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and in harold image creators. and in harold wilson's case, it was joe haynes. so joe, for instance, turned down a knighthood that was offered to him after he left number 10 because he didn't want to change himself. but certainly when it came to harold wilson's image, he designed that for that reason. but that goes back to things like john major's soapbox or whatever. i mean, politicians do to have a particular do that to have a particular image they put out to the public, as indeed you do . public, as indeed you do. >> i'm who i am. it's very >> i'm just who i am. it's very straightforward. anyway, thank you up next, you to my panel. coming up next, a former prime minister a certain former prime minister whose have heard whose father you may have heard of, has invoked another of, too, has invoked another former minister his former prime minister in his censure of the nanny state's attack on and cigar attack on tobacco and cigar smokers. forget smokers. plus, don't forget today's book today's nations book club features archduke eduard von habsburg on his new boo
and in harold image creators. and in harold wilson's case, it was joe haynes. so joe, for instance, turned down a knighthood that was offered to him after he left number 10 because he didn't want to change himself. but certainly when it came to harold wilson's image, he designed that for that reason. but that goes back to things like john major's soapbox or whatever. i mean, politicians do to have a particular do that to have a particular image they put out to the public, as indeed you do ....
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she was 22 years younger than harold wilson. joe haines, wilson's press secretary, seen here on the left, and bernard donoughue, head of policy, both knew, but kept the secret until now. he raised it with her and she confirmed it, and he then told me and we agreed we would never tell anybody, and for 50 years we haven't. we kept it secret because we thought it would be used damagingly against him at that time. the family man image was on display again, on holiday in his beloved scilly isles, but he did have to contend with rumours of an affair with his secretary, marcia williams, later baroness falkender — rumours he always denied. harold wilson died in 1995 but janet hewlett—davies died only a few months ago. this revelation now puts the record straight, of a hidden affair at one of the most scrutinised addresses in the land. this was a little sunshine at sunset. she obviously made him finally happy, which i had never seen him happy. britain's booming gaming industry gathered for the 20th bafta games awards in central londo
she was 22 years younger than harold wilson. joe haines, wilson's press secretary, seen here on the left, and bernard donoughue, head of policy, both knew, but kept the secret until now. he raised it with her and she confirmed it, and he then told me and we agreed we would never tell anybody, and for 50 years we haven't. we kept it secret because we thought it would be used damagingly against him at that time. the family man image was on display again, on holiday in his beloved scilly isles,...
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>> should harold press >> should harold wilson's press secretary have kept schtum? >> harold press >> should harold wilson's press secretary so, joe haines, interesting. so, joe haines, a former press officer and confidant to the labour prime minister, decided that the secret that wilson had an affair needs to come out now before he dies. no one gets to pass it on. i mean, paul, this breaks the rule, isn't it? the one rule amongst men that if you have an affair with another man, you don't it the with the don't mention it the with the woman the woman. well, you woman with the woman. well, you don't affairs anyway. so don't mention affairs anyway. so i'm talk about your i'm not going to talk about your affair tonight. >> can't. >> no we can't. >> aren't any at this >> there aren't any at this point. i was really hoping there was could discuss them, was so we could discuss them, but any . but now. was so we could discuss them, bmean, any . but now. was so we could discuss them, bmean, of any . but now. was so we could discuss them, bmean, of course any . but now. was s
>> should harold press >> should harold wilson's press secretary have kept schtum? >> harold press >> should harold wilson's press secretary so, joe haines, interesting. so, joe haines, a former press officer and confidant to the labour prime minister, decided that the secret that wilson had an affair needs to come out now before he dies. no one gets to pass it on. i mean, paul, this breaks the rule, isn't it? the one rule amongst men that if you have an affair with...
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so, harold wilson moved quite firmly to the right, having started off as a very left wing figure, he gets his majorities in 64 and 66. blair his father was a tory association chairman . was not association chairman. was not unsympathetic to some right wing causes. unsympathetic to some right wing causes . adopted conservative causes. adopted conservative spending plans. starmer moving into this category. is there any backlash from the left in the party? are they concerned? are they causing trouble? >> i've said many, many times that actually the labour party is not either left or right. i have always thought it's something in between those two things. and that means you can look and you know, harold wilson and blair are good examples of how they looked at becoming prime minister in a very different way to how those who didn't become prime minister tended to. look, if i may say that. and i wasn't just talking about what happened in 2019. there's other instances before that as well that didn't work out. so i think there is good, policy at the moment in terms of what we've seen today on
so, harold wilson moved quite firmly to the right, having started off as a very left wing figure, he gets his majorities in 64 and 66. blair his father was a tory association chairman . was not association chairman. was not unsympathetic to some right wing causes. unsympathetic to some right wing causes . adopted conservative causes. adopted conservative spending plans. starmer moving into this category. is there any backlash from the left in the party? are they concerned? are they causing...
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so, harold wilson moved quite firmly to the right, having started off as a very left wing figure, he gets his majorities in 64 and 66. blair his father was a tory association chairman . was not association chairman. was not unsympathetic to some right wing causes. unsympathetic to some right wing causes . adopted conservative causes. adopted conservative spending plans. starmer moving into this category. is there any backlash from the left in the party? are they concerned? are they causing trouble? >> i've said many, many times that actually the labour party is not either left or right. i have always thought it's something in between those two things. and that means you can look and you know, harold wilson and blair are good examples of how they looked at becoming prime minister in a very different way to how those who didn't become prime minister tended to. look, if i may say that. and i wasn't just talking about what happened in 2019. there's other instances before that as well that didn't work out. so i think there is good, policy at the moment in terms of what we've seen today on
so, harold wilson moved quite firmly to the right, having started off as a very left wing figure, he gets his majorities in 64 and 66. blair his father was a tory association chairman . was not association chairman. was not unsympathetic to some right wing causes. unsympathetic to some right wing causes . adopted conservative causes. adopted conservative spending plans. starmer moving into this category. is there any backlash from the left in the party? are they concerned? are they causing...
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my goodness, my jack harold wilson. my same jack harold wilson. >> about boris johnson? >> what about boris johnson? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> they bring him back. >> would they bring him back. >> would they bring him back. >> well, well bojo interesting. >> well, well bojo interesting. >> should that because >> you should say that because bofis >> you should say that because boris johnson has not ruled out a to frontline politics. a return to frontline politics. could he become prime minister again at some point? >> i think so, wayne. >> i think so, wayne. >> sleep. you think so? i think he's the x factor, hasn't >> sleep. you think so? i think he'soh, the x factor, hasn't >> sleep. you think so? i think he'soh, yeah. factor, hasn't he? oh, yeah. >> got nerve. >> he's got the nerve. >> he's got the nerve. >> yeah, but what? people trust him. after everything went him. after everything we went through with covid, people forget very quickly this country. >> they do . >> they do i do. >> they do i do. >> i tell you one thing i thought we'd discuss keir starmer earlier, right?
my goodness, my jack harold wilson. my same jack harold wilson. >> about boris johnson? >> what about boris johnson? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> they bring him back. >> would they bring him back. >> would they bring him back. >> well, well bojo interesting. >> well, well bojo interesting. >> should that because >> you should say that because bofis >> you should say that because boris johnson has not ruled out a to frontline...
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my goodness, my jack harold wilson. my same jack harold wilson. >> about boris johnson? >> what about boris johnson? >> yeah. >> em- em— 5 bring him back. >> would they bring him back. >> would they bring him back. >> well, well bojo interesting. >> well, well bojo interesting. >> you should that because >> you should say that because bofis >> you should say that because boris johnson has not ruled out a to frontline politics. a return to frontline politics. could he become prime minister again at some point? >> i think so, wayne. >> i think so, wayne. >> sleep. you think so? i think he's the x factor, hasn't >> sleep. you think so? i think he'soh, the x factor, hasn't >> sleep. you think so? i think he'soh, yeah. factor, hasn't he? oh, yeah. >> got nerve. >> he's got the nerve. >> he's got the nerve. >> yeah, but what? people trust him. after everything went him. after everything we went through with covid, people forget very quickly this country. >> they do . >> they do i do. >> they do i do. >> i tell you one thing i thought we'd discuss keir starmer earlier, right
my goodness, my jack harold wilson. my same jack harold wilson. >> about boris johnson? >> what about boris johnson? >> yeah. >> em- em— 5 bring him back. >> would they bring him back. >> would they bring him back. >> well, well bojo interesting. >> well, well bojo interesting. >> you should that because >> you should say that because bofis >> you should say that because boris johnson has not ruled out a to frontline politics....
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it written under harold it was all written under harold wilson. a kind of wilson. so it was a kind of satire. so what i'm saying is it's not always the left wing civil service muffles the civil service that muffles the agenda of a government, a right wing government. actually wing government. it's actually they just muffle them, whatever. i mean, i don't know, what are they to do muffle they going to do to muffle laboun they going to do to muffle labour. they're labour. yeah. they both they're both ideologically both completely ideologically aligned. yeah. terrifying. we need checks and balances urgently . will they put through urgently. will they put through starmer's agenda or also defy starmer. quite interesting . starmer. quite interesting. yeah. we are going to find out. leo. looks the scottish leo. it looks like the scottish hate crime bill could be the liz truss legislation . possibly. truss of legislation. possibly. so humza yousaf, the snp leader and the first minister of scotland, faces a tory vote to repeal hate crime law, he's facing a vote at holyrood
it written under harold it was all written under harold wilson. a kind of wilson. so it was a kind of satire. so what i'm saying is it's not always the left wing civil service muffles the civil service that muffles the agenda of a government, a right wing government. actually wing government. it's actually they just muffle them, whatever. i mean, i don't know, what are they to do muffle they going to do to muffle laboun they going to do to muffle labour. they're labour. yeah. they both they're...
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in 1964, when harold wilson appeared to be nailed on for a landslide. very charismatic, new prime minister talking about the white heat of technology up against a, a toff in the shape of, alec douglas—home. and in the end, he won by four seats. and this is what they fear that because starmer has refused to spell out exactly what his party will do in office, people might shy away at the last minute and wonder what on earth they are gambling on. >> the legendary trevor kavanagh, a privilege to have you on the show trevor, and look forward to catching up soon, do have a look at trevor's brilliant column in the sun newspaper. always a must read. coming up next, shocking scenes in wales yesterday as sir jacob rees—mogg is pursued by an angry mob at cardiff university. what is wrong with britain's universities? is it just a matter of time now before someone gets seriously hurt for having opposing views? we'll debate that next. well. adrian's message . well. adrian's message. gbnews.com/yoursay speaks for many of my viewers and listeners. he says i would n
in 1964, when harold wilson appeared to be nailed on for a landslide. very charismatic, new prime minister talking about the white heat of technology up against a, a toff in the shape of, alec douglas—home. and in the end, he won by four seats. and this is what they fear that because starmer has refused to spell out exactly what his party will do in office, people might shy away at the last minute and wonder what on earth they are gambling on. >> the legendary trevor kavanagh, a...
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so old for this that i can remember harold wilson's beer and sandwiches on number 10, when finally he turned round to jack jones and hugh scanlon and said, get your tanks off my lawn . and i believe tanks off my lawn. and i believe that we're going to face, even although it seems unlikely we are going to face the fact that trade unions have a much bigger role to play in public life than they have done over the last 14 years. >> now, of course, kelvin labour will argue that the tories have made a horlicks of industrial relations over the last couple of years , and that they will of years, and that they will work constructively with the unions to give workers the money they deserve. and of course, the nurses , the doctors, the medics, nurses, the doctors, the medics, the consultants and the rail workers will argue that they have had real terms pay cuts. but listen, let's get on to another quick story before you go. kelvin, you went viral this week and i'm not referring to your robust physical health. you put out a tweet which was seen by over a million people, all rightly pointing out t
so old for this that i can remember harold wilson's beer and sandwiches on number 10, when finally he turned round to jack jones and hugh scanlon and said, get your tanks off my lawn . and i believe tanks off my lawn. and i believe that we're going to face, even although it seems unlikely we are going to face the fact that trade unions have a much bigger role to play in public life than they have done over the last 14 years. >> now, of course, kelvin labour will argue that the tories have...
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i don't know about boris johnson, but wilson was but it was harold wilson who was the second most successful labour minister labour prime minister in history. affair with history. he had an affair with history. he had an affair with his assistant press secretary in the in the times today. >> all right, here's your weather. tom and emily. next >> looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's a much drier and brighter day for many areas of the uk. today will also feel quite warm in the sunshine, but if you're across the south coast, you're more likely to see cloudier skies and potentially that's potentially some rain. that's because weather front because of this weather front that's sunk southwards through tonight. it's going to linger for southern areas through the day. rain has pitted day. much of the rain has pitted away it. but if you're in away from it. but if you're in southwestern areas, especially across of cornwall, you're across parts of cornwall, you're more some drizzly across part
i don't know about boris johnson, but wilson was but it was harold wilson who was the second most successful labour minister labour prime minister in history. affair with history. he had an affair with history. he had an affair with his assistant press secretary in the in the times today. >> all right, here's your weather. tom and emily. next >> looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news...
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a picture of harold wilson appears on the front page of the times. the paper reports that the former british prime minister had an affair with his deputy press secretary whilst he was in number ten, according to one of his aids who has now decided to divulge the information. now, would you ever dry out a tea bag? well, according to the daily star, one in seven of us have admitted to reusing them again to save money. reusing a tea bag and drying one out are different things. i reusing a tea bag and drying one out are different things.— are different things. i agree. puttina are different things. i agree. putting them _ are different things. i agree. putting them out _ are different things. i agree. putting them out on - are different things. i agree. putting them out on the - are different things. i agree. putting them out on the line| are different things. i agree. - putting them out on the line like that... i putting them out on the line like that... ., �* ~' putting them out on the line like that... ., �* ~ , putting them out on the line like
a picture of harold wilson appears on the front page of the times. the paper reports that the former british prime minister had an affair with his deputy press secretary whilst he was in number ten, according to one of his aids who has now decided to divulge the information. now, would you ever dry out a tea bag? well, according to the daily star, one in seven of us have admitted to reusing them again to save money. reusing a tea bag and drying one out are different things. i reusing a tea bag...