Yes I am Mr MacLeod, and off the top of my head, recall that like all socialists, Wilson's only method of generating income was to tax the successful hard-worker, resulting in the infamous "Brain Drain" from which we have never recovered. Things got so bad that he had to bring in currency limits of £50 for Brits travelling abroad. I remember on a cross-channel trip to see relatives in Brussels, my well-dressed Belgian mother being manhandled by two chippy customs officers to see if she had cash in her clothing. The upshot of this Soviet-style ruling, was that foreign companies saw no point in British investment if the profits could not be brought out, causing huge balance of trade deficits and a tanking economy.Wilson, lacking charisma, wooed the Beatles, on whose success he hoped to piggyback, giving them MBEs. Lennon gave his back, and George Harrison wrote "Taxman". Ever the opportunist, he then wooed footballers hoping to associate a Labour Government with our World Cup victory, but was too dim to realise that the very millionaires he was chasing fell into the draconian tax bracket he had created, most of whom headed off to LA or Switzerland.My father, a doctor, got so fed up with drug-addled pop stars and alcoholic footballers earning more in a week than he could in five years, decided, like so many highly skilled scientists to take the rigorous entry exams to practice medicine in the States. He passed with flying colours, and it was only an escalation of the Vietnam War, where most new medics were being sent field hospitals outside Ho Chi Minh, that decided him against putting his family through such disruption. It was never about the money, just the flagrant lack of respect for science and engineering, which continues to this day.Wilson did stand up against LBJ and refused to send British troops to Vietnam, which in turn angered the Military Industrial Complex, (the real rulers of the World) to the point that he was accused of being a Russian mole, with threats on his life. I remember Heathrow being shut down in ?1974 , where a dress rehearsal for the takeover of Mountbatten was disguised as an IRA terrorist exercise.Despite a glittering career at Oxford, Wilson failed to understand what the E in PPE stood for. As the bodies piled up in the streets, I remember Callaghan took over this distastrous regime and was lambasted for holidaying in the Caribbean whilst the nation suffered.Those who were right about Wilson are right about the far more dangerous Corbyn, who gained 2 E-grade A-levels and dropped out of college due to arguing with his lecturers, and took what was in effect an extended Gap Year round various tottering communist states. As result of his travels, he described Marx as a great economist. HIs three older brothers all did well academically, and he still bears the scars of failing to be the yearned-for daughter his mother really wanted. Several failed relationships with women, including Diane Abbott, demonstrate a man who cannot compromise, and has no staying power. He has no problem however, with nepotism, having secured a job for his second son in John McDonnell's office, and an important role for his ex-squeeze. McDonnell is to Corbyn what Olly Robbins is to May. A dangerous mentor, pulling the strings. Corbyn is merely the puppet, but "I am a Marxist" McDonnell will tax us till the pips squeak. History is repeating itself, and the smart people have already got out.A man who hates Jews, yet defines himself as a Marxist -oh the irony -, praises the Venezuelan regime, and consorts with terrorists does indeed, make Wilson look like the Dalai Lama and/or economic visionary he never was. Different people, same ideology - Socialism always leaves the country drained in every sense, and May has finally been outed for the left-winger she really is, happy to bring the nation to its knees, with a full fridge of insulin and a Policeman at her door.
Chantal Blake-Milton ● 2778d