BIRDSONG | 1:06:05 | 1:06:07 | |
VEHICLE APPROACHES | 1:06:07 | 1:06:10 | |
-Bob, this is my wife Sally. -Hello. -This is my son Richard. | 1:06:34 | 1:06:39 | |
Bob Clay. | 1:06:41 | 1:06:42 | |
-Would you like a cup of tea, Mr Clay? -Yes, please. -Right. | 1:06:43 | 1:06:47 | |
He played God with our lives. | 1:06:49 | 1:06:51 | |
He didn't pass on your message for an hour and a half. | 1:06:51 | 1:06:54 | |
That's why I did that interview. | 1:06:54 | 1:06:56 | |
I'm really, really sorry. | 1:06:56 | 1:06:59 | |
Thank you. | 1:07:01 | 1:07:02 | |
You've got three options, Reg. | 1:07:19 | 1:07:21 | |
The first one, the one we prefer, you come back to the campaign. | 1:07:21 | 1:07:25 | |
Recent events never happened. Business as usual. Option two... | 1:07:25 | 1:07:30 | |
..you pack it all in, yes, but you don't tell anyone. | 1:07:31 | 1:07:35 | |
You let me - Freddie, Martin, Brian, all of us... | 1:07:35 | 1:07:37 | |
You let us campaign on your behalf. | 1:07:37 | 1:07:40 | |
We'll say you've taken time off for Sally's illness, and that you'll | 1:07:40 | 1:07:43 | |
be back on board just as soon as you can, but meanwhile, we carry on. | 1:07:43 | 1:07:47 | |
And what's the third? | 1:07:47 | 1:07:49 | |
The third is that you pack it in and you tell everyone | 1:07:50 | 1:07:53 | |
you've packed it in, but on no account, do that, Reg, please, | 1:07:53 | 1:07:56 | |
because, otherwise, it just renders everything futile. | 1:07:56 | 1:08:00 | |
All the effort we've put in, all the time, all of it, futile! | 1:08:00 | 1:08:03 | |
Oh, the irony! I'm after Blair, cos he's a heartless bastard, and | 1:08:03 | 1:08:06 | |
the only way to get him is to act like heartless bastards ourselves! | 1:08:06 | 1:08:10 | |
-I'm no heartless bastard. -REG SCOFFS: No? | 1:08:10 | 1:08:13 | |
No! | 1:08:14 | 1:08:15 | |
I'm here to help, Reg. And how can I do that? | 1:08:15 | 1:08:19 | |
I can't bring Tom back. I can't nail the guys who killed him. | 1:08:19 | 1:08:23 | |
The only thing I can do is help you give Blair a bloody nose | 1:08:23 | 1:08:27 | |
and a bigger and bloodier nose... | 1:08:27 | 1:08:29 | |
The last thing you want to do is bring Tom back. | 1:08:29 | 1:08:32 | |
I'm Reg Keys, father of Tom Keys, murdered in Iraq, | 1:08:32 | 1:08:36 | |
and, without that, what good am I to you? | 1:08:36 | 1:08:38 | |
I predicted this. | 1:08:48 | 1:08:49 | |
I said, halfway through the campaign, you'd hate my guts, | 1:08:50 | 1:08:53 | |
-but by the end of it, you'd shake my hand. -Well, you were half right. | 1:08:53 | 1:08:56 | |
Sally? | 1:09:05 | 1:09:06 | |
Yes? | 1:09:07 | 1:09:08 | |
What do you think? | 1:09:10 | 1:09:11 | |
Please? | 1:09:14 | 1:09:15 | |
You want me to say I don't need him here. | 1:09:18 | 1:09:20 | |
And I do. | 1:09:21 | 1:09:22 | |
I don't want him here. | 1:09:24 | 1:09:25 | |
I don't want to drag him off Tony Bloody Blair. | 1:09:27 | 1:09:30 | |
His mum used to forget that Tom was dead. | 1:09:35 | 1:09:38 | |
I wake up and, with...within a second - bang - Tom is dead. | 1:09:38 | 1:09:43 | |
But she could forget for hours, days even. | 1:09:44 | 1:09:47 | |
And I got so jealous of her. | 1:09:50 | 1:09:52 | |
I used to think, "Why can't I be like that?" | 1:09:52 | 1:09:54 | |
And... | 1:09:59 | 1:10:01 | |
..so I'm drinking and... | 1:10:03 | 1:10:05 | |
..I'm swallowing pills. | 1:10:09 | 1:10:11 | |
And if I'm not drinking or swallowing pills, | 1:10:13 | 1:10:16 | |
then I'm hoovering, polishing, scrubbing... | 1:10:16 | 1:10:19 | |
..and I forget precisely nothing. | 1:10:22 | 1:10:24 | |
But his mum... | 1:10:28 | 1:10:29 | |
..everything. | 1:10:31 | 1:10:32 | |
Hours, days, everything. | 1:10:33 | 1:10:35 | |
And, vicious bitch that I am, | 1:10:38 | 1:10:41 | |
I start reminding her that he's dead. | 1:10:41 | 1:10:45 | |
"He's dead, you stupid woman. | 1:10:49 | 1:10:52 | |
"He's dead." | 1:10:56 | 1:10:57 | |
SHE SIGHS DEEPLY | 1:11:02 | 1:11:04 | |
Which means more drink, more pills... | 1:11:04 | 1:11:06 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 1:11:06 | 1:11:07 | |
..more hoovering, polishing, scrubbing. | 1:11:07 | 1:11:10 | |
And that is enough, Reg. | 1:11:16 | 1:11:18 | |
Please don't add to it. | 1:11:21 | 1:11:23 | |
Please don't make me the woman that dragged you off Tony bloody Blair. | 1:11:23 | 1:11:27 | |
Just go back to Sedgefield, really. | 1:11:29 | 1:11:31 | |
Richard? | 1:11:42 | 1:11:44 | |
I want you to go back too, Dad. | 1:11:48 | 1:11:49 | |
It's an adventure. | 1:11:51 | 1:11:52 | |
And I know Tom's been killed and that, | 1:11:54 | 1:11:56 | |
but that doesn't stop it being an adventure. | 1:11:56 | 1:12:01 | |
I mean, you're taking on the Prime Minister and you can win! | 1:12:01 | 1:12:05 | |
You could go down in history. You'd be mad to stop now, Dad. | 1:12:05 | 1:12:08 | |
And who stands to profit if you stand down? | 1:12:10 | 1:12:12 | |
Tony bloody Blair. | 1:12:14 | 1:12:15 | |
CAR DOORS CLOSE, ENGINE STARTS | 1:12:22 | 1:12:25 | |
Right, come on, then. | 1:12:39 | 1:12:41 | |
Tom loved it here. | 1:12:47 | 1:12:49 | |
SEAGULLS CALL | 1:12:51 | 1:12:52 | |
For the six. | 1:13:21 | 1:13:23 | |
Rest in peace, lads. | 1:13:23 | 1:13:24 | |
What do you think? | 1:13:48 | 1:13:49 | |
OVER LOUDSPEAKER: Vote Reg Keys. | 1:13:53 | 1:13:55 | |
Tony Blair is a war criminal. He's got away with it | 1:13:55 | 1:13:59 | |
because the process of removal has not taken place. | 1:13:59 | 1:14:03 | |
So I'm asking the people of Sedgefield to do it today. | 1:14:03 | 1:14:06 | |
Vote Reg Keys. Remove Blair, the war criminal. | 1:14:06 | 1:14:10 | |
-FREDERICK FORSYTH: -I came north this morning to pay tribute | 1:14:10 | 1:14:13 | |
to the sons of Sedgefield, commemorated behind me, | 1:14:13 | 1:14:16 | |
who went out to fight two great wars to protect this land. | 1:14:16 | 1:14:20 | |
They were told that they were going out | 1:14:21 | 1:14:24 | |
because this country was under threat, and that was no lie. | 1:14:24 | 1:14:28 | |
Imperial Germany in 1914 was a threat | 1:14:28 | 1:14:31 | |
and the monstrosity of Nazism in 1940 was an even greater threat. | 1:14:31 | 1:14:38 | |
They were not lied to. | 1:14:38 | 1:14:39 | |
They were not betrayed. | 1:14:41 | 1:14:42 | |
Now, I want you to cast your minds to 85 other soldiers. | 1:14:45 | 1:14:49 | |
They're not listed on this monument behind me now. | 1:14:50 | 1:14:53 | |
Their names are not carved in wood or in stone. | 1:14:55 | 1:14:59 | |
They are written only in the hearts of the families they left behind, | 1:14:59 | 1:15:04 | |
when they marched off so proudly | 1:15:04 | 1:15:06 | |
to do what they thought was their duty in defending their country. | 1:15:06 | 1:15:11 | |
Now, I believe there is a difference between those 85 men | 1:15:11 | 1:15:14 | |
and the ones on this memorial behind me and it is this... | 1:15:14 | 1:15:18 | |
Those 85 men who went to Iraq WERE lied to. | 1:15:19 | 1:15:24 | |
They were lied to, so that Tony Blair could have | 1:15:24 | 1:15:28 | |
a standing ovation in Washington | 1:15:28 | 1:15:30 | |
and his place in history. | 1:15:30 | 1:15:32 | |
Well, Mr Blair, you may have your place in history. | 1:15:33 | 1:15:37 | |
But it will not be quite the one you thought. | 1:15:37 | 1:15:41 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:15:41 | 1:15:42 | |
-DAVID DIMBLEBY: -'The excitement of election night is about to begin.' | 1:15:42 | 1:15:46 | |
DIRECTOR: ..two, one. | 1:15:46 | 1:15:48 | |
BUZZ OF CONVERSATION | 1:15:48 | 1:15:51 | |
'Our star reporters are out in the country at the key counts. | 1:15:53 | 1:15:56 | |
'We've got our cameras in all the places that matter. | 1:15:56 | 1:15:59 | |
'At Sunderland South, where they're just having | 1:15:59 | 1:16:01 | |
'a final rehearsal of getting the boxes in. | 1:16:01 | 1:16:03 | |
'They plan to be the first to declare. | 1:16:03 | 1:16:06 | |
'At Portsmouth, Guildhall, | 1:16:06 | 1:16:08 | |
'where the postal ballots are being taken up the steps...' | 1:16:08 | 1:16:11 | |
'..and at Enfield in London, Tory target, the seat...' | 1:16:21 | 1:16:25 | |
Excuse me? Excuse me? | 1:16:29 | 1:16:31 | |
That's a vote for Reg Keys. | 1:16:31 | 1:16:33 | |
The Reg Keys pile is there. | 1:16:33 | 1:16:34 | |
You put it on the Tony bloody Blair pile! Excuse me? | 1:16:34 | 1:16:37 | |
And that's the third time you've done that, | 1:16:38 | 1:16:40 | |
which I think is a bit much, if you don't mind me saying so. | 1:16:40 | 1:16:42 | |
-What is it, Bob? -That's the third time he's put a vote for Reg Keys | 1:16:42 | 1:16:45 | |
-on the Tony Blair pile. -An honest mistake. -Three times... | 1:16:45 | 1:16:48 | |
-An honest mistake. -..all Reg Keys, all gone to Tony Blair! | 1:16:48 | 1:16:50 | |
That's a level of consistency that suggests something to me | 1:16:50 | 1:16:53 | |
and what it suggests is a little more than an honest mistake. | 1:16:53 | 1:16:56 | |
If he says "honest mistake", Bob, it was an honest mistake. | 1:16:56 | 1:16:59 | |
-Sally! -How's it going? -I want you to do something for me. | 1:16:59 | 1:17:03 | |
Hi, Richard. I'm going to get somebody to watch this guy - | 1:17:03 | 1:17:07 | |
that's going to take me a couple of minutes - | 1:17:07 | 1:17:09 | |
but for the next two minutes, | 1:17:09 | 1:17:10 | |
you watch him and you watch where he puts those votes, OK? | 1:17:10 | 1:17:14 | |
-Yeah, right. -Thank you. | 1:17:14 | 1:17:15 | |
Here is where we are. | 1:17:19 | 1:17:21 | |
Newton Aycliffe. We'll have done well here. | 1:17:21 | 1:17:24 | |
There should be 1,423 votes from this polling station. | 1:17:25 | 1:17:29 | |
If it's under, that's fine, cos some people go in and don't vote. | 1:17:29 | 1:17:33 | |
But if it's over, that is not fine. | 1:17:33 | 1:17:35 | |
That means some people have voted more than once, so, if it's over, | 1:17:35 | 1:17:38 | |
-come and get me, all right? -Right. -Thanks. | 1:17:38 | 1:17:40 | |
'I've had a number of people saying to me that they can't vote for me | 1:17:41 | 1:17:44 | |
'because they were against the war in Iraq. | 1:17:44 | 1:17:46 | |
'Heaven knows what more I could have done to convince them | 1:17:46 | 1:17:49 | |
'that I also was opposed to the war and, if it was like that for me, | 1:17:49 | 1:17:52 | |
'it must have been at least as strong for others...' | 1:17:52 | 1:17:55 | |
JEREMY PAXMAN: 'A personal vote for you, you say, | 1:17:55 | 1:17:57 | |
'but how much did your support for the war count against you there?' | 1:17:57 | 1:18:00 | |
-JACK STRAW: -'Well, that became part of the issue, | 1:18:00 | 1:18:03 | |
'especially within some of the Asian communities, | 1:18:03 | 1:18:06 | |
'but also amongst part of the white community as well.' | 1:18:06 | 1:18:09 | |
-How are you doing, Bob? -BOB SIGHS | 1:18:10 | 1:18:12 | |
-I don't think we can win it. -No. | 1:18:12 | 1:18:15 | |
WOMEN LAUGH AND CHATTER | 1:18:15 | 1:18:17 | |
-Blair here? -On his way. | 1:18:17 | 1:18:19 | |
-Where you going to put him? -In his room. | 1:18:19 | 1:18:23 | |
-Oh, you got him a room? -Of course. -The candidates couldn't have one. | 1:18:23 | 1:18:26 | |
We've been walking around here! And you got him a room? | 1:18:26 | 1:18:28 | |
He's got a country to run! | 1:18:28 | 1:18:30 | |
-Who are you going to allow to speak? -I haven't given it any thought. | 1:18:33 | 1:18:36 | |
You've got the world's media here | 1:18:36 | 1:18:37 | |
and haven't given any thought to who's going to be allowed to speak? | 1:18:37 | 1:18:40 | |
No, cos it all depends on the result. | 1:18:40 | 1:18:42 | |
Convention dictates the top three will speak. | 1:18:42 | 1:18:45 | |
What if we finish fourth? | 1:18:45 | 1:18:47 | |
Well, someone's got to finish fourth, haven't they? | 1:18:47 | 1:18:49 | |
Reg? | 1:18:49 | 1:18:51 | |
You've got to let Reg speak. | 1:18:51 | 1:18:52 | |
If he finishes top three, of course he can speak. | 1:18:52 | 1:18:55 | |
Top three to speak. | 1:18:56 | 1:18:58 | |
Right. | 1:18:58 | 1:19:00 | |
He could finish fourth, you know that. | 1:19:00 | 1:19:02 | |
If that happens, he speaks. | 1:19:02 | 1:19:03 | |
And the one who finishes fifth? And the sixth? | 1:19:03 | 1:19:06 | |
There's 15 candidates! Monster Raving Loonies and worse. | 1:19:06 | 1:19:09 | |
Do I let them all speak? Do I turn it into a circus? | 1:19:09 | 1:19:12 | |
I'm not asking you to turn it into a circus, | 1:19:12 | 1:19:13 | |
I'm talking about the top four. | 1:19:13 | 1:19:15 | |
This is a four-horse race, this, always has been - | 1:19:15 | 1:19:17 | |
Labour, Tory, Lib Dem and Reg! | 1:19:17 | 1:19:19 | |
The others are miles behind. It would be totally wrong to stop | 1:19:19 | 1:19:22 | |
any of the top four from speaking, especially if it's this man here. | 1:19:22 | 1:19:25 | |
I'm sticking with convention, Bob, and the top three will speak. | 1:19:25 | 1:19:28 | |
-BOB SIGHS -You don't want to upset Tony. -Not at all. | 1:19:28 | 1:19:31 | |
-I've kept a diary. -Oh, yes? -Yes. | 1:19:31 | 1:19:34 | |
And I have listed every irregularity that you have overseen | 1:19:34 | 1:19:37 | |
-in this campaign. -Bob... -Every irregularity? -Mm-hm. | 1:19:37 | 1:19:41 | |
I wasn't aware there'd been one. | 1:19:41 | 1:19:42 | |
Well, there was that business with the electoral roll | 1:19:42 | 1:19:45 | |
-and how long it took us to get it. -You got it. -Eventually. | 1:19:45 | 1:19:47 | |
-And then there was the map of the constituency. -Which you also got. | 1:19:47 | 1:19:51 | |
Also eventually. And now you're talking to me about convention. | 1:19:51 | 1:19:54 | |
Well, convention states that the candidates have a room | 1:19:54 | 1:19:57 | |
where they can relax. ALL the candidates, not just one. | 1:19:57 | 1:19:59 | |
Are you about to say that you'll overlook these "irregularities" | 1:19:59 | 1:20:03 | |
if I agree to let this man speak? | 1:20:03 | 1:20:04 | |
Because, if you say that, Bob, you'll be out of here on your arse! | 1:20:04 | 1:20:07 | |
In fact, you might even find yourself in the nick! | 1:20:07 | 1:20:09 | |
How dare you question my integrity? | 1:20:09 | 1:20:11 | |
I have a run things as fair and square as I possibly could! | 1:20:11 | 1:20:14 | |
No-one is questioning your integrity, are they, Bob? | 1:20:14 | 1:20:17 | |
-No. -Three times, I've tried to get Tony Blair to listen to me | 1:20:19 | 1:20:22 | |
and three times, he's ignored me, so I think he's got this coming! | 1:20:22 | 1:20:27 | |
He's got to stand up there with the world watching | 1:20:27 | 1:20:29 | |
and he's got to listen to me. | 1:20:29 | 1:20:31 | |
-And that'll happen, as long as you finish in the top three. -Why?! | 1:20:31 | 1:20:34 | |
-Because convention dictates? -Yes. | 1:20:34 | 1:20:37 | |
Who sent us to war? | 1:20:37 | 1:20:39 | |
It's not the people. | 1:20:39 | 1:20:41 | |
They couldn't be convinced. | 1:20:41 | 1:20:42 | |
But hundreds of democratically elected MPs, | 1:20:42 | 1:20:45 | |
-they were. -Mm-hm. -Sticklers for convention, all of 'em! | 1:20:45 | 1:20:48 | |
I hope you get to speak, Reg. | 1:20:50 | 1:20:51 | |
Convention! | 1:20:55 | 1:20:57 | |
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING | 1:20:57 | 1:20:58 | |
-JEREMY PAXMAN: -'We're seeing pictures now of Tony Blair | 1:20:58 | 1:21:01 | |
'arriving at the, er... At his count, I believe. | 1:21:01 | 1:21:04 | |
-DAVID DIMBLEBY: -'Not clear what to read into the Prime Minister's face. | 1:21:04 | 1:21:08 | |
'He and Cherie going towards the count there. | 1:21:08 | 1:21:09 | |
'He's looking... He was looking a bit - how can I put it? | 1:21:09 | 1:21:12 | |
'Putting a determined look on his face and, er, | 1:21:12 | 1:21:15 | |
'Cherie looking, again, determinedly cheerful | 1:21:15 | 1:21:18 | |
'as they go into the count, wouldn't you say?' | 1:21:18 | 1:21:21 | |
Here we go. | 1:21:24 | 1:21:26 | |
4,252, Reg. | 1:21:26 | 1:21:29 | |
Oh, that's wonderful, Reg! That is wonderful! | 1:21:29 | 1:21:32 | |
-Where does that put us? -Fourth. | 1:21:32 | 1:21:34 | |
What's wrong? | 1:21:38 | 1:21:40 | |
Only the top three speak. | 1:21:40 | 1:21:42 | |
Oh, what? | 1:21:42 | 1:21:43 | |
Who was third? | 1:21:45 | 1:21:46 | |
-Lib Dems. -What did he get? | 1:21:46 | 1:21:49 | |
-Er, 4,935. -That's practically a tie! | 1:21:49 | 1:21:52 | |
No, it isn't, Bob. | 1:21:52 | 1:21:55 | |
-Who was fifth? -Ukip. | 1:21:55 | 1:21:57 | |
-How many? -646. -OK, so we're just behind third, well clear of fifth, | 1:21:57 | 1:22:01 | |
-and we still can't speak? -Correct. | 1:22:01 | 1:22:03 | |
Right, OK. | 1:22:04 | 1:22:06 | |
The media are still upstairs, so, once the declaration's over, | 1:22:06 | 1:22:09 | |
we'll go up there and we'll tell the world that you've been gagged. | 1:22:09 | 1:22:12 | |
Labour, Tory and the Lib Dems could speak - | 1:22:12 | 1:22:14 | |
the people who sent us to war could all speak - | 1:22:14 | 1:22:17 | |
but Reg Keys couldn't. | 1:22:17 | 1:22:19 | |
You must do as you see fit. | 1:22:20 | 1:22:22 | |
Please, let me speak. | 1:22:22 | 1:22:24 | |
Please? | 1:22:24 | 1:22:25 | |
I'm not asking this for myself. I'll be speaking... | 1:22:27 | 1:22:30 | |
I won't even see Blair, but the other families will see him. | 1:22:30 | 1:22:33 | |
And the families of every British soldier killed in Iraq, | 1:22:33 | 1:22:36 | |
they'll see him. | 1:22:36 | 1:22:37 | |
I don't think you should stand in the way of that. | 1:22:37 | 1:22:40 | |
You must excuse me. I've got things I must do. | 1:22:42 | 1:22:44 | |
-ANDREW MARR: -'A rictus, rather than genuine grin. | 1:22:44 | 1:22:46 | |
-DAVID DIMBLEBY: -'The last days of the campaign, | 1:22:46 | 1:22:48 | |
-'there's been a genuine grin on his face. -They thought they'd have | 1:22:48 | 1:22:51 | |
'a really good night, better than they're having so far. | 1:22:51 | 1:22:53 | |
'Especially when talking about their private life to the Sun. | 1:22:53 | 1:22:56 | |
-'Rather extraordinary. -What? "Five times a night Prime Minister?" ' | 1:22:56 | 1:23:00 | |
I, the returning officer for the Sedgefield constituency, | 1:23:00 | 1:23:03 | |
do hereby declare that the numbers of votes in the election | 1:23:03 | 1:23:06 | |
were as follows. | 1:23:06 | 1:23:08 | |
Berony Abraham, 205... | 1:23:08 | 1:23:11 | |
REG: 'When do you most need compassion? | 1:23:12 | 1:23:15 | |
'Probably at the point of death. | 1:23:16 | 1:23:18 | |
'But when you die in war, there is no compassion, | 1:23:18 | 1:23:22 | |
'there's only hatred, because they can't kill you unless they hate you. | 1:23:22 | 1:23:26 | |
'So, no whispers from a loving wife or mother...' | 1:23:28 | 1:23:33 | |
GUNFIRE ECHOES 'Just your mates' screams | 1:23:33 | 1:23:35 | |
'and your killer's snarling hatred. That's the reality of war.' | 1:23:35 | 1:23:39 | |
LOUD CRUNCH | 1:23:39 | 1:23:41 | |
Six young men... | 1:23:41 | 1:23:42 | |
'..dead in a filthy storeroom-cum-toilet. | 1:23:43 | 1:23:47 | |
'You multiply that by 100,000, 200,000, | 1:23:47 | 1:23:50 | |
'you add women and children, and all on a lie?' | 1:23:50 | 1:23:53 | |
CAMERAS CLICK All on a lie? | 1:23:53 | 1:23:55 | |
..that Anthony Charles Lynton Blair has been duly elected | 1:23:55 | 1:23:59 | |
to serve as member for the Sedgefield constituency. | 1:23:59 | 1:24:02 | |
APPLAUSE AND SOME CHEERS | 1:24:02 | 1:24:04 | |
LOUD CHEERS | 1:24:06 | 1:24:08 | |
'..and I know too that Iraq has been a divisive issue in this country. | 1:24:12 | 1:24:16 | |
'But I hope now that we can unite again | 1:24:18 | 1:24:21 | |
'and look to the future, there and here.' | 1:24:21 | 1:24:23 | |
Our job is to serve people. That's what I've tried to do in Sedgefield. | 1:24:23 | 1:24:27 | |
It's what we'll try to do for the country. Thank you. | 1:24:27 | 1:24:30 | |
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING | 1:24:30 | 1:24:31 | |
Right, ready to go? | 1:24:40 | 1:24:43 | |
He's letting him speak. | 1:25:00 | 1:25:02 | |
Richard! | 1:25:02 | 1:25:03 | |
First of all, I would like to thank the Returning Officer | 1:25:10 | 1:25:15 | |
and all the people who have worked hard | 1:25:15 | 1:25:17 | |
to put all this together tonight. | 1:25:17 | 1:25:19 | |
And I want to thank, in particular, | 1:25:20 | 1:25:23 | |
all the fantastic people who have organised and run this campaign | 1:25:23 | 1:25:29 | |
and all the volunteers - they've been tremendous. | 1:25:29 | 1:25:32 | |
I'd also like to thank my wife and my son | 1:25:34 | 1:25:37 | |
for being here with me tonight, | 1:25:37 | 1:25:39 | |
who have supported me tirelessly through this campaign. | 1:25:39 | 1:25:41 | |
A remarkable campaign. | 1:25:43 | 1:25:45 | |
Er, I'm not... | 1:25:45 | 1:25:48 | |
I don't claim to be a professional politician. | 1:25:48 | 1:25:52 | |
Fighting this campaign has not been an easy task for me, | 1:25:52 | 1:25:55 | |
but I had to do it for my son, Thomas Keys, | 1:25:55 | 1:26:00 | |
a Royal Military Policeman killed in Iraq | 1:26:00 | 1:26:05 | |
four days short of his 21st birthday... | 1:26:05 | 1:26:08 | |
..sent to war under extremely controversial circumstances. | 1:26:09 | 1:26:14 | |
Extremely controversial circumstances. | 1:26:15 | 1:26:18 | |
SMATTERING OF APPLAUSE | 1:26:18 | 1:26:20 | |
If this war had been justified by international law, | 1:26:22 | 1:26:25 | |
I would have grieved, not campaigned. | 1:26:25 | 1:26:29 | |
If weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq, again, | 1:26:30 | 1:26:34 | |
I would have grieved, not campaigned. | 1:26:34 | 1:26:38 | |
And tonight, there are lessons to be learned | 1:26:39 | 1:26:42 | |
and I hope in my heart that, one day, | 1:26:42 | 1:26:45 | |
the Prime Minister may be able to say sorry. | 1:26:45 | 1:26:47 | |
That, one day, you'll be able to say sorry | 1:26:49 | 1:26:51 | |
to the families of the bereaved and that, one day, | 1:26:51 | 1:26:55 | |
the Prime Minister may be able to visit wounded soldiers in hospital. | 1:26:55 | 1:27:00 | |
Then our campaign will not have been in vain. | 1:27:02 | 1:27:05 | |
All the people who have given me their vote tonight | 1:27:07 | 1:27:10 | |
have sent a clear, resounding message about the Iraq War. | 1:27:10 | 1:27:15 | |
And thank you to all the people who have voted for me tonight. | 1:27:15 | 1:27:18 | |
And just finally... | 1:27:20 | 1:27:21 | |
..I would like to dedicate this campaign to all the brave 88, | 1:27:23 | 1:27:29 | |
88 British servicemen, | 1:27:29 | 1:27:31 | |
because some people do not know how many have been killed. | 1:27:31 | 1:27:35 | |
Servicemen who gave their young lives in this conflict. | 1:27:37 | 1:27:41 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:27:41 | 1:27:43 | |
But may I just in particular mention, | 1:27:46 | 1:27:49 | |
as they've come to be known, "The Six". | 1:27:49 | 1:27:51 | |
Six Royal Military Policemen left behind and slaughtered | 1:27:52 | 1:27:59 | |
in a filthy police station in al-Majar. | 1:27:59 | 1:28:03 | |
My son... | 1:28:05 | 1:28:06 | |
..Lance Corporal Tom Keys.. | 1:28:08 | 1:28:10 | |
'..Corporal Russell Aston... | 1:28:13 | 1:28:15 | |
'..Corporal Simon Miller... | 1:28:19 | 1:28:21 | |
'..Sergeant Simon Hamilton-Jewell... | 1:28:23 | 1:28:25 | |
'..Lance Corporal Ben Hyde... | 1:28:27 | 1:28:29 | |
'..and Corporal Paul Long.' | 1:28:32 | 1:28:34 | |
May you rest in peace, lads. | 1:28:38 | 1:28:39 | |
Thank you. | 1:28:40 | 1:28:42 | |
APPLAUSE ECHOES THEN FADES | 1:28:50 | 1:28:53 |