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EXT. BEACH SCENE

(Three sunbeds are on the beach, lying on the first two are DAVID CAMERON and GEORGE OSBOURNE, they are each wearing just a pair of Bermuda-shorts and sipping brightly coloured cocktails. The third sunbed is empty. GEORGE'S phone begins to ring, he picks up the phone.)

GEORGE: [into phone]
Hello...
I see...
So things are under control then....
Ok, great let me know if there are any developments.

(GEORGE hangs up)

GEORGE:
There's been a stock market crash.

DAVID:
Ah, was that the treasury?

GEORGE:
No, my stockbroker, he managed to put all my assets into gold before I lost any money and I've made a fortune, so everything is peachy.

DAVID:
Marvelous. Next round is on you then.

(They raise their glasses and chink them together. They drink the last bit of the cocktails)

DAVID & GEORGE:
Cheers!

(BORIS JOHNSON arrives carrying a tray of drinks, there are three more brightly coloured cocktails with umbrellas and glacé cherries and straws, there is also a very plain glass of orange squash on the tray.)

BORIS:
Rightio chaps, three champagne cocktails and a glass of squash for junior. Where is junior?

(BORIS hands a cocktail each to GEORGE & DAVID, and takes his place on the third sunbed.)

GEORGE:
He's over there building a sand-castle.

DAVID: (Shouting)
Cleggy, come over here, uncle Boris has bought you an orange squash.

(NICK CLEGG arrives carrying a bucket and spade)

NICK:
Awww but I don't like orange squash.

DAVID:
Nick, you do like orange squash, you love it.

NICK:
Yes David, I do love orange squash.

(NICK accepts the orange squash from BORIS and starts drinking it.)

DAVID:
What do you say?

NICK:
Oh, thank you uncle Boris.

BORIS:
You're welcome boy.

(BORIS ruffles NICK'S hair)

BORIS:
How about we all go for a game of Wiff-Waff later, we can play doubles.

NICK:
Oh yes please, I love Wiff-Waff, can we go play Wiff-Waff David? Can we? Please? Pleeeaase?

DAVID:
No Nick, you don't like Wiff-Waff, you think it's a silly game.

NICK:
Ah yes, I don't like Wiff-Waff, I think it's a silly game.

DAVID;
Now make yourself useful and rub some suntan oil into my back.

(DAVID turns over and NICK grabs a bottle of suntan oil and starts rubbing into DAVID'S back. DAVID'S phone rings)

DAVID:
(Sigh) Who is this now?

(He answers his phone)

DAVID: [into phone]
Hello...
Oh Hi Theresa...
What, Hang on.

DAVID:[to GEORGE & BORIS]
Neither of you own any property in Tottenham do you?

(BORIS & GEORGE both shake their heads)

DAVID: [into phone]
No we're fine, we'll stay put thanks.

[Fade out/Fade in]

(NICK is now rubbing oil into GEORGE'S back. DAVID'S phone rings again)

DAVID:
Oh can't I get a minutes peace?!

(He answers his phone)

DAVID:
Hello...
Oh, hello again Theresa...
Lewisham hmm...
Peckham right...
Croydon Okay...
Clapham I see...
Look it's not as if I'm likely to know any of the sort of people who live in those places...
Ah Ealing you say, now I did once have a servant from there I think, but I'm still not interested, can I please just enjoy my holiday in peace.

(DAVID hangs up)

GEORGE:
What's up.

DAVID:
Rioting in London.

BORIS:
Eh What? London you say, isn't one of us the mayor of that place?

DAVID:
Yes Boris, you are.

BORIS:
Ah right, I knew it was one of us.

(BORIS'S phone begins to ring, he answers it)

BORIS:[into phone]
What Ho!...
Blimey....
Are you sure...
Blimey....
Gosh....
Yes of course we will all be back on the next available flight.

DAVID:
What's hasppened? Has it escalated?

BORIS:
No, there's going to be a women's beach volleyball match on Horseguards Parade tomorrow morning.

(BORIS, GEORGE & DAVID all raise their glasses)

BORIS, GEORGE & DAVID: [together]
Hoorah!

[END]

Quite good but I think you should've finished it at this point.

DAVID:[to GEORGE & BORIS]
Neither of you own any property in Tottenham do you?

(BORIS & GEORGE both shake their heads)

DAVID: [into phone]
No we're fine, we'll stay put thanks.

[Fade out/Fade in]

I like this, I love the characterisations and the setting.
The exchanges and dynamic between the three of them is spot on :)

Shame there's so much truth to it though :(

I did enjoy the characterisations as well.
And there were some good lines.

A bit too long though, it could easily lose a few lines without losing any quality

Some very good stuff in there, but for a sketch it seemed a bit sprawling; maybe lose the Nick Clegg stuff as it is a bit over-familiar and veers from the central premise.

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