Since it was the Prime Minister's son who came to visit, he was naturally treated well. Alan Wilson could only put aside his congratulations on Albert's promotion to major and deal with Mrs. Thatcher's useless son.
"Mark, due to the neutrality of Whitehall, you can talk to me in a private capacity after I get off work, but it is best not to show up during working hours. This may affect the Prime Minister's reputation."
Put aside the congratulations for your son, Alan Wilson reminded the other party.
It didn't mean anything special, it was all for the reputation of the Prime Minister and his family. Obviously, Mark had already initially shown the potential of a prodigal son, so he didn't take this into consideration.
But since it is the first time, this can be forgiven. Alan Weir started from the family aspect. It is not that he has never met Mrs. Thatcher’s family members, such as Mark’s twin sister Carol, who is currently in Australia.
, even he came back from Australia when he took office as Prime Minister.
The contact time naturally started when Mrs. Thatcher unexpectedly became the Prime Minister of the Conservative Party. However, Alan Wilson swears on his own integrity that this is all a pure coincidence and has nothing to do with Mrs. Thatcher becoming the leader of the Conservative Party. Maybe this is life.
Well, sometimes things like this happen.
Mark did not show any dissatisfaction. In a successful life plan, the Prime Minister's son also needs a guiding light, and no one is more suitable for this role than Sir Wilson.
"In the era of sovereign currency, inflation is very normal, but in recent years the inflation rate has been too high due to factors such as the oil crisis. Citizens are dissatisfied with this. This is the background for your mother to come to power. For this time
Personally, I don’t fully agree with privatization, but since the new prime minister has taken office, it is his responsibility to the country, and Whitehall will naturally have to fully cooperate.”
Alan Wilson has made it clear that he does not agree with all the ideas of the Conservative Party, or to be precise, the ideas of a faction of Mrs. Thatcher, but he is willing to cooperate. This rhetoric will make it easier to pass the blame in the future.
Mark also nodded. As the son of Mrs. Thatcher, he naturally understood his mother's thoughts. The Prime Minister was still doting on his children, especially him, but not so much on his sister Carol.
The Prime Minister and his family can rest assured that Carol's care problem can be solved by Pamela, the weak link in the Wilson family. Pamela has already told Alan Wilson about this matter. Many of Carol's hobbies are related to her.
Very similar, the difference is that Pamela has a solid backing to realize these hobbies, while Carol is a little behind in this aspect.
The cabinet list is never static, and it is not uncommon for it to be adjusted at any time. For Mrs. Thatcher, it is even more necessary to gradually adjust the cabinet team to suit her own needs as much as possible.
However, when forming a cabinet for the first time, we cannot insist on going our own way or act too hastily, but must be considerate, fully demonstrate magnanimity, and accommodate some senior officials of the Heath faction.
The Thatcherites can't even keep their word in the Conservative Party. Now of course she is under a lot of pressure. Alan Wilson is not willing to conflict with the other party at this time. Privatization is still needed. If the person who advocates privatization the most
If the factions cannot secure their positions, then who will dare to support the banner of privatization in the future?
"Privatizing public housing does not sound appropriate. It easily makes people think of selling state property at a low price. The fact is of course that it is selling at a low price. But if it is changed to another name, such as allowing citizens to own their own properties, wouldn't it sound much better? Citizen
There are a lot of things that go into becoming the owner of a house."
Alan Wilson gave Mark a make-up lesson and said in a low voice, "These houses are distributed across the UK, and different situations in different places have different values. The value of real estate in many places is limited, but is the value of houses like this in London also limited? From an economic perspective
As a rule, it will be London's turn when the real estate market across the UK collapses. So London's public housing is definitely bullish. This is a long-term trend. Mark, as the son of the Prime Minister, you have the ability to get accurate inside information as soon as possible.
To reach the possibility of news, one must have a long-term vision to surpass it.”
"Secretary-General, is this here?" Mark, the son of the Prime Minister, may have never listened so seriously to a class in his life, but this time he was definitely the most sincere.
Why do you attend lectures? Isn’t it just to live a better life? The lectures you attended when you were in school were still too far away from you. It’s not like being here as the Cabinet Secretary. You can cash out immediately. How can you not be serious?
This small doubt is not a problem at all. Alan Wilson puffed up his chest proudly, "The government is committed to making every hard-working British citizen get what he wants, not because of whose son he is. Is the son of the Prime Minister
Can’t we strive for ourselves and realize our own self-worth? This is too unfair.”
"But Mark, your mother has just become the Prime Minister and is likely to restrict you in this regard. However, I think that you are already an adult and should have your own judgment, so in principle, this matter
You still have to make your own decisions."
"Mom is so busy, there is no need to know." I have to admit that people always have innate talents in some aspects. Mark is obviously talented. He understands without any teacher that there is no need for the Prime Minister to know.
necessity.
"Mark, you will become a very successful person. In the future, the Prime Minister will use you as an example of people who have gained through hard work." Alan Wilson praised the Prime Minister's son with a smile.
When the other party left, Alan Wilson took Albert's appointment letter for promotion and fell into thinking. He remembered that the Falklands War would start in less than three years. The current promotion speed of the big boy was too worrying.
Well, in comparison, the son of the Cultural Czar was a major general the last time we met.
Although he was also his own son, the contrast was too obvious compared to the one he could always take care of. Alan Wilson, who was thinking hard, picked up the microphone and asked Makins to come.
Can't the promotion speed be improved? Not only the prime minister has a son, but the secretary-general also has a son.
How to increase the speed of promotion in a reasonable and reasonable way without leaving any excuses? The natural way is to focus on hot spots. Simply put, it means wherever there is a war. There are still a few wars that you can try.
When Markins answered a question about the current world situation, he mentioned the armed conflict in Nicaragua. Alan Wilson shook his head and said, "That is the battlefield between the United States and the Soviet Union. The United Kingdom does not have a suitable base in Latin America, let alone Ford.
The Crane Islands, that doesn’t count.”
Why doesn't that count? It's obviously a British territory in Latin America. Makins was puzzled, and then mentioned the war in Angola, which was also rejected by Alan Wilson. Isn't that also a confrontation with the Soviet Union. The same goes for Afghanistan last month
Mutual bombardment with Pakistan will inevitably be rejected.
"We want to demonstrate Britain's influence, but we cannot really confront the Soviet Union, or choose a place where the risks are controllable." Alan Wilson curled his lips and said, "Makins, what do you think of the Soviet Union?"
"It has a vast land, abundant resources, and a large population." Makins replied without thinking. This is also the impression that ordinary people have on the Soviet Union.
Generally speaking, the most important things for a country are these two points, and the rest is all romance.
Alan Wilson also attaches great importance to these two points, "We claim to be a world power, but we do not have the ability to confront the Soviet Union alone. Although my colleagues do not say this, they are very clear in their hearts."
Hearing that the risks were controllable, Makins had a flash of inspiration, "We all have strong forward bases and places with good conditions. Currently, Vietnam and Thailand are at war with each other."
"Yes, this is it, this is a good place." Alan Wilson's eyes lit up, how could he forget about this war that was not unknown to everyone.
He doesn't know much about this war. That's because from the perspective of a certain big country, the confrontation between Thailand and Vietnam is not important, but it doesn't mean that this war is really unimportant.
Decades of war have allowed the Americans to transport all their advanced weapons and equipment to Vietnam. However, when they retreated, the United States was already facing various economic and military pressures.
Forced to have no choice, the Americans could only leave these large-scale weapons and equipment in Vietnam. At that time, there were all kinds of advanced aircraft, tanks, artillery, etc. The weapons and equipment left by the United States in Vietnam were enough to arm an army of one million people. Vietnam was unified.
After that, he took over these advanced weapons.
This military conflict lasted for nearly ten years, and its effect was probably similar to the war between two mountains. In other words, Vietnam was consumed by two countries on two fronts at the same time throughout the 1980s.
In the end, Thailand also won this war of attrition by virtue of its favorable location for local operations and the support of the international community.
Alan Wilson decided to make this not-so-famous war of attrition more famous and increase the value of this war of attrition, mainly because Britain still had Malaya in hand.
There are still millions of South Vietnamese refugees in Malaya after the US military performed the Saigon Iron Fist in the Vietnam War. It is only in the past few years.
Although Alan Wilson intentionally let loose on the matter of accepting refugees to dilute the proportion of Malays, because the United States was embarrassed in Vietnam, Washington had to accept Britain's favor.
The failure of the Vietnam War dealt a huge blow to the confidence of the United States. Not only did it lose Vietnam, but it also lost Cambodia and Laos. Now that Thailand is facing military pressure from Vietnam, the United States not only failed to respond, but also dismantled its military bases during the Vietnam War.
Yes, the action is to let Thailand fend for itself.
However, Alan Wilson knew that when Reagan came to power, the United States would become more aggressive and support for Thailand would return. However, it is undeniable that Thailand is indeed isolated and helpless now.
"Does the Prime Minister have time?" Alan Wilson picked up the phone and called No. 10 Downing Street, asking Mrs. Thatcher if she had time. He wanted to talk to the Prime Minister alone.
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Ask for a monthly ticket, and I'll be satisfied if it reaches 3,000.