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...something even better last week. In the most impressive electoral sweep by any British party since 1945, Thatcher's Conservatives won 397 seats in the new 650-member Parliament, giving the Prime Minister a thumping majority of 144 seats over the combined opposition parties. The Labor Party, by contrast, captured only 209 seats, while the new Social Democratic/Liberal Alliance picked up 23.* Thatcher becomes the first Conservative Prime Minister in this century to be re-elected to a second term, a feat unmatched even by such illustrious entries on the stairway wall as Winston Churchill and Harold Macmillan. Beaming down...
...election was a disaster for Labor, which suffered its most stinging defeat since 1918. Michael Foot, 69, the donnish, white-haired historian and critic who would have become Prime Minister had Labor won, held on to his parliamentary seat at Blaenau Gwent in Wales, but is expected to resign soon as Labor's leader...
After Callaghan lost to Thatcher in 1979, Foot became a compromise choice as party leader over Centrist Denis Healey, 65. Yet the party wound up more bitterly divided than ever. Jenkins and a score of others from Labor's right wing quit in 1981 to form the S.D.P. Since then...
...striking (who wanted to watch Lost, darn it!) only illustrates that screenwriters form some important thread in the fabric of American society. But, hopefully, this strike will serve as a reminder of the importance of communication between different branches of industry, for when traditional avenues of communication between labor and management break down, labor has a right (some might even say a responsibility) to pursue its ends through new means. In the words of Leslie Moonves, chief executive of CBS, “The lesson is, [writers and Hollywood executives] shouldn’t meet once every three years...
...Writers’ Guild was justified in beginning a strike, and perseverant in sticking with it until a fair agreement was reached. We as viewers are glad that the strike is over, and happily anticipate enjoying the fruits of the writers’ labor upon their imminent return to work. In other words: Goodbye, re-runs. Hello, McDreamy...