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...with the President, the verdict is unanimous: Carter has been well briefed, is a fast learner and has enough self-confidence to admit when he has not yet studied an issue sufficiently to make up his mind. After his meeting with Carter earlier this month, British Prime Minister James Callaghan returned to London and said that he had never before met a statesman who spoke with such openness. Above all, Carter has left no doubt that he is in charge of making U.S. policy. Remarks a White House insider: "Stuff the criticism. He said what he was going...
...Prime Minister Callaghan's Labor government on the way out? That seemed a real possibility after a bizarre session of Commons last week at which Labor whips ordered their members to abstain from voting on a Labor-proposed motion-which led to a resounding 293-to-0 defeat for the government. Following that odd display of parliamentary tactics, Tory Leader Margaret Thatcher demanded a vote of no confidence, which will be taken at midweek. If the government loses, Callaghan will have no choice but to ask the Queen to dissolve the House and call for new elections within weeks...
...Since Callaghan has lost effective control of Parliament, London bookies promptly laid 4-to-5 odds on his defeat. Smart politicians, though, were betting that the avuncular Prime Minister could survive with a vote or so to spare. Since succeeding Harold Wilson a year ago, Callaghan has seen Labor's slim three-vote majority in Commons whittled by death, resignation and lost by-elections to an overall minority of nine. Still, with his party holding a 32-vote edge over the Tories, Callaghan's only fear was the kind of catalytic issue that would unite the Conservatives with...
...also raised questions. Translation: Liberal Party Leader David Steel wants a larger voice in government decisions for his 13-member delegation. Scottish and Welsh Nationalists, annoyed by Labor's fumble last month on a devolution bill that would grant regional assemblies for their areas, are itching to topple Callaghan...
Each country has its gripes. As Carter heard last week from visiting Prime Minister James Callaghan, Britain is upset by New York City's reluctance to grant landing rights to the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic jetliner (see THE WORLD). French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing is even more piqued. The West Germans fear that Carter's pressure to get them to cancel a sale of nuclear reactors to Brazil will result in damage to their reputation abroad as dependable deliverers...