"Darling, you've spent 70,000 kroner i only had my Eurocard from the ministry I'll take these and settle it with your office" "Kasper, my usually smart ex asked me today if I was seeing anyone" "Ole!" "Come on, for God's sake!" "It's not funny, OK?" "I think he's dead" "Where are you?" "I'll be right over" "I know what could get the right person elected if used wisely" "This, Lars Hesselboe is a receipt proving that you billed the state 70,000 kroner for gifts to your wife" "Come in at nine tomorrow and clear your desk" "You look like a stateswoman" "Birgitte!" "Birgitte!" "They want me for Prime Minister" ""The prince knows that it is much safer to be feared than loved"" "The Solidarity Party, the Green Party, the Labour Party and us" "Together we have 91 seats" "You have the seats you need" "Do you think anyone has cold feet?" "You have the seats you need" "Labour may have got cold feet" "Laugesen just got knocked out" "Nervous?" "Why should I be?" "Because Her Majesty is behind that door waiting to give you the mandate to form a Cabinet as our first female Prime Minister" "The people gave me the mandate" "Posing as a Republican now, are we?" "You're loving this" "Cabinet-forming with the Queen is a nice tradition" "Election winner meets Queen." ""How do you do?" "Ball's in my court"" "It's the least we can do after giving power to the people in 1849" "Why is Her Majesty keeping us waiting?" "Maybe she went out for cigarettes" "Would you like more coffee while you wait?" "No, thank you" "Her Majesty will see you in a moment" "Something's wrong" "They're playing for time" "We're losing already" "Bloody hell!" "Everyone wants you to chair the negotiations" "Bent, don't swear in the palace" "This isn't the hard part" "You're not Prime Minister yet" "The hard part will be controlling things over the next few days so you can announce your Cabinet" "Look, we've got 91 seats." "Can't the bitch count?" "Her Majesty will see you now" "Thank you" "COUNT TO 90" "What was the Queen like?" "She was polite in a royal way" "Do they live like they do on TV?" "Yes" "Did you curtsey?" "You have to" "That's crazy" "Morning" "Morning" "Morning" "The Prime Minister is in our kitchen" "Let's wait and see" "Good morning, Bent -l've lined up today's meetings" "Solidarity, Greens, Liberals and the Freedom Party this afternoon" "What about Labour and Laugesen?" "We haven't scheduled them in yet." "I'm banking on them coming first" "Mum, you're on TV" "Hang on, Bent" "We're on TV" "The big question everyone is asking today is is Denmark going to get its first female Prime Minister?" "Yesterday Birgitte Nyborg took the first step when she was appointed Royal Investigator" "Torben Friis, welcome" "Thank you" "What kind of game are we witnessing at the moment?" "It's quite simply a game of political power in Denmark" "Let's begin with Hesselboe." "He has had a dramatic 24 hours Indeed, and as a result, the Cabinet stood down yesterday" "There is no doubt that he had a bad election and I am betting this nasty affair about fraudulent... lt has been seven good years, Lars" "It has been important..." "Thank you" "And that's where Laugesen comes in." "He is partly to blame" "Labour headed by Michael Laugesen suffered their worst election ever" "Laugesen's very aggressive attack..." "Yes?" "When can you see the radio journalists?" "Bjørn, get the hell out" "Get lost!" "All right!" "Michael Laugesen is fighting for his political life" "His party and his constituents have taken exception to him and his campaign methods" "Let's look at the distribution of seats in the new Parliament 91 and 88" "That shows a clear majority" "Birgitte!" "So the Prime Minister cycles to work?" "You had better ask the Prime Minister" "When will you be forming the Cabinet?" "I have no comment" "Good morning" "Birgitte" "Amir" "Congratulations" "Thanks -lt's fantastic lt's a historic chance to get Denmark back on track I've drafted a proposal... I'm meeting with Labour first, Amir I know lt's a great day for democracy, Birgitte" "Good morning" "Can we switch to fruit in meetings?" "I've given those up" "Laugesen and Labour aren't coming just yet" "They're coming this afternoon." "They're being tactical" "Or maybe his party is falling apart" "Let's reschedule another party, then -l already did" "The Freedom Party has time now and then Solidarity, we hope" "And please tell Laugesen it's crucial he shows up today at some point" "Tell him we're forming a Cabinet without Labour" "No, don't do that." "Come off it, Bent" "Look." "We need to close this today" "No chance" "This is a new government." "Everyone gets a chance I've drawn up a list for each party, including the Freedom Party" "Aicha Nagrawi" "Good morning" "Good morning I just wanted to tell you we can meet at eleven" "But I want to stress that we have a list of items crucial to our contemplating a potential collaboration" "Here you are" "Thanks." "And congratulations on being elected" "The lady has got a new head scarf, I see" "Hello, there" "Svend Åge" "My mum wore a head scarf, too." "She was from a fishing town" "Hello, Bent" "Hello" "Congratulations on your fantastic election" "Congratulations to you, too" "You did well" "Sit down" "Thank you for coming, d Åge I know we have quite a political gap to bridge" "still, I'd like to find out where we see eye to eye" "Landslide-shocked are we, Birgitte?" "OK, let's begin with tax policy." "Your last bill..." "Look... I followed Glistrup back in 1971  when the Conservatives refused to let him run" "After that, Glistrup formed the Progress Party" "One and a half years later he gained 28 seats in Parliament" "He didn't hesitate for a second." "He was a winner" "Your party just doubled its vote" "Why don't you sound like a winner?" "Glistrup went to prison" "Please listen to me" "You and I differ on immigration economy, taxes, culture, environment..." "Everything you stand for, I'm against I am evil incarnate in your intellectual little world" "You shouldn't have time to drink coffee with me" "But let me give you a piece of advice" "Take the head of the table when you chair negotiations" "You don't mind if I take a pastry with me, do you?" "Have a nice day now" "I bet lots of people would want to fuck the Prime Minister if it were Nyborg I've never heard anyone talk about fucking a Prime Minister" "She's sexy" "Did Hanne Holm congratulate you on hosting the final debate?" "There are five more..." "Morning" "Give me a cigarette, Dan" "l thought you had quit" "Exactly" "We've got a hectic schedule but before we begin, we need to cover the funeral of Ole Dahl Hesselboe's late spin doctor who is being buried today I think it's going to draw a huge crowd" "That guy knew everyone" "Simon, take a crew and get some comments" "Oh, and, yes of course..." "Pia, you've got a scoop." "Do tell" "Lars Hesselboe and his wife will appear on Focus this Sunday" "They will be talking about Dahl's death but first and foremost about marriage and their downfall I'm thinking..." "Katrine" "OK?" "It's the perfect job for you." "You're great at emotions I won't have time to prepare for it" "What?" "I'm planning on attending the funeral" "You've lost me now." "Did you know him?" "We were in contact for my interviews with Hesselboe" "And during the election, I talked to him a lot... I'll do it." "Katrine can anchor at six lf it's OK with Katrine" "Are you with us on this?" "What?" "Are you OK to swap?" "Yes" "Great" "Have we got any background info for a feature on Nyborg?" "We're talking to her old classmates" "Great" "Lay it on thick" "Torben here." "See you later" "OK, let's go through it again" "I went up there to feel out the Moderates I know where we stand" "Nyborg hasn't got a clue what she is doing. lt's a waste of time" "Are you sure?" "Hi, Lars" "See you later" "Yes" "What ministries do you want?" "Environment and five or six soft ones" "Maybe Climate and two seats on the Co-ordination Council" "You're entitled to four ministries, Max" "Do you want to be Prime Minister?" "Of course." "But I won't be blackmailed." "Let's call it a day" "Think it over and let me know" "Great" "An Inger Hansen is here" "Hi" "Hello I'm afraid Lars Hesselboe can't meet with you in person" "We have an appointment." "I just saw him in the hall" "Who are you?" "Inger Hansen." "I'm a member of the Liberals" "Can you speak for the party?" "Yes, during the initial meetings" "Tell Hesselboe there won't be any initial meetings" "We're forming a Cabinet lf Hesselboe can't find the time, we'll proceed without the Liberals" "The only thing you need is Labour to close the deal" "Laugesen's due any moment" "Don't bet on it" "He's leaving Parliament now" "Laugesen is leaving now" "Have you given Birgitte Nyborg your support to be Prime Minister?" "I am afraid I haven't yet met with Nyborg I have a meeting with my constituents in Middelfart" "Are you still party leader?" "No comment" "Arrogant bastard." "We agreed to meet an hour and a half ago" "Michael, Birgitte Nyborg speaking" "Ring me as soon as you get this message" "We're watching you leave on TV, and we have a meeting in ten minutes I find your behaviour baffling, to say the least" "I expect you to ring me back and reschedule as soon as possible" "Great." "Thanks" "What the hell is going on, Bent?" "I'm stuck without Labour l can't form a bloody Cabinet with Solidarity and the Greens!" "I'm losing control I'm losing control." "It's slipping away" "Birgitte, calm down, and go home to your family" "You lost the battle today." "You're going to win tomorrow" "Did you get that?" "Even in the cheap seats?" "I still don't understand." "What does "G" stand for?" "Could you at least pretend you've read this, please?" ""G" stands for government." "State funds or credits" "Page 27 in international Finance" "This is basic knowledge, people" "That's all for today" "Can you tell us about Friedman?" "Yes." "Milton Friedman, Nobel prize-winner 1976" "Reagan's economic adviser in the 80s" "Next time, people" "How about..?" "No, Amina" "Get a coffee and find yourself a boyfriend." "Bye for now" "Hi, kids" "Hi, sweetheart" "Great!" "I thought you had to..." "We weren't getting anywhere today" "Oh, I see" "I need to make more random visits." "What good-looking students you have!" "Stupid girl!" "I know Laugesen is just flexing his muscles but without Labour on board, I'm dead I'm the smaller party" "Why would they make me Prime Minister?" "Because they took a beating" "Yes" "Yes, they're the largest party, but they have never been smaller lf you want the job, just take it lf l want the job..." "You've got to bluff" "Everyone does it in the corporate world" "This isn't about qualifications" "Stop it" "Men..." "Stop it" "Men pretend to be twice as good as they are in job interviews" "Women make themselves out to be half as good by talking about what they can't do just to be on the safe side" "Why are there so few female poker players?" "They can't bluff" "You've got to take the head of the table lf you show them you're a leader, you're a leader" "You wannabe business coach!" "I can take the head of the table" "So what's the problem?" "There isn't one" "What's going on?" "He keeps doing this..." "Leave him alone" "Kids, listen up!" "Hey, we're talking lf you want to beat each other up, go somewhere else" "See?" "That's taking the head of the table" "We'll have to have a serious talk with the kids if I become Prime Minister" "Not "if", "when"." "Positive vibes I mean it" "Everything will change." "My free time for you all." "Everything" "They know I'll talk to them" "You and I need to talk, too" "We made a deal back then" "Of course" "But this is different." "Another ball game..." "Why?" "I'm not going to tell my wife I don't want her to be Prime Minister" "Who wants to tell their wife that?" "What are you doing?" "Taking the head of the table" "Hi" "Good morning, beautiful" "I came by, but you weren't home." "I thought you'd be punishing yourself" "Water?" "Thanks" "What did you want?" "Nothing." "Just to talk ls everything OK?" "No, everything is crap I miss him so much, I don't know what to do" "What did you do?" "How did you leave him after I left?" "ln his bed I removed all signs of him not being alone when he died" "Are you OK?" "I don't work for Birgitte and the Moderates any more" "Just thought you should know" "Did they sack you?" "No, for God's sake. I left" "They're just too politically correct" "The official line is that I left over a mutual disagreement" "Are you upset?" "No" "Have you heard where Laugesen got the receipts that nailed the Prime Minister?" "Maybe from a source in the Prime Minister's office" "Nobody really knows." "Why?" "No reason I'm just not in the know any more" "I have to be at work in an hour" "Thanks." "This was nice of you." "See you" "Let's have breakfast sometime" "Good morning" "Good morning" "Labour's light was on all night" "How much do we know?" "Laugesen is mounting his strongest team" "Unless we have a concrete offer he'll smell blood I'm not backing down on integration" "They can have Finance, Justice, Foreign Affairs and six more" "We'll take Economic and Business" "And don't give in" "Morning, all" "Are we early?" "Not at all" "Michael, Höxenhaven, Marrot" "Welcome." "Sit down" "Thank you" "Congratulations again" "Thanks" "Have you gone vegan on me?" "Can't a guy get his morning meeting pastry?" "Let's get straight to work" "Yes" "We met with the Greens and the Solidarity Party yesterday I didn't want to get into the specifics until we had met" "Let me give you an overview..." "Look, before we continue..." "Let me just draw up..." "Birgitte, I want you to know I respect your position as Royal Investigator" "Thank you lf Labour had not got back in step this quickly you'd have been an obvious Prime Minister" "Excuse me, but what is going on?" "I have a unified Labour behind me" "We want you to tell the Queen your negotiations have failed and you're proposing me as the new investigator" "Why on earth would I do that?" "I doubt you'll be proposing Lars Hesselboe again" "Besides, we're the largest party" "Of course we should head the Cabinet" "You're the largest party but you've never had fewer MPs" "Look, yesterday I negotiated with Amir from the Greens and Lindenkrone from Solidarity" "They're nominating me as Prime Minister" "Birgitte, your day will come" "And we have a concrete offer for you" "Bjørn, send the papers round, please" "OK" "Solidarity is out of the question lt's down to us, you and the Greens" "Amir gets Environment and Health" "And other titbits." "He's easy to buy" "We're offering you Economy, Business Affairs Employment and four soft ones" "So you get the Home Office, Finance and Foreign Affairs?" "Well, it's just a proposal" "No way." "We can't work with this" "Oh, yes, and you get Justice, too I forgot" "But we just agreed..." "We'll work it out" "As I said, it's a proposal" "For negotiations to resume you must see the Queen and recommend me as investigator" "We need to think" "We're forming the Cabinet tomorrow with or without you" "You're going to get seven seats in the Cabinet" "Hello!" "You can still look your voters in the eye" "Right, Birgitte?" "That's all for now." "Coming?" "Yes I'll just grab an apple" "is it organic?" "Have a nice day" "Hanne has come to clear her desk l've got the brass behind me so that's just the way it is" "Are you OK?" "Of course." "Thanks" "Hanne?" "What do you want?" "I'm sad to be losing you as a colleague I don't know who sent that email about you" "l was shocked when I heard about it" "Shocked?" "I'm the one who's shocked shocked that an ignorant, young journalist like you is taking over the final debate and becoming the prime-time anchor" "You're not ready" "Still, the most depressing thing is the way the staff have treated the election and its outcome" "Ratings and free premiere tickets mean more to you young, beautiful people than critical investigative journalism" "You're newsreaders." "That's all" "We've all got to start somewhere" "Great." "So start somewhere" "Why did Labour and the Liberals avoid meeting the Moderates yesterday?" "How did Michael Laugesen get hold of information about Hesselboe's misuse of funds?" "You ignore the crucial stuff pertaining to how this country is run" "You rant about party strife and churn out glossy articles about when Birgitte Nyborg headed the student council" "Congratulations I just came to say I've appreciated having you as a colleague" "Katrine?" "Just to satisfy my curiosity was labelling me a drunk enough to get you my job or did you have to fuck the head of news, too?" "So what are my options?" "You always ask that" "Tell the Queen you want to nominate Laugesen as Prime Minister" "With support from the Greens and Solidarity he's the Opposition leader" "Nominate anyone else and you'll lose credibility" "He's an unscrupulous bastard" "He'll be a bastard of a boss, too -l agree" "Still, we get seven seats." "That's not bad" "Birgitte, you did your best" "Goodnight, darling" "Goodnight" "Are you OK?" "Yes, thanks" "Goodnight" "Goodnight." "Sleep tight" "Sleep tight" "It's hard being comforted by the kids for not becoming Prime Minister" "You made Minister of Economy and Business Affairs" "Yes" "Still, it's not the same" "Magnus said not to feel bad" "His PE teacher said second place was just as good" "Shit!" "No more shit." "There, it's gone" "That was typical Laugesen." "He always pulls these stunts" "Right, so I should have known" "Drink my wine, why don't you?" "Amina?" "Does she write as well as she flirts?" "She's far better at flirting" "Look" "Something's really bugging me I had so been looking forward to the Prime Minister giving me a blow job" "I'll ask if Laugesen's game" "Please do" "Birgitte Nyborg?" "Yes I've got information that could bring Michael Laugesen down" "What?" "Who is this?" "I can't discuss that on the phone." "I would prefer that we meet I don't want to meet you unless I know who you are I'm sure both you and Bent Sejrø will find my information interesting" "The future of the nation is at stake" "Ten o'cIock at the Marble Bridge?" "OK" "What was that about?" "Mint?" "No, thanks" "Do you want me to come?" "No" "Troels?" "I'm sorry about this, but I'm not taking any chances" "What would you do if Michael Laugesen was forced to stand down as party leader tomorrow?" "But how?" "Would you support a new party leader to head the Cabinet?" "That depends on who if Laugesen stands down he'll be succeeded by one of the two deputy leaders" "You or Bjørn Marrot?" "Bjørn isn't cut out to be a leader" "He has no popular support" "He is Laugesen's lackey" "You want to be Prime Minister?" "How will you topple Laugesen?" "I've got hold of email correspondence between Laugesen and his allies" "Read it for yourself" "The press will have a field day" ""The sight of Aicha Nagrawi from the Solidarity Party makes me sick..." ""...with that fanatical scarf she wears..." ""...to promote a medieval, anti-democratic religion"" "How do I know these are real?" "l've got them all on my computer" "And that's just the start of it" "He also writes that he's going to ban head scarves in public if he comes to power" "He wouldn't dare" "Are you willing to take a chance?" "Even if he doesn't this correspondence is more than enough to topple him" "But I need your support to make it worth the trouble" "I'll have to talk to Sejrø about it" "Let me know before the deadline for the morning papers" "Midnight." "It must hit tomorrow's news" "We want Foreign Affairs, too" "Deal -l'll be in touch" "I knew I had some left" "This is one of the craziest political tackles I've ever seen" "Höx has been a loyal party man for twenty years..." "Laugesen's avid supporter" "Caesar was murdered by his friends, too I sense a history lesson coming" "I want to show you something" "We've got several old dynasties here at Parliament lsn't Troels the fourth generation of Höxenhavens in office?" "Precisely" "His great-grandfather, Eugén Höxenhaven was a Cabinet member back in 1 91 5" "He thought he was going to be Justice Minister" "Zahle, who was heading the government had promised it to him but the rogue went back on his word" "There's old Höxenhaven" "See the bitter look on his face?" "He was cheated" "Zahle made himself Prime Minister and Justice Minister" "That's the closest the family has come to leading a ministry" "Höx was promised the Justice Ministry until he offered it to us" "Precisely" "Höx sees history repeating itself." "Laugesen forms his Cabinet tomorrow" "Unless Höx acts, he'll never be a minister" "Well?" "What do you think?" "You're the party leader I don't want Laugesen to be our next Prime Minister" "Troels Höxenhaven" "Troels, it's Birgitte." "We're in" "See you at the funeral tomorrow" "Katrine?" "Hi, Mum" "What time is it?" "Nearly ten" "What are you doing here?" "You won't return my calls" "You've been looking a mess lately" "What do you mean?" "You haven't seen me in a while -l see you every night on TV" "You can't tell a thing from watching me on TV I'm going to make coffee" "I've only got instant" "Do you have any milk?" "Of course" "No" "Katrine, what's wrong?" "Have you got boyfriend troubles?" "No" "Tell me, who died?" "Oh, sweetheart" "I loved him so much, Mum" "He died right next to me" "He had a heart problem, but I didn't know" "When is the funeral?" "Later today I can't go" "He was married, Mum" "He had a wife and two young children" "They didn't know" "They didn't" "You have to say goodbye" "Don't you have a friend you could bring?" "A good friend, a really good friend?" "There's nothing in the papers" "What's going on?" "l don't know" "For God's sake" "Bent, you're in a church" "OK" "So he got cold feet" "When someone is taken from us far too early we are overwhelmed by the senselessness" "But even when it makes no sense even in our darkest hour love prevails resurrection prevails" "Paul wrote in his first epistle to the Corinthians..." ""Death "Death is swallowed up in victory "O death, where is thy sting?" "... ..."O death, where is thy victory?"" "The widow will say a few words" "LABOUR DEMANDS LAUGESEN'S exit AFTER racist STATEMENTS!" "Ole's life revolved around politics" "And so, clearly, does his funeral" "He wouldn't have wanted it any other way" "He loved the battles and the game" "When you loved Ole like I did you always knew you had an incredible rival Parliament" "Ole loved Parliament" "And Parliament could be a demanding mistress craving him both day and night at times" "But Ole was a fantastic father to our children and a wonderful man" "They were internal and confidential" "So find out, for God's sake!" "I'll call you" "Did you tell anyone about the information on the Prime Minister?" "Just how important do you think you are, you fool?" "It doesn't bloody matter now!" "Michael speaking" "Katrine?" "I'd like to apologise for that last remark yesterday I was out of line" "What's the matter, darling?" "Sorry. I'm OK" "You bastard!" "You promised to stay with me" "Ready?" "Michael Laugesen just stood down as party leader postponing the formation of the Cabinet" "Höxenhaven is not answering" "His own constituency assembly..." "The question now is..." "Who keeps buying cake?" "Several of the party have called a meeting..." "What if they don't choose Höx?" "They will" "Otherwise, we're done for" "Hi, Katrine" "Katrine, good to see you." "Are you up to date on this?" "Great" "We expect to announce the new leader and potential Prime Minister at six" "Right now we're compiling profiles of both Troels Höxenhaven and Bjørn Marrot, to be on the safe side" "Something is wrong with my hydrangeas at the back of the garden" "They used to be blue, but now they have turned pink i am not sure what the problem is." "Maybe the soil has gone sour or..." "Bent" "Just shut up, will you?" "OK" "Right." "Fifteen seconds" "Katrine, dab your face." "You're sweating" "Mona, have you got a tissue?" "It's not like her to sweat" "And we're on in five seconds." "Four, three, two, one, go!" "The results are just in from Parliament" "Labour's new leader is Bjørn Marrot" "That is the result after hours of debate and a very close vote in the Labour Party parliamentary assembly" "What's going on, Bent?" "Troels Höxenhaven, who supports..." "What the hell is going on?" "Calm down, calm down" "Calm down" "You did all you could" "Calm down." "You did all you could" "I don't want to talk to the press until all the pieces are in place" "Good evening" "Bjørn, congratulations I've always liked working with you." "Let's get Denmark back on track" "Sit down" "Birgitte, Bent and Amir you've voiced your support for a Cabinet headed by Labour and thus me" "I have not yet had time to draw up a proposal but I can assure you that I have a unified Labour Party behind me and thus a potential Cabinet" "We can go ahead with most of the items agreed on with Laugesen" "Amir, you know which ministries you were promised" "Bjørn?" "Just a minute, Birgitte I can't support you" "What?" "You're not cut out to be Prime Minister" "What are you saying?" "I am saying that Bjørn is a gifted politician but no leader" "This is not the time to get personal" "Amir, we're talking about the Prime Minister" "lt doesn't get any more personal" "Who will form the Cabinet?" "You can't just walk out." "We have to work together on this" "The Queen can appoint a new Royal Investigator." "We can't support this I'm sorry, Bjørn" "Goodbye" "Bloody hell." "You're a good man" "How come I don't spend more time at home with you?" "Because you're an ambitious bitch" "How do the kids feel about all this?" "I only see them when they're asleep" "They're OK" "Magnus does think you're away too much, though" "Maybe it's a good thing I didn't become Prime Minister, then" "What will you become?" "Nothing I'm the girl who got the Moderates fifteen seats, but didn't know how to use them" "OK" "So you'll wallow in the HesseIboes?" "What?" "The former Prime Minister is baring all on Focus tonight..." "His wife's addiction, the abuse, etc" "OK" "Yes" "You do know Ulrik is hosting tonight's show, I hope?" "I'm afraid our Political Editor, Hanne Holm, quit last week I heard about that" "She had a drinking problem" "See?" "You're not alone" "You start taking pills because you're unhappy" "Then it gets out of control" "Lars has been a great support to me" "How does one lose control?" "I snapped that day in London" "And of course it is in that light that my mistake must be viewed when I used my official Prime Minister's Eurocard I have long since paid back the money" "What is regrettable is that Laugesen got hold of the receipt before the matter was taken care of" "But that backfired on Laugesen who has stood down as party leader" "Yes, and rightly so" "The brutalisation he stood for does democracy no good" "Not that that excuses me" "My position as Prime Minister caused me to neglect Lisbeth's problems" "For that I owe you an apology" "Jesus Christ!" "Still, our mistakes aside I have no doubt that we have come out of this a stronger couple" "And on that note, we say goodbye" "But we'll continue in a moment with the news" "Have a nice evening" "I think they came off well in an eerily controlled way" "Promise me that won't be us in ten years" "OK." "It will be sooner than that!" "Birgitte?" "Yes" "This is Lars HesseIboe" "Hello, Lars I promised my wife I wouldn't talk all night" "Would you like to pop by the Liberals' office tomorrow at ten?" "OK I gather it didn't work out with Marrot so I think we should talk" "Fine." "See you tomorrow" "OK, bye" "Birgitte Nyborg?" "Yes" "You're meeting Lars Hesselboe?" "Yes, at your offices" "You're to go to the Prime Minister's office" "Lars has an errand to run there" "OK, yes" "Let me take your coat" "Thanks" "Thanks" "Birgitte, I'm so glad you could come at such short notice" "Of course" "Have a seat, Birgitte" "Hello, Birgitte" "Hi" "Yvonne has brought in some frighteningly good biscuits" "What are they called?" "Spéculoos. lt's a Belgian recipe" "Let's get straight to the point" "The left wing is paralysed" "You brought down the house of cards when you refused to support Marrot" "A very brave decision lt has, however, left the country in a political vacuum" "I feel responsible after seven years in office" "Denmark deserves a strong new Cabinet after these turbulent days" "We want to form a right-wing, liberal three-party coalition Cabinet" "We have a concrete offer for you" "Yes, we're offering you Health Education and Culture" "We would like to offer you the Ministry of Business Affairs in close collaboration with Yvonne at the Treasury" "We'd also like you to set up a new ministry the Ministry of lnternational Development" "I would be honoured to lead a Cabinet that brings politics back to where they belong at the centre of Parliament" "I'll need to discuss it with the party" "Of course." "We weren't expecting an answer now" "Four this afternoon?" "I can't wait to get to work" "Now, let's try one of those biscuits" "OK, Bent" "Listen to me, please" "Half an hour ago, I met with the Prime Minister" "The Prime Minister?" "Well, the acting Prime Minister, Lars Hesselboe" "He made me an interesting offer" "He offered to form a Cabinet with us and give us five ministries" "As I see it, this is our best opportunity" "We push the Freedom Party aside and start doing some real political work" "You can't be serious, Birgitte" "Excuse me for a second" "What's wrong?" "Why the Prime Minister's office?" "Why not at the Liberals' own office?" "Hesselboe had errands to run" "Oh, I see" "So Hesselboe just happened to round up some biscuits and ministers from his old Cabinet for a little chat with you?" "Dressed in his finery, I am sure he looked quite the Prime Minister" "He pulled a power bluff on you" "Hesselboe is useless without your support" "He has just lost 20% of his MPs." "His is a minority party" "You're like the man who went to market with a cow and came back with a chicken" "How long have you been here?" "You were duped by a new Ministry for lnternational Development" "What good is that?" "They constantly cut back on international development" "Come on" "All this can be yours, for God's sake" "But power is not a cute little lapdog that jumps up and lies in your lap" "You have to grab it and hold on to it or it will be gone before you know it" "The only relevant question is who can count to ninety?" "Who can get ninety seats, Birgitte?" "I can" "Do you dare?" "One last thing" "You have no friends in Parliament" "You must be able to turn down anyone and sack anyone without hesitation" "Can I keep you as my friend?" "Of course." "I am a thing of the past, anyway" "What are your options?" "I'll call in Labour right away and then the Greens" "No, I'll call them in right away, too" "Have you got a list of ministers?" "Yes" "How does it look?" "Good" "I'm not sure we can accept that" "The way I see it, you don't have a choice" "We want to form a coalition with you but with me as the Prime Minister" "As you know, Hesselboe had made me an offer which I am ready to go with I'll be Prime Minister Sejrø, Finance Minister, Bjørn, Foreign Affairs Minister Amir, Climate and Energy Minister and Höxenhaven, Justice Minister" "The Cabinet will be younger and 50% female 50%?" "The Greens want the ministries we asked for" "You will get the ministries we agree on" "This is my proposal" "I was supposed to get back to Hesselboe some time ago, so we haven't got all day" "is that a yes, Bjørn?" "Yes, we're in" "Good." "Amir?" "Three ministries are not enough." "I can't go back to my party with this" "Let me see that" "Oh, it should say four ministries" "The new Ministry of lnternational Development goes to you, too" "Have we got a deal?" "Excuse me" "Lars Hesselboe says you had an appointment seven minutes ago" "Ask him to come down in fifteen minutes" "Then we'll go next door" "No, thanks" "Hesselboe is here" "Thanks" "Birgitte I like ministers to keep appointments I apologise" "No matter" "This is a great day" "Look, Lars" "We've gone over your proposal I'm afraid I have to let you down" "We want someone else as Prime Minister" "Who, may I ask?" "Me" "OK" "PREGNANCY TEST" "Katrine Fønsmark, please go to the studio" "I don't know where the hell she is" "Katrine, you can't come this late" "We get nervous" "Sorry" "We're on in five seconds" "Four, three, two, one, go" "Welcome to this special bulletin" "Today Denmark got its first female Prime Minister" "Birgitte Nyborg has just presented Denmark's new government a coalition between the Greens, Labour and the Moderates" "The average age of members is lower than any previous government" "half of the seats are held by women" "Here we are" "Boy, have I been looking forward to saying this" "Denmark has a new government"