A scene from “Unfinished Business”

Anthony Eden: First of all, I must thank you for the way in which you have all carried on without me ... and for the manner in which Rab has very competently stood in for me in my absence. You've kept me informed of all the major decisions that had to be taken. In all these months, we have been a united government. And we shall remain a united government.

Harold MacMillan: But we're not a united government, are we, Anthony? The war you insisted on has left us as divided as Caesar and Pompey and the country in chaos. There is no petrol in the pumps. There are no tins on the shelves. Our allies are aligned against us. Our international reputation is in tatters.

Anthony Eden: How adroitly your weather vane spins, Harold. You were for the war, as I remember.

Harold MacMillan: Only as long as it was legal.

Anthony Eden: You liar. [slams his fist down on the table] Liar! You wanted it every bit as much as I did! You'd have torn off Nasser's scalp with your own fingernails given the chance, taken the oil from that canal and set the Middle East ablaze!

Harold MacMillan: You've lost the trust of the people and of the party. It's the end of the road.

Anthony Eden: A road which you willingly led me down!