Chapter 1666 – Re-election and Conspiracy

“This map head is really annoying.” Although Alan Wilson had always hated this idiot, it had never been as annoying as today.

It wasn’t because Map Head had exposed his IQ pits again, it was the fact that Foltseva had retired, it was intolerable that a lady of equal status to him and his wife had retired.

Alan Wilson’s first reaction was that this is a vendetta, even if Maphead has a million concessions to Britain in the future, this cannot dissolve the hatred between the two.

Even Mrs. Thatcher today felt that today Alan Wilson looks wrong, apparently in the mood is not beautiful state in the middle, “apparently the United States and our views on Africa are the same.”

“It’s just a ruse to join in the internal mischief.” Alan Wilson replied absentmindedly, clearly still in the midst of the news of the Culture Czar’s retirement, “It’s France that is aligned with British interests when it comes to Africa, and only a blind man couldn’t see France’s control of French Africa.”

In this world French control of Africa will only get stronger not weaker, do you really think an Albania is occupied for nothing? Algeria is France’s grip deep into the heart of Africa.

From this point of view, the result of the DRC’s fall to the Soviet Union is completely acceptable, Lumumba should work harder on decolonization before it is done, so that this country, second only to South Africa in terms of African mineral traders, will be out of the influence of France sooner, and the UK should be happy to see that France has lost control of the DRC.

Mrs. Thatcher nodded and said, “Indeed, perhaps the United States’ intentions are not so pure. Do you have any ideas yet?”

Mrs. Thatcher had finally emerged with some political experience after years of being prime minister, and it was nothing short of congratulatory to think that the United States had its own agenda as well.

“It’s the juxtaposition of multiple powers that helps offshore balance, and we welcome the attention of the great powers to Africa, even to the extent of turning a blind eye to the East’s moves to build Africa.” Alan Wilson mentioned a certain great power, a certain great power that also helped build the East African Railway, but of course the UK ran the show in terms of financing and the jobs were given to a certain great power.

Fortunately, it is now a black cat and white cat, otherwise another twenty years earlier, it is not likely to think that Britain is exploiting it, the East African Railway is still under construction now, which is also the interests of Britain.

As for France, France last year also interfered in Togo and Chad two African countries it, this year for the time being there is no new news to come, but the frequency of this interference can be said to understand all understand.

“I’ll address this issue properly after my next re-election.” Margaret Thatcher nodded, the reason why she visited the Soviet Union itself was to prepare for the general election, and now that the time is almost up, and the Conservative Party’s approval ratings are high, Margaret Thatcher is ready to be re-elected again.

“I wish you all the best. You’ll make a great Prime Minister like Jim Hacker, I have no doubt about that.” Alan Wilson replied immediately after hearing this, he was about to yawn but thought it was a bit disrespectful to the Prime Minister and held it back raw.

The supreme authority was still very happy, it was time to touch the fish again, every time before and after the general election, Whitehall could be relieved from the heavy workload and watch the political comedy, how interesting?

“To be honest, you’re a lot harder to deal with than Humphrey.” How Mrs. Thatcher heard the other party connoting herself, the same backhanded sarcasm.

Alan Wilson to this kind of evaluation all accept, of course he is more difficult to deal with than Humphrey, Humphrey can not see the young campus Conservative Party chairman, he is seen, all seen without clothes.

Alan Wilson actually and Margaret Thatcher’s advocacy is diametrically opposed to what the Prime Minister thinks he does not have to ask, the leader of any country like the feeling of great power, even if there is an electoral system of the country is no exception.

Margaret Thatcher’s dream, of course, is to go from one victory to another, to be constantly re-elected as Prime Minister, and can’t wait to die in the Prime Minister’s position.

At the same time as far as possible to suppress or even destroy the Labour Party, so that this Conservative Party rivals better be history, in order to achieve this goal, Mrs. Thatcher even do not mind the one-party system, the Labour Party to dare to do so, that is to follow the Soviet Union’s shameless move, the British Empire’s sinner, but if she did so, it is the citizens of the rich wisdom of choice.

She approached her election campaign with that very same guideline in mind – to constantly and tenaciously fight the Labor Party “so that it disappears from British politics as an electoral force.”

Mrs. Thatcher’s ambition was to do in the new post-war era what Churchill had failed to do, to do everything in her power to “push back” the policies and influence of the welfare state that had been put in place when Labour was in power, and to use the policies of “neo-conservatism” to bring down the Labour Party. Therefore, it can be said that Mrs. Thatcher pushed forward the struggle with the Labour Party precisely to promote her own policies.

In accordance with the customary time to inform the general election is the Queen, he happened to be on this day and his wife to visit Princess Diana, in the Princess here to stay for a while, asking the Crown Prince couple’s relationship status. In passing, he saw the news on TV of the Queen announcing the date of the general election.

“Mrs. Thatcher still looks like she can win.” Pamela Mountbatten was able to judge the current situation, the Conservative Party has a big advantage.

“True, but the Labor Party has retained its mettle.” Alan Wilson said this turn of phrase, “Of course this has nothing to do with the ability of the Labor Party itself, it is mainly due to me.”

This general election is not like the last time, there is the Falklands War victory endorsement, but the domestic economic situation continues to improve and her in the international arena that very active, pulling the three sides of the image of the leader of the great powers, indeed for Margaret Thatcher to create an exceptionally favorable conditions.

Britain’s economic situation did have a world-renowned major turnaround: last year’s domestic economic growth rate of 3.6 percent, stock prices have been rising, interest rates began to fall, inflation over the past few years, basically controlled at about three, the manufacturing industry in good shape, the two booming sales, productivity increases in the West’s top countries.

Economic conditions improved markedly, with real incomes of the employed rising by an average of four percent, and a boom in the domestic market.

This boom would have been even more impressive in numbers if Alan Wilson hadn’t been so determined to prevent the United States from following suit and liberalizing borrowing.

Thanks to the selling off of state-owned enterprises, Britain’s revenues also grew, and the British economy broke out of its trough and languished, growing faster than France, Italy and the Federal Republic of Germany.

Shortcomings certainly exist, such as the clichéd problem of unemployment, but while problems exist, the Conservative Party has more strengths, and Pamela Mountbatten reminds her husband, “Britain would be better off without a political strongman, and Margaret Thatcher has been in power for a long time.”

“I’ll look for an opportunity to do this, the Conservative Party isn’t ironclad, and there’s always been a problem with the Atlantic and European factions. It’s not enough to try to pull her down with the Labor Party alone. The fortress has to be breached from within.” Alan Wilson said this with a twist of words, “In fact in the past few days I received news that the Soviet side has proposed to release Hess, I don’t think the man will live much longer.”

“Some people want to get rid of Hess?” Pamela Mountbatten’s pace faltered slightly as she turned to her husband and inquired, “So what, what should we do?”

“Follow the majority view, of course, a democratic decision, but keep the evidence in hand, we’ve changed the guards at West Berlin Prison anyway, and if they don’t comply with our orders, we’ll really release Hess.” Alan Wilson smiled and replied, “When the time comes to let Mrs. Thatcher step down, it’s not just a matter of your word?”

There were also more newspapers that favored the Conservatives in terms of public opinion, not because everyone hated the Labour Party so much, but Margaret Thatcher after the last general election, the Iron Lady had given the Queen the nomination to promote the editors of several of Britain’s major newspapers (such as the Daily Mail, the Sunday Express, and The Sun) to the rank of knighthood for them.

Thus, at the crucial moment when they faced a general election, the newspaper trusts and TV channels came to the side of the incumbent Prime Minister and gave her the closest possible cooperation to protect the Conservative Party’s electoral fortunes.

After this election, Alan Wilson will be checking to see if these editors-in-chief, who have been instrumental in this election, have been involved in any illegal or criminal activities, power trips and the like.

Margaret Thatcher’s third election campaign began, Alan Wilson did not care about this farce, just accompany the richest woman around to wait for the results.

After a tightly fought battle between the two opposing sides, the Conservative Party clearly had the upper hand, gaining a steady advantage in the polls.

As the results of the UK general election were announced: the Conservatives captured a majority of three hundred and fifty out of six hundred and fifty seats in the House of Commons, still a clear front-runner and in sole possession of the top spot.

This is not to say that the Labor Party has not gained, the Labor Party in front of the traitors is still a great gain, a few years ago when the four big kings of the Social Democratic Party Owen, Williams, Jenkins and Rogers just split from the Labor Party, once unbeatable, with a strong and powerful, a master of the air.

But this time the election, the most tragic loss when the Social Democrats and the Liberal Party formed a coalition, so that the two party leaders Owen and Steele was greatly disappointed, to the shock of the two parties.

Britain is still suitable for the two-party system, in fact, this is the most suitable political ecology for the election of the country, like a pure parliamentary system, will only make a country’s strength broken into pieces.

This result Alan Wilson felt okay, and Pamela Mountbatten discussed, “For the Conservative Party this is a solid victory, but can not talk about a big victory. As long as thirty or more MPs within the Conservative Party fall in line, they will be able to make an impact on Margaret Thatcher’s position as Prime Minister. You’re not going to be able to pull together even thirty MPs, are you?”

“It’s still not difficult.” Pamela Mountbatten expressed cautious confidence, “I wouldn’t normally do it, but she’d better not be practicing policies we don’t like.”

Unbeknownst to Mrs. Thatcher, the husband and wife’s intrigue-filled conversation took place while Prime Minister Thatcher was in her office at 10 Downing Street receiving Christopher Ogden, the director of the U.S. weekly Time magazine’s London office, to give his thoughts on his victory.