Football and politics

Gordon and Tony make small talk before the cabinet meeting.

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Tony: You look a bit wrecked. Up all night?

Gordon: Spurs won! Bit of celebrating.

Tony: I know. Nice penalty straight ahead in the final minute.

Gordon: Best way to do it. Goalies are 25% more likely to dive right or left than stay in the middle.

Tony: Message in that maybe? Put the reshuffle on the top of the agenda and don't hide it in a corner?

Gordon: Let's get this meeting over with. Manchester United are on at 2 o'clock.

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Voiceover

You’ve got to be one of the boys. To do a good job from the office you have to get the respect of those on the shop floor. And you can’t fake it. That’s a betrayal and will do you a lot of harm. Tony can relate what happened but Gordon was right inside that goalie's head.

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