Gyles Brandreth
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And turning to Michelle said, I think we could manage another portion each, darling, don't you?
They did.
I paid.
It was ludicrously expensive, but unusually for Michelle, she did not resent the extravagance.
Yeah.
Wednesday 17th March 1976.
Harold Wilson has resigned as Prime Minister.
No one seems to know why.
I know why.
We are fellow Pisceans.
Last week, he celebrated his 60th birthday.
I imagine, years ago, he promised himself that he would hang up his boots at 60.
I'll throw this in, Harriet.
I later got to know the family a bit better.
And as you know, I'm now a friend of Robin Wilson, one of his sons.
And what I speculated there was partly true.
He had decided in his head that 60 was the time he wanted to step down.
But also he was concerned that his mental powers were no longer as acute as they had been.
And over time, he developed dementia.
I'm on the train to Oxford, going to see Barry Shepard, Elizabeth Sweeting's successor at the Playhouse.