Determined to escape the hateful confines of the Department of Employment and get into the very vortex of power, Clark plots his way ever closer to The Lady (Margaret Thatcher) and her lovely ankles. But at every turn, he is hampered by his predilection for scandal and gaffes.

Clark revels in his new found status as Minister of Trade and his delicious new diary secretary, but soon finds himself prisoner to a gruelling travel schedule, deep jet-lag and infuriating civil servants. As Clark forges on with his precious anti-fur legislation, personal and political pressures begin to escalate.

Revelations of Clark's affairs with the Harkesses have hit the tabloid headlines. The media is in a frenzy. Clark yearns to return to the cut and thrust of Parliament, but with his political reputation and health in steady decline, can he realise his dream?