Urquhart and Elizabeth in “Unfinished Business”

Claire Carlsen implied that what we need now is a miracle, as if she thought me capable of splitting Earth's crust. [pause] The Earth's crust...

Elizabeth

Francis?

Suppose we leak information to the Greeks and the French that they have been cynically conned. There are massive oil deposits off the coast of Cyprus. The British and the Turks have known it all along and are now exploiting it to enrich themselves.

Elizabeth

No, it's too dangerous.

[excited] Thus provoking an international incident. A small war, perhaps! To which we can react with moral outrage, uniting the country behind a strong Prime Minister.

Elizabeth

But we couldn't control the outcome. We'd risk losing everything.

Better to do that than to slink away. One way or the other I'll be remembered. This could be our Falklands, Elizabeth.