Chapter 389

At Westminster Palace in London, after the door of the chamber of Commons was opened, the reporters who had been waiting outside could not wait to rush up. With the help of her assistants, Prime Minister Thatcher is now walking out of the crowd on the inner and outer floors. She has accepted seven hours of parliamentary questions today, and the opposition Labor Party members have adopted a sea of people tactics against her, After repeated attacks on her administration strategy, even within the conservative party, there were some voices of doubt.

Prime Minister Thatcher has a deep understanding of the power of the national miners' Union. Almost ten years ago, Prime Minister heath was driven out of No. 10 Downing Street by the striking workers, which started the long-term ruling of the labor party. It was from then on that he took over the leadership of the conservative party, and it was not until he won the general election after 1979 that the Conservative Party came to power again. Now that the miner's Association has begun to strike again, many people are questioning how long the iron lady, who led Britain to the victory of the Falklands naval battle last year and is widely loved by the people, can stay as prime minister.

Prime Minister Thatcher got into the car expressionless and refused to be interviewed. He knocked on the top of the car to signal the driver to get out of here and go back to Downing Street. Unfortunately, there are people in front of and behind the car, and a lot of protestors gathered outside Westminster Palace, blocking her way home. Police officers around had to force the prime minister's car to open the way.

After walking home for more than an hour, Prime Minister Thatcher was sitting in the car, looking at the noise outside. He regretted that he didn't come out with her head held high when he came out just now, and he didn't know whether those reporters had photographed her tired face. If it was published in tomorrow's newspaper, those political commentators would say it again.

The car slowly stopped in front of Downing Street. Thatcher stepped out of the car. The staff of the prime minister's residence had been waiting here for a long time. Just as Prime Minister Thatcher was about to say that she would not deal with any work tonight, her housekeeper told her, "Mr. McGrady has been waiting for a long time!"

Thatcher gently pulled the housekeeper aside and whispered, "what did Mr. McGrady look like when he came in? Listless or restless? "

"It's restlessness, ma'am! It seems very urgent to discuss something with you! " The housekeeper recalled for a moment and said with certainty.

When Prime Minister Thatcher heard the answer, he was very clever. McGrady would not resign himself! If he is listless, it's normal. There are a lot of things waiting for him these days. It's strange that he can be energetic! Now that he has come to discuss something with himself, he is determined to resign. This bastard, at this juncture, resigning is not for those Labor Party members and the head of the national miner's Union!

Thinking of this, Prime Minister Thatcher rushed into the reception room immediately! She opened the door, went into the room, raised her index finger and said loudly, "no! NO！ NO！ Never quit, there's no way! "

McGrady was startled by Prime Minister Thatcher's action and got up from his chair! He held his hands together unnaturally and didn't know how to speak. Obviously, Prime Minister Thatcher must have misunderstood that he is here to resign.

"Prime minister, I'm here..."

"Don't tell me about resigning. There's no way! Ian, can't you just hold on? Don't you think about how much trouble it will bring if you resign at this time? " Prime Minister Thatcher impolitely interrupted the other party's speech. She was tired enough to stop listening to her pig teammates.

"Your Excellency the prime minister (the Right Honorable is a title, all cabinet ministers can be called your excellency), I am not here to resign, I have brought a good news, I must have a talk with you!" McGrady is grateful to tell his true intention. He doesn't want to be misunderstood any more.

"Good news? What's the good news? " Prime Minister Thatcher reached for Ian McGrady to sit down and said slowly that she did not expect any good news now. Did Arthur scargill, the chairman of the miners' Union, go to see God?

"Prime minister, a Soviet diplomat contacted me through private channels. He wanted to meet you alone. He also told me that the Soviet Union was willing to provide sufficient coal to meet our needs!" McGrady lowered his voice to the lowest level and said cautiously.

"The Soviets, what on earth do they want to do?" Prime Minister Thatcher asked warily. According to the consistent thinking of Conservative MPs, what the Soviet Union supports is what we oppose. Prime Minister Thatcher didn't think it would be good for the Soviets to find themselves.

"I don't know. The Soviet official only talked to me about coal export, and didn't mention anything else. He just said that he wanted to talk to you alone! What's more, our steel companies and power companies are using their coal now! " McGrady tried to tell Prime Minister Thatcher what he knew.

"Do Americans know about this?" Asked Prime Minister Thatcher immediately?

"I don't know, but the nominal exporter of these coals is a Swiss company. They act as middlemen. Americans can't blame us for this. As long as we don't make it known, no one will know!" McGrady said.

"The opposition and the opposition will know sooner or later, forget it! Since the Soviets can solve the problem, I will not entangle those ideological problems any more! Isn't it just a meeting? I'm willing to do anything for this country! " Prime Minister Thatcher had a helpless expression.

"Then I'll arrange it for you! I'll find a hiding place! " McGrady quickly replied that as long as the prime minister is willing to see each other, then the problem of coal supply will be settled. Even if it is Soviet coal, his pressure will be much less, and the coal bureau will regain the upper hand.

"No, call him here! Make his identity public! And there should be reporters on the spot! " Prime Minister Thatcher gave McGrady an unexpected answer.

"Prime minister, you will arouse the dissatisfaction of the Americans by doing so!" McGrady said in surprise.

"Do I have a choice? The Americans just want us to help them punish the Soviet Union. They want to drag their opponents to death. But no matter whether we are alive or dead, if these miners continue to make trouble like this, we will soon die before the Soviet Union dies, and there is only one month left in the storage of electric coal in Wales. Am I just waiting for one third of Britain to fall into the dark and let our opponents drive us out of office? " Prime Minister Thatcher said angrily.