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That afternoon Thatcher gave one more bravura performance -- perhaps her last -- in rallying the numbed Tories against a motion of no confidence proposed by Labour leader Neil Kinnock, who had felt obliged to respond to the spectacular disarray in the Conservative camp. In an emotion-charged atmosphere, the Prime Minister lit into Kinnock with such freewheeling enthusiasm that she brought Tory M.P.s to their feet cheering; others had tears in their eyes...
Headlines such as Time's "The Iron Lady Bows Out" are not particularly kind, but underneath the cliches of Thatcher's tough image, public opinion has been a little gentler. Thatcher received praise from almost every corner--from Ronald Reagan to even Neil Kinnock, the leader of the rival Labour Party...
...style. He represents a return to the patrician Tory values, including a traditional concern for the poor and disadvantaged. Heseltine has also staked out a more pro-Europe position. And for the first time since Thatcher came to power, voters are looking with favor on Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock...
...Washington, White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater denounced the policy as "unacceptable until conditions in Viet Nam improve." In London, opposition Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock assailed the move as a "shameful episode," accusing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of acting ! "tyrannically." Thatcher denounced Kinnock's criticism as "feeble and nonsense" and, in a swipe at the U.S., noted acidly that "those countries protesting about repatriation would do far better to take some of the boat people themselves." While the U.S., Canada, Australia and France have all taken many boat people in the past, none have offered shelter to those now facing...
...Neil Kinnock, the Labor Party leader, pounced on the government, accusing the Tories of "putting cash before care" and "profits before patients." Labor health spokesman Robin Cook said the proposal would "put bureaucrats in the driving seat at the expense of doctors and patients," and denounced it as a "prescription for a health service run by accountants...