The Thick of It2005

Ben Swain:
So why have you got me? Why have you called me back in? Are we gonna do a post-Claire, preemptive-Dan Miller strike?

Malcolm Tucker:
We're thinking, Ben, about you.

Ben Swain:
About... As in, ME?

Malcolm Tucker:
People still want a Tom figure, but Tom is tainted, you know, but you, you're clean, you know. You are the exactable face of Tom. Tom is analog in a digital age. You are Digital Ben. You're DigiBen. I think, I really think you could get it. I really do. I really, genuinely do.

Ben Swain:
[shocked] Oh, shitcakes. So I could be like a younger, sort of hunger... hungrier, leaner version of Tom?

Malcolm Tucker:
Not leaner.

Ben Swain:
Allright, a younger, hungrier Tom.

Malcolm Tucker:
That's it! I mean, because there's an army of people out there who want Tom's ideas. You could bring those ideas, but you know, without the dribbling.