I've never seen headlines like it. In what way? It's all gone to shite.

Oh, the papers didn't like the policy?

They fucking loathe it. Are you getting all this, Hugh?

Yes, you're very clear.

Do they all hate it? The Times? Especially The Times.

'Wait a second, the first editions haven't even gone to bed yet,

'how do you know...'

Because I'm connected,

I'm plugged into the matrix, I am the fucking matrix.

Sorry?

Have you not watched that tape yet?

'I'm taking it home now and I'm gonna watch it there.

'We've just bought a new video player

'off the back of Alicia's obsession with Pingu.'

I want you all to pay attention. 'I've heard of Pingu.'

This arts policy is dead, OK? As of now.

Get a press release in the oven, fuck off the lot of you.

And Hugh, watch that tape...

'Sorry I was in the Blackwall Tunnel, could you repeat all that?'

Anyway these focus groups, they're absolutely useless.

Oh, it's useless to ask people what they think is it,

it's useless to ask people their opinions?

There's no point in asking people,

they don't know what they think

or they think that you should bring back hanging for traffic wardens

or they think what every right-minded person would and that's just common sense.

Oh, yeah, I'm Jeff average, I think like everybody else. I'm Mr-Average-normal-bloke

and everybody thinks like me because I work in IT

and on the weekends I pop a few pills

and I do a bit of DJing -

spare cash because I'm a single mum

and I'm a member of the National Trust,

I enjoy any sports on TV, anything with Colin Firth,

I enjoy domestic violence and sun dried fucking Karaoke.

Not everybody is the same, Glenn, people can surprise you!

Was that good natured joshing?