British civil servant

It's like Indians are often exploited by the British to cause poverty in India. If you can't do it yourself, you can't do it yourself. You have been independent for 20 years. Don't always blame the UK for your own affairs. If you don't believe me, take a look at Malaya. Who is it?

Regarding the changing situation in Afghanistan, the UK should emphasize that the Soviet Union is the unanimous threat of the current major players, and it is also a threat from a certain major country. All countries should unite to condemn Afghanistan's claims and support Pakistan, especially China and the United States.

Theoretically, Britain should of course also support Pakistan, but considering India's position, Britain obviously has more important things to do to prevent India from being pushed into the arms of the Soviet Union.

Although my British strength is limited, I absolutely cannot admit it. Instead, I must use smarter methods to confront the Soviet Union, such as shouting for China and the United States whose interests have been damaged.

Just say whether your two countries can save Pakistan, right?If it is not saved with the support of the Soviet Union, the Eurasian continent will be cut off in the middle, and Europe will surrender at that time.

Alan Wilson has already visited Washington, and is going to have a good chat with the famous Russian hater Brzezinski on the Afghan issue, and prepare for a proxy war between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The so-called advantage lies with me. Pakistan itself is definitely much stronger than Afghanistan. The key is not to let India act rashly.

Therefore, the navies of the United Kingdom and the United States should invest heavily in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, and conduct military exercises to deter India from taking risks.

"A wider confrontation has been formed. The free world must not make concessions on this issue. It must show unprecedented unity to deter Afghanistan and the Soviet Union behind it from taking risks." Alan Wilson's face was serious, and he even lacked energy , must have not slept well recently.

Naturally, Brzezinski didn't know that it was Hepburn's credit. He just lamented the hard work of the British cabinet secretary and replied in agreement, "The threat of the Soviet Union has become so obvious. A broader alliance is indeed necessary."

"As long as the relationship with the Soviet Union is not good, we are all friends of the free world. Of course, we must not forget France. If we conduct naval military exercises in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the French must also move. Now is not the time to appease. Freedom The world should unite." Alan Wilson expressed Britain's view that the permanent members of the Security Council other than the Soviet Union should act together to put unprecedented pressure on the Soviet Union.

Economic means are unnecessary. The Soviet Union only knows about military affairs. This is definitely not because the Mountbatten Group wants to sell food to the Soviet Union, but because military actions are more direct and everyone can see.

"The French have had an ambiguous relationship with the Soviet Union for a long time, and they really should show some sincerity." Brzezinski also agreed with the British view that France must act together with the United Kingdom and the United States to defend the interests of the free world with practical actions. The Soviet Union has become extremely powerful. If there is no response, the two countries will doubt whether the French are reliable.

Brzezinski also agreed that Britain pointed out that opposition to the Soviet Union should not only exist in the free world, but a broader anti-Soviet front should be established. Even the original enemies can be temporarily forgiven.

Enemies forgiven for the time being, there is a very important meeting this year, and Britain chose to visit after this meeting.

"We have a big problem now. If we can't come up with key measures, it will indeed have a negative impact on confidence." Alan Wilson expressed a sense of discouragement in a timely manner.It's not all about crying poor, because the third phase of salary increase will start again this year.

Obviously unable to create such a large value, and insisting on asking for a salary increase, what consequences will this lead to?In fact, after the Ukraine war, Europe encountered this problem again.That is inflation. In the absence of a value-linked currency, a salary increase will only race against inflation, entering a cycle of salary increases and inflation, and then salary increases and higher inflation.

At this time, protecting workers' rights and interests will not help solve the problem. The more workers' rights and interests are protected, the greater the burden on the country. It is now obvious that British workers do not understand the difficulties of the imperial court...the cabinet.

Inflation will also put pressure on the pound, which is a strong currency and is conducive to imports.

The trade union has put forward a new salary increase request, hoping to expand the salary increase share to between 5.00% and 5.00% depending on the degree of inflation, and abandon the original [-]% share.

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It is known that the UK must adopt a strong monetary policy for the circulation of the pound, which is conducive to imports and not conducive to exports, but the strong monetary policy is still a stumbling block to hinder the development of British industry.

Especially coal workers and steel workers, these two low-profit industries have already become burdens under the strong monetary policy of the British pound.

This is very difficult. The continuous printing of money and the race against inflation will put pressure on the pound, but the trade unions don't care about this and still want to raise wages.Perhaps in their view, the status of the British pound can be overdrawn indefinitely. It was possible before World War II, but now the British pound has lost its status as the first settlement currency for 20 years.

Although the Bretton Woods system has already established the status of the US dollar, the pound was not officially opened up by the US dollar until the end of the 50s after World War II because of its pre-war status.

In the eyes of Allen Wilson, the trade unions that demanded a salary increase at this time have become troublemakers who do not understand the difficulties of the court. Sometimes when you think about it, Mrs. Thatcher's propositions cannot be said to be all wrong.

Before Alan Wilson returned to London, Prime Minister Callahan had just met with the union leaders. Frank, the permanent undersecretary of the Treasury, informed Alan Wilson of the incident, "Actually, Armstrong is more suitable to tell you this, but what? , the relationship between your Cabinet Office is more complicated, not as clear as that of the Ministry of Finance."

"You mean that Armstrong hopes to cooperate with the Prime Minister and replace me?" Alan Wilson asked with a smile, "No way, our relationship is pretty good."

"The relationship between Sir Edward and Sir Norman was also very good." Frank smiled slightly. "I'm not saying that he was ambitious, but he was too active in the union's demand for a salary increase."

"Those lazy workers don't understand the country's difficulties at all. If they continue to make trouble like this, their good days will be over." Alan Wilson slammed the workers' lazy and undisguised greed with a cold face. .

How can you be dissatisfied at all?I don't even look at how much profit the industry I'm in can generate.

But the thing is like this, Alan Wilson knows that the inflation rate is close to 30.00%, which is nothing compared to the inflation rate in the UK which is close to [-]% in his memory, but he knows that the rest of the British people don’t know it, they will only Blaming the government for unprecedented inflation doesn't feel a little grateful.

"Citizens will not compare with European countries, but they will compare with American citizens. The inflation in the United States is less than [-] percent." Frank shrugged helplessly. He was not singing against the supreme authority, it was the fact.

"The inflation in the U.S. is only one percent lower than that in the U.K. How can it be compared?" Alan Wilson said angrily, "There are more than 900 million people in the U.S., so why not compare it? Anyway, In this matter, Whitehall still needs to clarify the problem. The wage increase is not to solve the problem but to create the problem. The union's demands are too excessive, and they should not think that the government will give in endlessly."

The long-term post-war ruling of the Labor Party is due to the personal abilities of Attlee and Harold Wilson. Gone, Labor is far less secure in power than it once was.

"It depends on what the Prime Minister thinks about it." Frank said helplessly, "Why don't you talk to the Prime Minister, I hope the Prime Minister can understand."

"Even if you know about the support rate, you may not dare to do anything about it." Alan Wilson said in his heart that it is not so simple. The labor union is the main supporter of the Labor Party.

As long as a country with an electoral system is on the sidelines with votes, there is nothing to talk about.But can rising wages save Labor's support and stay in power?

In fact, Callahan always compromises with the trade unions. The fundamental reason is to win re-election, but it is impossible for the Labor Party to change money out of thin air.In recent years, Keynesianism has been increasingly questioned. Inflation in European and American countries remains high, and the Labor Party has little room to make profit.

Once the tolerance of inflation exceeds the critical point, the support of the trade unions will not save the Labor Party.

Out of Whitehall's responsibilities, Alan Wilson still came to talk to the Prime Minister. After hearing this, Callahan said, "Sir, this matter is not that simple. The problem is not only with coal workers and steel workers, workers are A collective, the workers of Land Rover and the workers of the Comet Airliner are also workers. Although Sir’s words are very reasonable, what if there is a strike in Ms. Pamela’s industry?”

"I won't give in, I mean Pamela won't give in." Alan Wilson's face was ugly. This may exist, but he couldn't bear to leave a part of the high-end industry in the UK. Is this still possible? Wrong?

Well, leaving this issue aside, his visit to Washington this time shows that Britain, the United States and France should respond to the coup in Afghanistan and hold military exercises in the Arabian Sea as support for Pakistan.To show the incomparable strength of the free world and stand behind Pakistan.

"I will promote this matter." Callahan nodded. The Prime Minister believed that he had won the confrontation on the matter of salary increase this time.

Callahan immediately took action and began to lead the British, American and French navies to conduct exercises. Although the size of the French navy is the same, but when it comes to major issues, even if the French navy is really useless, this time it will come forward. The United States It's the same idea.

The two countries expressed to France the seriousness of the current situation with reason and emotion, the Soviet puppet government in Afghanistan is likely to take risky actions, and the free world should be closely united.

Alan Wilson passed the time with a book, relaxing at Xia Meng's place. Soon Xia Meng will go to Xiangjiang to be a judge. He was very dissatisfied with the situation, staring at the passage where Sima Zhao killed the king. He always felt that Callahan was threatening him in some sense by mentioning the workers of Land Rover.

"Master Zhongtang, what's the matter recently?" Xia Meng said the man's self-proclaimed, not knowing why Alan Wilson was in a bad mood, so he had nothing to say to find something to make fun of this man who was arrogant as a prime minister.

"It's useless to talk to you. Go to Xiangjiang and expand your network. Your good days are coming." Alan Wilson put down the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and began to follow the temptation. Lan Hai, take what you have seen and heard here and find experiences that can be used for reference, I believe that you and your children have a bright future."

"Understood, I will be obedient." Xia Meng nodded hastily. Although this man does not belong to her completely, he still has nothing to say to her, "Don't look, what is there to see in people like Sima Zhao."

"He and Cao Cao are the same kind of person. It's just that they are more unlucky." Alan Wilson replied disapprovingly. Doesn't Cao Cao dare to kill the king?Even dare to kill the queen and the prince, but still care about an emperor.

It's just that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty didn't make a direct showdown with the Sima family like Emperor Wei did.If Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty dared to make a showdown, Cao Cao had nothing to dare.

Alan Wilson feels that the day when he will have a showdown with the powerful trade unions in the UK is not far away. In fact, Callahan is right. The demand for wage increases cannot be regarded as the demand of steel workers or coal workers. This is actually all industries in the UK. The demands of the workers are not because workers in the automobile or shipbuilding industry have high salaries, so they will not ask for salary increases.

"So, if the Land Rover auto workers ask for a raise, what are you going to do, my dear?" Alan Wilson suddenly found himself in a difficult situation. If he firmly opposed it, Pamela Mountbatten's reputation might be damaged. If he did not oppose the government It is tantamount to backing off again in front of the union.

"This is really a problem." Pamela Mountbatten thought for a long time, and asked her husband who raised such a tricky question, and only answered when she heard that it was the Prime Minister, "It seems that there is a threat. If it exceeds 5.00% Will it be very embarrassing for Whitehall, especially if you are my husband, will people think it is collusion between government and business?"

"Does it need to be said?" Alan Wilson dragged his chin. The two are husband and wife. If Pamela Mountbatten firmly supports the government, he will not give more than 5.00% of the limit.

British workers may not be smart, but the association of government and business collusion is still not beyond the ability of workers.

"Even the auto industry cannot accept endless greedy requests. The treatment I have given is already among the top in the UK." Pamela Mountbatten replied from the consideration of interests, but when she thought that her husband was a cabinet secretary Chang, "Maybe we should take the approach of letting others find the way."

Alan Wilson had a question mark in his head, and Pamela Mountbatten said, "Just watch, if someone has a problem before us, doesn't it mean that we have no problem?"

Pamela Mountbatten was full of confidence and decided to find a scapegoat to test the waters to see if there was any room for relaxation in the current confrontation between trade unions and enterprises in the UK.

"That's up to you." The current female president is no longer the little girl who was thrown into a daze by a handful of diamonds. Now that the female president has an idea, Alan Wilson will be a spectator.

Immediately, he began to plan military exercises to cheer up Pakistan, leaving all operations against trade unions to his wife.

The conflict finally erupted in September. After the British Ford accepted the government's 5.00% salary increase limit in good business conditions, 7000 Ford employees responded with strikes, the vast majority of them were transport and general workers' unions. members, a week later the union decided to back the unofficial action, making it a formal strike, and the number of strikers rose to [-].

Pamela Mountbatten's solution is also very simple. Before Land Rover had an accident, she let Ford have an accident and broke Ford's legs to see how the Labor Party government responded to this strike.

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Ford is an American company, but it has a car production line in the UK, which is used to enter the European Community market. This time, it was selected by Pamela Mountbatten as a pathfinder stone, to wait and see the government's fight against inflation and the union's demand for a wage increase. A confrontation of more contradictory situations.

Alan Wilson naturally cannot allow Ford Motor to exceed the 5.00% limit set by the government, but obviously the union does not think so. Naturally, the higher the salary increase, the better. If your government can control the British company, what else can it do to the American company? ?

What Whitehall means is obvious. The wage increase will only make British inflation rise again. This is a declaration of war against the government’s fight against inflation. The trade unions refute the contribution of British industrial workers to the country’s prosperity.

The two sides refused to give in, making this strike a stalemate, and the center of the stalemate was Ford Motor Company. On the one hand, it was the striking workers, and on the other hand, it was the government that put pressure on it.

"If the struggle fails this time, I think a [-]% inflation rate is just around the corner." Alan Wilson explained the consequences to senior officials in Whitehall.

For the majority of people here, not to mention [-]% inflation, even [-]% will not delay anything, but people will change, and everyone’s salary increase means no salary increase. For the better, it will only give Labor opponents more reason to object.

Whitehall is actually helping the government, but it is clear that the Callaghan government lacks the determination to fight the trade unions, and the last election was not a big victory. After two years of by-elections due to various factors, resignations or illnesses, the Labor Party is barely in control The House of Commons, but fortunately, there is no hung parliament.

"Every step back by the government will increase the confidence of the striking workers." Frank shook his head and said, "Their appetite will become bigger and bigger, and sooner or later they will fall into the abyss."

"These unions have more than 600 million members, and the prime minister really doesn't dare to offend these workers." John Hunter sighed, and he could understand Callahan's concerns.

"Don't offend the 600 million workers, but all British citizens. The 600 million industrial workers are a problem of 600 million people. Inflation is a problem of all British people." Alan Wilson said, holding his forehead, "Ford is the best Hold on, if there is a compromise, it will be the beginning of a chain of events."

Workers are a whole. Is it just Ford's business to raise wages for Ford workers?If Ford is solved, won't workers from other companies continue to strike?The truth is this, but the relationship between the Labor Party and the trade union organization, the MPs who value the approval rate more than their lives, really dare not act rashly.

"If the Conservative Party was in power, there might be different results." Burke Trend suddenly asked such a hypothetical question.

Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows. This was the first time he heard similar remarks in Whitehall, but since he started hearing them, it meant that this was definitely not a personal statement.He might have discussed it before he heard it.

"Can this year's recruitment solve this problem?" Alan Wilson asked, referring to the recruitment of civil servants, whether he could absorb a group of idlers.

"Since the oil crisis, our recruitment efforts have increased a lot, and now the number of civil servants in the UK has exceeded 60." Deputy Cabinet Secretary Armstrong replied, "If it continues to increase, isn't it?"

"Continue to recruit." Alan Wilson decided, "We have no other way. If one day the newly recruited civil servants have to return to society, that is also the responsibility of the government."

The final decision is still in the hands of the cabinet, and it is useless for Whitehall to be anxious here. After get off work, Alan Wilson decided to take a walk around to relax, sit with Vivien Leigh, and talk about David's stay in Xiangjiang.

"Now I know why you are so optimistic about Jack. Since Drunken Master was released for a month, it has received wide acclaim from all over Asia. I never thought that such a small place like Xiangjiang would have such a filmmaker." Vivien Leigh mentioned that the film has been released for a month. Zui Quan was amazed at his current achievements, and at the same time proud of his manly judgment.

"As I said earlier, kung fu movies can break through cultural barriers." Alan Wilson puffed out his chest proudly. It would be trivial to replace Jack Cheng's achievements with being knighted in the UK.

In fact, people didn't care whether he was knighted or not in the end. Compared with his achievements, the title was not worth much.

"There is such a superstar, we should really help out. We underestimated Xiangjiang before. I wonder if there are any undiscovered treasures." Vivien Leigh has now developed a strong interest in Xiangjiang movies. The most important thing about movies is the box office. The box office is nothing.

"This is very difficult." Alan Wilson went through the actors in the golden age of Xiangjiang movies through his mind, and finally shook his head.Kung fu movies can break through cultural barriers, but other types of movies can't.

Whether it is a literary film or a comedy, if it is useful to the audience of one culture, it will be useless to a group of people of other civilizations.

Zhou in the fortnight is famous in Southeast Asia. What's the use of this?Liu Tianwang's reputation is not worse than that of Fortnightly. It must be explained that Liu Tianwang's status in Hong Kong movies is not bad. In terms of remuneration, it is not far behind Fortnightly. He is also a frequent visitor to the top five and top ten of the year. , As for Jack Cheng, he is ten times that of other stars at any time.

In addition to being a filmmaker, Liu Tianwang is also a singer. Separately, they are not number one in their respective fields, but together they are very scary. The gap between the audience and others is widened, and even half a century later they are still active. .

It has to be said that there are two movies that have sunk Xiangjiang movies. Jurassic Park directly won the historical championship in [-].

Although "Jurassic Park" broke the box office record in film history, it is not unbreakable. As the box office records of Hong Kong's local films continue to be refreshed, the second place in film history continues to change, and dinosaurs are also being approached step by step, but "Titanic" broke directly. [-] million Hong Kong dollars almost doubled the record. This should be the most exaggerated increase in the box office record, which almost means that Hong Kong films have no hope of breaking the record.

"Jurassic Park" and "Titanic" directly sank Hong Kong's film industry. This also became the beginning of Hong Kong films' continuous stepping on the gas pedal. The Hong Kong film market is also constantly regressing. .

If Vivien Leigh wants to borrow the strength of Xiangjiang movies in the golden age and thinks that Jack can be mass-produced, then she should give up her mind early.The whole Chinese world is like this.British local filmmakers can cooperate with Jack Cheng, but don't try to control each other.

Although Jack Cheng lives in Xiangjiang, his growth experience is traditional Chinese, and the theater troupe also pays attention to tradition.He is essentially not interested in Britain.

Vivien Leigh decided to release Drunken Master in the UK. Alan Wilson did not object to this, and let the market test the gold content. Anyway, the British film industry is now focusing on diversification.

There are no restrictions on the entry of films from Commonwealth countries into the UK market, but if local citizens are unwilling to watch them, there is no way, and Whitehall cannot just let citizens enter the cinema.

Of course, Britain has racial problems, but because it is a colonial country, it is not as obvious as the United States. Of course, it is not like France that dares to teach blacks that our ancestors are Gauls.

The racial problem in the UK can be seen from the strikes in the past two years. The trade unions are almost playing tricks and pushing immigrants to the front to confront the government.

The trade union federation is holding its annual conference in Blackpool during the Ford strike.Terry Duffy, a representative of the Labor Party in Liverpool, put forward a motion to ask the unions to ask the government to immediately stop intervening in all labor negotiations.The motion was passed, and the next day Callahan accepted the condition but reiterated that "the fight against inflation will not stop".

"Meeting the Labor Party seems to be getting tougher. In the by-election in October, the Labor Party lost another five seats and is already approaching the cordon of a hung parliament." Frank came to the Cabinet Office and brought the results of the by-election, " Mrs Thatcher, the leader of the Conservative Party, has already called for a vote of no confidence because of inflation. If our Prime Minister wants to survive his term in office, he can ignore it."

"The whole world knows that the prime minister wants to be re-elected." Alan Wilson chuckled, "What is he now, and what is Mrs. Thatcher's identity? When will it be?"

Even Le Ge wants Lianzhuang to be the speaker, let alone the prime minister of a country.As the prime minister, you can accept the attention of all parties, but it is not the same thing as a backbench member in the House of Commons.

"We heard that Ford is preparing to compromise." Frank said in a long voice, "Things are not that simple. It seems that this time the government's retreat is a foregone conclusion."

On the second day, Citroen announced an 15.00% salary increase. After Citroen announced a salary increase, Ford of the United Kingdom made a compromise to the striking workers and promised a [-]% salary increase.

The move by the two companies is already in breach of the 5.00 per cent wage cap that the Labor government and unions talked about last year.

Whether to appease or express toughness has become the question before Callahan. If there is no expression, a substantial salary increase in the whole of the UK will come soon. If he is tough, he will definitely lose his approval rating.

A salary increase is also a loss of support, and controlling salary increases is also a loss of support. When has the Labor Party reached the point where it is not human inside and outside?But that's how it is now.Some things just come here, and whatever you do is wrong.

British trade unions have spoken out to resist the government's claim that it will sanction companies that violate the 5.00% wage increase share, while saying that the sanctions are not legal.The Conservative Party also sided with the trade unions, so a rare scene emerged where the Conservatives supported the trade unions and fought against the Labor government.

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"Mrs. Thatcher said she would stand on the side of the workers and prevent the Labor government from unfairly treating workers?" Even Pamela Mountbatten, who was at home, was greatly surprised by this incident.

In her impression, the Conservative Party has not made such a statement, but she spends half of the year in Perth, and she may not know when the Conservative Party has made such a statement.

When looking at her husband with puzzled eyes, Alan Wilson also shook his head, "It happened many years ago, but it should be the first time since Mrs Thatcher became the party leader."

After the war, Britain was in the middle of consensus politics, that is, after Churchill held a meeting in Potsdam, and then the Conservative Party lost more than 100 seats. It is also what the Conservative Party pursues, which is consensus politics.

However, since Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of the Conservative Party, the Conservative Party has rarely mentioned consensus politics. In Alan Wilson’s memory, Mrs. Thatcher overthrew consensus politics when she came to power and replaced it with neoliberalism. Even if there is such a statement, it is not incomprehensible. In electing a country, the opposition party's statement is based on polls.

Even if Mrs. Thatcher had no sense of consensus politics, it is not without reason to make the above statement in consideration of splitting the union of trade unions and the Labor Party.

"What do you think? Will Callaghan back down?" Pamela Mountbatten asked, "How is the situation of the Labor Party now? Is it united internally?"