Stonehouse (TV Series)

Episode #1.3 (2023)

Dorothy Atkinson: Betty Boothroyd

Quotes 

• Betty Boothroyd : That's the second time in a week that Stonehouse has defied the Whips and missed the vote, Prime Minister. If he misses another vote then the Tories could table a motion of no confidence. And if that happens, we'll be well and truly...

  Harold Wilson : I know exactly where we'd be, Betty. Let's see if I've got this straight. In order to stay in power, we need the support of someone who's either off his rocker or pretending to be off his rocker, or else sufficiently off his rocker not to be able to tell whether he's really off his rocker or not. There, does that about cover it?

  Betty Boothroyd : Yes.

  Harold Wilson : [ominously]  It's time to bring the awkward sod back to heel.