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On this day, two very important things were born.

In the early morning of the same day, the heavily damaged aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" was on its way back to Ascension Island, because the hull was seriously flooded and could not maintain lateral balance, and the captain had to give the order to abandon the ship. At 2 o'clock local time, after the evacuation of all the crew, the commander of the task force ordered the opening of more than 20 sea valves on the aircraft carrier. About a few minutes later, that is, at about 3 o'clock, the "Ark Royal" class aircraft carrier, with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, sank into the sea under the watchful eyes of more than 30,000 officers and men of the task force, ending its service career of less than four years and becoming the shortest-lived warship of the Royal Navy after World War II.

Second, on the morning of the same day, about three hours after the sinking of the "Ark Royal," at 8 o'clock London time, a spokesman for the British Ministry of Defense announced to thousands of reporters from all over the world that the plan to send a landing fleet to Ascension Island had been put on hold indefinitely, and that after the two aircraft carriers that had been torpedoed had undergone simple repairs on Ascension Island, the task force would depart for the return to the Batsmouth Naval Base.

The two things came one after the other, and immediately let the outside world connect the two things.

With the task force no longer able to seize sea and air supremacy, it is reasonable for the Royal Navy to put a hold on the Falklands combat operations.

The problem is, this makes a lot of people ignore two issues.

After the aircraft carrier battle group was attacked by an Argentine submarine, the US authorities reacted too "moderately" and not only did not make the decision to send troops to the South Atlantic, but even withdrew the Fourth Fleet, which was operating in the theater of operations. Second, the British authorities did not make any preparations for landing on the Falklands, and even if the task force had not been ambushed, the landing fleet would not have been able to reach the South Atlantic in this month, but in June, under the influence of extremely bad weather, even if there were no Afghan troops on the island. The Royal Marines were also unable to land on the island; In other words, if everything is normal, the British authorities will have to wait until February next year to dispatch the Marine Corps.

Looking at these two problems clearly, it is not difficult to understand that the British authorities are trying to find a way to get out.

To be precise, it is the next ruling party in the United Kingdom, namely the Labour Party and the Liberal Democratic Party.

Prior to this, that is, after the task force was ambushed, George had spoken to Brandino on the phone, and he was told that he had to choose between resigning as soon as possible and dissolving Parliament, with the former waiting for George to bear the responsibility for the defeat of the British in the South Atlantic, and the latter being the equivalent of pulling the Labour Party and the FDP into the water. Of course, the two options will give George very different results, the former will ruin his reputation, and the latter will leave a chance to make a comeback. It's just that George chose not the latter, but the former.

As a politician, it is impossible for the control station to be unaware of the true meaning of Nianlandino's "exhortation".

After the baptism of the Great Depression, the pattern of British politics has changed greatly. The three-legged situation formed during the Golden Ship Crisis was broken, and the Conservative Party, which adopted a "continental policy," quickly gained popular support, while the Labour Party, which continued to pursue a pro-American policy, and the Liberal Democratic Party, which pursued an independent policy, rapidly declined. It was so, during the Great Depression, that Britain joined the eurozone, pushed by the Conservatives, making the pound history. It can be said that joining the eurozone is a double-edged sword. When the British pound became history, Britain began to turn to the European continent economically, which not only strengthened the position of the euro, but also increased the value of London as an international financial center According to the agreement reached between the United Kingdom and the euro countries such as France, Germany and Italy, after the United Kingdom joined the euro zone, London was the largest financial center in Europe. In a sense, the Royal Navy can build a world-class fleet with 3 aircraft carriers, which is closely related to the Conservative Party's active support for Britain's basic national strategy of returning to Europe, because after returning to the European family, Britain must ensure military superiority if it wants to ensure that it has a great power and has no less influence than France, Germany and Italy, and Britain's traditional strength is the navy, so it must build a large fleet that is the first in Europe. So the Conservatives' support began to decline after that. It was in this way that at the end of the Great Depression, George's Labour Party was able to unite with the FDP, defeat the Conservatives in the general election, win more than half of the seats in the House of Commons, and form a coalition government, which put Britain back on a pro-American course.

It can be seen that a coalition government is not only not easy to come by, but also very important.

According to the immediate investigation conducted by the British investigative agency, if George announces the early dissolution of parliament, the Conservative Party will win the election 100 percent, and may even control more than two-thirds of the seats in the House of Commons.

This is definitely not bragging, but inevitable.

After the coalition government came to power, although Britain's defense spending did not decrease, Britain's defense construction policy has undergone earth-shaking changes. In any case, national defense construction serves the national strategy, and when the national strategy undergoes a major change, national defense construction will naturally undergo a change. Because it has re-embarked on a pro-American line, there is no need for Britain to maintain a world-class navy The Royal Navy has proposed to develop, procure, or jointly develop heavy carrier-based air supremacy fighters, and France also has the same idea, and the two sides have also had secret contacts, and after the coalition government came to power, it directly canceled the plan "and even shelved the Royal Navy's plan to purchase the first fighters of the other three squadrons; If it were not a class boat, it had a lot to do with the United States. Heat is afraid that even the "fast" class attack submarine "Gandi Jili will be affected. According to the US global action plan, Britain, which has joined the Western Group, has only one task, that is, to assist the US military in its global conquest, so it needs to build an army with long-range delivery capabilities, that is, it will focus on the procurement of transport aircraft, long-range fighters, small amphibious warships, vertical take-off and landing attack aircraft, and other combat equipment that can be used to carry out strike operations from oil to land. It is a pity that in just a few years, each catty. The project is still in the development or approval stage, until the Falklands conflict breaks out, and the "global strike force" that the coalition government has made every effort to build will not even see a shadow.

It follows that the coalition government must be held accountable for the defeat of the Falklands.

In fact, almost all Britons agree that it's not just the phase that needs to be held responsible. In addition, the opposition Conservative Party took advantage of this opportunity to make a big fuss, repeatedly claiming that the government's erroneous national defense policy and erroneous national strategy were the direct cause of the Falklands conflict and Britain's defeat. At a time when almost all Britons are being controlled by anger, an early general election means that the ruling Labour Party and the Liberal Democratic Party voluntarily surrender power.

The problem is that there is no question of "impeachment" in the British political system.

To be precise, as long as there is a high degree of unity within the ruling party or coalition, no one can move the prime minister out of the old Downing Street before the end of the seven-year term, unless the party violates the law. Even if there is a problem with the prime minister, as long as the ruling party or the ruling coalition can reach a consensus and nominate a new minister, the opposition parties will have nothing to do. The only way to do this, apart from the seven-year general election, is to dissolve the House of Commons and call an early general election. Of course, the prerequisites are all the same. That is, the ruling party and the ruling coalition are highly united, and there are no parliamentarians who oppose the water. If the opposition party initiates an impeachment motion and some members of the ruling party vote in favor of the impeachment motion, resulting in a majority of the support for the impeachment motion, then the cabinet must be dissolved, and the major parties in the lower house will have to form a new cabinet or form a new coalition government, regardless of whether they want to accept it or not. At this point, the prime minister will certainly take preemptive action by announcing the dissolution of parliament and holding early general elections.

That said, George was a very key player.

If he is willing to admit defeat and make sacrifices, it will be three years before the ruling Labour and FDP will face a challenge from the Conservatives. There is no doubt that in Britain's national conditions, not many voters will remember the defeat of the Second Falklands War in three years' time. Even if voters don't forget the war that humiliated the British Empire, the Labour and FDP can garner more support in the meantime, and if they can't defeat the Conservatives, they may form a coalition again.

It was precisely in this way that it was not the British interest groups that came forward to "convince" George, but the American president.

After receiving a call from Blandino, George knew that his career as a "politician" was over, and his "political" career was far from over.

Of course, resignation doesn't happen overnight.

Because it is a "change of commander, not a change of horse", George has to explain his work to the quasi-prime minister elected by the ruling coalition, that is, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Saliver, before leaving the prime minister's residence.

It is also evident from this that the Labour Party has been cornered.

In the ruling coalition, the Labour Party has been dominant, after all, the Labour Party has a sudden number of seats in the House of Commons, while the Liberal Democratic Party has the thugs in the Coalition. Four years ago, when the LDP formed a coalition government, it had no choice, and if the LDP did not cooperate with the Labor Party at that time, there were only three outcomes. One is to work with the Conservatives, which are the largest party, and the benefits that can be shared by the FDP are certainly much less than those of the Labour Party. The second is to force the Labour Party to cooperate with the Conservative Party and make the Liberal Democratic Party an opposition party. Third, the coalition government has all failed, and a second general election will be held in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, and the LDP will definitely be abandoned by the voters. Obviously, none of these three possible chances are high, and the LDP has no choice but to work with the Labour Party to win less than a quarter of the seats in the coalition government.

If nothing else, the LDP will have no choice but to pin its hopes on the next general election.

Now that something unexpected has happened, the LDP's chance has come.

The reality in front of the Labour Party is that if the LDP cannot be stabilized, let alone the opposition MPs, even if only a quarter of the LDP MPs, that is, the MPs who occupy the gills of the House of Commons, can file an impeachment motion to force the opposition to dissolve Parliament early.

There is no choice but to give up the most important position in the cabinet.

In other words, it was the Labour Party that invited the LDP to form a cabinet, and when Saliver came to power, it was the LDP that invited the LDP to form a cabinet. Although it is impossible for the Liberal Democratic Party to completely suppress the Labour Party and certainly reserve most of the ministerial seats for the Labour Party, the change in the master-slave relationship has already determined the fate of the Labour Party.

It is conceivable that the next few years will be very difficult for Labour.

In any case, no matter how difficult the days are, they are not much better without them.

What's more, for the United States, the Liberal Democratic Party is certainly a better choice than the Conservative Party.

To some extent, the US authorities have no other way. If the FDP is not co-opted soon, the Conservatives will take action to force George to dissolve the House of Commons by uniting some LDP MPs. Even if George were to fight to the end, that is, to form a new government without dissolving the House of Commons, because the Labour Party did not give the FDP enough benefits on George's resignation, the FDP would fall to the Conservatives. And in order to win the opportunity to form a government, the Conservative Party will definitely give the Liberal Democratic Party, that is, the price. In the end, it was still the Conservative Party that came to power to form a coalition "If we really get to this point, the political situation in the UK will be very complicated. Not to mention that British voters are at a loss, and even the best politicians cannot accurately predict where British politics will go. If the leader of the Conservative Party has a bit of brains, he will definitely win the support of the Liberal Democratic Party first, give up more positions when forming a cabinet, and then turn against the Liberal Democratic Party after the cabinet is formed, and then dissolve the House of Commons and hold an early general election. As long as the Conservative Party can complete this series of measures before the end of the year, it will definitely get more than half or even most of the votes in the general election, and gain the power to form a separate government.

The return of the Conservative Party to power will have such an impact that Brandino could not imagine.

You know, the Conservative Party lost the election because it adopted some wrong policies during the Great Depression and was too aggressive when it turned to mainland Europe. No doubt. In the foreseeable future, at least within a year of strength, another Great Depression is unlikely to erupt, or even a global financial crisis. As long as the Conservative Party comes to power, not to mention whether it will win the general election again in seven years, Britain will be able to integrate into the European Union within seven years. More importantly, the Great Depression has passed, the countries of continental Europe are accelerating the pace of expansion, and as long as the political situation in Britain is shaken, France, Germany and Italy will take the opportunity to take action to draw Britain into the European family.

In fact, before the Falklands conflict broke out, France, Germany, Italy and other countries began to act.

After the task force was ambushed, the news media on the European continent first fell silent, and then overwhelmingly reported the relevant news, and lost no time in pointing to the United States and the Fourth Fleet's engagement with Argentine submarines, so as to imply to all viewers that the United States must be responsible for the Falklands conflict and the British defeat.

The intentions of the European news media are the intentions of the governments of continental Europe.

I have to say that France, Germany and Italy did it very explicitly this time.

Even people who don't understand politics can see from the reports of the news media on the European continent that the governments of France, Germany, Italy and other countries have tried to let the world know that the United States is the culprit in creating the Falklands conflict, not only provoking the conflict, but also secretly supporting Britain in military action, so the United States must be responsible for Britain's defeat, that is, to help Britain regain the Falklands. As long as the vast majority of the audience believes this view, then the US authorities will find themselves in a dilemma. Send troops, don't say offend Latin American countries, it's better to leave if you don't turn your face with all Latin American countries. If you don't send troops, you will get out of the betrayal of Britain, which is tantamount to pushing the British people into the arms of European countries on the east coast of the Atlantic.

For the United States, the ideal outcome is to calm down and let the people forget about these things.

For this reason, the United States did not publicize the news that the Fourth Fleet had been attacked by submarines and that the aircraft carrier "Jefferson" had been damaged by a torpedo, let alone any counter-action. Of course, the U.S. government can't do nothing. In addition to allowing the Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs to visit major Latin American countries, the U.S. State Department sent notes to Latin American countries, and the White House sent a special presidential envoy to Buenos Aires. In other words, the US authorities have taken all diplomatic measures, and this is the main means by which the United States deals with the incident.

More importantly, the United States must stabilize the situation in the United Kingdom.

It was in this way that Brandino called George and asked the British minister to make the best choice for Britain, for the Labour Party, and for the United States. Of course, this is also the most beneficial choice for him.

Years later, George told a biographer that Blandino had explicitly hinted that as long as Britain could remain in the US-dominated Western Treaty bloc, he would be given a very important role to continue to exert influence in British politics.

Whether or not Blandino made such a hint, it is clear from George's subsequent experience that he was not lying.

Of course, Brandino does not ignore the influence of countries such as France, Germany and Italy.

To put it simply, it really forced France, Germany, Italy and other countries to be anxious, and it was easy to light a few fires in Britain.

On the day of the moonrise, Bonglandino sent the secretary of state to Pailin to visit 12 major EU member states, including Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, erysipelas, Spain, and Portugal.

There is no doubt that this arrangement of the visit is an indication of the intentions of the United States authorities.

The secretary of state went to Germany first, not France, to make it clear that he wanted to exacerbate the Franco-German contradictions, because in the European Union, only Germany has the ability to challenge France's dominance. If Germany and France can be brought to discord, the threat to the EU will be much lower. However, the US authorities' move is too blatant because the plane carrying the secretary of state has not yet arrived at the Palin International Airport, and the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Italy announced at the EU Foreign Ministers' Summit in Brussels that the EU is highly concerned about the conflict in the South Atlantic and hopes that the parties involved will take appropriate action as soon as possible to fundamentally resolve the causes of the conflict.

This diplomatic statement completely aborted the attempt of the US authorities.

Of course, if the EU wants to twist into a rope, it needs more centripetal force, and a diplomatic statement will not do much.

In the end, Brandino did not forget one more important thing, which was to recall Duchway.

It is precisely in this way that when Pei Chengyi left Beijing, Du Qiwei also took a special plane sent by the White House and left London in a low-key manner.