Word: governability
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...Minority governments are attempting to rule in Britain, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. There were no effective governments at all last week in Italy and Belgium. In France, isolated and ailing President Georges Pompidou did little to restore confidence in his ability to govern by a largely cosmetic Cabinet reshuffling. In Bonn, Chancellor Willy Brandt, increasingly distant and indecisive, has seen his party's popularity plummet to its lowest level since 1957. In Britain, Prime Minister Harold Wilson has scraped into office with an avowed distaste for his country's membership in the European Economic Community...
...well enter British history as the election nobody won, a paradigm of a poor and poorly timed good news-bad news joke. The British voters provided something for everyone-but not enough for anyone to govern effectively.In the process, as they did in the last election, the voters also upset the best estimates of pollsters and pundits...
...indecisive outcome of the election seemed to reflect the country's disillusionment with its political leaders as much as its lack of confidence in either party's ability to govern. That does not bode well for firm solutions to Britain's profound problems. It means, moreover, that before long Britain will almost certainly have another election...
President Bok said yesterday that Eliot House will be permitted to keep the $20,000 alumni arts donation it received last week, but said that a "clear policy" must be developed to govern large donations made to individual Houses...
...Meir, whose party is both secular and socialist, would agree only to set up a committee to study the issue. But she promised to keep three Cabinet seats open - just in case the N.R.P. comes around to her view and gives her the majority she needs to govern effectively. Even if the Religious Party stays out, it will probably vote along with Labor on most major issues...