The Queen (2006)
Mark Bazeley: Alastair Campbell
Quotes
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Alastair Campbell : They, er, sent a copy of the Queen's speech. Might want to scrape the frost off it first... Oh, I phoned them with a couple of suggestions, to make it sound like it came from a human being.
Tony Blair : Yeah, all right, Alastair.
Alastair Campbell : Well, at least the old bat's finally agreed to visit Diana's coffin.
Tony Blair : You know, when you get it wrong, you really get it wrong! That woman has given her whole life in service to her people. Fifty years doing a job SHE never wanted! A job she watched kill her father. She's executed it with honor, dignity, and, as far as I can tell, without a single blemish, and now we're all baying for her blood! All because she's struggling to lead the world in mourning for someone who... who threw everything she offered back in her face. And who, for the last few years, seemed committed 24/7 to destroying everything she holds most dear!
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Alastair Campbell : Flippin' heck. You think the Royals are nutters? You should meet their flunkies. Two and a half hours of whether she should be carried in a hearse or a gun carriage.
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Alastair Campbell : You going to speak to the Queen?
Tony Blair : Yep.
Alastair Campbell : Ask her if SHE greased the brakes.
Tony Blair : Now, now.
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Lord Airlie : Right. It's ten o'clock. Let's get started, shall we? And thank you all for coming at such short notice. I think we all agree that this is an extraordinarily sensitive occasion which presents us with tremendous challenges logistically, constitutionally, practically, diplomatically, and procedurally.
Alastair Campbell : [under his breath] Oh, Christ.
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Alastair Campbell : You got raves in the press.
[holds up 'The Mirror']
Alastair Campbell : This lot calls you the nation's Mourner-in-Chief.
[holds up 'The Express']
Alastair Campbell : This lot says you're the only person who's correctly judged, the mood of the country. Even the 'Mail' is impressed. The "People's Princess," mate. You owe me.
