And yet the Labour government had done nothing, even negotiating with Project Atlanta over queue-jumping for a Continental 317C transmitter, in full knowledge that a 317C was eventually on the way for the Mi Amigo. And there was nothing in the 1966 Queen’s Speech.
Name any other government in any country in the world that would have allowed that to happen. Certainly not the USA, the "land of the free".
And when the MoA was introduced, purely because of the Radio City incident, it was not a priority and it took over a year to become law.
Never forget that Harold Wilson had no time for the BBC (see Asa Briggs) and anything that got up the BBC’s nose was fine by him.
Ronan visiting Westminster, does sound a bit fanciful - & would he have been able to get near Harold Wilson?
But we will never know, as they are both either in Heaven or Hell Not really sure which !
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