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...next government. One by one, the issues that exploded under Thatcher were expected to be defused, starting with her grating style of leadership. From now on, the contenders pledged, collegial government would be the rule. Heseltine has announced that he would be ready to serve under either Hurd or Major if he loses the leadership race. Hurd and Major also seem willing to become players on somebody else's team...
...Chancellor of the Exchequer, Major has a solid reputation in economic affairs, but his youth and relative inexperience in the Cabinet are held against him. Hurd, on the other hand, is regarded as experienced, wise and with the necessary "bottom," a Tory expression for depth of character. His drawbacks: a lack of expertise in economic affairs and any talents for arousing voters in an election campaign. Hurd and Major are friends with great mutual respect; they are also a bit like Tweedledee and Tweedledum to many Britons. Heseltine is different, controversial, and he has one great advantage: he can fire...
...thriller Truth Game, one of seven he has written in his spare time, Douglas Hurd described a British Prime Minister whose Cabinet waffles over a decision to send troops to a distant island republic. But the Foreign Secretary's firm response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait has united Britain behind the government's policies and won him high praise from fellow Tories...
...patrician Hurd is the son and grandson of Tory M.P.s. After graduating from Cambridge, he joined the diplomatic service and served in Beijing, Washington and Rome. Eager to break into politics, he joined the Conservative Party's research department in 1966, and two years later became Heath's private secretary. In 1974 Hurd was elected M.P. for mid-Oxfordshire. Under Thatcher he served as Deputy Foreign Secretary, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Home Secretary. Last year, despite Hurd's advocacy of closer ties with Europe, Thatcher appointed him to the job he had always wanted, Foreign Secretary...
...first caught Thatcher's eye when he engaged her in a blazing dinner debate on economic policy. As Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1987 to July 1989, Major gained a reputation for his quick grasp of complex issues and steady nerves. Later as Chancellor he combined with Douglas Hurd to persuade Thatcher to take Britain into the E.C.'s Exchange Rate Mechanism, an achievement of considerable political agility...