The Thick of It (TV Series)

Episode #4.4 (2012)

Justin Edwards: Ben Swain

Quotes 

• Malcolm Tucker : When you come back, it'll be as Foreign Secretary.

  Ben Swain : And you mean Foreign Secretary? That isn't code for Northern Ireland? I'm not fucking going there.

• Ben Swain : I hereby tweet "I have resigned. More to follow." Didn't seem that momentous.

  Malcolm Tucker : How many followers have you got?

  Ben Swain : 612, or odd thereabouts.

  Malcolm Tucker : Christ, let's hope it gets re-tweeted, otherwise you might as well just whisper it to a dead tramp.