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https://independentblogposts.wordpre...nd-sandwiches/

Greene and the other rail union leaders fought endless battles over pay and conditions … Late-night talks became a staple diet for ministers and union leaders. In fact, it is possible to be precise about the birth of what became the “beer and sandwiches” syndrome, at midnight on February 12 1966, when Harold Wilson succeeded in persuading the rail unions to call off a planned national strike.

Greene was there at No 10 Downing Street, warily steering his executive towards a peace deal. The prime minister’s wife, Mary Wilson, along with the No 10 staff, made the sandwiches and used up all the remaining bread, including raiding the No 11 larder next door, where a sleeping chancellor, James Callaghan, was left without a loaf.