British civil servant

Alan Wilson felt that Mrs. Thatcher should be somewhat rational, but it seemed that she had made a mistake in her judgment.

Because Pamela Mountbatten was discussing cooperation in the automobile industry in Germany, Alan Wilson let Margaret know how powerful he was at Princess Margaret after get off work.

"The waist will be broken by you." Princess Margaret hung in the air, begging for mercy with her arms around the man's neck, "Put me down, I'm nervous now."

"I'm leading you to look for the feeling of flying through the clouds." Alan Wilson told the truth of supreme authority. There is already a Margaret who is disobedient, and this one must be obedient.

However, although she had a small debate with the Prime Minister, Mrs. Thatcher still did not disclose this matter to others. When Jeffrey Howe, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, asked, the answer he got was that the two were discussing how to In carrying out the reform, Jeffrey Howe felt a little bit emotional, that someone was more loyal than him.

If anything has changed in the months since Mrs Thatcher came to power, inflation has risen higher and unemployment has steadily increased.

Alan Wilson is like a hardworking bee, dealing with French friends such as Heidi Rama and Ingrid Bergman, German friends such as the Dragoon Sisters, and Ms. Monroe, Ms. Hepburn, and Ms. Vivien Leigh who live in the country. , I have to admit that he really doesn't have the energy of his youth, otherwise he must go to Stockholm to visit Garbo.

"Almost, the matter of the acquisition has been settled. After all, it is only a sub-brand, and the Volkswagen Group is relatively easy to talk to." Anna had just finished talking with Pokina and told the supreme authority who was resting, "Did the two countries send representatives?" Let’s attend together to set up the Modu Automobile Production Line.”

"I have no objection. I'm just a civil servant. How can I get involved in the major affairs of you business giants." Alan Wilson chuckled, obviously not very interested in the compliment of the little dragoons.

"Oh, when you were in the British-occupied area, you were not like this now. You have the prestige of an occupying army." Anna looked aggrieved with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye, "The big quilt did not hesitate at all. , hugging left and right is very proud."

"Hey, isn't that a special situation at a special time, what's the point of always mentioning it." Alan Wilson frowned, even if it was all done by him, he has made contributions for so many years, can he make up for it?

From the national level, don't the Germans enjoy the dividends of Yinlang's oil interests?From a personal perspective, does the Heilmann Group have its own half of the success of the military medal?

"What about those celebrity queens?" Anna stretched out her hand to grab the handle and whispered, "I have really followed a good master in this life, and I haven't been wronged at all."

It doesn't matter whether he is wronged or not. Alan Wilson is now a wronged character, but according to the news today, the Americans may be even more wronged than him. The Yin Lang hostage crisis.

Thanks to his advance deployment, the British embassy in Tehran is now an empty shell. In the end, the Yin Lang hostage crisis fell on the Americans, and it was not transferred to the United Kingdom because Mossadegh's death was related to the United Kingdom.

Wasn't the Yin Lang hostage crisis caused by the United States agreeing to come to the United States for Pahlavi's medical treatment?The news came that more than 52 students from Tehran, the capital of Yinlang, with the support of Khomeini, occupied the American embassy, ​​tore down the American flag, and hung a white flag with the words "Allah is great" instead. , and finally detained [-] American diplomats as hostages demanding that the United States hand over Pahlavi.

Alan Wilson, who had had enough of being wronged, finally appeared in front of Mrs. Thatcher again. He wanted to hear what the Prime Minister had to say, but he didn't hear it, so he suggested, "I suggest that from the perspective of the special relationship between Britain and the United States , Severely criticize Yin Lang."

"Sir, this suggestion is really surprising." Mrs. Thatcher said in a tone full of connotations, "It seems that you didn't mean that about the Afghan issue."

"Afghanistan involves the Soviet Union, and Yin Lang only involves Yin Lang itself. The Soviet Union is too strong." Alan Wilson said in a tone based on strength and status, "To be honest, I am thinking about whether it is feasible to form an Arab coalition to attack Yin Lang."

Mrs. Thatcher thought it was whimsical, but she immediately realized that this was using her own way to deal with her own body. In her connotation, she could ignore Yin Lang, but she dared to protest against the Soviet Union, which is far stronger than Yin Lang. .

Just when he was about to say something, Alan Wilson had already said his goodbyes. He didn't give the prime minister a chance to show off his eloquence.

The revolutionaries claimed that the actions of taking the Americans as hostages were completely justified, and were revenge for the United States' support for the former Shah's rule for many years and allowing the Shah to go to the United States for medical treatment.They also demanded that the United States return Pahlavi to Yin Lang for trial.

After the hostage incident, the U.S. ruling and opposition parties were in an uproar.At the critical moment, the United Kingdom has firmly supported the United States at the diplomatic level, and then?Then there is no more, the UK is still reforming.

The first thousand and 540 chapters and three chapters

There are still ways, such as the six-party talks that have already appeared in this world. Coincidentally, it was also used by Britain to solve the Yinlang problem during the last Yinlang crisis.

Considering that the sense of presence can be improved, and the risk is not too great, Alan Wilson started the line of the king of Chu when he is vertical, and the king of Qin when he is horizontal. He quickly called Wuchang and Germany together to discuss Yin Lang. question.

Compared with the six-party talks between Britain and Yin Lang, there have been some slight changes in the members.

The main reason is that a powerful country has become a certain country. This cannot be blamed on the sophistication of the United Kingdom. In the last six-party talks, two good neighbors separated by a narrow strip of water have not yet had a decisive battle on the top of the Himalayas.

India is indeed a big and powerful country, but since that war, it has not been the case.

This time the Yin Lang hostage crisis, if India is brought in, I always feel a little weird. Alan Wilson asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain this issue to the Indians.

"How to explain?" Wick, as the executive deputy minister, didn't even have to ask such questions, but it is well known that the supreme authority is an expert on Eastern issues, especially when it comes to matters involving India. It has become a habit.

"Just talk to the Indians..." Alan Wilson put his hands in his pockets and weighed, "Although the UK is very willing to invite India to solve the Yin Lang hostage crisis, their northern neighbors are against it. And the United States is now in a honeymoon period with their northern neighbors , so, you know."

A very simple sowing dissension is so obvious that there is no need to hide it, but it doesn't mean it won't work. It is especially useful for Indians to mention their northern neighbors.

Just as Wick was about to carry out the operation, Alan Wilson added, "We are a free world, and we don't do things like the Soviet Union's blockade of news, so in terms of public opinion, Indians should know why the six-party talks this time did not India, that's it."

Of course, it is because this is a bullying world, so we start from the status of strength, so we imperialist countries that bully the weak and fear the hard will replace you India.

As for Germany, Germany is a white country, a major European power, and the front line against the Soviet Union. How can it be the same?

Once again, when the United States was in a very embarrassing situation, the United Kingdom expressed that it could not sit idly by, but said that it could still give Yin Lang a chance, otherwise it would face the common hostility of major world political forces. The British Empire advised Yin Lang to take care of himself.

After the Yin Lang hostage crisis broke out, the United States introduced a series of measures to sanction Yin Lang, and at the same time called on Western allies to impose sanctions on Yin Lang, trying to resolve the hostage issue early through diplomatic channels, and Yin Lang also proposed countermeasures.So far, the US and Yin have reached a stalemate, and no one can propose a peaceful solution.

On the British side, Alan Wilson met with Mrs. Thatcher several times to explain his diplomatic strategy. He hoped that Britain would serve as the joint commander this time and face the enemies of the free world with a tough attitude.The key point is that this enemy is also powerful enough, but it is not as difficult to provoke as the Soviet Union.

The current situation in the UK really needs to divert the contradiction. Mrs. Thatcher agrees with this, and Alan Wilson said that all this is left to him. First, he must refute the reasons claimed by the Yin Lang people.

Pahlavi left Yin Lang because he reached an agreement with the opposition, that is, the king handed over his power, and the opposition allowed the king to go into exile overseas; after the revolution, King Pahlavi went to Egypt, Morocco and Switzerland successively, and Yin Lang did not raise any objections , Pahlavi went to the United States for medical treatment, and Yin Lang suddenly demanded Pahlavi's extradition in China, which is unreasonable.

The impact of the Yin Lang student organization on the embassy was long before Pahlavi went to the United States. Earlier, a staff member of the American embassy was kidnapped in the United States, and the student leaders of major universities in Tehran were planning to occupy the American and Soviet embassies. King Pahlavi's trip to the United States was just a trigger, not the root cause of the incident.

The reason they opposed the United States was that they were worried that the United States would support the opposition in Yin Lang and launch a coup to overthrow the Communist revolution; the reason they opposed the Soviet Union was that the Soviet Union was a regime that believed in Marxism and did not recognize its real existence.

The people who really sympathized with Pahlavi were actually the monarchs of the Arab countries. The king of Egypt took in the exiled Pahlavi and was not dissatisfied by Yin Lang.

Therefore, this Yin Lang hostage crisis is essentially a premeditated embarrassment for the United States by Yin Lang's group of gods. At this moment, the friendly relationship between Britain and the Arab monarchy once again played a key role. The mission started a trip to the Middle East. Egypt, Jordan, Yin Lak, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait successively stated that Yin Lang's behavior was unreasonable.

Originally, Yin Lang was the watchdog of the United States in the Middle East. For a long time, he has been a little bit of a big helper on the Israeli issue, and has an ambiguous relationship with Israel.

Before Pahlavi was dethroned, the Yinlang Kingdom cooperated with US President Carter to broker a long-term peace between Arabs and Israel.

Historically, Egypt was unwilling to engage in endless wars and chose to reconcile with Israel. US President Carter also achieved achievements such as the Camp David Agreement.

However, the Arab side of the world is obviously in a much better situation. Whoever dares to negotiate peace with Israel is a traitor, and Saudi Arabia does not dare to make mistakes on this issue.Only Yin Lang jumped up and down calling for peace in the Middle East.

Now the Yin Lang revolution, the word revolution has never been popular in monarchy countries, and the Arab world in this field can be regarded as the concentrated area of ​​feudal lords in the world.

Pahlavi, who was expelled from the country due to Yin Lang's revolution, received widespread sympathy from the Arab world.

So this time the UK’s long-term operation is mainly divided into two aspects. One is to convene the six-party talks between the world’s major powers, and the other is to conduct diplomatic work in the Arab world. I hope that the Arab world can take a common stand and treat Yin Lang question.

Yin Lang is clearly a secret ally of Israel, and he overthrew the king's rule in a rebellious manner. These two points are enough to make the Arab world feel the same hatred.

In the end, Alan Wilson even thought of Thailand again. Thailand is also a monarchy. Do you have to make a statement at this time? Now that the United Kingdom is still playing dead in the United States, it firmly supports Thailand in resisting the threat of Vietnam. If Thailand does not express its position, it will not be justified.

"Dear Prime Minister, you can call it idealistic or stupid. The current foreign policy of Yin Lang can be summed up in one sentence. The system is the bright future of mankind."

In No. [-] Downing Street, Alan Wilson faced Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and explained Yin Lang's current diplomatic philosophy. He must discuss this issue with the Prime Minister, otherwise people will think that the supreme authority has been a diplomat for so many years. .

Compared with the chancellor of the exchequer who was shut out before, foreign minister Carrington was quite lucky. He was fortunate enough to be on the scene and know how the cabinet secretary and the prime minister communicated.

At the same time, I was shocked that Whitehall quickly came up with a response plan. It happened that Mrs. Thatcher was the prime minister who most supported the special relationship between Britain and the United States in recent years, and the atmosphere of the discussion was quite harmonious.

Although the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States was a diplomatic concept used by Britain after the war to show that it was a close ally with the United States, to be honest, it was only frequently mentioned by British politicians for a period of time after the war.

Before Mrs. Thatcher came to power, the special relationship between Britain and the United States was not mentioned much, and it was replaced by the traditional relationship between Britain and the United States.

The person who always puts the special relationship between Britain and the United States at the forefront is not any prime minister or minister, but Alan Wilson, the cabinet secretary.Therefore, in the eyes of at least a part of the United States, Alan Wilson is the most steadfast pro-American leader in the United Kingdom, and now there may be another female prime minister.

Mrs. Thatcher also hoped that this time the influence of the United Kingdom could be demonstrated, so that the United States could recognize the status of the United Kingdom. "Sir, can you be more proactive?"

"This is an American thing after all. If we play too much role, it may backfire." Alan Wilson replied, "We can form a common attitude of major powers and the Arab world, I believe it is enough to calm the people of Yin Lang .”

How can he really work hard for the United States? Now that Britain has a lot of internal problems, how can there be any reason to scratch it for others?The special relationship between Britain and the United States must also have a degree.

Didn't Mrs. Thatcher know what kind of environment she was facing?Inflation has surpassed Callahan's time, as for unemployment?Just a new high after the Great Recession.Britain has never experienced such a high unemployment rate after the war. The prime minister who wants to change the severe economic situation in the UK is now facing an even more severe economic situation.

The Yin Lang hostage crisis, the United Kingdom can set up a platform, but the United States has to solve its own problems.

"For several months, I have been preparing for the strike that I don't know when it will start again. I hope that on this issue, the trade unions that have become accustomed to strikes will understand what they will face." Alan Wilson told Thatcher said Mrs.

Both of them understand that if there is no ruthless strike, there will still be strikes in the UK. If you want to be ruthless, you must be fully prepared.It can't be like the traffic paralysis and energy shortage in the past.

If this preparation is not made well, once the strike starts, Mrs Thatcher's so-called toughness will be an eggshell, and her performance will not be much better than when the Labor Party was in power.

Mrs. Thatcher finally agreed that the problems of the United States should be solved by the United States itself. "Sir is right, the threat of strikes must be completely resolved."

In a blink of an eye, a year has passed since Callahan's discontented winter, and it seems that British workers are starting to move again. MI[-] has received news, this time it may be the steel union.

And Whitehall is rushing to deploy troops and generals. The good times have passed, and there will be no more things that the government will inevitably compromise once there is a strike.

The first thousand and 540 chapters and four isolation strikes

The steel industry is extremely important to a country. No one has ever said that it is not important, not to mention that Britain is the initiator of the industrial revolution, and has a deeper understanding of this matter.

The British steel industry has a long history of development, is the birthplace of the modern steel industry, and has long been the global steel center.All of this is inseparable from two revolutionary technological changes in the steel field.

In fact, when the oil crisis broke out, the UK formulated a ten-year development plan to revitalize the British steel industry. It allocated 30 billion pounds to transform the British Steel Company, which uses large-scale outdated equipment and consists of many small-scale production plants. , upgraded to a more compact enterprise with strong market competitiveness.

The strategy also proposes that British steel production be concentrated in five regions: South Wales, Sheffield, Scunthorpe, Teesside and Scotland.

It was also at that time that because of the outbreak of the oil crisis, some industries in the UK, which were called sunset industries decades later, began to make ends meet.

The quality of the iron ore in the UK is the same. It can be compared with the iron ore in a big country. Without the support of the country, it will definitely not be able to compete with other countries under normal circumstances.

The quality of iron ore in Australia is very good, but this distance?It is not as good as selling iron ore from the United States for the UK.

Australia's iron ore has greatly promoted the Kuching Iron and Steel Base in Malaya, and can be called the bread and butter of the entire East Malaysia industrial base.

In fact, Alan Wilson understands very well that British steel workers and British absenteeism wear a pair of trousers in this matter. Whether it is coal mines or steel, Britain's reliance on local resources will result in higher costs, which are different from similar products in other countries. be competitive.

But even so, the allocation of 30 billion pounds has indeed played a big role. The current British Steel Company has second-to-none steel production equipment. The shortcoming is that the steel workers also have the habit of going on strike. This can be adjusted. Yes, just tell the steelworkers to fuck off.

Layoffs and privatization are still the only way to solve the problems of British Steel Corporation. From this point of view, the steel workers' strike is also the right time for Alan Wilson.

"Do you know that the privatization of the steel industry requires the passage of a bill." Mrs. Thatcher was very surprised after hearing this. Of course, she also hoped to privatize the steel company, but steel and coal are different from oil after all. There are quite a lot of workers, and her current approval rating is unstable.

"Then the privatization plan will be put on hold for the time being." Alan Wilson replied after two seconds of silence. He didn't care about the Prime Minister's impression. too slow.

Alan Wilson does not deny that only the rapid privatization of the Soviet Union can best reflect the strength of the strong. Who is the strong?The biggest powerhouse in Britain right now is of course Ms. Pamela Mountbatten.

But obviously, if you do this, the risk is indeed too great. The Soviet Union will be wiped out if you do this. The small arms and legs of the United Kingdom may not be much stronger than the Soviet Union.What if there is a big mess?This kind of thing is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

According to the privatization time of Mrs. Thatcher in history, it is not impossible to privatize all British industries in more than ten years, and it is even safer.It is that there may not be the sense of accomplishment of skyrocketing wealth.

The most important thing is that his wife is not in London at this time of year. The last time she was in London was because BP wanted to sell state-owned shares. She lived in London for a winter and fell ill.

The richest woman obviously knows to use history as a mirror, so she resumed the habit of running between Perth and London. Alan Wilson also wondered whether to ask two idlers in the family to come forward and do it for their mothers once.

In order to know himself and the enemy, Alan Wilson took advantage of the time when the strike was still brewing, and also studied a seminar on the development of the British steel industry at the Institute of Metallurgical Engineering Technology, which is the superior unit of British Steel Corporation.

The Secretary-General of the Cabinet came to visit in person, and all department heads of the institute naturally attended. Thirteen first-level units and 24 sub-units, including research centers, environmental protection centers, energy-saving centers, water-saving centers, technology update centers, and cleaner production centers The supervisors, including waiting, spoke enthusiastically.

Alan Wilson had an intuitive understanding of the British steel industry, and it was time for privatization. It is indeed a bit excessive for a British steel company to release nearly [-] units.

A large enterprise with 27 workers, this kind of organizational structure?While not entirely incomprehensible, it is more understandable why it is not profitable.

The people around Alan Wilson, the steel company thought they were officials from Whitehall, but in fact, these people from the British steel company didn't know that the few seemingly expert attendants were actually from the Mountbatten Steel Company, and they came here specially Those who visited British Steel were evaluating the local steel industry.

"Sir, to be honest, in terms of the efficiency and profits of British Steel Corporation, at least half of the workforce needs to be laid off, and the number of workers will be reduced to 13, which is a normal scale for a steel giant. Just look at the current unsatisfactory domestic steel production, nearly 30 Wan Steel Worker is definitely not suitable."

Leaving the factory area of ​​British Steel, several overseas people who have been following Alan Wilson to find out about British Steel immediately said, "If there is no layoff, the merger of this company by the group will only increase the burden on the group. I will explain it to the president."

"Well, you can explain it to the president. Because I explained it before you explained it." Although several salaried executives were not pleasant to speak, Alan Wilson forgave them.He is a business executive who takes money to do things. Isn't it normal to report to the boss? "It's a big project to lay off half of the staff."

Although I don't know much about the strike of British Steel, since from a professional point of view, it is necessary to lay off 13 employees to meet the healthy profitability standards of an industry giant.Alan Wilson estimated that Mrs. Thatcher should have done it historically.

Alan Wilson still knows the biggest strike of Mrs. Thatcher's tenure. It was the strike of coal workers. Mrs. Thatcher's suppression also caused bloodshed.From a humanitarian point of view, he hopes to avoid this confrontation that will expand its influence. Steel workers are easier to bully than mining workers.

If the success of suppressing the steel workers can be used to deter a larger absenteeism strike, this can be regarded as a victory to a certain extent.

However, you can't think too smooth sailing. If absenteeism ignores the deterrence, it is just that there was only one blood eucalyptus in the past, but now it has become two.

In Whitehall, preparations for energy supply and smooth traffic were clarified to prevent the recurrence of the winter of discontent. On the last day of the year, Alan Wilson came to Monroe after get off work.

Monroe was eating with her son, and when she opened the door, she was surprised and happy to see the man, "Why did you think of me today and didn't say a word."

"Come and see you." Alan Wilson reached out and stroked Monroe's short blonde hair. "I'm just suggesting. In fact, you don't need to dye your hair so frequently. It's not good for your hair."

At present, it can be said that almost all the ladies with the same status as their wives have already retired, and they don't need to always appear on the screen, and naturally they don't need to always do image management.

There is a large photo of Monroe stroking her pregnant belly in the bedroom. There is a danger of breaking news, but people like it, and Alan Wilson is embarrassed to say anything.

January [-]st is the new year, and the supreme authority has already appeared in Qiuhua's home, "The steel workers are about to go on strike, so tell Sean not to run around."

The steel workers in the UK still know the general idea, and citizens have a day to celebrate the New Year. On the morning of January [-], the steel workers' strike officially started.

Steel workers in South Wales, Sheffield, Scunthorpe, Teesside and Scotland took to the streets. At this time, they may recall the glorious history of Callahan being ousted by the Winter of Discontent. Shouting slogans.

Alan Wilson was having a meeting with the head of the police force, and then went to No. [-] Downing Street to inform the Prime Minister of the preparations this time, "To be honest, the steel company has been shut down for a year, relying on the steel backlog in Malaya over the past few years, It is also enough to meet the steel demand in the UK. Before that, we have sent people to control the coal reserves of steel companies. Prevent them from being occupied by workers."

"Since the strike started in winter, winter can have an impact on a wider range of citizens, but since we have already prepared, we can also direct this negative impact to only affect the families of workers. I want to see, is it right? These workers will not freeze to death."

"Sir, you have indeed done everything you can." When Mrs. Thatcher learned that the strike had begun, it was impossible not to be nervous, but seeing this man appear, she breathed a sigh of relief for no reason.

"I will definitely give you firm support behind you." Alan Wilson made a solemn promise, but this kind of promise sounds weird.

Since the traffic paralysis can cause harm to the affected citizens and lead to a decline in the government's support rate, it can also be used by the government in turn. Alan Wilson, who has already used MI[-] to figure out the energy problem in the steel workers' residential area, put The combat plan formulated by the Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense, Makins, was transferred to Scotland Yard, ordering Scotland Yard to command the national police force to ensure that materials, especially energy, could not flow into the residential areas of steel workers.

"Cutting off the living supplies of the workers and their families will be a key step in dismantling the strike under the winter. We must pay attention to guiding public opinion, and we must explain this de facto blockade as private owners who are afraid of risks and are unwilling to be strikers. At the macro level, it is necessary to emphasize that the steel workers’ strike is destroying the British steel industry, and they are traitors in the name of patriotism.”