174 Pieter Lawrence weakness of any kind and it will be your job to liaise between the army commander and Whitehall.” The Prime Minister at last left some room for compromise. monitor what happens “Well and then review the situation. That’s as far as we can go for now. We’ve all got a lot to do so let’s get on with it.” Abruptly the Prime Minister adjourned the meeting and left the room, Blake turned to Bill Charman. I can see “Suddenly, the streets running with blood.” Bill shrugged. you’ve no for it you’d better say so but “If before you do, remember that others would do the job. I think it’s better for you to be up there than some I can think of.” might be better to let the Campaign take over,” said “It Blake. see how they deal with the problems.” “We’ll be no point,” replied Bill. replace us and “There’d “They’d find themselves in exactly our position. They’d spawn another Campaign and we would all be back to where we are now” could at least offer them a place on a consultative “We council. It wouldn’t get in our way. It would only be a talking shop.” offer it to them,” said Bill. “Then the Prime Minister’s back?” “Behind Do it. I’ll support it and I’m sure Dudney will agree.” “Tes. Blake thought about how the Prime Minister would respond. throw the three of us out of this Unit,” he said. “He’d way” said Bill, he got rid of us he’d be stranded with a “No “If gang of sycophants, leaving us free to criticise. He’d risk his position and he’s too crafty to let that happen.” I’ll take some soundings.” “Alright,
174 Pieter Lawrence weakness of any kind and it will be your job to liaise between the army commander and Whitehall.” The Prime Minister at last left some room for compromise. “Well monitor what happens and then review the situation. That’s as far as we can go for now. We’ve all got a lot to do so let’s get on with it.” Abruptly the Prime Minister adjourned the meeting and left the room, Blake turned to Bill Charman. “Suddenly, I can see the streets running with blood.” Bill shrugged. “If you’ve no for it you’d better say so but before you do, remember that others would do the job. I think it’s better for you to be up there than some I can think of.” “It might be better to let the Campaign take over,” said Blake. “We’ll see how they deal with the problems.” “There’d be no point,” replied Bill. “They’d replace us and find themselves in exactly our position. They’d spawn another Campaign and we would all be back to where we are now” “We could at least offer them a place on a consultative council. It wouldn’t get in our way. It would only be a talking shop.” “Then offer it to them,” said Bill. “Behind the Prime Minister’s back?” “Tes. Do it. I’ll support it and I’m sure Dudney will agree.” Blake thought about how the Prime Minister would respond. “He’d throw the three of us out of this Unit,” he said. “No way” said Bill, “If he got rid of us he’d be stranded with a gang of sycophants, leaving us free to criticise. He’d risk his position and he’s too crafty to let that happen.” “Alright, I’ll take some soundings.”