Chapter 1316 – Nationalization of the Water Supply System

“Darling, how about this Prime Minister.” Anna, who was fiddling with the handle, spoke first, the blush still on her face, a serious look as if she was babbling.

“It’s not too bad, Whitehall will have to go along with whatever party is in power.” Saying that, Alan Wilson was actually thinking about where the former government’s policies contradicted Labor’s. Consensus politics was indeed the post-war bipartisan consensus, but the Conservatives were after all the Conservatives, and there were certainly differences between the two parties.

The reason why both the Labor Party and the Conservative Party were careful in governing after the war is that apart from the general election, there exists something called a by-election. Once the ruling party is unable to pull ahead, the precarious position of the ruling party can easily be pulled down by a by-election.

“Maybe he’s learned a lot about Socialist Party governance from various countries too, isn’t the leader of the Labor Party the vice-chairman of the Socialist International.” Seeing that the man on equal footing with her husband seemed to have an empty head, Bogina took the initiative and said, “I wonder what Washington thinks of him coming to power.”

“I don’t know, there’s both positive and negative news.” Alan Wilson shook his head slightly, a man says something completely different when he’s in opposition than when he’s in power.

Add to this the question of Labor’s Second International affiliation, and Harold Wilson had repeatedly voiced the need to “maintain strong relations with the United States,” to the extent that in some aspects of foreign policy, Labor’s attitudes were perhaps closer to the views of the United States. On several occasions he put forward specific plans to advocate that the West seek genuine cooperation with the Soviet Union.

But judging by the rumors that some British troops were going to overthrow Harold Wilson late in his administration, it seems that there was already some dissatisfaction within the United States and Britain with his policy of détente with the Soviet Union.

But one thing is certain, Harold Wilson claimed to nationalize coal and iron when Labour was in opposition, and once in power the odds are that this election promise is going to be kept. It can be expected that the nationalization of coal and iron and steel will be Harold Wilson’s first goal after coming to power.

This kind of initiative, Alan Wilson think okay, after all, because of the relationship of the previous life, he does not resent the nationalization of some industries, coal and iron are extremely important to the country’s industry. By the way, there is also the nationalization of water supply issues, almost forgot, these industries, Mountbatten Group do, the relevant talents are equipped.

But the quality of coal and iron ore on British soil? I can only say that understand all understand, this is an era of globalization, the United Kingdom that is not less than the quality of a large country’s iron ore, in Europe in the ranking of the number but in the world what is not the quality of the coal mine? Only the nationalization of the water supply system, sort of not seeing the difficulties.

At the same time as the Supreme Authority and the two Dragoons were talking, the Prime Minister of the Conservative government, Aidan, who had not been psychologically prepared for the defeat, had tendered his resignation to the Queen, who then summoned the leader of the Labor Party, Harold Wilson, and appointed him Prime Minister of the Labor government.

Wilson later appointed a number of key Cabinet Ministers, including George Brown, Chief Secretary of State and Minister for Economic Affairs; Patrick Gordon Walker, Foreign Secretary; Denis Healey, Secretary of State for Defense; James Callaghan, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Herbert Bowden, Leader of the House of Commons.

Harold Wilson was happy at this point, unaware, of course, that he had been in power more than a year later than he had been historically, and was preparing to take over 10 Downing Street in a state of complacency, as if he was going to make his own mark on British history.

When Harold Wilson arrived at Ten Downing Street the next day, Alan Wilson was already waiting there to pay his respects to the new Prime Minister.

“Alan, it’s been a long time.” Harold Wilson laughed openly, very happy to see a familiar face; the two had worked together during their time at the Foreign Office. Both were impressed with each other.

Alan Wilson nodded with a smile, Aidan’s impact on the Conservative Party from this rollover will have to wait for some time to be seen, the most important thing now is to welcome the arrival of the new Prime Minister. Obviously, Harold Wilson, who was becoming Prime Minister for the first time, couldn’t wait.

The early general election card is not a sure thing, Aidan clearly lost this time, in the memory of Alan Wilson’s mind, it is not without similar examples.

Compared to a normal election, an early general election is more like a political gamble, full of uncertainty. Although the ruling party has won four out of six elections, including a landslide victory for Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady”. But at the same time, there is no shortage of examples of early elections being lost, such as British Prime Minister Edward Heath’s gamble, when he lost. For example, British Prime Minister Edward Heath lost a gamble when the Conservative Prime Minister asked voters during the national election campaign, “Who is ruling Britain?” Voters gave him the opposite answer in the subsequent vote, sending Labor’s Harold? Wilson to 10 Downing Street.

Aidan was clearly categorized as a loser this time around, thinking he could use the mediation of the Indo-Pakistani war to consolidate the Conservative Party’s position, but not realizing that the voters wouldn’t eat it up.

“Dear Cabinet Secretary, introduce yourself, I’m the Prime Minister’s Political Secretary.” A short-haired woman beside Harold Wilson extended her hand in greeting at this moment, introducing herself as Maria Falkender, the political secretary to the leader of the Labor Party.

“Oh, the admirable lady, hello.” Alan Wilson didn’t see eye to eye and greeted the party secretary in a friendly manner, he was a little less than fond of such characters but there was no way around it, tradition.

Political secretaries had no power though, the big issues were naturally the power of the Cabinet, and the day to day decision making was in the hands of Whitehall, so it didn’t seem like it would be particularly troublesome.

“Alan, there are still a lot of places for you to help, and I don’t have much experience.” Harold Wilson took the initiative to open his mouth, and truth be told, the current Labor Party was completely different from the time of Airdrie. The Labor Party has also completed its internal renewal, and the person who has experience in governing is him, the current leader of the Labor Party, Harold Wilson, who used to be the Foreign Secretary.

So Harold Wilson, naturally, after being away from the center of power for so many years, expressed his friendship with his former permanent secretary, now the secretary general of the cabinet.

It was clear that the Labour Party now needed to familiarize itself with its surroundings before it was time to implement its grand blueprints, and Alan Wilson immediately said that Whitehall would be resolute in carrying out all the Cabinet’s instructions, and that of course he would first set aside time for the Prime Minister’s team to formulate policy, and in the midst of this gap he decided to reassure his Conservative friends, such as Margaret Thatcher.

Then it was time to wait at Hepburn’s, what grand political strategy the Labor government would come up with, and Hepburn wondered, “There’s a change of government and you don’t seem to be in any hurry at all?”

“What’s the rush, delivering on campaign promises? It’s just a matter of nationalization. What might also be threatening is military spending. But in this environment, I believe the Prime Minister won’t take a shot at military spending, I’m not saying it’s completely out of the question, it’s just unlikely.” Alan Wilson had a tactical lean back, and his palm was already on Ballflower’s fragrant shoulder from behind Hepburn’s back.

“It’s good that you feel fine.” Hepburn could tell that the man’s mood was definitely not as relaxed as it appeared and took the initiative to kiss the man, “Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.”

“There was some, but when Audrey puts it that way, it’s not at all.” Alan Wilson got carried away, as a man he always wanted to prove something to a woman.

He laughed lazily, moving his head only an inch so that their lips could touch, and the laughter melted like granulated sugar in water, leaving only a cold sweetness in his veins. The emptiness, the loneliness too, all vanished without a trace. Hepburn blindly wrapped one hand around the man’s neck, trying to capture the pleasure that spread like a gauzy waterfall all over his body. Helpless against him, her body shivered.

As if wrapped in a magic web, feeling her sanity and thoughts pointing straight at the man until Allen Wilson became the center point of his existence. And there was something miraculous about the way the man’s hands roamed over her delicate body, each touch filled with light compassion and honeyed love. Searching for the secrets of her body.

A few days later, the Labor government, having survived its initial bewilderment, began to function formally, and the Labor government, with the great Harold Wilson at its center, decided it was time to pursue its own philosophy of governance.

Alan Wilson, who was the secretary-general of the cabinet, was called to the prime minister’s office, and not surprisingly, the topic revolved around the second round of nationalized industries, and in the post-war theory of economics, it was not wrong for the government to intervene, and the Labour Party was still particularly convinced of this.

Harold Wilson expounded on the idea of nationalizing the coal and iron and water supply systems, and then asked Alan Wilson rhetorically what he thought about that, “It would be good for the economy. Economic theory supports that.”

“I don’t know, Prime Minister.” Alan Wilson said to himself that he had always treated economic theories as farts, and hesitated for a moment, “But then, we are the ones who look after the local water supply system in Malaya, and we have similar talents, so that the coal and iron industry is quite an important industry, which is denied by anyone, but the water supply system involves thousands of households, and is actually even more important. Honourable Prime Minister, how about we start with the water supply system, and of course, my colleagues in the Ministry of Finance have never been hostile to nationalized fiscal spending. Once too much is spent on nationalized industries, this could affect every aspect. It hurts Britain’s interests.”

If the Prime Minister insisted on this, Alan Wilson recalled the Malayan colony’s water system officials on this one livelihood project to help the Labor government deliver on its election promise.

“That’s wonderful, Alan. I thought there were difficulties at first.” Harold Wilson didn’t expect the communication to go so smoothly, and he agreed with the Supreme Authority that the livelihood project was indeed extremely important and should be started first.

“There are certainly difficulties, we never avoid difficulties.” Alan Wilson replied with a smile, more than not avoiding difficulties, there are no difficulties to take the initiative to create difficulties.