Chapter 1531 The Changing Britain

As the secretary-general of the cabinet, Alan Wilson’s position had to keep him informed of the movements of the new government, although Margaret Thatcher proposed four changes after forming the cabinet, one was privatization, the other was control of the currency, the third was cuts in welfare spending, and the fourth was to crack down on the power of the trade unions.

But these four points are very general. How to privatize and how to control the currency? As for cutting welfare and cracking down on trade unions, this is rather literal and there is no need to get too clear.

These four points are all centered around a central theme, that is, inflation, although this problem is not just Britain’s own problem either, but is prevalent throughout the free world.

The two major parties have different perceptions of inflation, with the party attempting to increase the country’s income by raising taxes on entrepreneurs, combined with the issuance of more currency to alleviate the unemployment problem; while Margaret Thatcher’s tax policy was to reduce taxes, lower interest rates, control currency, and stimulate investment to alleviate the UK’s inflation problem with these four measures.

Mrs. Thatcher, who had just come to power, was still more recognizable to Whitehall, but Alan Wilson felt to himself that it might be a personal recognition, after all, the two were considered old acquaintances.

Unsurpassed authority so want is known by the Prime Minister, it is likely to inspire the Prime Minister wants to put him in prison idea, fortunately, Mrs. Thatcher did not find the opposite man soulful.

After listening to the elaboration of Mrs. Thatcher, Alan Wilson expressionless nodded in favor of, “the prime minister’s idea is shocking to me, of course, the rich have the responsibility and duty to help the poor.”

The rich have the responsibility and obligation to help the poor this sentence, is Margaret Thatcher’s campaign for the Conservative Party leader speech in the words, this sentence let Alan Wilson to understand, can be replaced by another sentence, the first rich to lead the rich, almost the same meaning.

These words catered to the audience’s mentality, won a burst of applause and warm cheers is true, but do not expect to become a reality in the implementation, fool the young people who take the country as their own responsibility, and that’s all, in addition to this role, basically useless.

Basic understanding of Mrs. Thatcher’s philosophy of governance, Alan Wilson did not stay in the Prime Minister’s residence for too long, this is a female prime minister, he still have to abide by the differences between men and women, can not be as many years ago as reckless.

In the first day of Margaret Thatcher as prime minister, Alan Wilson spent some time to understand the thinking of the female prime minister, although he has always kept an eye on Ms. Margaret, but he can not follow the other side of the ass to observe, keep an eye on the degree of communication is limited to a number of major issues.

Moreover, the relationship between the two is quite awkward, he can not guarantee that the female prime minister is not holding a grudge, for a variety of reasons, the understanding is also relatively one-sided, but this time it is different, people are already the prime minister, to put aside the personal reasons, it is necessary to understand the politics, Margaret Thatcher’s true thinking.

So, what are Margaret Thatcher’s “ambitions”? In brief, her political ambition was to create a “democracy” with private ownership of property. She was a firm believer in the Lockean doctrine of individual property rights, and she definitely did not take the middle course; she took Edmund Burke’s interpretation of conservatism as axiomatic.

That is, any person has the individual labor and exchange ability to get rich, the government should implement effective protection, and absolutely can not be imposed on them with high taxes, can not be deprived of them with high tax policy.

In addition, she did not advocate relying on the issuance of banknotes to alleviate the unemployment problem in society, believing that it would only serve to raise the soup to stop the boiling, and would not help.

The takeaway from Alan Wilson is that the female prime minister, who has only been in office for a day, is definitely serious about fighting inflation, and that fighting trade unions, as one of the means of fighting inflation, must surely lead to victory.

As for foreign policy, Mrs. Thatcher has not yet come up with an attitude, perhaps this is her shortcoming.

But this is also a good thing, Alan Wilson has spanned multiple prime ministerial terms, even serving as the permanent undersecretary of the Foreign Office for a long time, and has been in control of Britain’s diplomacy and overseas interests.

At the moment Margaret Thatcher has not shown any interest in foreign policy, so it’s safe to assume that the two won’t be erupting in a war of words over diplomacy anytime soon.

Margaret Thatcher attacked the Soviet Union is absolutely serious, but in addition to speeches, apparently there is no specific way how to confront the Soviet Union, the position is firm enough, the ability to remain to be seen.

In the evening Alan Wilson dialed a direct line to Perth Mountbatten House, the reality of the usual greetings to the love of his life, Pamela Mountbatten listened to the straight to the flesh, “Do not try, dear, although you are in London, the entire building out of Rhodesia are your eyes, the daughter is also in, want to ask if there is no suspicious men close to me such an old woman ?”

“My dear, look at what you said, the love between us that is tried and tested, there will not be any waves.”

Alan Wilson holding the microphone dry laugh two times, in the face of Princess Margaret’s dark energy still face, “let the daughter to receive the prime minister’s daughter, this point you convey on the line, there is also, to today is the first day of the prime minister’s tenure, some gains to be said to you, privatization wave will soon open, you can be ready for it, the funds on top of the no problem right. ”

“That’s what I came to Perth to deal with, everyone is very interested.” Pamela Mountbatten replied directly, “How many industries are involved? Is there an eyeball on it yet?”

“Anyway, prepare yourself, the order may be debatable, but there are no no-go areas on this wave of privatization.” Alan Wilson replied smilingly, “Your glorious times are coming.”

“It seems that our Prime Minister, is a very decisive and remarkable woman.” Pamela Mountbatten at a hearing without mincing words to give praise, she felt that her husband’s mouth of people to see the annoyance is definitely a slur on such an outstanding prime minister.

The image of Mrs. Thatcher, too, was instantly transformed in the mouth of the richest woman into a superb woman of energy, indestructibility, good sense, warmth and fun, a leading light who sought to arouse infinite interest in the future of Britain.

Pamela Mountbatten then inquired about the choice of several ministers, to which Alan Wilson replied with a laugh, “My dear, don’t ask such laymen’s questions; who knows how long they will be ministers?”

Cabinet list is never set in stone, adjusted at any time is a common thing, Mrs. Thatcher now submitted the cabinet list, will certainly be the final list? It may take a few more months of adjustments to make this female prime minister happy.

“Then I’ll wait for your good news, when the time comes I’ll bring my friends back with me.” Pamela Mountbatten hung up the phone happily, and then brought her daughter over, about dealing with the Prime Minister’s daughter Carol, she still had to communicate with her daughter, “Pamela, it’s about time you looked like a successful woman.”

On the other side of the room, Princess Margaret had to listen to the couple’s conversation and looked visibly sour, “Showing loyalty to Pamela here at my place are you? Take me for what?”

“Your Highness, you and Pamela have equal status.” Alan Wilson expressed his pampering of Her Royal Highness in practical terms, and this night was definitely going to be all about chanting Margaret ……

With the new government in place, Whitehall departments also entered into a break-in with their own new ministers, although the fact that a number of ministers would be replaced afterwards was not lost on the permanent undersecretaries of the departments, but on another level everyone had seen it coming, and if there was a newcomer, there would be a re-break-in again.

Keith Joseph is Minister for Industry; James Pryor is Minister for Employment; Ian Gilmour is Minister for the Palm Seal; and Peter Volker is Minister for Agriculture, with a question mark over the tenure of these ministers.

Quite a few more years have passed since Aidan was in power, the Conservative Party has been crushed by Harold Wilson, and there are not many ministers now with experience of government.

It took a total of ten days to get all the cabinet ministers, and the next level of ministers, and according to the old tradition of the British constitutional monarchy, at the opening of each new parliament, the king or queen had to come to the parliament to deliver a speech and read out the new government’s program of governance, and the grand spectacle was transmitted to the whole of the United Kingdom and the whole world through the synchronization of television and radio.

The core of Margaret Thatcher’s governing program is privatization, which has also been discussed in Whitehall. Alan Wilson is not personally opposed to privatization, but it does not mean that Whitehall is not opposed to it.

Nationalization needs civil service management, privatization once started, many for the United Kingdom to serve a lifetime of civil servants, may no longer be able to find such a good job.

But the good thing is that there are still some favorable points, when it comes to the military part, Margaret Thatcher said that Britain’s defense force must be strengthened, at least that’s what was explicitly said.

“The Ministry of Defense will immediately come up with a new military procurement plan, didn’t the Prime Minister say, to strengthen Britain’s defense force, we have to firmly support the Prime Minister’s decision, I see that the plan to design new aircraft carriers is very good, let’s see how much gold the Prime Minister’s speech on boosting the defense force really has.”

The governing platform is indeed more extreme, and Mrs. Thatcher had to do it, and it is too soon to say that she has completely conquered the Conservative Party, let alone taken real control of the country.

Many people inside and outside the Conservative Party still believe that Mrs. Thatcher’s period of government is at best only a transitional period, the Conservative Party will eventually have to revert to its old ways, after the twists and turns, and will circle back to the old ways.

This policy platform represents the official end of the two-party consensus politics since Adderley came to power, and the policy platform was announced, immediately turning the British House of Commons into a zoo, with Labor and the Conservatives, already in the opposition, bickering, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer announcing a major announcement that the government will sell the state-owned shares of BP.

“Come back if you’re ready, darling. That’s a stake in BP, and it’s in front of you now.”

Once again, Elu Wilson made a loving appeal to the richest woman in the world, and the obstacle that stood in the way of Pamela Mountbatten for so many years, the Labour Party’s nationalization policy, is now gone.