Gene: He has about as much chance of getting convicted as Michael Foot does of becoming the next Prime Minister.

Chris: Steady on, Guv! Nearly lost me breakfast then!
Gene: What is that?
Chris: It's a kebab.
Gene: Looks like a bloody pasty with its arse hanging out!

Ryan: I am the vine! You are the branches! John, Chapter 15, Verse 5!
Gene: You're nicked for the murder of Delphine Parks, the rape and attempted murder of Nina Akiboa. Anything you say will be taken down, ripped up and shoved down your scrawny little throat until you're choked to death. Gene Hunt, Chapter 1, Verse 2.

Alex: Be honest, Viv. How do I look?
Viv: Uh, fine.
Alex: Thank you. Word of advice? Don't bother with poker.

Gene: An agency girl that accuses a client of rape, that's going to go down about as well as a pork pie at a Jewish wedding.

Alex: When they say it's difficult for rape victims to be believed, I wonder why?
Gene: She gets paid for having sex.
Alex: It's not about sex, is it? It's about control and power and revenge.
Gene: Maybe tell me about it some other time, like when I'm in a coma or when I'm dead.
Alex: To the interview room? Where's the rape suite?
Gene: Rape suite? Is that with or without a minibar?

Alex: This requires a cognitive interview procedure.
Gene: We're fresh out of cognitives. What say we just talk to her?
Alex: I don't think she'll open up with a man present.
Gene: Plenty of women have opened up to me without so much as a shandy down their necks.

Gene: He has about as much chance of getting convicted as Michael Foot does of becoming the next Prime Minister.

Michael Foot was the leader of the Labour Party and, consequently, Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983. He is widely regarded as the most ineffectual leader of the party since World War II. Already 67 years old when he assumed the position, his extreme left wing views damaged the public's faith in the Labour Party considerably, particularly as his leadership came in the wake of the Conservative landslide victory at the 1979 general election. At one point during his tenure, his personal approval rating was 13%, the lowest recorded for the leader of a major party since the practice began. Labour's manifesto for the 1983 general election reflected his strongly socialist beliefs and called for the abolition of the House of Lords and the withdrawal of the UK from the European Economic Community (now called the European Union). His fellow Labour MP Sir Gerald Kaufman described the manifesto as "the longest suicide note in history." Shortly after the election, the second of four consecutive Conservative victories, Foot resigned and was succeeded by the considerably younger Neil Kinnock. Foot died on March 3, 2010 at the age of 96 and is notable as being the longest lived leader of any British political party. Having first been elected to the House of Commons in July 1945, he was one of the earliest surviving former MPs at the time of his death.