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I go to the door and there's this girl.

She's soaking wet, but she just launches

into this speech about the local elections.

And that's it.

- I'm in love.

- And this is Ruth?

This is Ruth.

And the only way I can see her again

is to join the party and hand out leaflets.

This is great.

You want to use this?

Use it? I think we should open

the whole book like this.

"I went into politics out of love,

"not love for a party or an ideology,

but out of love for a woman."

Could you transcribe this

as quickly as possible, please?

Of course.

- Thanks.

- How's it going?

Pretty well. He keeps calling me "man."

He always does that

when he can't remember someone's name.

There are sandwiches in the kitchen.

Oh, sh*t.

It's awful.

I'm sorry, sir.

I didn't realize there was anyone up there.

What on earth is going on?

It's just a security drill, sir.

We have it once a week.

So, there you are.

I'd rather lost track of you.

I'm a big boy now.

Can't keep your eye on me all the time.

Don't wander around on your own.

The security boys don't like it.

Gotcha.

- Did you win?

- Didn't play tennis. Gym.

Gym? What's he in training for?

The Olympics?

Here's your transcript.

Cambridge. Let's talk about that.

Sorry? Um...

Cambridge?

It was such a long time ago,

I can hardly remember.

You did a lot of acting?

Some.

It must have been good training

for politics, acting?

It was a good way to meet girls.

Let's not put that in, by the way, okay?

Still, acting must have been

very important to you.

Okay, let's say I enjoyed it.

You know, you go on the stage,

pretend to be somebody else,

and people actually applaud you for it.

Good, that's more like it. Let's put that in.

- No.

- Why not?

Because these are the memoirs

of a Prime Minister.

And whenever my opponents were stuck

with something to hit me with,

they always said I was a bloody actor!

Do you know what the Times of London

said the day I resigned?

"Kindly leave the stage."

So, no, we won't dwell, if you don't mind,

on my student days as an actor.

We leave it exactly the way Mike wrote it.

Would you like to take

a break for a minute?

Actually, that would be a good idea,

thank you. I need to make a call.

What a bastard.

Look at this.

"Former British Foreign Secretary

Richard Rycart

"has asked the International Criminal Court

in The Hague to investigate allegations

"that the former British Prime Minister

Adam Lang

"ordered the illegal handover

of terrorist suspects

"for torture by the CIA."

Don't!

The pack is on the move.

Unplug all the phones.

Is Ruth still out walking?

Sh*t! She is, isn't she?

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