(Ben Swain, the Junior Minister that Ollie is "babysitting," arrives at the office.)
Morning, all!
Benjamin! Happy New Year!
Ben! Big Ben, Ben-Benji, Beno, Benj.
Happy New Year to you as well.
(to Ben) These are the briefing notes.
Ah, splendid. I'll file these directly in the shredder. Thank you, Glenn.
(Ben, Glenn and Ollie enter an office.)
(to Ben) If you just, uh, stick to what's in there, you'll be all right. Just remember, you're the night watchman, all right?
Yes, well, I like to think of myself as more, perhaps, I don't know, an elected MP than a night watchman, Glenn. But thank you very much for everything, I'll be fine without you holding my hand. You enjoy your weekend cottaging in Wales or whatever it is you're up to.
(Ollie picks up a copy of Ben's upcoming book, which is called, "It's the Everything, Stupid: How to Get Ahead in Modern Politics.")
(impressed) This is looking good. When is it coming out?
End of the, end of the week. You'll be able to make the launch party?
(to Ben) Great title.
Thank you.
And have you written it yourself or was it ghosted by, uh...
By Victoria Beckham? No, everything in there is entirely-entirely written by me, I think you'll find. Yes.
There you go, you have hidden talents.
Anyone heard from "The Hughster?"
Yes, he's suffering from jet lag.
(to Ben) Have you ever been to Australia?
No. Why would I want to go there? Full of people in khaki, squinting. Just the world's largest collection of poisonous things.
Oh, yeah. God, yeah. If you want to stick around with poisonous snakes, you might as well stay here.
(Awkward silence occurs after Ollie's stupid attempt at a joke.)
(jokingly) Throw a blanket on me, I'm on fire.
Heh-heh, good.
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