(Hugh and Ollie are discussing the latest Cabinet meeting.)
I did mention your great quiet carriages thing and he just – (pulls a slightly disgusted face)
Well what does that mean?
Fuck knows what it means, but I don't think it means, "Oh, Hugh, you're fantastic. Here, become Home Secretary". And even if it did mean that, when he's in bed tonight with Mrs PM, flossing, then she'll say, "What do you mean, Hugh Abbot as Home Secretary? The man is a social spastic and very probably a registered nonce, darling."
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