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0:00:58 > 0:01:02ALARM BLEEPS
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Is it time?
0:01:14 > 0:01:18'Surprise resignation today of Aiden Hoynes, Secretary of State
0:01:18 > 0:01:19'for Business, Innovation and Skills
0:01:19 > 0:01:23'and regarded as one of THE high flyers in the cabinet.'
0:01:23 > 0:01:25For weeks, Westminster's been rife with rumours
0:01:25 > 0:01:28about his growing discontent with current Government policy.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30In his letter to the Prime Minister,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33'he implies he is resigning to "spend more time with the family" -
0:01:33 > 0:01:36'but few believe that is really what lies behind it.'
0:01:39 > 0:01:41It's all kicking off now, Minister.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS CLAMOUR
0:01:55 > 0:01:58'He's due to make a personal statement to the House later today.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01'Perhaps then we will know the real reason behind his resignation
0:02:01 > 0:02:03'from the Government.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07'Aiden Hoynes and his wife Freya Gardner, junior Education Minister
0:02:07 > 0:02:10'and a rising star in her own right, have two young children.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13'Often dubbed The Golden Couple of Politics,
0:02:13 > 0:02:14'their marriage is known to be solid,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16'but the demands of a political marriage
0:02:16 > 0:02:18'are bound to put pressure on any family.'
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Thank you. Thank you all.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Thanks, Lian.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Thanks.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Thank you all. Thank you all.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43How's he doing?
0:02:44 > 0:02:48There's his speech. Tell him to check my amendment on para two.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21To the end of the beginning.
0:03:22 > 0:03:30'Order! Order! Personal statement, Mr Aiden Hoynes.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35'Mr Speaker, too often the issue of immigration has been used
0:03:35 > 0:03:37'as a political football,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41'fuelled by inflated statistics in the tabloids
0:03:41 > 0:03:45'to appease the anti-immigration prejudice in Britain.'
0:03:45 > 0:03:49So when the Prime Minister first mooted his proposal
0:03:49 > 0:03:52for an indefinite moratorium on immigration,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55I was deeply concerned
0:03:55 > 0:03:58that should he attempt to force such drastic reform through
0:03:58 > 0:04:01before the election next year,
0:04:01 > 0:04:05not only will it prevent skilled workers coming here who we rely on
0:04:05 > 0:04:09for our desperately needed economic recovery,
0:04:09 > 0:04:14but it impeaches our humanitarian reputation in providing asylum
0:04:14 > 0:04:17for displaced people fleeing their own countries
0:04:17 > 0:04:19to escape death and persecution.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21THEY MURMUR ASSENT
0:04:21 > 0:04:25I did my best to persuade my Right Honourable Friend
0:04:25 > 0:04:30that his unilateral decision would play into the xenophobic prejudices
0:04:30 > 0:04:33of those who seek to turn us into Fortress Britain.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35THEY MURMUR ASSENT
0:04:35 > 0:04:37'But I could not dissuade him.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42'Mr Speaker, while I appreciate the Prime Minister's poor approval ratings
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- 'are a matter of concern to him...' - Dita! Look. It's Daddy!
0:04:46 > 0:04:49'..his readiness to trample on human rights'
0:04:49 > 0:04:54in a craven attempt to attract votes is of greater concern to me.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56- ALL:- Hear, hear!
0:04:58 > 0:05:01I therefore came to the reluctant conclusion that
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I could no longer serve in my Right Honourable Friend's Government.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05ASTONISHED MURMURS
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I know some in the House will condemn my resignation
0:05:08 > 0:05:09as disloyalty, Mr Speaker.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- MEMBERS:- Yes! Yes!
0:05:11 > 0:05:16But I do so because it is the right thing to do.
0:05:16 > 0:05:22And because my loyalty lies not just to my party,
0:05:22 > 0:05:26but to my country.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30It is for others to decide where their own loyalty lies.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33CHEERING
0:05:33 > 0:05:36'Westminster is in leadership crisis mode
0:05:36 > 0:05:38'since Aiden Hoynes' incendiary resignation speech
0:05:38 > 0:05:42'which can only be interpreted as a bid for leadership.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44'He's known to have significant back bench support
0:05:44 > 0:05:48'but he must also get support from the heavyweights in cabinet
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- 'to make his bid credible.' - PHONE RINGS
0:05:50 > 0:05:53'As yet, there's been no word from the Prime Minister's office.'
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Hoynes residence, Dita speaking.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- It's done.- 'I saw.'
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Such a speech you wrote for him!
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- How are the kids?- 'They're good.' - The press will descend any minute.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05'Draw the curtains, lock the front door and don't answer the phone.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Grandfather's on his way.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09And keep an eye on Noah.
0:06:16 > 0:06:1715 minute interview at three o'clock.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Clock's running, guys! Let's beat the grass on this!
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- "Chancellor due on the World at One".- We know which way he'll jump.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26No cabinet ministers have commented yet - nothing on PoliticsHome.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- Statement from Barrow. - First out the gate - good man!
0:06:28 > 0:06:30"Courageous stand by Aiden Hoynes."
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Dracott's blogging! "Given the challenges the country faces,
0:06:32 > 0:06:37"Aiden Hoynes' leadership bid is badly misjudged and not supported by his cabinet colleagues."
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- Self-serving little shit.- I thought he was solid?- He was, last night.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41He's been got at.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42And we can quote you on that?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- Anything from Bruce? - Voice mail. Any tweets from him?
0:06:45 > 0:06:51Er, Guardian Blog - "No comment as of yet from Home Office or Treasury".
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- Anything from Guido Fawkes yet?- No.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- "Education Minister backs beleaguered Prime Minister". - Who tweeted that?
0:06:56 > 0:07:01- Sky News.- Attorney General and Northern Ireland Secretary, "full confidence in the Prime Minister".
0:07:01 > 0:07:03It's too early to blink yet.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Bruce will turn it around for us.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Where the hell is he?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Statement from Downing Street - "In such times of austerity,
0:07:08 > 0:07:12"disappointing a cabinet minister chose to put career ambitions ahead of party and country".
0:07:12 > 0:07:17Tweet from The Times - "resignation speech more a suicide bid than a leadership bid".
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Bruce is out!
0:07:19 > 0:07:20Wheels up, guys!
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Finally!
0:07:23 > 0:07:24'I'm joined by Bruce Babbish,
0:07:24 > 0:07:28'Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - can I ask you
0:07:28 > 0:07:31'where you stand on Aiden Hoynes and his leadership bid, Minister?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33'Let me start by saying this.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36'Aiden Hoynes is a close personal friend.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40'I've known him since university. He was best man at my wedding.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42'I'm godfather to his children.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44'I know him to be a man of steadfast principle
0:07:44 > 0:07:50'and complete integrity, which makes his actions today
0:07:50 > 0:07:52'all the more baffling.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57'He accused the Prime Minister of cynically using immigration
0:07:57 > 0:08:01'to win votes when arguably he's done the same thing
0:08:01 > 0:08:04'trying to peddle support for his ill-judged leadership bid.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07'So this definitely is a leadership bid?'
0:08:07 > 0:08:09My God, what is he doing to us?
0:08:09 > 0:08:13'To be honest, I'm still trying to get my head around why he went ahead with it.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16'I have to tell you I'm not alone in that view. Thank you.'
0:08:16 > 0:08:18It's over.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- Not everyone's come out yet. We still have time to...- It's over.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24TELEPHONE RINGS
0:08:33 > 0:08:34TELEPHONE CONTINUES TO RING
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Hello, Tom. Thank you very much.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Nice to see you, Bob. See you in a couple of days.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09HE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:09:58 > 0:09:59It's all right, Duncan.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Will this take long?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13I'm due at Number Ten - the reception for Putin.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14That your reward, is it?
0:10:17 > 0:10:18How was it again, Bruce?
0:10:18 > 0:10:23"Resign," you said. "You'll help rally the big beasts in cabinet," you said.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25"I'll be in Number Ten by the recess," you said.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29He who wields the knife never wears the crown.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Heseltine learnt that lesson.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33It wasn't me who wielded the knife, was it?
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Remind me, who was it held your hand
0:10:37 > 0:10:40when Wanda walked out on your marriage? Hmm?
0:10:40 > 0:10:45Who was it had your back when your expenses thing blew up?
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Who was it held you together when you had the prostate scare last year
0:10:48 > 0:10:49and covered your arse in cabinet?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Oh, wait - that would be me.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53It was never going to fly.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Not once the PM put the thumbscrews on everyone.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57So you just hung me out to dry?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07You're eliminating the competition. That's what this is.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12The office you hired for my campaign HQ,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15the mobile phones for the troops. It was all for you.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18All along it was for you.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25You take all the oxygen, Aiden. You always have.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30They say the best place for an assassin to hide is in plain sight.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Or as a best friend.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Argh!
0:11:42 > 0:11:43GASPS IN PAIN
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Hurts, doesn't it?
0:11:45 > 0:11:46(Ah!)
0:11:49 > 0:11:50(Ah!)
0:11:52 > 0:11:54(Ah!)
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Are they still there?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Don't worry, they'll be gone soon.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- Want to go and play in the garden for a bit?- Air Asia's changed their flight times!
0:12:12 > 0:12:15I'll miss the connection on the Emirates flight to Lagos.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Does it have to be Lagos?
0:12:16 > 0:12:20It has to start with "L" to be in alphabetical order!
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Islamabad, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Lagos.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Wait - Los Angeles!
0:12:31 > 0:12:36Cathay Pacific and China Eastern Airlines both fly there from Kuala Lumpur.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38DOORBELL RINGS Hello? Hello? Anybody there?
0:12:40 > 0:12:41HE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:12:42 > 0:12:45They're not coming in. No-one's coming in.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46PHONE RINGS
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Stay...
0:12:51 > 0:12:52I'm not going anywhere.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54KNOCKING ON DOOR, DOORBELL RINGS
0:13:01 > 0:13:06Can you just, er, pull in over here? Just for a second. Thank you.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Oh, my God, what is she doing?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Snatching her 15 seconds of fame.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19You go in. I'll get shot of them.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23No. We need to be on message together on this.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24And risk taking you down with me?
0:13:24 > 0:13:25My neck, my risk.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38PRESS AND MEDIA CLAMOUR
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Hope it's worth it.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52All right, let's make this a quick one, eh?
0:13:52 > 0:13:56A short statement only, OK? No questions.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59I'm hardly alone in having misgivings about the Prime Minister's leadership.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02But whoever is spreading these malicious rumours
0:14:02 > 0:14:06that my resignation is a leadership bid of my own is judging me
0:14:06 > 0:14:09by the paucity of their own moral standards.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Surely one can be a dissident without being
0:14:11 > 0:14:13accused of seeking high office?
0:14:13 > 0:14:18Arguably challenging the prevailing doctrine can be more effective than joining it.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21OK, that's it, guys, short and sweet. Thanks very much.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23THEY CLAMOUR LOUDLY
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Daddy! Daddy!
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Hey, how's my Ruby?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37You were on TV, Daddy - I saw you!
0:14:37 > 0:14:42- No, that was just someone who looked like me.- It was you, Daddy. You had the same tie!
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!
0:14:57 > 0:14:59PHONE BEEPS
0:15:03 > 0:15:07My constituency officers want a meeting with me ASAP.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Can this day get any better?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Did you not forewarn them what you were doing?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15And risk loyalists leaking it?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19You're only a traitor if you fail, aren't you?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24There's a story I used to tell my LSE students.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28A Comintern agent radioed Vladivostok
0:15:28 > 0:15:30to relay a message to Stalin,
0:15:30 > 0:15:36requesting to blow up Hitler in some Munich cafe he frequented.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41Three times he radioed, three times all they got was silence.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44He'd made his own Faustian pact, too.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47In his case, his non-aggression pact with Hitler.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50So there was no pact between the PM and Bruce.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53He's after a clear run for himself.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56I knew he was the master of the dark arts.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01I arrogantly assumed 20 years of friendship meant I was exempt.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Naive? Possibly. But arrogant?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07It was arrogance made me listen to him.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09How the cabinet is full of ineffectual pigmies.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14I was the only one with the X Factor to win us the election.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15I bought every damn word.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19So much for moral paucity.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32It physically hurts, Dad. It actually hurts.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43"The villainy you teach me
0:16:43 > 0:16:47"I will execute and better your instruction."
0:16:54 > 0:16:56'So, do you buy Aiden Hoynes's claim
0:16:56 > 0:16:59'that his resignation was the act of a dissident?
0:16:59 > 0:17:03'At best he was being disingenuous and at worst duplicitous.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05'When Robin Cook resigned,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08'did he impugn Tony Blair's entire premiership?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10'No. He made it very clear his resignation was over
0:17:10 > 0:17:12'the single issue of Iraq.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14'So this is in the vein of Geoffrey Howe
0:17:14 > 0:17:16'and of course that led to Margaret Thatcher's downfall?
0:17:16 > 0:17:20'Well, it's no coincidence he used virtually the...the same phrase,
0:17:20 > 0:17:25'"It's for others to decide where their loyalties lie," is it?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28'Hoynes did it to force a leadership contest
0:17:28 > 0:17:31'and put himself in pole position.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35'Instead of which - at the risk of mixing too many metaphors -
0:17:35 > 0:17:37'he's put himself out in the wilderness.'
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Oh, God. The day from hell.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55You'll get back.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58You just have to give it time, let things play out.
0:18:00 > 0:18:06They'll close ranks. That's how it works. Those that haven't already.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- I'm screwed, Freya.- Come on.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11I'm just trying to look the damn beast in the eye,
0:18:11 > 0:18:13see it for what it is.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15A setback is what it is, that's all.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20We've got through worse, we'll get through this.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Can you take Noah to school tomorrow?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Just I've the Select Committee first thing.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37Sure.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43You'll be able to spend more time with him, won't you?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45That's one bonus.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04TELEVISION COMES ON
0:19:04 > 0:19:07God! You and your crap films.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16"I could have been a contender, I could have been somebody."
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Sod off!
0:19:19 > 0:19:20Ah!
0:19:23 > 0:19:26THEY GRUNT PASSIONATELY
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Ah! Ah!
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Hey, why put yourself through it? They'll only depress you.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Come, Ruby! We go now.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Here, shopping list.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Noah needs new laces for his school shoes
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- and Aiden's suit needs picking up. - Right.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Ruby, you need your note for the school trip.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Give it to me.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Packed lunch.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Bye, Daddy!
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Bye, sweet.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29'A Downing Street spokesperson said the Prime Minister will not be rushed into the reshuffle
0:20:29 > 0:20:31'and that he is considering all the options.'
0:20:36 > 0:20:37So what have you got at school today?
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Just stuff.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45What kind of stuff?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47INDICATOR CLICKS LOUDLY
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Conversation, Noah.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55I ask questions, you answer, remember?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57INDICATOR TICKS INCREASINGLY LOUDLY
0:21:00 > 0:21:03No! No! NO! NO!
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Jesus!- NO! NO!- What is it? What is it? What did I do?- WRONG WAY!
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- We avoid the traffic this way! - WRONG WAY! WRONG WAY!
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- All right, all right! All right, all right!- WRONG WAY! WRONG WAY!
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- All right! We'll go the other way. All right.- Wrong way! - I'm turning round.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Look, look, look, look. I'm turning round. I'm turning round.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20All right, all right, all right.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23All right, it's all right. We're going the other way.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28All right?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33We're going the right way now, OK?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Have a good day.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:22:27 > 0:22:29And there's another outside the Co-op.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33A whole paving stone missing, just a gaping hole.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Did you call the council?
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Waste of breath, that was.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Press one for this. Two for that.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40And there's another missing.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Outside the post office.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44When it was a post office.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45I'll get onto it.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- Go on!- More, more, more.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01- More.- More, more!
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Some more, more like that?
0:23:03 > 0:23:04THEY LAUGH
0:23:05 > 0:23:08OK, get the lumps out.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Don't even think about it!
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Argh!
0:23:10 > 0:23:11PHONE RINGS
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Right! You are in so much trouble.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Hoynes residence, Dita speaking? Who?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18I can't believe you just did that!
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Wait, please. Marcus Brock.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Er, it's Aiden he'll want. Tell him to try his mobile.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23It's you he asked for.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Freya Gardner?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Hello there, Freya. Bad moment?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34'Er, Marcus, what can I do for you?'
0:23:38 > 0:23:39I'm sorry, say again?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49There's been a development.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53Again, exactly as he said it. Word for word.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Your resignation means a minor cabinet reshuffle.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01Bruce will move from Work and Pensions to take over from you as Business Secretary.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05His 30 pieces of silver for services rendered.
0:24:05 > 0:24:11And the PM wants to know my response should I be offered Work and Pensions -
0:24:11 > 0:24:15- with the proviso... - That you publicly support him over the immigration issue.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17In other words - publicly humiliate you.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I'm to let him know my decision in the morning.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25But it's not just about humiliating you, is it?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27It's about politically isolating you.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29What better way to do that
0:24:29 > 0:24:31than to show your own wife won't support you?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- Why else choose me? - Because you are far and away
0:24:34 > 0:24:37the best woman at Minister of State level and everyone knows it.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46It's a risky little game. What if I took the damn job?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Oh, except there is no risk, is there?
0:24:48 > 0:24:52He knows you'll reject, out of loyalty to me.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57By making the offer he looks statesmanlike and magnanimous - he's off the hook.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Mummy! Noah pulled my hair and spitted at me!
0:25:02 > 0:25:04I'll call Marcus in the morning and tell him
0:25:04 > 0:25:07to shove his offer up his woolsack.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Mummy!
0:25:32 > 0:25:38DRAWERS OPEN AND SHUT
0:26:25 > 0:26:26PHONE RINGS
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- Where are you?- 'Your office.'
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Just run with this, OK?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10You call Marcus in the morning.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13You tell him you've discussed his offer with me.
0:27:13 > 0:27:19I won't stand in the way of such a fantastic opportunity for you.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23So, you will accept the post
0:27:23 > 0:27:27and you'll agree to the condition on the immigration issue.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28In accepting the job, the PM
0:27:28 > 0:27:34will assume you've put ambition ahead of your loyalty to me, won't he?
0:27:34 > 0:27:39So you work with that, you use that to win his trust.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41And then when the time is right, choose your venue.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Anywhere with maximum impact - Policy Forum dinner,
0:27:45 > 0:27:51Question Time, Andrew Marr - and you condemn his immigration stand.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Is that before or after I've cleared my desk?
0:27:54 > 0:27:59No, he can't fire another cabinet minister. Especially my own wife, without appearing vindictive.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04It would be further proof that he runs the cabinet like his own personal fiefdom, crushing dissent,
0:28:04 > 0:28:07briefing against anyone opposing him.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10You publicly challenge a crucial part of his manifesto.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13You challenge both his authority and his credibility.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Coups have been sparked by less.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20It's a long shot, at best.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21Still a shot.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Well, it'll just open the way for Bruce and the leadership.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31It'll open the way for a leadership contest between us.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34And he'll have the inside track with all the heavyweights in the cabinet.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37And I'll have you on the inside, tracking him.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40You play the same ambition card with him.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44God knows he'll relate to that! Find out who's in his cabal.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Who's funding him? Who's on the fence?
0:28:46 > 0:28:47Bruce isn't a fool!
0:28:47 > 0:28:51He'll know that I'm trotting home to leak it all back to you.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56At university, before I came along. You and he.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58There was no he and me.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Exactly. You were the one who got away.
0:29:03 > 0:29:04It's not about ideology with him.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07It's about outwitting the other side. It's about the thrill of the chase.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11All you have to do is flatter him.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14His ego will do the rest.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17So I'm not just your mole, but your whore?
0:29:17 > 0:29:19- Oh, come on. - What other word is there for it?
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Agent provocateur.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29OK, worst case scenario, the PM boots you out.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31You've put down a marker, Freya.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35As someone of principle, someone worthy of holding high office.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Haven't you earned this chance? Hmm?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44I know, it's asking a lot. Of course I do.
0:29:44 > 0:29:50Sometimes you have to do bad things to get into power
0:29:50 > 0:29:52to do good things when you get there.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13On the side, please.
0:30:15 > 0:30:16MOBILE PHONE RINGS
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Babbish?
0:30:22 > 0:30:25You'll regret now you didn't wager more than a fiver.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- She accepted it? - 'With alacrity.'
0:30:30 > 0:30:31And the condition?
0:30:31 > 0:30:33The whole caboodle.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35She must have done a heck of a job on Aiden.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39As you did on the PM, persuading him to go with her.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41I'm sure she will be duly grateful.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Aiden! How's it going?
0:30:53 > 0:30:57Hey! Still trying to ply your trade around the estate?
0:30:57 > 0:30:59'For all the good it's doing me.'
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Freya got Work and Pensions.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04'Downing Street will confirm it by the end of play.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08'I told her to bring you and Drew in as her advisers.'
0:31:08 > 0:31:10I want a ring of steel round her, Lian.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Yeah, you got it.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16We are back in the game, my son.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18MOBILE PHONE RINGS
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Hello?- Tell me, have you been allocated another minister yet?
0:31:25 > 0:31:27'Back in the pool for my sins.'
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Word has it your better half has got Work and Pensions?
0:31:30 > 0:31:34You make the Westminster grapevine look positively arthritic, Kenny.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37I told her to put in a request for you to drive her.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39'I need to know she's in safe hands, Kenny.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- 'Precious cargo and all that.' - It would be a pleasure, sir.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51'..from the surprise appointment to Works and Pensions of Freya Gardner,
0:31:51 > 0:31:54'wife of Aiden Hoynes who recently resigned in what is believed
0:31:54 > 0:31:56'to be a failed leadership bid.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00'A Downing Street source said the Prime Minister has long since recognised Ms Gardner's
0:32:00 > 0:32:04'outstanding potential and does not regard Aiden Hoynes' recent actions
0:32:04 > 0:32:07'as an impediment to realising that potential.'
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Kevin Russell is your Permanent Secretary.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20He's a bit old-school but he's nobody's fool.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Make sure you have a structured induction, don't let him
0:32:22 > 0:32:25bounce you into decisions before you're ready.
0:32:25 > 0:32:26TEXT MESSAGE ALERT
0:32:30 > 0:32:33It's another well-wisher. Who knew I had so many friends?
0:32:33 > 0:32:34Get used to it.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39It's too funereal.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42The trick is to connect personally with all the staff.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Especially those who could be toxic.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Exactly. There, that's better.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Golden rule, though - don't ignore those lower down the food chain.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54They'll be your shock absorbers - the keepers of your secrets.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56They're a bit Theresa May, aren't they?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06There. Give us a twirl.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13I forgot rule number one.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18To stay top dog, you may have to unleash the bitch within you, Freya.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Don't be afraid of that.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22And rule number two?
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Reread rule number one.
0:33:25 > 0:33:26Wish Mummy luck!
0:33:26 > 0:33:28- Luck, Mummy!- Thank you!
0:34:38 > 0:34:39Thank you.
0:34:50 > 0:34:56The Os are easy. There's Oakland, Ottawa, Osmani.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58They all have airports.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Didn't Mum make a rule?
0:34:59 > 0:35:02How you can only talk about the airport thing at home, nowhere else?
0:35:04 > 0:35:06You know why she made that rule?
0:35:07 > 0:35:09It's to free up your brain to think about other things.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14Because if you focus on just one thing all the time,
0:35:14 > 0:35:16your brain gets stuck on it.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19That's how it turns into an obsession.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25So shall we talk about something else?
0:35:27 > 0:35:29You choose.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30Any subject you want.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Anything you like, it's up to you.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40# Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
0:35:40 > 0:35:42# Do you, do you, do you, do you
0:35:42 > 0:35:45# Know what you're doing, doing to me
0:35:45 > 0:35:47# Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby. #
0:35:56 > 0:35:58APPLAUSE
0:36:08 > 0:36:10APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Back to work, everyone.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Aiden, Aiden! That's enough.
0:36:24 > 0:36:25That's enough.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28That's enough.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Whoo! - TEXT MESSAGE ALERT
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Too old for this damn malarkey.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42Freya - she's been invited to a welcome drink at Number 10 tonight.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48Well, that's not game over for you, Aiden.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Most political careers end in ignominy, don't they?
0:36:51 > 0:36:56Sacrificed on the altar of the party or guillotined at the ballot box.
0:36:56 > 0:36:57Why should I be the exception?
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Blair never sacked Gordon Brown,
0:37:05 > 0:37:07because it was safer having him
0:37:07 > 0:37:10on the inside of the tent pissing out
0:37:10 > 0:37:12than on the outside pissing in.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19He knew the damage he might wreak rampaging on the back benches.
0:37:20 > 0:37:25He knew the support he commanded there. As you do, Aiden.
0:37:29 > 0:37:35Why don't you think of this as a chance to reconnect with why you first went into politics?
0:37:35 > 0:37:39You left Oxford and you went straight into the hothouse of Westminster, didn't you?
0:37:39 > 0:37:43You barely lived in the real world, barely experienced the...
0:37:43 > 0:37:45the reality of people's lives.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Of course I bloody experience it! I meet them in my damn surgery...
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Virtual reality! It's not the same.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00I saw the same thing when you were first told about Noah's Asperger's.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04How you...stepped back from him.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07That was when you chose to bury yourself
0:38:07 > 0:38:10in the cesspit of Westminster power politics, wasn't it?
0:38:17 > 0:38:18Hey.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26I best get back home, before my damn legs seize up.
0:38:26 > 0:38:27Oof!
0:38:27 > 0:38:31If I did step back from him, it was because of you.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38Cos I knew I'd never touch his life as you have mine.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Never say never.
0:38:47 > 0:38:48PRESS AND MEDIA CLAMOUR
0:39:05 > 0:39:06Thrilled to have you on board.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Always said we'd neglected you for too long.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12I'm sure you've been here before
0:39:12 > 0:39:16but it never fails to take one's breath away, does it?
0:39:16 > 0:39:17Humbling is the word.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I'll tell him you're here.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50What I'd like you to do is keep your promises.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Ooh, thank you very much.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54You promised local people would have a say -
0:40:54 > 0:40:56and nothing! Absolutely nothing!
0:40:56 > 0:41:00But oh, no - little man, he doesn't get his permission, but they do!
0:41:00 > 0:41:03It's all about brown envelopes. That's what's going on down there!
0:41:18 > 0:41:20'And now, Today In Parliament.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22'Another busy week for the Government.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26'Its two major pieces of legislation on immigration and penal reform...'
0:41:26 > 0:41:27HE TURNS RADIO OFF
0:41:58 > 0:41:59Thank you for coming.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01I thought we were meeting at your office.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Well, it's more relaxed here, isn't it?
0:42:04 > 0:42:06And more public.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12Our two departments have adjacent interests, Freya.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14If we're to work together effectively,
0:42:14 > 0:42:19we have to find a way of putting aside our personal issues.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21It's important everyone sees that.
0:42:26 > 0:42:27Salade Nicoise.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Certainly.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Calves' liver. Rare. Extra spinach, hold the fries.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35And a bottle of the 2009 Chateauneuf-du-Pape blanc.
0:42:35 > 0:42:36Very good, sir.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47I had no choice but to come out against him, Freya.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52The week before he resigned, he stayed over at my London flat.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54To discuss strategy, he told me.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Did he also tell you I warned him against it?
0:42:57 > 0:43:00That I'd taken soundings - the omens weren't good?
0:43:00 > 0:43:03He'd find himself dangerously exposed?
0:43:03 > 0:43:06Curious that he never mentioned any of that.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10Or that given your concern, you didn't call to give me a heads up.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13I wish now I bloody had called you.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15It...it seemed...
0:43:16 > 0:43:18It seemed disloyal.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21And publicly shafting him wasn't?
0:43:23 > 0:43:27You could have done a Pontius Pilate, Bruce. You could've refused to comment.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29He and I were too close.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32If I hadn't come out against him, I'd have been accused of collusion.
0:43:34 > 0:43:35What was I supposed to do?
0:43:35 > 0:43:38Commit political kamikaze along with him?
0:43:41 > 0:43:42I warned him that night,
0:43:42 > 0:43:45I told him flat-out it was a mistake to go on with it.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49I tried to dissuade him, Freya. God knows I did.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51I...I couldn't reach him.
0:43:52 > 0:43:53It's like he has this...
0:43:56 > 0:43:58..sense of entitlement.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04You don't suppose it's about Noah, do you?
0:44:06 > 0:44:10That his disability somehow means the world owes Aiden something?
0:44:10 > 0:44:12Be very careful, Bruce.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19When I put your name forward to the PM,
0:44:19 > 0:44:21even though...
0:44:21 > 0:44:22It was you who put my name forward?
0:44:25 > 0:44:28..even though I knew it was a chance in a lifetime for you,
0:44:28 > 0:44:32I was afraid he would try to block it.
0:44:32 > 0:44:36Or worse, use you to get back at me at me somehow.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40I should have known he cares too much for you
0:44:40 > 0:44:43to put you in such an invidious position.
0:44:45 > 0:44:47So why did you put my name forward, Bruce?
0:44:48 > 0:44:50To assuage your guilt?
0:44:50 > 0:44:55How many times have you stepped aside for him over the years, Freya?
0:44:55 > 0:44:59When that Shadow Transport job came up, you had a shot at it, too.
0:44:59 > 0:45:04But you ruled yourself out for him. Same later with Environment.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08And he let you do it. Every time.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13It wasn't for him. It was for the family.
0:45:13 > 0:45:14Well, it's his family too.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30As I said to Aiden that night,
0:45:30 > 0:45:33a leadership bid isn't just about hubris or timing.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35It's about picking your allies.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41In the end you're only as good as the support you have.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45The fact that he wanted to see you alone is a good sign.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49It means he's rattled. He wasn't sure which way you'd jump.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52You need to start a paper trail.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55Texts at first, he'll feel safer with those.
0:45:55 > 0:45:56Then ramp it up into e-mail.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01Use his personal e-mail address - he'll be more unguarded on it.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Get the time frame on his campaign,
0:46:03 > 0:46:05strategy - whatever you can coax out of him.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08We get him on paper, we leak it to the press, that's a slam dunk.
0:46:09 > 0:46:14I'm tempted to hide a camera on you, catch him bad-mouthing the PM.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17Shove that on YouTube. That would nail his treacherous arse.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21I'm kidding, obviously.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35- Bye!- Bye, Mummy!- Good luck!
0:46:35 > 0:46:37Bye.
0:47:48 > 0:47:49SHE CLEARS THROAT
0:47:49 > 0:47:52I go to the shops. Is there anything you need?
0:47:52 > 0:47:54No, thanks.
0:48:03 > 0:48:04PHONE RINGS
0:48:06 > 0:48:09- Hey.- Downing Street press office have been on.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12Kirsty Wark's doing a piece tonight on childcare
0:48:12 > 0:48:14and they want me on it.
0:48:14 > 0:48:18Well, she's bound to ask me if I back you on the immigration thing, isn't she?
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Then we go for it tonight.
0:48:20 > 0:48:21'You said to wait!'
0:48:21 > 0:48:24I said wait for the right moment. We'll never get a better one.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26It's still fresh in people's minds, isn't it?
0:48:26 > 0:48:30'It'll prove you're your own person, no-one's puppet.'
0:48:30 > 0:48:33I'll e-mail you the bullet points, get you word perfect.
0:48:33 > 0:48:34- MOBILE PHONE RINGS - Oh, hang on.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39- I'll call you back, OK?- OK.
0:48:43 > 0:48:44Hello there.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49Oh, no - that's fine. I'm on my way.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57Best make yourself scarce.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00Don't want her thinking it's a pincer movement, do we?
0:49:07 > 0:49:08PHONE RINGS
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Oh, good. Send her up.
0:49:23 > 0:49:24Come!
0:49:58 > 0:49:59Hang here a sec, can you?
0:50:03 > 0:50:06'We will never raise the living standards of low income families
0:50:06 > 0:50:10'unless we address the issue of female unemployment.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13'Not just regionally but nationwide and that comes down to
0:50:13 > 0:50:15'localised affordable child care.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18'I'd like to turn to another topic
0:50:18 > 0:50:19'if I may.
0:50:19 > 0:50:24'Was your husband, Aiden Hoynes, right when he said that
0:50:24 > 0:50:26'the Prime Minister's moratorium on immigration
0:50:26 > 0:50:30'played "into the xenophobic prejudice of those who seek
0:50:30 > 0:50:34'"to turn us into Fortress Britain?"'
0:50:34 > 0:50:39'As Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills as he was then,
0:50:39 > 0:50:41'my husband was uniquely placed
0:50:41 > 0:50:44'to appreciate how ideas from those outside our culture can
0:50:44 > 0:50:46'reinvigorate our economy.
0:50:46 > 0:50:52'It was he who initiated the all-party commission to make an impartial assessment of the impact
0:50:52 > 0:50:54'of immigration on the country.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57'So you support his stand, then?
0:50:57 > 0:51:00'I think it's fair to say that ordinary working people
0:51:00 > 0:51:04'or indeed those not in work - have their own reality
0:51:04 > 0:51:09'about the pressure that immigration can place on local public services and...
0:51:09 > 0:51:12'So that means that you don't support his stand?
0:51:12 > 0:51:14'What I'm saying is that the Prime Minister's initiative
0:51:14 > 0:51:19'on the immigration moratorium is... it's a very long overdue response
0:51:19 > 0:51:22'to the very real anxiety that
0:51:22 > 0:51:26'the majority of people in this country feel about the issue of immigration.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28'It's a straightforward question - you either support your
0:51:28 > 0:51:32'husband's stand or you don't. Which is it?
0:51:32 > 0:51:36'As I say, immigration is something that he has always felt -
0:51:36 > 0:51:38'feels - very strongly about.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40'With respect, that is not the question I am asking.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42'I need to press you on this, Minister.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47'You either support your husband's stand or you do not.
0:51:47 > 0:51:48'Which is it?'
0:51:50 > 0:51:53'Just because you don't agree with someone
0:51:53 > 0:51:56'doesn't mean you don't respect their point of view, does it?
0:51:56 > 0:51:58'We'll take that as a no, then.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03- 'Freya Gardner, thank you very much for joining us.- Thank you.'
0:52:13 > 0:52:17By rights, a doctor should check it.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21Best leave me to my own devices, Dad.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24I can't. Not like this.
0:52:25 > 0:52:26It's politics.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31Survival of the unfittest. She did what she had to do.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36Get on home, Dad. I'm good, I'm good, really.
0:52:51 > 0:52:52I'll call by tomorrow.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59- Goodnight, Kenny. - Goodnight, Minister.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06THUNDER ROLLS DISTANTLY
0:55:34 > 0:55:35What happened?
0:55:37 > 0:55:38An error of judgement.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44You hurt me, Aiden.
0:55:44 > 0:55:45Tell me, do you feel better for it?
0:55:45 > 0:55:48We can all do things we're not proud of, Freya.
0:55:48 > 0:55:49I am done with waiting in the wings.
0:55:49 > 0:55:53All those years you were riding high, she sat in the back seat for you, didn't she?
0:55:53 > 0:55:54Why can't you take me to school?
0:55:54 > 0:55:56He's very withdrawn of late.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59Freya's not around as much, is she? Or I'm the poor substitute.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01I saw them together, Dad, thick as bloody thieves.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03You know my wife, Kenny,
0:56:03 > 0:56:06how she likes to think the best of people. How about you give me a heads up.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08Just keep me in the loop, what's going on with her.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10Anything you hear in the car stays in the car.
0:56:10 > 0:56:12There's a hot one doing the rounds.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14That Babbish has rented offices in Victoria Street.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17Hashtag leadership campaign HQ.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20This Twitter thing - it's not Aiden's handiwork, is it?
0:56:20 > 0:56:22He'd never stoop that low.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24No, he'd never put you in harm's way like that.
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