COBRA

- Have you just sacked Dominic Knight? - That is outrageous.

- You're quite right. - Are you going to make a move, Archie?

You may be able to force me out, but can you get yourself in?

I'm going down to Chequers with the lorry drivers today,

and I'm going to deliver our message.

I will be back after you're long gone, son.

People's Justice has called for a boycott on talks

until Minett's death is clarified.

That is your boyfriend

having dinner with Tony Lulin.

Lulin uses an assassin and is greatly feared.

I need to talk to you, Mum, can I come and see you?

No, you need to stay inside.

The situation is really volatile. Don't leave the house tonight.

- Where's my mum? - Trust me.

Posh white girls tend to fare very badly in prison.

If I know Peter Mott, he'll flip rather than take the blame.

Ellie told us that she felt pressured into lying.

Who do you think it'll be that she'll name. You, or her mother?

You see, I don't need us to agree on everything,

I just want somebody who's not an arsehole and that I can trust.

How do we know that you didn't have Scott Minett taken out?

Why don't you get back to your barricades, you posturing idiot?

Because I'm coming for you tomorrow.

Open the roads by any means necessary.

We're losing control of the situation.

I'm authorising you to return fire.

_

The mood is one of shock and disbelief,

as protestors gather at the blockade

where troops opened fire with live ammunition yesterday evening.

There has been considerable Internet speculation

that one of the victims was a young journalist called Yvette Taylor,

who was at the site taking photographs,

although Police have still refused to confirm this.

In the meantime, a Government spokesperson

said that troops came under attack with military issue grenades

and only fired in self-defence.

The Prime Minister is expected to make a statement to Parliament later.

She was a young woman who was just doing her job.

She was holding a camera, not a gun.

How many more people have to die, Prime Minister?

How many more victims must there be

to your stubborn ego and thirst for power?

It is time for us to throw out

this rotten and incompetent government

by any means necessary, including a general strike.

_

- Morning, everyone. - Morning.

After careful consideration,

I have written a letter to the Prime Minister

in which I have made it clear

that I can no longer, in good conscience,

remain part of the Cabinet

and have resigned as Home Secretary.

It has been an enormous privilege

to hold one of the great offices of state,

but the terrible events of this week

have made it impossible for me to continue.

I believe this situation has been mismanaged from the start.

Some might say you contributed to the situation

with your incendiary rhetoric about People's Justice.

I make no apologies

for listening to the legitimate concerns of ordinary British people.

And I certainly do not believe they should have been met

with bullets and special tribunals.

There are rumours that you and your supporters will abstain

- in the forthcoming confidence vote. - That remains to be seen.

All options are open.

I'm sorry, do you mean you could even vote against the government?

All options are open.

Thank you. Rob, at the back.

- Good morning, everyone. - Good morning.

The Home Secretary will not be joining us today.

In his absence, I will chair the meeting.

The soldier who was burned by the white phosphorous grenade

has just died.

We have made six arrests from a neo-Nazi group

that infiltrated People's Justice,

who are believed to have contributed to most of the violence.

They will appear before special tribunals tomorrow morning.

We should throw the book at those bastards.

Any word back yet from ballistics?

So far we only have evidence of soldiers discharging weapons.

Well, I authorised live ammunition.

I will take full responsibility.

Fraser, what's happening with the transformer?

It was undamaged, although a section of the rioters

did get dangerously close to the trailer with petrol bombs.

- It is now nearing the substation. - How long will it take to install?

I'll have engineers working on it around the clock.

Well, I want every record smashed.

We get that thing working, we can start to rebuild.

My team will be there until the lights come back on.

Now, as you are all aware,

the opposition are putting down a vote of no confidence

and there is speculation based on a "senior Cabinet source",

now an ex-Cabinet source, that I might be forced to resign.

Now, let me be perfectly clear about one thing.

I made a promise to the people at that hospital

that I would turn the lights back on

and I intend to keep that promise.

We were faced with a situation of outright insurgence

against the law of this country

and the basic rights of our people.

I will not resign.

_

Latest ComRes poll shows that 42% of people believe

that it was the protestors and not the government

that were responsible for what happened.

Not a majority.

Sizeable though, especially in the immediate aftermath.

58% believe they were infiltrated by the far-right.

- They were. - And 72% agree with the proposition

that civil liberties should be restricted

in the case of a national emergency.

I'm about to join the list of Prime Ministers

only ever remembered for one thing.

Not always a bad list.

Gold Commander, come in.

Sally.

We're out of fuel. I don't think the generator has long left.

Yes, I do get that but the issue is a bit more...

I am, of course, aware...

Hugh, you know, I'll get back to you.

Got a bit of horse-trading going on for Home Secretary.

Get yourself a constituency quick and we can promote you.

I'm resigning too, Anna.

OK.

Four people are dead.

Five.

The soldier in hospital just passed away.

Yvette Taylor was a young photographer, she wasn't even a rioter.

Yeah, and soldiers high on a mixture of fear and adrenaline

clearly thought her camera was a weapon.

- The troops came under fire. - That has not been established at all.

It's funny, you have a little less outrage

about a 21-year-old soldier with a wife and baby.

That's a cheap shot.

No, the cheap shot was throwing a phosphorous grenade at him.

Do you think this hasn't caused the Prime Minister sleepless nights...

Oh, admit it, he's all you bloody care about, really, isn't he?

- Your precious Prime Minister. - I do admit it, he is precious

when I look at the alternatives.

We were facing an insurrection with a strong racist element.

- Oh, don't do that. - Why not?

Yeah, I knew I shouldn't have taken this job in the first place.

Oh, come on.

Deep down I have always known we have different values.

And mine don't include firing at journalists and unarmed protestors.

Oh, do fuck off with your sanctimonious whining.

Excuse me?!

Take that to Twitter and slap a hashtag on it.

You hawk your conscience around when it suits you.

At least I have one to hawk.

You know the funny thing about you,

Anna, is you think your worldview is beyond question.

Civilised society. Quiet governance. The art of the possible.

All goes out of the window when your interests are threatened, though.

And you never once stop to think

about how it's all shaped because of your privilege

and your wealth.

I think about it all the bloody time!

But it was also shaped,

and very specifically, by going into the town of Vukovar

after the collapse of civilised society.

Oh, give it up with bloody Yugoslavia,

- it was 30 years ago. - There is no statute of limitations!

God, I wouldn't have thought I'd need to say that...

to you of all people.

- Me of all people? - Oh, for f...

- What the fuck does that mean? - Whatever you want it to mean.

Well, thank you for your job offer

to be a fig leaf for your party and its overt

and sometimes not overt racism.

I'm going to clear my desk.

You're gonna need that to get out, you idiot.

I haven't got long, Archie, what's this about?

No need for that tone, Robert, I come here in a spirit of compromise.

I know I resigned,

but I am here to assure you of my support in the confidence vote.

Why?

I don't think it's the right time for a change of leader.

Anyway, the offer stands.

- What's the catch? - No catch.

Of course there's a catch.

A small symbolic gesture would be nice.

Just to make me feel... appreciated.

Go on.

I understand Francine Bridge has just resigned,

so there's space in the policy unit

- for a reformed character. - Dominic Knight.

Everybody deserves a second chance.

He can't work with Anna, you know that.

I do know that.

You like it here, Robert.

Everybody does.

Nobody wants to leave, especially such a short time

into their term of office.

You have such hopes of reforming the country,