Word: biffen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent days Thatcher's lieutenants have been forced to come to her defense and counter charges that she lacks savvy political advisers and will not tolerate any view different from her own. "She does listen," insisted House of Commons Leader John Biffen. The Prime Minister leaves no doubt that she sees governing as a constant battle. "It is not the beginning of the fight that matters," she contends. "It is fighting until it is well and truly finished...
...term into a clear blueprint for her second. Increasingly, the criticism has come from her own party. The most serious challenge was on the economic front. Last June, Thatcher campaigned on a hastily drafted manifesto calling for, among other things, reductions in taxes and government spending. Last week John Biffen, a leader in the House of Commons, publicly criticized the policy. In a television interview, he cast doubt on the government's ability to cut taxes, and made it clear that he was utterly opposed to doing so at the expense of social welfare programs...
...been called in to investigate, and Simon Regan was promising his full cooperation. Said the Prince's solicitor, Matthew Farrer: "We are quite satisfied that the telephone conversations of which this purports to be a transcript did not take place." That afternoon, British Secretary of Trade John Biffen banned the import of the offending issue. By Friday night, Charles and Diana had seen all of Die Aktuelle's transcripts. Their verdict: all were fake...