Word: chancellor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Budget day" in Parliament is always tinged with politics, a time when the government's Chancellor of the Exchequer tries to sweeten his economic plan for the coming year with at least a spoonful of sugar. But last week, when Chancellor Nigel Lawson arrived at the House of Commons with his 25-page budget, he brought along an entire sugar bowl. In a somber, 59-minute speech, Lawson cut taxes, pared government borrowing and placed Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in an excellent position to call national elections as early as June...
...bribes budget," charging that the plan "has little to do with the general good and everything to do with the general election." Leaders of the Alliance, a union of the Social Democratic and Liberal parties, were no less critical. Said Social Democratic Leader Dr. David Owen: "The Chancellor talks a lot about prudence while handing out the goodies...
Everyone wants a piece of Vic, who only wants to teach kids with his own methods, which are so effective that they, too, are considered miraculous of the new music teacher, Ruth Chancellor (Helen Mirren...
...point out, who outlawed insider trading in 1980. Moreover, because of the comprehensive financial- services law passed last November by the Conservative-led Parliament, judges can now jail those who, under oath, refuse to answer questions that involve insider trading. "Ours is the party of law-and-order," asserted Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson in the House of Commons. "The government is determined to prevent, detect and punish wrongdoing wherever it may occur." His speech was greeted by hoots and guffaws from the opposition...
Christian Social Union party leader Franz Strauss, an ally of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, claimed that Germans should no longer hold themselves accountable for what he considers to be just an instant in the long existence of Germany. Strauss put his case before the German people in the general elections three weeks...