Steve Fleming

Former Chief Whip and Acting Director of Communications for Number 10

Senior Leadership

Lore Dossier

A working dossier for the character's place in the DoSAC machine: office role, political home, career pressure, and the relationships that pull them into the wider Westminster mess.

Full name: Rt. Hon. Steve Fleming MP
Occupation: Acting Director of Communications - Number 10, Former Chief Whip
Department: Number 10 Downing Street
Role: Senior Leadership
Party: Labour
Affiliation: HM Government

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Number 10 Downing Street

Senior Leadership

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s03e07 at 02-56.040 - bringing back Steve Fleming, kind of makes you old news, doesn't it?
s03e07 at 03-58.680 - Steve Fleming! Hello...OK!
s03e07 at 06-22.600 - While Steve is a useful tool, and I do emphasise the word useful here, I'm still running the show, right?
s03e07 at 12-10.960 - Great, thank you Steve "fucking Nicola" Fleming.
s03e08 at 18-21.360 - You made it look as if Steve leant on me so I'd wrongly exonerate him.
s03e08 at 20-03.880 - You're a joke, Steve.

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British Comedy Guide episode archive - Independent episode summaries used to cross-check story arcs.
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