A machiavellian pundit makes his way up the political ziggurat likkety-split.

Strained vehicle for Peter Cook with laughs thin on the ground, the satire however, is dead on, isn't this the plot of House of Cards?

Zillions of uncredited extras, who would need better resolution than I have here, did I espy Pauline Chamberlain and Aiden Harrington?
and that guy...um...