Hugh, Ollie and others in “Series 1, Episode 2”

Hugh

[thinking of policy ideas] Shut up for a minute, please. Where else can we go? Pollution, the environment. Litter. Dog shit.

Ollie

Aiming high.

Hugh

We aimed high, now we're at dog shit.

Ollie

So what you're looking for –

Malcolm

[entering the room] OK, this is what we're doing. I'm putting it about through a number of cronies –

Glenn

[to Malcolm] Morning, Malcolm.

Malcolm

– that Hewitt's piece was a packet of bollocks; he did it as a favour to Cliff.

Ollie

Cliff being –

Glenn

Cliff Lawton.

Ollie

Oh right.

Malcolm

Hugh's predecessor. He and Hewitt are as tight as arse cheeks.

Hugh

Are they now?

Malcolm

Fuck knows, but that's what we're saying, OK? It's personal, it's backslapping, it's borderline homoerotic, and you are an innocent victim of a nasty media stitch-up.