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| Can Cameron win the fight over the Queen's speech? | Can Cameron win the fight over the Queen's speech? |
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| Gove: I feel it's time to make clear I believe Britain should leave the EU. | Gove: I feel it's time to make clear I believe Britain should leave the EU. |
| Cameron: Et tu, Gove? | Cameron: Et tu, Gove? |
| Gove: Don't get all like that, David. You know you can rely on me totally ... | Gove: Don't get all like that, David. You know you can rely on me totally ... |
| Cameron: To see which way the wind is blowing. | Cameron: To see which way the wind is blowing. |
| Gove: It's really not personal. I still admire you immensely. It's just that I've seen the latest opinion polls. | Gove: It's really not personal. I still admire you immensely. It's just that I've seen the latest opinion polls. |
| Cameron: Not more of your bogus stats. | Cameron: Not more of your bogus stats. |
| Gove: And it is a far, far better thing I do to snuggle up to Nigel than watch my personal ratings nosedive by supporting you. | Gove: And it is a far, far better thing I do to snuggle up to Nigel than watch my personal ratings nosedive by supporting you. |
| Cameron: So how do we stand? | Cameron: So how do we stand? |
| Gove: How about we say that I am 100% behind you except when it suits me not to be? | Gove: How about we say that I am 100% behind you except when it suits me not to be? |
| Cameron: Well, at least Barry Obama is with me on Europe... | Cameron: Well, at least Barry Obama is with me on Europe... |
| Obama: Who is this man? | Obama: Who is this man? |
| Oval Office staff: The Brit prime minister. | Oval Office staff: The Brit prime minister. |
| Obama: What's he want? | Obama: What's he want? |
| Oval Office staff: Sanctuary from his own party. They all hate him and he needs a few days of looking important and statesmanlike sitting next to you | Oval Office staff: Sanctuary from his own party. They all hate him and he needs a few days of looking important and statesmanlike sitting next to you |
| Cameron: What do you think about Europe, Barry? | Cameron: What do you think about Europe, Barry? |
| Obama: Not a lot. | Obama: Not a lot. |
| Osborne: Bad news, Cam. | Osborne: Bad news, Cam. |
| Cameron: What's up? How could the economy be getting any worse? | Cameron: What's up? How could the economy be getting any worse? |
| Osborne: Surprisingly easily. But it's the backbenchers this time. They are planning to vote against the Queen's speech because there's nothing about a referendum in it. | Osborne: Surprisingly easily. But it's the backbenchers this time. They are planning to vote against the Queen's speech because there's nothing about a referendum in it. |
| Cameron: Bugger the lot of them. Well, I'll show them that I mean business. | Cameron: Bugger the lot of them. Well, I'll show them that I mean business. |
| Osborne: How? | Osborne: How? |
| Cameron: By getting the Tory frontbench to abstain on the Queen's speech. | Cameron: By getting the Tory frontbench to abstain on the Queen's speech. |
| Osborne: Shouldn't we be supporting our own legislative programme? | Osborne: Shouldn't we be supporting our own legislative programme? |
| Cameron: Absolutely not! We can't afford to look as if we have been wrong-footed by a bunch of opportunist... | Cameron: Absolutely not! We can't afford to look as if we have been wrong-footed by a bunch of opportunist... |
| Gove: You called? | Gove: You called? |
| Cameron: UKIP clowns. | Cameron: UKIP clowns. |
| Osborne: You're so right.That will show them. | Osborne: You're so right.That will show them. |
| Cameron: Better still, we can get some backbenchers to totallysidetrack us from messing up the NHS by letting them debate a private member's bill saying how crap the Queen's speech was for not making it clear how much we hated the EU. That will show everyone how goddamned relaxed I am. | Cameron: Better still, we can get some backbenchers to totallysidetrack us from messing up the NHS by letting them debate a private member's bill saying how crap the Queen's speech was for not making it clear how much we hated the EU. That will show everyone how goddamned relaxed I am. |
| Osborne: Then why has your face gone red and your voice gone squeaky? | Osborne: Then why has your face gone red and your voice gone squeaky? |
| Clegg: Well I think it was a lovely Queen's speech and I am definitely going to vote for it. | Clegg: Well I think it was a lovely Queen's speech and I am definitely going to vote for it. |
| Cameron: Don't you have any principles? | Cameron: Don't you have any principles? |
| Clegg: No. That's why I'm chatting to Milidee about forming a coalition in 2015. | Clegg: No. That's why I'm chatting to Milidee about forming a coalition in 2015. |
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