Now, still unkempt, he has a curious girlish look and though mild and friendly is a little unnerving. Then we flash back to a key scene just after the accident: Joe goes to find the body and is accompanied by Jed (Rhys Ifans, best known as Hugh Grant’s disgusting housemate in Notting Hill). He might seem, with his snorting laugh and distinctive voice, to be a type but actually he can fit in anywhere - Trollope, popstar, you name it. Bill Nighy has become like Richard Wattis or Irene Handl in British films of long ago - he is always popping up and is always a pleasure to meet. Joe (Daniel Craig) is understandably upset, but fortunately his friend Robin (Bill Nighy) is there to defuse the situation. The scene meets expectations, it is breathless but coherent. A gust of wind sweeps them all into the air, they lose their nerve, all let go and fall to safety, except one who, like Icarus, rises too high and then plunges to his death. By hanging on together they can hold it down and all seems well, a boy inside has only to get out but he is too slow. The man runs to help, as do others we have not seen before. As the man is opening champagne, the woman actually says, ‘This is bliss.’ Then a hot-air balloon suddenly bumps to the ground, drags, is clearly in trouble. Birds twitter, the sun shines on the fields and woods, sheep graze. It is a perfect summer day in the country. Britain should get out of the electric vehicle business
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