A Very British Coup

"When Harry Perkins, a plain-spoken steelworker and third-generation socialist, becomes prime minister in a landslide Labour Party victory, the entrenched ruling class goes to work in a very British way to bring him down. With help from a smarmy media mogul and a like-minded U.S. government, Perkins' enemies wage a brutal but bloodless battle for control."

Watched the first episode last night, and listened to the interview with the author of the book (which I haven't read) Chris Mullin, now a Labour MP. Very much a period piece--Perkins trumps the IMF with Moscow cash!--but not without contemporary resonance. And the sadly deceased Ray MacAnally was just brilliant. (Yesterday a few seconds of Tommy Douglas reciting "Jerusalem" and then Sun Ra on an old Sat Night Live, all good omens as was the Sox win))