Why Teribus, of course Jim Callaghan wasn't going to step off that plane and admit that there was a crisis. He was a politician. The black art of politics is to paint black white and sidestep every question. Jim, Gawd bless 'im (and I had no time for the man at all and was involved in many a union battle meself at the time) was no different to any other politician in that regard. Likewise, the black art of gutter press journalism is to deliver negative headlines about your pet party's opponents, and The Sun did a brilliant job on Jim. Yes, folklore. But what wasn't folklore is that Maggie tried to lie about the Belgrano to Mrs Gould.