Harold Wilson’s most famous quote was that “a week is a long time in politics”.As with a lot of what Wilson said, you soon realise that it didn’t actually mean anything and that it was an ...

Harold Wilson cooked up claims that a coup was planned to replace him as Prime Minister with the Queen’s cousin Lord Mountbatten, newly revealed documents allege.. Lord Mountbatten met top ...

The idea of a wealth tax has raised its head - yet again - as the government attempts to balance its books. Downing Street ...

On paper, Harold Wilson and Queen Elizabeth II could not have come from more different walks of life. Wilson was a proud Yorkshireman from Huddersfield born into a lower middle-class family.

Joe Haines, political journalist and press secretary to former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, has died aged 97, A Labour spokesman has confirmed. Haines joined Wilson's Downing Street ...

Harold Wilson’s links to the Nigerian civil war could be presented by a museum in his hometown, following fears that the race relations pioneer would be condemned by Black Lives Matter. The ...

Joe Haines dead aged 97: Press secretary to former Labour prime minister Harold Wilson dies as supporters pay tribute. By ROBERT FOLKER. Published: 06:13 EDT, 19 February 2025 | Updated: 08:08 EDT ...

Harold Wilson's former press secretary and former Mirror editor Joe Haines has died at the age of 97, the Labour Party has said.. The "lifelong Labour supporter" passed away at his home in ...