Part One
Intro
Margaret Thatcher: Oh thank god that dreadful Westland affair is over. Now we can forget about it once and for all and get on with the real problems facing this problem.
?: Alright, sir. Here are the unemployment figures. It’s an all time record. 3.4 million, that’s 50% up on what was-
Thatcher: Alright there, about this Westland affair, I think that the-
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Roy Jenkins: And that just leaves the post of junior minister, the Minister of Environment. Any recommendations?
David Steel: Er..
David Owen: Yes?
Steel: Er.. can I suggest, er…
Owen: Yes?
Steel: Alan Beith?
Jenkins: Yes David, you can.
Steel: I suggest Alan Beith!
Owen: He’s a Liberal, isn’t he, David?
Steel: Well, in a way, um, sort of, yes. Well, I could humbly recommend David Penhaligon?
Shirley Williams: It would be nice to have another David in the Cabinet!
Jenkins: I’ve got a teensy-weensy inkling he’s also a Liberal, David.
Steel: There’s always Cyril Smith-
Owen: I think, David, the consensus here is no Liberals at all. Now, has anyone have any grown up non-short arsed type suggestions?
Williams: What about John Cleese?
Owen: Don’t be absurd, Shirley. You know perfectly well John is already pencilled in as Foreign Secretary.
Steel: Um.. what about.. me?
Owen: Well, David, I don’t really think you’re right for the environment.
Jenkins: No, absolutely not, no, no.
Williams: I don’t think we should have another David in the Cabinet.
Owen: But, David, David, David. Bearing in mind your interest in the economy and your Scottish background, we are plump for making you Minister Without Any Responsibility Whatsoever.
Steel: Oh! Thank you very much indeed, David!
Owen: Hm. Now piss off and stop bothering us.
Steel: Oh, yes, dear.