[Scene #17]
PM : OK. What's next?
Alex : The President's visit.
PM : Ah, yes, yes. I fear this is going to be a difficult one to play. Alex.
Alex : There's a very strong feeling in the party we mustn't allow ourselves to be bullied from pillar to posts,
like the last government.
All : Here, here.
Jeremy : This is our first really important test, let's take a stand.
PM : Right. Right. I understand that but I have decided... not to. Not this time. We will, of course, try to be
clever… But, Let's not forget that America is the most powerful country in the world. I'm not going to
act like a petulant child.
Right - now who do you have to screw around here to get a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit?
(PM sees Natalie come and bring teas) Right.
[Scene #18]
(knock knock)
PM : Yup - come in.
Natalie : These have just come through from the Treasury...
PM : Uh-huh.
Natalie : .. and these are for you.
PM : Excellent. Thanks a lot.
Natalie : I was hoping you'd win, not that I wouldn't have been nice to the other bloke too. Just always given
him the boring biscuits with no chocolate.
PM : Ha! Thanks very much. Thanks... Natalie. (she goes out)
Oh God, come on, get a grip. You're the Prime Minister, for God's sake.
[Scene #19]
Colin : Exciting news!
Tony : What?
Colin : I've bought a ticket to the States. I 'm off in three weeks.
Tony : No.
Colin : Yes! To a fantastic place called Wisconsin.
Tony : No!
Colin : Yes! Wisconsin babes, here comes Sir Colin!
Tony : No, Col! There ARE a few babes in America, I grant you, but they're going out with rich, attractive guys.
Colin : Nah, Tone, you're just jealous. You know perfectly well that any bar anywhere in America contains
ten girls more beautiful and more likely to have sex with me than the whole of the United Kingdom.
Tony : That is total bollocks. Y ou’ve actually gone mad.
Colin : No, I'm wise. Stateside I am Prince William without the weird family.
Tony : No, Colin, no!
Colin : Yes!
Tony : Nyet!
Colin : Da!
Tony : Nein!
Colin : Ja, darling!
