These are your tickets to the public gallery. Now these cost ten pounds each. The New Statesman s2e3: A Wapping Conspiracy, B’stard to girl guides
Chilean mining shares have boomed considerably since General Pinochet introduced slave labour. The New Statesman s2e4: The Haltemprice Bunker, Stephen Fry to B’stard
It’s a sort of special kind of sherbert, Piers. The New Statesman s2e5: California Here I Come, B’stard
And the five gallons of botulism sorbet which seem to have gone down so well. The New Statesman s2e6: May the Best Man Win, B’stard as best man
I’m with the Sunday Sport now. Political correspondent. The New Statesman s2e7: Piers of the Realm, journalist to B’stard
He’s [B’stard] an asset to the Labour party said Mr Neil Kinnock. The New Statesman special: Who Shot Alan B’stard?
You know, sir, some people think that being a hangman is money for old rope. ibid. hangman to B’stard
I’m sorry. I don’t speak unemployed. The New Statesman s3e1: Labour of Love, B’stard being mugged
What second ballot? The New Statesman s3e2: The Party’s Over, Piers
The chap on the left is very high up in Scotland Yard, and the chap on the right is very high up in er the chap on the left. The New Statesman s3e3: Let Them Sniff Cake
The more money people give to charity the less taxpayers money has to be spent on the old and the poor. The New Statesman s3e4: Keeping Mum
You haven’t done a single surgery since 1988. The New Statesman s3e5: Natural Selection, constituent
How are the tickets going for my Soviet lecture tour? The New Statesman s3e6: Profit of Boom
God is dead. But the market is immortal. ibid.
It’s poverty-stricken, it’s riddled with corruption, but it’s my home. The New Statesman s4e1: Back from the Mort, B’stard back from Russia
The only difference between my wife and the Eiffel Tower is it costs thirty-five francs to get up the Eiffel Tower. ibid.
Another day, another lobster. The New Statesman s4e2: HASH
Emilda Kleist: Is this how British members of parliament conduct themselves?
B’stard: Only if they’re Chelsea fans. The New Statesman s4e3: Speaking in Tongues
Valkyrie next door’s popped in for a cup of Wagner. The New Statesman s4e4: Heil & Farewell, Alan on dog-n-bone, Kleist visiting
I’d like to make a telephone bid in the Grand Total Collapse of the British Economy liquidation sale. The New Statesman s4e5: A Bigger Splash
I have a plan, old pal, to bring that once great country of ours back on her knees. The New Statesman s4e6: The Irresistible Rise of Alan B’stard
This exclusive BBC interview takes place against a background of sleaze, uncertainty and a general haemorrhaging of confidence in the government. The New Statesman special: A B’stard Exposed Brian Walden, BBC 1994
The Great British public is sick to death of sleaze. ibid. B’stard
Cash for questions is the way of the world. ibid.
This is the first time a war cabinet has ever been filmed. The top military and intelligence people sit with Blair’s senior ministers and advisers. Cabinet Confidential, BBC 2003
The prime ministers sit in the centre in the only chair with arms. ibid.
Mrs Thatcher said she couldn’t waste time with internal arguments in her cabinet. ibid.
Major grew to feel increasingly under siege as his divided cabinet began to fall apart under pressure. ibid.
Many more people now work for him [Blair] in Number 10 … with White-House-style titles. ibid.
Leaks from John Major’s cabinet were to become a flood. ibid.
Tony Blair doesn’t see the cabinet as a suitable place for taking big decisions after lengthy debate … Very short meetings have become the norm. ibid.
Mr Cummings, this inquiry was established by the Information Commissioner’s office following revelations concerning the European referendum four years ago in 2016. Its primary purpose is to investigate the use of our personal data in political campaigns … Brexit: The Uncivil War, Channel 4 2018, Cummings before inquiry
We have not rolled back the frontiers of the state only to see them reimposed at a European level. ibid. Thatcher 1988
With respect, this referendum is a really dumb idea. Referendums are quite literally the worse way to decide anything. They’ve divisive; they pretend that complex choices are simply binaries. ibid. Cummings to executive committee
We have to hack the political system … I’m talking about altering the matrix of politics. ibid.
Politicians: frankly, I don’t see the point in them. ibid. Cummings
It’s a war. Total war. ibid.
This is the new politics, Dom. This is how you will win. ibid. data dude in park
Cost and control, get it? ibid. Cummings
Three hundreds and fifty million quid and Turkey. ibid. Cummings’ mantra
‘Dozens of companies managed to corner billions of rupees using proxy political connections which cut across party lines.’ An Insignificant Man, news, Vice TV 2017
‘It seems that our political establishment is steeped in corruption. ibid.
Arvind Kejriwal, a tax officer, quit his job to become an activist. He was one of the authors of an anti-corruption law … Yogendra Yadav, a political analyst, joined forces with Arvind Kejriwal. ibid.
‘No-one wants to change the system … We need to start somewhere.’ ibid. Arvind
‘The biggest question is, Will people vote for them?’ ibid. TV news presenter
‘Where did all the money go? It has gone to the corporations!’ ibid. Arvind
In this struggle 400,000 people have shown solidarity with Kerjriwal, who has been fasting for 11 days. ibid. caption
‘This is the story that’s breaking: the sting operation on the AAP.’ ibid. news
‘Delhi is an impossible state to predict. The fact is, Sheila Dikshit has been in power for fifteen years now in Delhi.’ ibid. reporter
‘Congress is nowhere in the race.’ ibid.
The AAP fought national elections and suffered crushing defeat. Differences began to emerge between Arvind and Yogendra over the future of the party. State elections were re-held in Delhi. Arvind tried to make amends with the people, campaigning aggressively. The AAP won 67 out of 70 seats in an historic mandate. The AAP government reduced power bills by 50% and provides 700 litres of free water daily to every household in Delhi. Two years after founding the AAP, Yogendra Yadav was expelled for ‘anti-party’ activities. Yogendra Yadav launched a new political party called ‘Swaraj India’. Arvind Kejriwal is currently the chief minister of Delhi. ibid. captions
He’ll put his people on it. We’ll track him down. House of Cards US 2013-2018 s1e1: Chapter 1, Frank’s reaction to neighbour’s dog hit n run
2013: Any politician that gets seventy million votes has tapped into something larger than himself, larger than even me, though I hate to admit it. ibid. Frank at the 2013 elections
I can smell the way the wind’s blowing. ibid.
I’m just a lowly house majority whip. I keep things moving and the Congress choked by pettiness and lassitude. My job is to clear the pipes and keep the sludge moving. ibid.
I’ve backed the right man. Give or take. Welcome to Washington. ibid.