harold wilson was what happened. probably not. they didn't have john kennedy . edy. >> but all the conversation on wilson has been about the late marcia falkender rather than this particular member of staff. doesit this particular member of staff. does it change the view of that and how power in relation to him and how power in relation to him and her dominance of him, which is i mean, i don't know from first hand, but obviously has been reported. >> well, i mean, joe's sidekick from the from those years , from the from those years, bernard donoghue said that harold wilson in fact, have harold wilson did, in fact, have a with marcia falkender, a fling with marcia falkender, but before he was but a long time before he was prime minister, it certainly everyone's thought of marcel falconer's influence. according to what, joe haines is saying, is that janet hewlett davis didn't have any particular influence on harold wilson. she was in love with him. and in the last years of his premiership, she made him happy. >> when is this mere vulgar curiosity, like the fact tha

both she and harold wilson were married at the time. big enough working majority now, mr wilson? . the public face of a happy family man, harold wilson with his wife, mary. but the then prime minister was to go on and have an affair with a member of staff in downing street, a secret which has lasted 50 years. she was janet hewlett—davies, who worked in the number ten press office. 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 b

so, harold wilson moved quite firmly to the right, having started off as a very left wing figure, hejorities 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 the policin

so, harold wilson moved quite firmly to the right, having started off as a very left wing figure, hemajorities 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 the polic

>> should harold press >> should harold wilson's press secretary have kept schtum? ecretary 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 so we could discuss them, bmean, of course you. but

my goodness, my jack harold wilson. my same jack harold wilson. >> about boris johnson?is 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? starmer is in power

my goodness, my jack harold wilson. my same jack harold wilson. >> about boris johnson?is 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? starmer is in power

it written under harold it was all written under harold wilson. a kind of wilson.d 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 to repeal his di

in 1964, when harold wilson appeared to be nailed on for a landslide. 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 never vote labour. and

so old for this that i can remember harold wilson's beer and sandwiches on number 10, when finally heack jones and hugh scanlon and said, get your tanks off my lawn . 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 that waterloo station,

i don't know about boris johnson, but wilson was but it was harold wilson who was the second most successfulsecretary 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 parts of cornwall, you're mor

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