Though Cowards Flinch

Minister’s diary entry, Tuesday October 22nd:

During this period – Monday to Thursday – of my first week there have been two Cabinet meetings.

The first was a mere formality only concerned with the economic crisis and, honestly, we were told as little about it as the National Executive of the Party is ever told.  It really was an absolute farce to have George Brown saying “Naturally you won’t want to be told, for fear of the information leaking, how serious the situation is.  you won’t want to be told the methods we shall take but we shall take them.”

Gordon’s currently writing a mighty tome on the 2008 crisis.  George wouldn’t have felt the need.  In 1964, they just dealt with things.