British Civil Servant

v2 Chapter 1316: Nationalisation of the water system

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"Dear, how is this Prime Minister." Anna, who was playing with the handle, spoke first, the red glow on her face still lingering, as if she was talking nonsense.

"Fortunately, no matter which party comes to power, Whitehall will cooperate with them." Having said that, Alan Wilson was actually thinking about the contradiction between the previous government's policies and the Labour Party. Consensus politics is indeed the consensus of the two parties after the war, but the Conservative Party is a Conservative Party after all, and there must be differences between the two parties.

The reason why both the Labour Party and the Conservative Party govern carefully after the war is because in addition to the general election, there is also a by-election. Once the ruling party fails to widen the lead, the ruling party's precarious position can easily be pulled down by a by-election.

"Maybe he has learned a lot of socialist ruling experience from other countries. Maybe the leader of the Labour Party is not the vice chairman of the Socialist Party International." Pokina saw that the man of the same status as her husband seemed to have an empty head, and she took the initiative to say, "No. Know what Washington thinks about him coming to power."

"I don't know, there are both positive and negative news." Alan Wilson shook his head slightly. When he was in the wild, he said something completely different from when he was in power.

Coupled with the issue of the Second International nature of the Labour Party, Harold Wilson has repeatedly stated that he wants to "maintain a strong relationship with the United States", so that in some aspects of foreign policy, the attitude of the Labour Party may be closer to that of the United States. On several occasions he put forward specific plans, advocating for the West to seek genuine cooperation with the Soviet Union.

But judging from the rumors that some British troops were about to overthrow Harold Wilson in the late years of his administration, it seems that the United States and Britain were already dissatisfied with his policy of de-escalation and the Soviet Union.

But one thing is certain, Harold Wilson claimed to nationalize coal and iron when the Labour Party was in the opposition, and once he came to power, the election promise was likely to be fulfilled. Nationalisation of coal and steel can be expected to be Harold Wilson's first goal after taking office.

Alan Wilson thinks this kind of move is okay. After all, because of the relationship in his previous life, he is not disgusted with the nationalization of some industries. Coal and iron are both extremely important industries to the country. By the way, there is also the nationalization of the water supply issue. I almost forgot that Mountbatten Group has done all these industries and has the relevant talents.

But what about the quality of coal and iron ore in the UK? Anyone who can only understand it understands that this is an era of globalization. The quality of iron ore in the United Kingdom is no less than that of a major country, and the quality of coal mines that are ranked first in Europe but are nothing in the world? Only the nationalization of the water supply system is a place where no difficulty can be seen.

At the same time as the supreme authority and the two dragoons were talking, Aiden, the Prime Minister of the Conservative government, who was not prepared to lose the election, had tendered his resignation to the Queen. Subsequently, the Queen summoned Harold Wilson, the leader of the Labour Party, and appointed him as the Prime Minister of the Labour Party government.

Wilson later appointed a number of key cabinet ministers, including First Secretary of State and Economic Affairs George Brown; Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker; Defence Secretary Dennis Healey; Chancellor of the Exchequer James Callaghan and the Leader of the House of Commons Herbert Bowden.

Harold Wilson was happy at this time, of course he didn't know that he had been on stage for more than a year than in history, and he was preparing to take up No. 10 Downing Street. Make your own piece of British history.

When Harold Wilson arrived at 10 Downing Street the next day, Alan Wilson was already waiting to pay his respects to the new Prime Minister.

"Alan, it's been a long time." Harold Wilson laughed and was very happy to see familiar faces. The two worked together when they were in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both left a deep impression on each other.

Alan Wilson nodded with a smile. It will take some time to see the impact of Aiden's rollover on the Conservative Party. The most important thing now is to welcome the arrival of the new Prime Minister. Apparently, the first-time prime minister, Harold Wilson, can't wait.

The card of the early election is not guaranteed. Aiden obviously lost this time, and there are not no similar examples in the memory of Alan Wilson.

Compared with normal elections, early elections are more like a political gamble, full of uncertainty. Although the ruling party has won four times in six elections, including the "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher won a landslide victory. But at the same time, there are also examples of early elections that have failed. For example, British Prime Minister Edward Heath lost the bet. At that time, the Conservative Prime Minister asked voters in the national election: "Who is ruling Britain?" Voters gave him the opposite in the subsequent vote. The answer sent Labour's Harold Wilson to No. 10 Downing Street.

This time, Aiden was obviously among the losers. He thought he could consolidate the position of the Conservative Party by mediating the Indo-Pakistani war, but he did not expect that voters would not eat this way.

"Dear Cabinet Secretary, let me introduce myself. I'm the Prime Minister's Political Secretary." A short-haired woman beside Harold Wilson extended her hand to say hello and introduced herself as Maria Falkender, the leader of the Labour Party. Political Secretary.

"Oh, admirable lady, hello." Alan Wilson greeted the party secretary in a friendly way, without seeing the outside world. He didn't like such a character very much, but there was no way, tradition.

However, the political secretary has no power. The important thing is naturally the power of the cabinet, and the daily decision-making power is in the hands of Whitehall. It does not seem to be particularly troublesome.

"Alan, there are still many places for you to help, and I have no experience." Harold Wilson took the initiative to speak. To be honest, the current Labour Party is completely different from the Attlee period. The Labour Party has also completed the renewal. The person with experience in governing is Harold Wilson, the current Labour Party leader and former foreign secretary.

Therefore, Harold Wilson, naturally, after leaving the power center for so many years, expressed his friendship with his former permanent secretary and now the cabinet secretary.

Obviously, now the Labour Party needs to be familiar with the environment, and then it is time to implement the grand blueprint. Alan Wilson immediately said that Whitehall will resolutely implement all the instructions of the cabinet. Of course, he will first set aside time for the Prime Minister's team to formulate policies. This gap In it, he decided to console friends of the Conservative Party, such as Mrs Thatcher.

Then I waited at Hepburn's place. What major policy strategy will the Labour government come up with? Hepburn is very strange, "The government has changed, you don't seem to be in a hurry?"

"What are you worried about, fulfilling the campaign promise? Isn't it a matter of nationalization? Military spending may also be a threat. But in the current environment, I believe that the Prime Minister will not cut down on military spending. I'm not saying it's not possible at all, it's just a possibility. Not big." Alan Wilson had a tactical lean back, and his palm had been placed on the ball's fragrant shoulder from Hepburn's back.

"It's fine if you think it's fine." Hepburn could see that the man's mood was definitely not as relaxed as it seemed on the surface, and he took the initiative to kiss the man, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"There should have been some, but Audrey said so, that's not at all." Ellen Wilson was complacent. As a man, he always wanted to prove something in front of women.

He laughed languidly, moving his head only an inch to bring their lips together, and the laughter melted like sugar in water, leaving only a cold sweetness in his veins. The emptiness and loneliness also disappeared. Hepburn blindly wrapped a hand around the man's neck, trying to capture the pleasure that spread all over his body like a waterfall. Leaning helplessly on top of him, her body trembled.

As if wrapped in a magic weave, I felt my sanity and my thoughts were directed towards this man until Alan Wilson became the central point of his existence. And the man's hands moved around her delicate body, and every touch was full of tenderness and love, like a miracle. Search for the secrets of her body.

A few days later, the Labour Party government passed the initial daze and began to operate officially. The Labour Party government with the great Harold Wilson as the core decided to implement its own governance philosophy~lightnovelpub.net~ Alan Wilson, Secretary-General of the Cabinet, was called to the Prime Minister's Office. No surprise, the topic revolved around the second round of nationalized industries. In post-war economic theory, government intervention is not a mistake, and the Labour Party especially believes this. .

Harold Wilson elaborated on the idea of ​​nationalizing coal, iron and water systems, and then asked Alan Wilson what he thought of it, "It's good for the economy. Economic theory supports that."

"I don't know, Prime Minister." Alan Wilson said in his heart that he has always regarded economic theory as fart, and hesitated, "But, we are taking care of the local water supply system in Malaya, and we have similar talents. , In this way, the coal and iron industry is a very important industry, no one denies this, but the water supply system involves thousands of households, which is actually more important. Dear Prime Minister, how about we start with the water supply system, of course, the Ministry of Finance Colleagues have always been hostile to nationalized financial expenditure. Once the nationalized industry expenditure is too large, it may affect all aspects. It will hurt the interests of the United Kingdom.”

If the Prime Minister insists on this, Alan Wilson will recall the water system officials of the Malayan colony to help the Labour government fulfill its election promise on this livelihood project.

"That's great, Alan. I thought it was difficult at first." Harold Wilson didn't expect the communication to go so smoothly, and he also agreed with the supreme authority that the people's livelihood project is indeed extremely important and should be started first.

"Of course there are difficulties, we never avoid difficulties." Alan Wilson replied with a smile, not only do not avoid difficulties, but also take the initiative to create difficulties.