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CITY CITY / JK 09

PRE TITLE MUSIC ON RADIO
‘Money, money’, ‘ London Calling…etc’

EXTERIOR ACOUSTIC. DYSTOPIAN SCENE, POLICE HELICOPTERS OVERHEAD, DOGS, DRUNKEN SINGING OF HOORAY HENRY’S ETC..
– REFUSE LORRY BACKING:
‘CAUTION VEHICLE REVERSING, CAUTION VEHICLE REVERSING’

PINSTRIPE Over there driver, you’ll see the marking adjacent plot B1.
Yes, that’s exactly the right place.
Don’t worry. I’ll make it more than alright.

RUBBISH TIPPED

(TO HIMSELF) Muck, brass, old boy.

ON THE RADIO

NEWSY Welcome to City City. This is your very own Newsy coming to you live
from not the discredited old City of London in the East but from the strange, possibly brave new world of City City , here under the West Way in the West. A world of exiles, losers in the year 1 AC – After the Crunch.
As with all major revolutions you never really know what’s happening while you’re living through it, I mean why didn’t the dinosaurs wise up in the ice age, car makers at the end of the oil age, bankers at the end of…let’s start at the beginning. For today only we have live exclusive access to this new world, not of gleaming glass towers but cast off card board boxes for cast out people, but first, talking of dinosaurs – just my joke , listeners, here’s Algy live, with an update from the G20. We’ll be right back. If you touch that dial you’re extinct.

JINGLE. CUT TO ALGY. RADIO ACOUSTIC

ALGY
Thank you, Newsy. I’m assuming the dinosaurs you refer to are the G20 and not me!
Listeners, This is Uncle Algy- live inside the G20:

Clearly it may be too early or too late to say if this is the end of the beginning. In the long term these measures may work or they may not.
As Keynes said, in the long term we are all dead and he lived to prove his own theory right.
The G20 was obviously not an unimportant meeting – it would be difficult to deny that - but you can’t expect a depression, I mean a recession, of this magnitude to be resolved in 48 hours even if you work through the working dinner.
The measures here today are not without significance. For example
The drawing down of quantitative easing is clearly going to have either
a beneficial or negative effect. Unstable markets are notoriously fickle .
From all my years reporting from these summits
it is certain that we are living through times of great unpredictability, however even the certainty of unpredictability is prone to volatility
and clearly it would be a brave person who staked their reputation on even venturing an opinion on times ahead. As listeners will know I have never been a journalist to fear telling it as it is and I am going to put my neck above my collar and lay it on the line – there are three possible outcomes from the measures announced up until now: the global financial system will expand, contract or stay as it is over the short to medium term. Beyond that, well, clearly we are back to Keynes. Back to the studio.

NEWSY Thankyou Algy, the insider’s insider. We’ll be back live in CityCity after this.
JINGLE AS THEY GO

TO STUDIO 4, 3, 2 yeah, off air everyone.

OFF AIR ACOUSTIC

ALGY You know, Newsy these are possibly the most exciting times any of us have lived through, though clearly…

NEWSY Algy, two words from the people on the top floor…

ALGY You know we really should be celebrating or commiserating, economic times like this, what do you say, champagne or bitter..?

NEWSY You’re fired.

ALGY Ah, bitter. Clearly, best not to be too ostentatious but then again remember Keynes.

NEWSY You’re fired.

Beat

ALGY Not sure I follow you, Newsy, old girl.

NEWSY Fired, let go, downsized, black holed. People on the top floor tell me you haven’t had a scoop since Britain went decimal. You’ve lost it, they want to lose you.

ALGY That may or may not be so. Perhaps the people on the top floor may condescend to consider my work on the Lord Pinstripe bonus case ….

NEWSY Don’t make me laugh. IMITATES ALGY ‘ It is somewhat unclear at this stage if the bonus paid to Lord X, known only at this stage in the research as Lord Pinstripe was 3 million or 6 million, part cash, part futures, or which residence his lordship may be dwelling in at this point in time but at the end of the day, clearly…’
Look,
Here’s a box. Go and live in it. And don’t get yourself papped in one of those naff photo clichés leaving the building with all your stuff in a box. Don’t think your wife would appreciate it. Clearly.

INTERIOR > EXTERIOR ACOUSTIC AS ALGY PACKS HIS BOX,
LIFT PINGS ‘ TOP FLOOR, GROUND FLOOR’ WALKS TO STATION AONG HIGH STREET, VARIOUS BEGGARS JOSTLING FOR POSITION OUTDOING EACH OTHER WITH HARDSHIP PITCHES E.G. – Ex Morgan Stanley Analyst, two daughters at Cambridge, genuine hardship, Euros, Amex accepted…FT NEWS VENDORS YELLING : Pinstripe bonus – Latest, -
ABRUPTLY CUT OFF BY SOUND OF TRAIN DOOR SLAMMING.
HOUSE DOOR OPENING. AS ALGY ENTERS HOME WE OVER HEAR END OF PRUE’S CONVERSATION ON HER BLACKBERRY-

PRUE ..Indeed, your lordship, that would be very acceptable if you want to recapitalise my lingerie line, quite, if you want to put money in my knickers, was that million or trillion, darling, don’t want you to think I’m a push over, …LOOKS ROUND, DOESN’T BOTHER TO HIDE HER DISAPOINTMENT. PHONE SNAPS SHUT. Oh it’s only you, Algy.

ALGY Were you expecting someone, darling? Only me maybe but a kiss wouldn’t be amiss. WAITS BUT DOESN’T GET ONE. Kisses from you to me seem to be scarcer than a final salary pension these days. beat
Murder on the 6.15

PRUE That is a matter of conjecture Algy, impossible by even your own standards. It’s 3.45.

ALGY Clearly…how’s the launch of your new lingerie line coming on, darling?

PRUE Change of subject noted. As they love to say in the media ‘ I’ll be back after this’ : Business - never better. Reminds me of that story about the Wall Street trader who made zillions during the 1929 so –called crash
When a reporter asked him how he made money in the crisis he said:
‘What crisis?’ The knack, which I seem to have and you my dear Algy
haven’t lost because you never had it, is to be in the right line of business.
Lingerie is bust proof , knickers my go down temporarily but invariable go up higher than ever before. My day - thankyou for asking – I’ve spent exploring the emerging markets, the new line in Brazil is a cert, win,-win, boom-boom. Profit margins higher there than in UK, shift same volume but use 90% less material. Back to you.
Why are you home early? I don’t like surprises. You don’t do surprises.

ALGY Clearly…

PRUE You’ve lost your job.

ALGY It’s not that I’ve lost my job it’s just I haven’t started my new one yet.

PRUE I can’t be associated with losers. My brand is success, if I’m associated with you my knickers will come down. It’s too high a price. You’ll have to leave.

ALGY Darling, I was with you when you opened your first boutique, you can’t just discard me now like a…

PRUE Like a what, Algy? Business is evolution, you keep moving,
My lingerie chain took off long ago, I don’t need you anymore.
Go.

ALGY Where?

PRUE If you’ll excuse me, I’ve a fitting for Carla Bruni.

NEWSY EXTERIOR ACOUSTIC. RADIO OUTSIDE BROADCAST FROM
WASTELAND / TIP UNDER LONDON WESTWAY-
HELICOPTERS, TRAFFIC, STRAY DOGS, MUSIC FROM GHETTO BLASTERS, SOUND OF REFUSE VEHICLE: ‘ CAUTION, VEHICLE REVERSING, CAUTION VEHICLE REVERSING…’

ON AIR
This is the real deal, listeners, live from City City.
Rumours have long been a currency in the City of London, some substantiated, some not, the bubble is about to end, to begin, a floor is to be hit, a roof to be gone through, a City populated by Bulls and Bears, reputations lost and gained in the blue/ red blink of a screen. As the Footsie falls to its lowest level since anyone of this generation has ever
experienced with stockbrokers jumping from ledges onto bikes rather than Porsches, rumours emerged of a new City rising not in the East of London but the West. A city not of gleaming glass, buildings with lifts on their outsides but a house of card, of has beens , of a new type of non-dom, welcome to City City. How have the mighty fallen,
these erstwhile, masters of the universe.
Let me take you by the hand along the streets of City City,
paved not with gold but with the human detritus of this century’s failure of global capitalism, who is to know, maybe bigger than that of the last century. Let me introduce you to the human face of post post-capitalism, blowing under the WestWay like an Aldi pastic bag…

F U N No names, we agreed no real names, Newsy. I’ll do the introductions.

NEWSY And you are?

F U N I’m F. U. N.

NEWSY F. U. N.? Familiar ring to your tones. F. U. N . My listeners will know you .. …

FUN I’d rather you didn’t. I can make it worth your while.

NEWSY Doesn’t look, or smell, like you can Fiona Urquart Newsome, oft head hunted chair of futures at ABC

F U N Yes, you would broadcast that, wouldn’t you. I am willing to be identified as the leader
or Regulator as we citizens of City City prefer to say but all the other traders known by their trade names only. Agreed.

NEWSY You were the Boss. Boss suit too as I recall. You been in some kind of fashion accident?

FUN Ah, my CoCo suit, pity listeners can’t see it. I’m just so far ahead, Newsy. Let’s move , row B. B for Bankers that is.

NEWSY I heard you first time.

FUN This is the best plot in City City, B1. Currently occupied by Pinstripe
He pays in cash, all the others operate a barter system, services for services.

NEWSY Where is Pinstripe now, how come he has cash and the others don’t, how..?

FUN God I hate investigative journalists, all you do is ask questions.
You can catch Pinstripe later today. Pinstripe is to questions like ForEx traders are to white honey. Sticky.
Here’s some more faces, row T for traders
Meet Mitchi, story?

MITCHI Ex lead Chef, in house ABC Bank, Michelin trained, new lead canteen manager, City City. I’ll do you lunch if you like. Free.

NEWSY In return for?

MITCHI You broadcast a request for my girlfriend. Lost her when I lost my job.

NEWSY Name?

MITCHI Wall Street Shuffle. 10 cc.

NEWSY I mean your girlfriend.

F U N What is it with you and names? Here’s Tekkie. Story?

TEKKIE Head of IT , major international city bank. Top floor said get your stuff and out in 20 minutes.

NEWSY Why?

TEKKIE You never ask the Top Floor why.

NEWSY Why ?

TEKKIE They might sack you.

NEWSY Request, girlfriend?

TEKKIE I owe her 50 grand, credit card. Don’t want her to know where I am. Yet.

F UN Row U, Utilities. Here’s Drip. Story ?

DRIP Ex CFO Thames Water, made fortune in flotation , blew it on Coke, made second fortune in bonus after liquidation, blew it on Veueve Cliquot,
Third time unlucky, I’m just glad to have a roof over my head.

F U N Row E. Entrepreneurs. Their time has gone, may come again.
Here’s Raz.

NEWSY What’s that on the roof of your box?

RAZ Solar panel dustbin lid satellite hook up. Waste not want not.

F U N Raz is our Social entrepreneur. Ethical. He’s our way out. Possibly.
Eco application and make a mint.

NEWSY What’s he working on now?

F U N Our way out. Meet one more before lunch. CoCo. Story.

CoCo Chief buyer , high street brand, household name, spent 12 million on range of grey – I predicted it was the new black.

NEWSY Problem?

CoCo Red was the new black. Michelle Obama.

NEWSY You miss it, the top floor?

CoCo Fashion works street up. Green will be the new black. For the benefit of your listeners today F. U. N. is wearing bespoke ensemble made entirely of recycled tyres. Fashion will come to us.

NEWSY Get you, you think so! Must wheel the TV unit in. Second thoughts your collection works best on radio.

F U N Get back to me after lunch, then Regulatory meeting . Listeners welcome.

NEWSY ON AIR LINK Thankyou to F. U. N. As we go to lunch prepared by Mitchi for the City City types you, gentle listeners, go live now to the House of Commons for that all important Finance Committee hearing. Hear they’ve landed a big fish for grilling.

JINGLE >RADIO OFF AIR –
‘FX – CAUTION VEHICLE REVERSING, CAUTION VEHICLE REVERSING…’

TO F U N - I hope Lord Pinstripe appreciates you letting West London’s rubbish being dumped next to his pitch. I don’t remember him being a big tipper even at the best of times.

JINGLE FADE UP RADIO ACOUSTIC, BROADCAST FROM HOUSE OF COMMONS ON AIR

CHAIRWOMAN
Let me be clear, your lordship. We have asked you before the Treasury select committee today to apologise for the mess, the personal tragedies you, as CEO of ABC, Associated Banking Corp- have unleashed on homeowners, workers, pensioners. We are live on air, only the fullest apology will suffice.

PINSTRIPE I’m sorry I can’t do that.

CHAIRWOMAN The committee requests, the public demands ….

PINSTRIPE I’m sorry Madam Chairwoman I never apologise.
I make money, I spend money, all declared; more than can be said for you lot.

CHAIRWOMAN
We are not on trial. We are elected by the public, the public is paying the highest price possible for your mistakes. We demand an apology. On behalf of the public. Whose money you stole.

PINSTRIPE Well, at least there are all night bars in this place. It’s going to be a long night.

Beat

CHAIRWOMAN Your Lordship, of Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, Sandy Lane, Barbados and ...

PINSTRIPE No fixed address

CHAIRWOMAN No fixed address. Well, not sure if that is progress or simply typical. You have a bonus and property portfolio of 6 million euros
All run from no fixed address.

PINSTRIPE That’s probably why I am – was – successful and you are not.
Information. I have no address, no portfolio, no property and the bonus was 3 million not 6. I have returned 3 million.
May I respectfully suggest you work on the basis of information not envy. I am – was – a wealth creator , you people didn’t make much noise when the computers were glowing black.

CHAIRWOMAN Your lordship, I am not negotiating with you. I, we, the public demand an apology and the immediate return of any outstanding assets including undeclared bonus or capital gains onshore or offshore. Or…

PINSTRIPE ..or what? Like I said, lady, long night. You’ve got, last count, three homes to go home to, maybe take in a nice movie…me, I’m more comfortable here than at ‘ no fixed address’

NEWSY JINGLE, THEN CUTTING IN , BACK LIVE FROM CITY CITY
Folks at House of Commons obviously got some time on their hands, and time is money, speaking of which, welcome back to CityCity, where we’ve just enjoyed a delicious alfresco lunched courtesy of ex Michelin Woman Mitchi. Hey Mitchi, you want to let the listeners in on the recipe?

MITCHI Trust me you don’t want to know, chef out here in CityCity has so many mouths used to luncheon voucher treats, just have to improvise around whatever can be sourced locally.

NEWSY And today’s recipe was …

MITCHI Ratatouille

NEWSY You mean..

MITCHI I mean Ratatouille

NEWSY We’re going to take a break, back after this.
JINGLE
OFF AIR

EXTERIOR ACOUSTIC: OUTSIDE CITY CITY ON HIGH STREET, TRAFFIC, ‘BIG ISSUE’, ‘LONDON LITE’ SELLERS ETC. TEKKIE TAPPING KEYBOARD OF ‘HOLE IN THE WALL’

TEKKIE You alright Newsy, look a little pale? This’ll put some colour back in your cheeks. Bit off air while I work my magic. Just for now.
We want your listeners to know the effect rather than the cause.
Agreed.

NEWSY I have been promised by your Regulator complete access to all of City City.

TEKKIE We are beyond City City limits on this one. You can set it up, then off air, then report on the meeting after. Agreed?

NEWSY I don’t feel quite strong enough to argue now.

TEKKIE Set the scene for your listeners, we are happy they know about our er, redistribution, but not the methodology. Not unless you want the currency you outside City City are paid in to be less stable than Zimbabwe’s.

NEWSY ON AIR
Rarely do the denizens of City City leave the new world they have created for themselves beneath the West Way flyover but here we are outside the hole in the wall of a household name high street bank, er –

TEKKIE ABC –

NEWSY - where Citizen Tekkie –the man who puts ph in fishing is on an expedition.
We’ll rejoin you listeners shortly for a live broadcast from the City City Regulator. Stay with us. OFF AIR, JINGLE LEADS INTO MUSIC(10cc) FADE DOWN

TEKKIE AT THE HOLE IN THE WALL, PLAYING THE KEYPAD WITH FINESSE…
Thank you. Let’s see , how did this used to go, don’t be losing your touch at a time like this Tekkie old son. Hole in the wall, piece of cake, it’s just a mirror of what you used to do from the other side of the fence, dosh in, dosh out, phishing expedition, like it, come on my beauty, tickle the scanner, look on it as redistribution, restoring the balance, putting something back into society, gently, easy, CLICK Easy as ABC. PRINTER STARTS UP.
1, 2, 3…
PRINTER KEEPS GOING, CUT TO ALGY, EXTERIOR ACOUSTIC CITY CITY,
‘CAUTION VEHICLE REVERSING,
CAUTION, VEHICLE REVERSING

DRIVER Usual, right here mate, surface spread? His Lordship very precise where he wants this tipping.

ALGY Er, well, yes, I mean, no , I mean, quite. TO HIMSELF
What’s that expression I heard when I was up north after that Northern Rock story? Muck, brass….

THE RUBBISH IS TIPPED EXACTLY AS BEFORE. ALGY OBSERVES INTENTLY -
‘Interesting, always exactly the same spot, clearly…’
THEN MOVES ON TO HIS NEW PLOT IN CITY CITY ROW B

Row B I believe they said, 4, 3, ah, yes B2, not exactly what I’m used to but beggars can’t be… I say B1 is so smart, shame the rubbish is tipped next door but beggars can’t be…

PINSTRIPE WALKING UP.
Ah, must be the new neighbour, welcome, just in time, Algy as I recall, hope you settling in, best to Prue-

ALGY Not sure I’ve had the pleasure of meeting you b….

PINSTRIPE REALISING HE HAS MET ALGY BEFORE BUT ALGY HASN’T TWIGGED AND MOVES ON QUICKLY…
Must be your reputation preceding you, Algy. …Sorry, can’t stop, meeting…no, the rubbish is right where I , we want it, leave it , join us.
MOVES HIM AWAY FROM THE RUBBISH TIPPING POINT

ALGY I say, weren’t you at the launch of my wife’s last lingerie line…

PINSTRIPE You must have been focused on the wrong thing.
THEY MOVE BACK TO CITY CITY MEETING,

ACOUSTIC BACK TO MACHINE WHIRRING

TEKKIE …. 47, 48, 49, 50.

NEWSY 50 Ks any time you want. 50 grand! Bottomless. 50,000 individual slabs of finance from 75billion all underwritten by HM Treasury. Nice.
Can see why you wanted us off air. What are you…

TEKKIE We…

NEWSY ..Going to do with it?

TEKKIE City City is a democracy, self regulating of course, some things never change. Citizens will decide what to do with these tranches of dosh at the Regulation Meeting. Come on, back on air , meetings here always start on time.

JINGLE. RADIO ACOUSTIC. ON AIR
NEWSY Live as it happens, our privileged access to City City continues with an insight into Regulation, the City City forum chaired by..

F U N Fiona Urquarhart Newsome, F.U.N. Your elected Regulator. Firstly, welcome , Most of you here at City City Regulation and many of our listeners on air know me,
let’s see, I’ll introduce three new faces-
Most of you have now met Newsy, broadcasting live,
This is Algy, just moved into B2 next to Lord Pinstripe,
And the Queen of Racy Lacy herself, Prue Dance. I can see the headlines now, Newsy , Lingerie Bust, Bottom falls out Knickers,
Bear market drops…

PRUE Thankyou , I think we have the picture
ASIDE TO PINSTRIPE
The three million recapitalization, right now or the top floor pulls the plug on my chain and I pull the plug on you…REALISES ALGY IS NEXT TO PINSTRIPE

Algy! My God, you moved in next to Pinstripe?

ALGY Not entirely my own doing, darling. Clearly…

F U N Your attention please, citizens, Welcome to Regulation.
Regulation called to order.
Business. Citizens we have two motions before us this afternoon.
Firstly, all monies flowing into City City , from whatever source will be invested to the highest ethical standards, brave green projects having precedence over projects with the motive of profit return alone. Proposer, Raz. Seconder?
SILENCE.
According to the rules of City City democracy motions cannot be put without a seconder. For the second and final time do we have a seconder? SILENCE. In that case the motion…

ALGY Well, I mean it would be a shame and all that if this opportunity wasn’t taken but on the other hand I can see..

PRUE ASIDE TO PINSTRIPE Nothing changes

PINSTRIPE Be careful, he might turn out to be more deceptive, I mean perceptive than you , darl..

F U N Do we have a seconder, yes or silence?

ALGY Yes.

PINSTRIPE Objection. He has only just arrived in City City

F U N Name, residence?

ALGY Algy, row B/2

F U N He is a resident so he meets the seconder qualification as required under the International Banking rules post London G20.

PINSTRIPE Objection

F U N You still operate under the old offshore rules. This is a new world now. Objection over ruled.
SHOUTS OF APPROVAL FROM CITIZENS GETTING BEHIND F U N-
CoCo: ‘ You tell him , sister’

DRIP We don’t want him, he’s from the old world’

RAZ If he has any dosh tell him to stuff it. Dirty old money.

MITCHI Let him eat cake made of…

PRUE ASIDE TO PINSTRIPE This could turn nasty, do something.

F U N Thank you, Regulation called to order. Second motion

PINSTRIPE I propose we in this CityCity under the WestWay work in the same way as we all did in the City in the East where we came from, forced out of our homeland by grasping politicians and a rapacious public who do not understand business cycles, risk and reward.
We invest the monies available to use now and in the future as we always have – for profit and for profit only. The motivation is reward for ourselves and if there is a wider trickle down effect to the wider society, if there is such a thing, fine.

RAZ Rubbish! Shame! See where that ultimately led us..

F U N Raz, thankyou, you will have your turn. Pinstripe, do you have a seconder?

SILENCE

RAZ See, Lord Dinosaur, you’re on your own. The future is green not black.

CoCo Or red.

F U N Raz’s motion will carry automatically if you do not have a se..

PRUE I second that motion.

F U N And you are?

PRUE Prue Dance, founder of Racy Lacy, world’s biggest lingerie /leisure outlet, and CEO, well, was, until we mislaid our 3 million – ASIDE TO PINSTRIPE or was that trillion – recapitalization

F U N Address?

PRUE Row B

ALGY Darling, welcome home.

PRUE B1

F U N I see. That’s your residence, Lord Pinstripe, confirmed?

PINSTRIPE Er, yes, of course, flexible markets and all that. B1

F U N Quite a merger, you two.

ALGY MOVING OFF That does it.

PRUE That does what, Algy?

PINSTRIPE I think he knows more than he lets on. He is an investigative journalist, knows how to dig..

PRUE ASIDE TO PINSTRIPE
Rubbish. Algy is a.. was.. was a journalist, was my husband, only thing he is now is a loser.
We can fix him later, second rater.

F U N Raz, you may state your case. 1 minute.

RAZ We are all here in City City as the fall out of a system that failed. Failed us, ex-employees, top floor down, ex-consumers, ex- mortgage holders, ex everything. We’ve had the ice age, steam age, coal age, petrol age. Party’s over. The way forward is not to go back. Profit no matter what, obscene bonus systems paid by ourselves to ourselves whatever the external climate, cars, bars, whatever you want instantly. If we create a new ice age, so what, doesn’t concern me, I’m alright in my 4 x 4. We’re in denial, party had to stop, we were just the ones who stayed beyond our welcome. Time to put something back, from I to us.

TEKKIE Right on, bro

RAZ Citizens, time to share a secret with you. Tekkie here is hacking - I mean redistributing- all that Treasury money -75 billion if you can imagine that - used to bail out merchant banks, mortgage bundlers, petrol car manufacturers and all the other fat cat, feather nester lifesuckers.
And we will form a citizens panel here in City City to allocate unlimited, er, government backed tranches of 50, 000 Euros to Green projects. It’s your money anyway. We are already installing solar power in all City City pitches – a protype maybe for when we return to the other world, CoCo here is designing a range of retread treads for Top Floor Shop, latest fashion made from 100% recyled material..

CoCo No going back, bro…

RAZ Drip and Tekkie installing solar water pumps..

DRIP Future’s here, Raz man, I’m seeing the light..

TEKKIE Utilities, we’re going to squeeze ‘em for every last drop, 50, 000 a pop

MITCHI You’re really cookin, Raz baby

RAZ ..I’m announcing today to you citizens, and those listening in thro Newsy’s radio channel a new world, beyond, coal, gas, oil, a revolution beyond those of the 19th and 20th centuries…

PINSTRIPE It’ll never work, Raz old son, human nature, capitalism is human nature, I’m offering 3 million, cash, backing the future, the way we know, the..

CoCo As if! 3 million. Where? Rubbish

PRUE Doesn’t sound like rubbish to me darling. And you seem to have lost your seconder, expect Algy is looking for a fence to sit on.
ASIDE TO PINSTRIPE 3 million, why don’t we split, lose these losers…where’s the loot?

PINSTRIPE Let me give you a tip, not Monaco, not Leichenstein, closer to home, temporarily that is..

PRUE So you hid it from the House of Commons Committee, from City City, from me, you ..

PINSTRIPE A business precaution, Prue, I assure…What the blazes

..FX: ‘CAUTION VEHICLE REVERSING…’

ALGY TO PRUE A concrete proposal , darling?

CLOSER, HEAVIER: ‘ CAUTION VEHICLE REVERSING’

NEWSY Listeners, The new democracy of City City is descending into pandemonium, good citizens running from the Regulatory debate as a giant cement mixer, drum revolving, backs through their tracks to the tip adjacent to Row B and… extraordinary scenes…the concrete mixer gushing concrete onto what appears to be an excavated rubbish tip

REVERSING VEHICLE STOPS, GUSHING OF POURING CEMENT

PINSTRIPE FROM AFAR TOO LATE AS HE SEES THE CONCRETE POURED OVER THE RUBBISH PLOT
No, No!

ALGY TO DRIVER OF CEMENT MIXER, Yes, yes, right there driver, my good fellow, exactly, yes, I’m absolutely certain, seal it up, I’ll see you right, muck, brass, took the precaution of looking under the rubbish before you put the foundations of our new society in, I’ll see you right my good fellow, cash, dosh, loads of it

THE CONCRETE IS CONTINUES POURING

ALGY You lost something valuable under the rubbish, Lord Pinstripe?
Like a 3 million euro bonus? God, I love live radio.

PRUE Algy, we need that, I mean us darling, my lingerie…our lingerie

ALGY We, darling? Don’t do your dirty money laundering in public.
This is old money, earned the wrong way, the answer is blowing in the wind….WHOOSH AS ALGY AND OTHER DENIZENS BEGIN TO THROW MONEY INTO AIR

PRUE AND PINSTRIPE TOGETHER: No! Algy, let’s talk

ALGY Talks cheap. This is the end of the old system, your system, bonus system. Tekkie liberated 75 billion of treasury dosh, reappropiated, giving it back to the people that people like Pinstripe stole it from in the first place. Old money, old world.
Raz’s brave new motion is carried. Brave new world. Clean energy, clean money..

NEWSY Euros everywhere, like confetti, City City, extraordinary scenes listeners, we’ll be RADIO BREAKING UP back – after- this RADIO UNPLUGGED VIOLENTLY AS SOUND CREW SCRABBLE FOR EUROS BLOWING IN THE BREEZE, THE CONCRETE STOPS

..FX: ‘CAUTION VEHICLE REVERSING’ THEN CHANGES GEAR, MOVES FORWARD AND FADE, EUROS SWIRLING IN THE BREEZE…