No Love for Johnnie | movie | 1961 | Official Clip - video Dailymotion

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Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal  | dG1fNEJ3eGljVnpBM00

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00:01Johnny, I've got to be recumbent.

00:03The PM wanted me to have a word about this private notice question.

00:07I wonder whether we could set your mind at rest if you're really worried about Mazran.

00:11Well, it's just that I want a statement.

00:12If there's something to be said, it should be said.

00:14If there's nothing to say, it doesn't matter much.

00:16Well, there's something to say next week when the situation's clarified.

00:20Look here, Johnny, I'll be frank with you.

00:22It might be embarrassing to make a statement tomorrow.

00:25Well, I think the Prime Minister should keep the House informed as he goes along.

00:29You know what you're doing.

00:31I'm trying to create the maximum trouble for the Party.

00:33I'm trying to see that the Party isn't bulldozed into something which will betray its principles.

00:39Do you like to talk it over to the PM?

00:40I'd like to.

00:48I'll see you now.

00:52I haven't congratulated you on your re-election.

00:55Take the Foreign Secretary's seat.

01:10Now, this question.

01:13I can, of course, arrange to avoid it.

01:15You can, but that would leave the facts as they are.

01:17And on the facts, I can issue a press statement.

01:19What facts have you?

01:20That you propose to send two battalions of airborne troops to help the Sheikh of Mazaram destroy the Democratic Assembly.

01:27Where did you hear this?

01:28Do you deny that?

01:30No.

01:31Then I'd interpret the move in a different way.

01:34The Nationalist Party, which controls the Democratic Assembly, is financed from behind the Iron Curtain.

01:40There's a feeling that they were about to oust the Sheikh and establish a political link with the Communists.

01:45A feeling, is that all?

01:46Saudi Arabia would then move in to prevent the link.

01:49And anything could happen.

01:51They'd prefer not to leave any loose ends lying about.

01:54I think the Party will accept my interpretation rather than yours.

01:59Perhaps so.

02:00Perhaps not.

02:03So, you press on with the question.

02:06I'm sorry, but I must.

02:07Where did you get your information?

02:09Nice to have seen you.

02:10Thank you for coming.

02:11How's your wife?

02:12Very well.

02:13Good.

02:14So you're going on with it?

02:15Yes.

02:16May I say something I've wanted to say to you ever since you came to the house?

02:32You're the most unmitigated, grasping and self-important bastard I've ever met in a lifetime's politics.

02:37Good day.

No Love for Johnnie | movie | 1961 | Official Clip

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