Mr Tucker mentioned meetings between you and the Leader of the Opposition.

Did these take place?

They did, yes. Er, myself and Adam

were part of a team who had very general, non-committal discussions

with, amongst others... Mr Miller.

And you discussed a potential future coalition with his party

and the removal of your own party leader, is that correct?

Sorry, could I... possibly answer that question with another question?

I mean, not THAT question I'm just asking but a further question.

Go on.

You do realise that YOU'RE being spun here? You do see that?

Spun? Cos, you know... LAUGHS NERVOUSLY

Malcolm Tucker's not your common or garden spin...doctor, right?

No, he's the, he's the chief medical officer of spin.

He is Spinoza, you see, so he'd... He had...

He didn't come here in order to answer your questions,

he came here in order to get you to then ask HIS questions...

Mr Williams, I don't want you to answer with another question, I want you to answer it with an answer.

He's conducting you like, um...

..Goldie.

Did you talk to Mr Miller about removing your party leader?

Sorry, are you getting Tucker's questions sort of beamed straight into your brain?

Mr Williams.

Finally, on the subject of frustration,

would you say it's difficult to steer policy ideas through your department?

Huh...

Er, yes, there are...

..blockages. There is one person in particular,

and, well, you know, I don't want to identify her...or him,

if she was a man, but this particular person, er...

is...er, rather inept,

and has hampered a lot of our initiatives,

and she, or her-him, is, um...

..very difficult to remove.

And so she's a... He is a...

They are a stubborn blockage, shall we say,