- Marcia Williams: Plus guidelines suggest that tips should be no higher than 20 feet tall. Now this one was over five times that.
- Harold Wilson: Who from the coal board is there?
- Marcia Williams: The local supervisor, Eric Ellis.
- Harold Wilson: We're gonna to need someone higher up than that. What about Lord Robens, head of the coal board?
- Wilson's Aide: He wasn't notified, but he's being invested as chancellor of Surrey University today and saw no reason to postpone the investiture.
- Harold Wilson: What? Make sure he's there by tomorrow morning, will you?
- Wilson's Aide: Yes, sir.
- Harold Wilson: Now we have to be careful, this could turn nasty very quickly.
- Wilson's Aide: Come on Harold. This is an accident caused by unprecedented rainfall. It isn't political.
- Harold Wilson: Everything is political, Andrew.