Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The former prime minister Harold Wilson had an affair with his deputy press secretary Janet Hewlett-Davies Harold Wilson, the ...

“Harold Wilson: The Winner” by Nick Thomas-Symonds is an excellent biography which, to a large degree, resets the reputation of Wilson with a skilled degree of fairness and precision. Previous ...

Britain’s Harold Wilson once called breakaway Rhodesia “my Viet Nam”—and with good reason. Since Rhodesia declared its independence in 1965, Wilson’s war of economic sanctions has cost Britain an ...

Despite his name – honouring Keir Hardie, the first leader of the Labour party – Keir Starmer is not known to be a student of political history. This apparent incuriosity helps define an indistinct ...

WILSON, Harold Herbert “HH” Harold Herbert Wilson “HH” 83, beloved husband of 53 years of Shirley (Taylor) Wilson died peacefully at home on Thursday, (July 20, 2006) after a long battle with heart ...