It's like wet play, isn't it?
Hah!
(playing chess over the phone, with a miniature chessboard) Queen to knight 4.
I never had you down as a chess man, Glenn, I thought you might be more the kind to play Ludo or something.
Do you mind?
Oh what, can you not multitask, Deep Beige? (He and Ollie laugh)
What, check? Oh, fuck you!
Well, you know, politics is like a game of chess, Glenn, insofar as you're shit at both of them.
Malcolm (answering his mobile): Nicola Murray is not going to make a leadership announcement this evening. Permission to speak frankly and off the record, yeah? She's an idiot. I know that she's in the Cabinet, but look, that's like being disabled at a football match, yeah? I mean, she's very close to the action, but hardly likely to score a goal. That – No! That – How is that offensive? That is a very fair and accurate portrayal of just how fucking retarded she is.
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