The Thick of It (TV Series)
Episode #4.3 (2012)
Roger Allam: Peter Mannion
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Fergus Williams : Peter, I have a bit of news I should make you aware of...
Peter Mannion : Yes, I do know, Fergus, a man with an amusing name has died.
Fergus Williams : Uh, no, actually, it's that this morning, well, I set up a community bank.
Emma Messinger : What?
Peter Mannion : You did what? You s- you set up a bank?
Phil Smith : I had a moment of weakness and they exploited it, like Hugh Grant!
Fergus Williams : Yeah, well, didn't really have much choice because it was all going to piss in a kettle here, so we had to get the economist out of the way.
Peter Mannion : What are you talking about? What economist?
Fergus Williams : We were having a preliminary meeting when Phil was starting to cry, Glenn was having a meltdown, it was getting embarrassing!
Peter Mannion : You bought a bank out of social embarrassment? I sometimes buy "The Big Issue" out of social embarrassment, I don't buy a FUCKING BANK!
Fergus Williams : Peter, this is so fucking us!
Stewart Pearson : Hold on, let's just wind back, let's just get this straight so that I can deal with you two properly, how much is this bank?
Fergus Williams : Well, uh, two billion.
Stewart Pearson : Sweet Tracy Emin!
Emma Messinger : Two billion?
Adam Kenyon : Alright, don't need to shit yourself about it, because we're not paying for it. It's funded by taxes.
Emma Messinger : Oh, that's alright then!
Peter Mannion : Oh! Great, the triple! I'm a nurse killer, a banker, and now I'm raising FUCKING TAXES?
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[Discussing the potential new Leader of the Opposition]
Stewart Pearson : Let's architecturialise.
Peter Mannion : Oh, don't bother. If it's Ben Swain, we all shout Sweaty Swain as he dehydrates himself through PMQs. Hollhurst looks like a shepherd dressed up to meet the Queen and if it's Dan Miller, we're fucked.
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Stewart Pearson : When is a party not a party?
Peter Mannion : When it's at your house?
