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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler: The Soviets eventually reveal that this was always the plan for Wilson's "extraction"; as they rather scathingly point out to him, for better or worse even after this whole mess they will need to continue having some kind of diplomatic relationship with the United Kingdom, which will be all but impossible if one of their prime ministers-turned-traitors is living it up in the welcoming arms of the Soviet Union. While their initial attempt fails, Harold doesn't take it well.]]
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* MoleInCharge: Wilson's position until the plot kicks off.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: A complicated version of this trope. Although Harold is a spy from 1937 onwards, the action only obviously diverges from history as we know it in November 1975. As far as the public knows, however, the events up to then are the same. The book acts as if it is revealing the ''real'' reasons they happened.
** For example, Harold took over the leadership of the Labour Party when Hugh Gaitskell died, like in Our Timeline. Unlike Our Timeline, [[spoiler:Harold poisons him.]]
** For example, Harold took over the leadership of the Labour Party when Hugh Gaitskell died, like in Our Timeline. Unlike Our Timeline, [[spoiler:Harold poisons him.]]
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* BasedOnATrueStory: A complicated version of this trope. Although Harold is a spy from 1937 onwards, the action only obviously diverges from history as we know it in November 1975. As far as the public knows, however, the events up to then are the same. The book acts as if it is revealing the ''real'' reasons they happened.
**happened. For example, Harold took over the leadership of the Labour Party when Hugh Gaitskell died, like in Our Timeline. Unlike Our Timeline, [[spoiler:Harold poisons him.]]
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* HistoricalInJoke: The entire book is one long example of this trope. Just one example is Harold being inspired to make his (in)famous 'pound in your pocket' speech by an off-the-cuff remark from his Soviet handler.
** The book also implies that many of the apparent failures of the Wilson governments were AllAccordingToPlan.
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* HistoricalInJoke: The entire book is one long example of this trope. Just one example is Harold being inspired to make his (in)famous 'pound in your pocket' speech by an off-the-cuff remark from his Soviet handler.
**handler. The book also implies that many of the apparent failures of the Wilson governments were AllAccordingToPlan.
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* PunnyName: Peter Wright is a real world example of this, only in the real world he was wrong.
** [[spoiler:This eventually leads to a somewhat convoluted BondOneLiner in response to Wright's PreMortemOneLiner.]]
** [[spoiler:This eventually leads to a somewhat convoluted BondOneLiner in response to Wright's PreMortemOneLiner.]]
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* PunnyName: Peter Wright is a real world example of this, only in the real world he was wrong. \n** [[spoiler:This This eventually leads to a [[spoiler:a somewhat convoluted BondOneLiner in response to Wright's PreMortemOneLiner.]] PreMortemOneLiner]].
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''[[http://sealionpress.co.uk/our-books/agent-lavender/ Agent Lavender]]'' written by Jack Tindale and Tom Black, is a story that originaed originated on Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom, eventually being published through Sea Lion Press.
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* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp: You have no idea.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Played with concerning Enoch Powell; he's not exactly idealised, but due to his notorious "Rivers of Blood" speech, alternate history works tend to treat Powell as a villainous figure, at times even a borderline fascist or Nazi. In this story, however, he furiously rejects any suggestion that he should lead any kind of anti-democratic movement exploiting the situation to take power. The point is to remind the reader that although Powell held some noxious views regarding race, he was both a patriot and a fervent believer in British democracy.
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* [[spoiler:RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething]]RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler: Lord Mountbatten briefly takes over as a not-entirely-democratic leader of the country.]]
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* IronLady: [[spoiler:The TropeNamer [[MargaretThatcher is a Deconstructed]] version of this, being thrown into office before her image make-over.]]
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* IronLady: [[spoiler:The TropeNamer [[MargaretThatcher [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher is a Deconstructed]] version of this, being thrown into office before her image make-over.]]
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Beginning on a chilly night in November 1975, Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the Treasury, and Leader of the Labour Party decides to rather abruptly leave office. Why? He's an agent of the KGB, and has been since the 1930s. What follows is a grand chase around East Anglia, constitutional coups by civil servants, slash fiction involving Roy Jenkins and shady cabals of forces of the democratic left and the rather more undemocratic right.
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Beginning on a chilly night in November 1975, Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the Treasury, and Leader of the Labour Party decides to rather abruptly leave office. Why? He's Because he's an agent of the KGB, and he has been since the 1930s.1930s, and he's just received a coded message that he's about to be exposed. What follows is a grand chase around East Anglia, constitutional coups by civil servants, slash fiction involving Roy Jenkins and shady cabals of forces of the democratic left and the rather more undemocratic right.
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* RunningGag: Not so much in the story itself (as the authors aren't particularly fond of the show), but the commenters on the story frequently noted that significant events in the pursuit of Harold Wilson tended to end up derailing classic episodes of ''Series/DoctorWho''.
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** Not so much in the story itself (as the authors aren't particularly fond of the show), but the commenters on the story frequently noted that significant events in the pursuit of Harold Wilson tended to end up derailing classic episodes of''Series/DoctorWho''. ''Series/DoctorWho''.
** Enoch Powell keeps getting approached by people urging him to essentially take over the country... which, as Enoch Powell doesn't ''want'' to just "take over" the country, is a matter of some frustration to him.
** Not so much in the story itself (as the authors aren't particularly fond of the show), but the commenters on the story frequently noted that significant events in the pursuit of Harold Wilson tended to end up derailing classic episodes of
** Enoch Powell keeps getting approached by people urging him to essentially take over the country... which, as Enoch Powell doesn't ''want'' to just "take over" the country, is a matter of some frustration to him.
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* RedScare: Unsurprisingly, a fairly massive one of these hits the British establishment in the immediate aftermath of the first chapter, culminating in the [[spoiler: house arrest of the entire Parliamentary Labour Party.]]
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* RedScare: Unsurprisingly, a fairly massive one of these hits the British establishment in the immediate aftermath of the first chapter, culminating in the [[spoiler: house arrest of the entire Parliamentary Labour Party.]]]] Later played with, however, as despite this the Conservative Party's tendency to get discomfortingly cosy with authoritarian-leaning measures doesn't exactly do wonders for their popularity with the public either.
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* RunningGag: Not so much in the story itself (as the authors aren't particularly fond of the show), but the commenters on the story tended to note frequently noted that significant events in the pursuit of Harold Wilson tended to end up derailing classic episodes of ''Series/DoctorWho''.
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* WhosLaughingNow: Peter Wright takes a certain amount of gloating pleasure in declaring this to the Labour Cabinet when revealing Wilson's treason to them.
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Beginning on a chilly night in November 1975, Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the Treasury, and Leader of the Labour Party and Soviet agent decides to rather abruptly leave office. Why? He's an agent of the KGB, and has been since the 1930s. What follows is a grand chase around East Anglia, constitutional coups by civil servants, slash fiction involving Roy Jenkins and shady cabals of forces of the democratic left and the rather more undemocratic right.
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''[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261475 Agent Lavender]]'' written by Lord Roem and Meadow, is a recent addition to the pantheon of works on Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom.
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* ShoutOut: Several, including junior reporter [[spoiler: AlanPartridge]] blundering onto a crime scene, Wilson emulating Mark Corrigan's heat-retention techniques from PeepShow and [[spoiler: Suslov]] citing The Doctor after a hapless [[spoiler: Brezhnev]] fails to bring order to a particularly lively session of the Politburo.
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* ShoutOut: Several, including junior reporter [[spoiler: AlanPartridge]] blundering onto a crime scene, Wilson emulating Mark Corrigan's heat-retention techniques from PeepShow ''Series/PeepShow'' and [[spoiler: Suslov]] citing The Doctor after a hapless [[spoiler: Brezhnev]] fails to bring order to a particularly lively session of the Politburo.
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* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: In a memory sequence, it is revealed that Wilson kept British troops out of 'nam on Moscow's orders.
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''[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261475 Agent Lavender]]'' written by Lord Roem and Meadow, is a recent addition to the pantheon of works on AlternateHistoryDotCom.
Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom.
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* HotLine: [[spoiler: Margaret Thatcher]] and Brezhnev are connected via a primitive form of this. The sexism of the leader of the Comintern's does little damage, thanks to careful translators. A more sophisticated version later puts President Ford in touch with [[spoiler:Lord Mountbatten]].
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* HotLine: [[spoiler: Margaret Thatcher]] and Brezhnev UsefulNotes/LeonidBrezhnev are connected via a primitive form of this. The sexism of the leader of the Comintern's does little damage, thanks to careful translators. A more sophisticated version later puts President Ford in touch with [[spoiler:Lord Mountbatten]].
