Jeremy Thorpe and Peter Bessell discuss the existential threat posed by Norman Scott's public admissions of his homosexuality. As the conversation turns dark, Jeremy coldly proposes that the only way to protect their political careers and reputations is to have Norman killed.
BESSELL: Then what do we do?
JEREMY: We get rid of him.
BESSELL: How?
JEREMY: We could scare him. My friend David. He knows some men.
BESSELL: What, to rough him up, d’you mean? I’m not sure that would work.
JEREMY: Norman? He’d be terrified. The creature’s pathetic.
BESSELL: I’m not sure. It’s an easy mistake to make. He’s effeminate, and therefore we think he’s weak. But that man sits in pubs and clubs and houses and hotels telling all the world about his homosexuality. Out loud!
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