Turks & Caicos Page #2

Stirling says, by definition,

exclusivity means for the few.

So if we just catered for the few,

we don't make any money.

Example. This is a nice hotel.

But you build 200 of

them, all of a sudden

people say it's not so nice

any more.

So, how do you solve this dilemma?

How do you solve it, Tom?

I'm not the man to ask. I'm retired.

What business were you in,

Mr Eliot?

I was a civil servant.

Where? In London.

Which ministry?

Agriculture and Fisheries. I know

a lot about cod. Salmon quotas.

That sort of thing.

Answer me this -

how can you afford to live here?

The answer is, I can't.

They probably gave him

one of those socialised pensions.

Lives off it for life.

It's modest, actually.

The rest of us poor bastards,

we worked every minute on the clock,

turns out we were in the wrong game.

Dido, calm down.

Big mistake,

should have lived off other people

like a socialistic, left-wing dick.

This guy can live on the islands,

because he has got

gold-plated security.

While we were out there,

we were taking risks.

Tell you what happens to

people who take risks,

they get screwed by people who never

took a f***ing risk in their lives.

That's the way it is. There are

a few people who lead. Who innovate.

And then there's the rest.

I'm sorry.

There's no need to apologise,

really.

Dido is a difficult man

going through a difficult time.

What sort of time?

The recession.

Oh, the recession, I see.

No recession and he would have been

pleasanter, would he?

I'd say, throw in Asperger's,

and it's a dangerous mix.

Be-definitely.

Are you going to stay for dinner?

Funny, I think

I might skip it, if that's OK.

I was thinking you

and I could meet up tomorrow?

Maybe in a less pressured

environment?

You mean less pressured than this?

I enjoyed meeting you, Tom.

Yes. So did I.

I'd like to see you again.

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RECORDING:
'It's what Stirling

always says... Stirling?

'Stirling Rogers.

Rogers is a friend of yours?

'He's an associate. Stirling says,

by definition, exclusivity means...'

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as someone who just took things out.

'I want to put something back.

'That's why I'm financing my new

foundation, the Bridge, which

'will set to work solving some of

'the world's most intractable

problems.'

RADIO:
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This is BBC Radio 5 Live.

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The Prime Minister, Alec Beasley,

'visiting his constituency today

spoke of the need for everyone

'in the country to keep their nerve.

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'And all the suffering and

the sacrifice of the last few years

'is about to pay off. And this is

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