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"In the name of the People, shut down this facility!" Well, that sounds familiar. It seems the more governments change over the decades, the more they stay the
by salient 13y ago
"In the name of the People, shut down this facility!"
Well, that sounds familiar. It seems the more governments change over the decades, the more they stay the same.
- arethuza 13y agoIn a case of "Just because you're paranoid Don't mean they're not after you" Harold Wilson, who was paranoid about lots of things but particularly being bugged by MI5, was in No 10 at a time when there were bugs in cabinet room and PM's study - whether the bugs were actually used or not isn't known: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Wilson_conspiracy_theories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Wilson_conspiracy_theori... Edit: If anyone is interested in this stuff, I can strongly recommend Dominic Sandbrook's histories of the UK in the 60s and 70s: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dominic-Sandbrook/e/B001HCWSSW/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dominic-Sandbrook/e/B001HCWSSW/ref=n...