Chapter 1218 Aidan’s second term

Pamela Mountbatten permitted the road of grain merchants, can not through this battle fame, the future development of a great role. It is also the perfect occasion to show strength, which the top of the industry is not tested?

For the citizens of the world, money is only one aspect, money even if the pound is separated from the specific industry backing, it is also worthless, such as rubles.

The ruble is, in fact, definitely undervalued. Every resource-exporting country in the world, the vast majority of them, have adopted a strong currency policy, regardless of the country’s position, as long as the country’s existence can support the currency of the resources, the country’s currency is very strong.

The ruble during the Cold War, even if it was not as strong as the dollar and the pound, was not undervalued by much.

A few decades later, although Russia’s industrial strength is greatly reduced, but think of the currencies of those countries in the Middle East and Australia’s Australian dollar, it is easy to see that the value of the ruble is not right.

Why is it that the ruble doesn’t seem to have the purchasing power of the yen when even the dinar of a small Middle Eastern country is so strong? The answer lies in the fact that the noose around Russia has never been untied.

The suppression of Russia has never let up and will not end with the end of the Cold War.

So the special case of Russia’s economy being less than that of a province should not be assumed to be able to exist forever. In 1997 the ruble was once beaten down to 5,000 rubles to the dollar, and Russia, not to mention being inferior to a province of a major country, is inferior to Greece when the whole country is added together.

Alan Wilson did his best to assist his wife, molding the Mountbatten Group into a Concession Group. Also in order to hold the value of the pound, France can be in the traditional sphere of influence in Africa, the United Kingdom in how not as good as France.

Knowing that the British colonies, conditions are so much better than those of the French colonies, as well as Australia, Canada and these Commonwealth countries, stronger than France’s is not a matter of choice, but must be done.

A woman raised to be president cannot take for granted that the power she wields in the world is much greater than that of her husband. In fact, if she thought about it carefully, she would realize that this was not the case.

The message, which she was only now grasping, was that despite her money, despite her close ties to the aristocracy, despite her repeated claims that she was married to the Cabinet Secretary in Whitehall, it was not enough to be, as the Olympic slogan goes, faster, higher, stronger.

Pamela Mountbatten must accept the role assigned by her husband. The causality of this is hard to believe. People don’t have any right to behave that way. The world wouldn’t be the world if people did that.

It’s insanity, which means that if you have money, a company, and the power to give orders, you can’t do whatever you want, and you have to be crushed.

Clearly, her husband had high expectations of her, and all the CEO needed to do was live up to that expectation and quietly and without fuss accept the man’s arrangement as it had been so many times in the past, trusting it one hundred percent.

“No one would probably believe it if they said it out loud, your trust in Alan is nothing short of unreserved.” It wasn’t the first time Princess Margaret had seen a similar scene, but the similarities continued to be re-enacted.

“He’s my husband, he won’t harm me.” Pamela Mountbatten put down the microphone and said without reservation.

As she spoke Pamela Mountbatten had already put on her coat as she prepared to meet with the Governor of Western Australia.

London, the Royal Opera House, no stage productions had been staged yet today, the entire theater was empty, only three people were there, including two once supreme authorities, Edward Bridges and Norman Brooke, and a man in a suit, meticulously dressed, the three men were talking and laughing.

“Sir Edward, Sir Norman, the Prime Minister has announced that he is going to call a general election, what do you two think the chances of winning are? Will it be a victory for the Labor Party, which is supported by the industrial workers, or will the Conservative Party, which is beloved by citizens with ambitions for a great nation, win?” Brown-Williamson asked the two former heads who had left Whitehall.

“How would the curmudgeon know, I’m retired.” Norman Brooke shook his head slightly.

“It would be better for you to ask the current Cabinet Secretary when Alan arrives.” Edward Bridges spoke flatly and replied, “He is in charge of Whitehall now. The day before yesterday, he was at Hawksin Manor for an overseas meeting, and to be able to show up this time is considered to be quite important to you.”

As soon as the words fell, the sound of footsteps rang out in the theater, the footsteps were clearly visible from afar, Edward Bridges listened for a moment and shook his head slightly, “It’s not Alan.”

Sure enough, Wick immediately showed up and said to the two supreme authorities, “Sir Edward, Sir Norman, the Cabinet Secretary has gone to the airport to see off the Overseas Commissioner and should be here shortly.”

Allen Wilson, who was at the London International Airport, commanded with a courteous demeanor, “Your job is to maintain a presence overseas, everything lies in balance, most colonies may ultimately have to become independent, but they can be transformed into invisible businesses rooted in the region, and the more interests you can seize, the more the country’s bedrock won’t be shaken. ”

“Understood, Secretary General.” A group of well-dressed overseas commissioners who had received a new assignment replied in unison.

“Keep your voice down next time.” Alan Wilson’s afterglow swept over the pedestrians around him and nodded, “The chairman of the British American Tobacco Company has asked me to meet him at the Theater Royal, so I’ll go ahead.”

It would not do not to go, because the previous two Supreme Authorities were also present, and it would not be right to wait longer than necessary.

Before being the secretary-general of the cabinet, Alan Wilson once also stood as a minion, but will not be overbearing just because now climbing to the top, everything lies in the balance, the strength comes from the collective.

Thirty minutes later, his figure had appeared in the middle of the Theatre Royal, and just after appearing, he apologized to the two former heads of the civil service, “I went to the airport to see the Overseas Commissioner off on his plane, and didn’t mean to be late.”

“We know all about you.” Edward Bridges expressed his disinterest, then reached out to introduce, “Brown Williamson, Chairman of the British American Tobacco Group.”

“This is a star British company that has created untold wealth and has a place in the world.” Alan Wilson immediately took the initiative to extend his hand in greeting, “Whitehall has always supported pillar companies like the Tobacco Group to grow and develop and take on greater social responsibility. If there’s anything you need help with you can just say so.”

“The post-war period was indeed a difficult time for the Tobacco Group, we lost numerous end markets during the war, and the places where our raw materials came from were also affected.” Brown-Williamson told the truth, “But now it has recovered, last year’s profit reached eighty-five million pounds, and we expect the profit to reach one hundred million pounds in three years.”

“That’s great news, there aren’t many businesses in the whole of the UK with annual profits of over a hundred million.” Alan Wilson was very happy, but he knew that Brown Williamson was looking for himself, there must be something going on, otherwise he wouldn’t have invited two heads of civil servants to accompany him.

Sure enough, Brown Williamson saw the current Cabinet Secretary so supportive, then mentioned the hope of wanting to expand the market attempts, “Sir Alan, the tobacco group to take diversification, and currently feel that the conditions in South Africa and Australia are good, and we know that your wife, Ms. Pamela, in both countries have deep roots and connections, and I hope to be able to get help. ”

“There are sort of some human connections.” Alan Wilson replied modestly, then thought for a moment, “Personally, I have no problem with it, the profits from the tobacco industry, are extremely beneficial to the UK, and to be honest, if it was the Labour Party in power, I might have suggested nationalizing your group.”

Alan Wilson was serious, definitely not joking, if the Labour Party was really in power and there was a need for this, he would really nationalize British American Tobacco, on par with the non-famous small and micro enterprises of a major country.

Several people chatting to the fullest, Brown Williamson took out the prepared good whiskey, while pouring the wine and said, “The secretary-general can really joke, I believe that with the help of the Mountbatten Group, the business expansion in Australia and South Africa will be very rapid. By the way, the Prime Minister just announced a general election in the House of Commons, what does the Secretary General think about this?”

“It’s hard to say, the strength of the two parties has never been closer since the war, except for the first two times when the Labor Party was considered to be a big winner, the remaining times were extremely close.” Alan Wilson shook his head as he pinched his glass, “But on the basis of consensus politics, there shouldn’t be a big difference. The Prime Minister is also going to call a general election in order to capitalize on progress in the diplomatic arena and set up a win for the Conservative Party.”

So far, is it shaking up the Cold War dichotomy between the two powers? It’s too early to tell, but British politics are already different.

There is a natural reason why Aidan chose to open a general election at this time, rather than wait for the dust to settle on Soviet gold.

Just this past January, the leader of the Labor Party, Gaitschke, died suddenly. Wilson then once again became the left-wing candidate in the party leadership election, challenging George Brown, and then, as Callaghan entered the race, dispersed the party’s right-wing vote to such an extent that Wilson won the election and became the new Labor Party leader.

Currently Harold Wilson has just been elected party leader and is in the process of consolidating the divisions within the Labor Party. In Aidan’s view, this is too good an opportunity to miss.

But who knows the final result, whether the Labor Party will flip under the leadership of the new leader, or the Conservative Party will be re-elected again, it is not easy to say, and you can’t look at the problem with the old eyes.

On February 24th, the election officially began, and the Conservative Party was optimistic that the winner of the election had been predetermined in advance, given that the Labor Party had just elected a party leader and was internally unstable.

But with the process of opening the ballot, the confident Conservative Party but the smile gradually disappeared, until the last moment, the Conservative Party to lay the victory, for the Conservative Party this is another close victory, the Conservative Party is only five seats ahead. It was a close defeat for the new Labor Party leader.