Word: brittanic
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...Three weeks ago, Michael Heseltine, Thatcher's Defense Minister, stormed out of a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street and quit over the government's handling of what has become known as "the Westland affair." Last week the controversy claimed another victim: Trade and Industry Minister Leon Brittan, a friend and political ally of Thatcher's, who was forced to resign from the government...
...investigation into the leak by Thatcher's Cabinet secretary and head of the domestic civil service, Sir Robert Armstrong, showed that it had originated in the Prime Minister's own office. Faced with this damaging evidence, Thatcher last week told the House that it was Brittan's staff at the Trade and Industry Ministry that had actually leaked the letter. The investigation, she explained, had shown that the ministry aides "acted in good faith in the knowledge that they had the authority (of Brittan) and cover from my office for proceeding." As for her personal involvement, Thatcher insisted that...
...Conservatives rallied around their embattled Prime Minister, but the Tory backbenchers overwhelmingly demanded Brittan's ouster. They were particularly dismayed at the lack of political judgment he had displayed in the whole affair. Cranley Onslow, a leader of the group, met with Brittan and said, "You must know where your duty lies." The Minister then dutifully penned his resignation. Trumpeted the Times of London in a headline the following day: GOVERNMENT SHAKEN AT PUBLIC HUMILIATION...
...believe, however, that Brittan's resignation will end the questions about Thatcher's role in the affair. An emergency parliamentary debate is scheduled this week on the Westland controversy. Labor Leader Neil Kinnock gave the Prime Minister a taste of the attacks she can expect when he called the leak the action of a government "not just rotten to the core but rotten from the core." Thatcher is certain to respond in kind...
...Lowell House grill is still in its experimental stage as far as its menu and hours go. "We will definitely have competitive prices. "We're going to base our prices on those of other grills," Brittan says...