Opium in the Shirt Pocket
Monday, November 20, 2023
Democracy runs on the support of things unstated in written law and beyond the constitution, namely human desires.
IN 1968, in the fourth year of his tenure, Prime Minister Harold Wilson faced a Britain in disarray. The economy was sluggish and labor demonstrations were widespread. The Daily Mirror, London’s largest newspaper and one of Wilson’s major supporters, began strongly criticizing his policies.
The Daily Mirror Chair and Bank of England Director, Cecil King, was unsatisfied by the sad state of affairs. He planned to overthrow Wilson by p
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