Looking back it is now obvious that Harold Wilson's 'White Heat of Technology' speech was bollocks...

“Labour and the Scientific Revolution”, a policy statement made to the Annual Conference of the Labour party, Scarborough, 1963 by the leader, Mr. Harold Wilson. 

Mr. Chairman, let me conclude with what I think the message of all this is for this Conference, because in this Conference, in all our plans for the future, we are re-defining and we are re-stating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution. But that revolution cannot become a reality unless we are prepared to make far-reaching changes in economic  and social attitudes which permeate our whole system of society. The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or for outdated methods on either side of industry. [ … ] 

For the commanding heights of British industry to be controlled today by men whose only  claim is their aristocratic connections or the power of inherited wealth or speculative finance is as irrelevant to the twentieth century as would be the continued purchase of commissions in the armed forces by lordly amateurs. At the very time that even the M.C.C. has abolished the distinction between amateurs and professionals, in science and industry we are content to remain a nation of Gentlemen in a world of Players. 

For those of us who have studied the formidable Soviet challenge in the education of scientists and technologists, and above all, in the ruthless application of scientific techniques in Soviet industry, know that our future lies not in military strength alone but in the efforts, the sacrifices, and above all the energies which a free people can mobilise for the future greatness of our country. Because we are democrats, we reject the methods  which Communist countries are deploying in applying the results of scientific research to industrial life, but because we care deeply about the future of Britain, we must use all the resources of democratic planning, all the latest and underdeveloped energies and skills of our people, to ensure Britain's standing in the world. 

That is the message which I believe will go out from this Conference to the people of Britain and to the people of the world. Report of the Sixty-Second Annual Conference of the Labour Party, Scarborough 1963,