Bush got in charge quite illegally And started a war that’s quite evil; he Couldn’t get out Of Iraq but announced, ‘I hope men and fish exist peacefully!’  

Bush got in charge quite illegally And started a war that’s quite evil; he Couldn’t get out, But had to announce, ‘I hope men and fish exist peacefully!’  

‘Every dog has his day- but the nights are reserved for cats.’ -Anon 2007. Just off Manchester’s King St, surrounded by uber-expensive clothes shops that a lessening number of people can afford, sits Lime Bar- a trendy, urbanite watering hole for yuppie bankers and whoever else finds themselves straying from the beaten tracks of Deansgate or Peter St.   It was the first time I’d seen Tom since he left to start his Naval career in Plymouth. He’d been texting...

A Glimpse of Huddersfield ‘Exterminate all rational thought. That is the conclusion I have come to.’ -Bill Lee (Peter Weller), Naked Lunch Oh God, here we go again. I’m not doing myself any favours, but fuck it. This shit has to be documented.   Only the nicest of taxi drivers allows you to hoover up coke in his van while he canes it through twenty miles of rural Britain. Destination: Huddersfield, population 146, 234. Mission: to get absolutely twisted for Hicks&rsq...

INT. ROYAL APARTMENTS- DAY Tom shuts the door and locks it. He presses his back against the door and sighs, nervously. There’s no one in. Dave and Tony are probably on the bar. Tom switches the TV on. It’s an amateur pirate broadcast, probably made by students- a studio programme with dodgy lighting. Two people are being interviewed in front of an audience. Tom puts the Tracksuit top in a bin liner from under the sink. He pours some Jack Daniels and ice into a glass and sits, sipp...

INT. BEDROOM-DAY Tom’s phone is ringing. Tom has been put to bed with all his clothes on, and there’s oil and dust all over the sheets. He recognises the Dr Dre theme and jolts, disorientated. Takes his suit off quickly and kicks it to the other side of the room, disgusted in what he has done while wearing it. He winces- the bruise from the bullet on his chest is still bad. Tom hesitantly picks the phone up.   DEVANT Mr. Charnock?   In shock, Tom throws the phone away, l...

INT. ROYAL APARTMENTS- DAY. TOM knocks on the door. TONY opens; looks Tom up and down. Tom is covered in dust, oil, blood and sweat. Tony nods him inside. DAVE leans on a kitchen cabinet at the other side of the flat, drying a very dangerous- looking steak knife. A few other utensils are drip-drying. Dave is sporting the shiner that Tom gave him.   DAVE I read in Arena that as soon as you finish washing a steak knife… You’ve gotta dry it there and then. The moment you let it...

EXT. MCD’S- DAY- NO SOUND   People are walking into the restaurant. Behind the window teenagers eat. FLASH- a BLINDING WHITE LIGHT appears inside, then smoke fills the glass. After a beat, teenage sized hands start to slap the glass, leaving bloody handprints. The slapping gets harder, then-   INT. CAR- DAY TOM jolts. He’s been dreaming, but now he’s awake: back in his original and very real nightmare.   CALLUM Almost there lad.   CALLUM has driven to som...

EXT. WAREHOUSE-DAY As TOM leaves the warehouse a short 16-year-old approaches him wearing marbled jeans and a Benneton jumper- CALLUM. He has a rucksack on both shoulders.   CALLUM Are you Tom?   In an instant, TOM whips out the Beretta and pins the guy to the wall by the neck. He puts the gun in the boy’s face. CALLUM won’t look TOM in the eye. He’s terrified. TOM examines him, trying to figure out if he knows him or if he’s dangerous. CALLUM has what looks ...

INT. WAREHOUSE, MANCHESTER-DAY   The van reverses in and stops. The door is pulled closed by a shady character. The two hooded figures pull tom out of the van. People are shrink-wrapping pallets of computer CPU’s. The people pull their hoodies over their faces and face away from Tom. The place is very unfriendly. DVDs are being produced on multiple burners. Covers are being printed and boxes are piled up. A white powder is being mixed with dried baby milk- cocaine, and, in a nearby...