You learn a lot from wikipedia….
A plot to kidnap Douglas-Home in April 1964 was foiled by the Prime Minister himself. Two left-wing students from the University of Aberdeen followed him to the house of John and Priscilla Buchan, where he was staying. He was alone at the time and answered the door, where the students told him that they planned to kidnap him. He responded, “I suppose you realise if you do, the Conservatives will win the election by 200 or 300.” He gave his intending abductors some beer, and they abandoned their plot….
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