Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "The TSR-2 could do almost anything. Why wasn't it made?" video.

I recall being told by my parents that Harold Wilson visited Preston in 1964 and made speeches to the workers at Warton, Preston, & Samlesbury, stating that TSR2 was safe in his hands. As a result, in a desperately tight election, one of the two Preston seats which had previously been Tory, Preston South, changed hands. Within weeks, the jigs on which the TSR2s were being built were broken up, on Harold's orders. The British then paid the US in order to purchase their F111, and then paid them again in order to cancel the purchase.
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@JohnSmith-bx8zb Whether he was a Soviet agent or not, he certainly lied through his teeth to the workers in the Preston area who were building the TSR 2.
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@JohnSmith-bx8zb Perhaps you should read my comment again. I was simply stating a fact, not making an overtly political post. Harold did come to Preston, and did make such a speech. You can even read it in back copies of the 'Lancashire Evening Post.'
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@folksinger2100 You seem determined to make political points. Why not try to prove that what I posted was false, instead?
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@folksinger2100 I am simply relating what my parents told me. An uncle worked at Warton, and thus was more than a little interested.
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