The Enemy Within

A conversation takes place...

"You're asking for help"

"Yes, yes I am"

"Have you thought about it?

"Yes, I have, constantly, it's all set. All I need is you now"

"You do know once this has started it can only go one of two ways"

(pause)

"You and I are can see what is happening, the evidence is there"

"I feel as you do, but I have been in this before..."

"Yes and nothing was done, now things are even worse. Damn it, everything we stand for is at stake, everything we fought for is at stake"

(pause)

"This could mean both our heads"

(pause)

"Very well"

"Thank you, I'll be in touch"
 
In February 1974, faced with the unappetising choice of a failed Tory administration and an incoherent Labour opposition, the country shrugged....Passing legislation turned into a war of attrition that wore hard on Labour parliamentarians – for the most part, elderly men with hard careers in manual labour behind them. It proved next to impossible for the government to get bills through the House without them acquiring wrecking amendments and vexatious extra spending commitments, many of these from MPs who were notionally on the government’s side.


https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/04/what-happened-1974-election
 
Lets see...

1.36 AM 11th October 1974

Jack Parkin sank his 4th coffee of the night shift and opened his copy of the Standard for the umpteenth time. He was tired and fed up. It was the second election of the year and he'd had a bellyful of politics which given his role as a police officer guarding the famous black door of 10 Downing Street was irony personified.

"Won't be long now" he thought

The first he knew anything was wrong was when he heard the rumble and the shout....
 
"A former Prime Minister remarked on the length of a week in politics. For those of us who remember that week in October 1974 it seemed a hell of a lot longer. LP Hartley ruminated on the past being a foreign country. That week in the UK seemed more like Germany in 1919"

John Cole "As It Seemed To Me" 1995
 
A phone rings...

“Chatteris

Duty office Buckingham Palace sir...we have a problem

What problem?

There’s an incident at Downing Street

Huh?

It’s been occupied...

 
Jack sat huddled on the floor with the rest. His hands and feet tied. His walkie-talkie confiscated. He sat surrounded by soldiers armed to the teeth.

"What the f..." were his last words before being silenced by a revolver.

Now he was at the mercy of god knows who.

A door opened and a figure in full battle dress entered.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my name is General Walker"...
 
Interesting story indeed. I wrote quite a bit about the alleged 1974 plot, Operation Clockwork Orange etc a few years ago, so if it helps I can try to dig out some of the information I have on that, shoot me a PM if so (though I can't promise I'll be able to find it).
 
3.09 AM Buckingham Palace
The Queen sat red faced with fury. Indignant and bewildered she had been woken up half an hour ago to be informed that some kind of coup had taken place at Downing Street.

She asked so many questions and was so wound up that Philip had to calm her down.

Charteris came back into the office.

"Your Majesty, we have been contacted by the leader of the incident. He wishes to speak with you"

"Who is this Walker"

Silence

"Erm, Ma'am. Sir Walter is not in charge"

"Well who the hell is" demanded Philip

Silence

"Well"

"Its Lord Mountbatten Your Majesty"

"Louis...?
 
Even by the tumult of the 1970's Mountbatten and Walker's coup was unsurpassable. Here were two men who were prepared to overthrow democracy and the will of the people because they said they feared a communist uprising in the UK. The truth was that here were two ultra-reactionaries who wanted to turn the country back 20 years.

Walker was an avowed anti-communist from his days a senior NATO officer. He saw a threat to Northern Europe from the USSR and was convinced that Wilson was a spy.

Mountbatten had had some experience of intriguing in coups before. In 1968 he was approached by Cecil King to help in an coup to overthrow Wilson. He declined. What made him change his mind 6 years later...

John Cole 1995
 
"Louis...are you out of your mind"

"Please listen to me before you lose your temper. I'm doing this to save the country...to save you"

"What are you talking about"

"You can't see the danger, I can"

"What danger"

"The communists, the enemy within, the red scum. They've enslaved half of Europe for God's sake and they're coming here to destroy what we've got"

"Louis. I know you don't like the socialists but the people...

"The people are fools. They're being fooled, Damn it Elizabeth, we fought to keep our country safe from one threat and now we're letting another infiltrate. The reds murdered Nicholas and his family and they will kill us if they get here.I can't let that happen.

"Louis...hello Louis..."

 
Statement released by Mountbatten 3.30 AM

This is the hardest decision I have ever made in both my personal and professional life but I cannot continue to see my country go down the disastrous path it has chosen.

This country is in the greatest danger it has faced for 30 years. A danger of a communist insurgency. Over the last 10 years I have seen the red menace slowly wrap its tentacles around us. Strikes, civil disobediance and a loss of honour have been the results.

Why has this happened? It has happened for one reason

This country, this once proud nation which fought evil and tyranny across the globe has fallen victim to insolence, disrespect and injustice from within. We are a laughing stock in the eyes of the world.

This must stop.

To this end I and a few like-minded trusted colleagues have occupied Downing Street and are co-ordinating efforts with other across the country to instil some justice

I have the following terms.

1. To all designated controllers. Ensure that all necessary steps have been taken to secure essential services and protect the public
2. That a conference is called to create an emergency government made up of politicians and businessmen to deal with our issues.
3. That units in Northern Ireland prevent further instability.

To the people of the UK. You may think I am insane. I am not. I love my country and can't bear to see it spiral downward.


 
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