 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 . 
