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...Falklands Crisis. The Commission exonerated her Government and her Foreign Minister Lord Carrington and essentially avoided pointing the finger at anyone other than Leopoldo Galtieri. Britain's economic problems still dog the Prime Minister's heels, but she retains a 10-percent edge in recent polls over both the Labour Party and the Social Democrats, and the glory she gained during the war shows no real signs of diminution...
...when Edward Seaga and his moderate Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) swept into office in an election marked by violence and discord, a sign of relief sounded in Washington and in the boardrooms of many multinational corporations. Seaga won on a platform promising the redirection of Jamaica's economy along lines favorable to foreign investment, especially American, and the revitalization of the private sector on the troubled island. What pleased Washington even more than the JLP's repentant capitalist slogans was that --temporarily at least--the election did away with Michael Manley and his People's National Party...
...future of Labour, and therefore of the Alliance, depends much more heavily on what the 69-year-old Foot does next. In his years as Labour leader, Foot has had to contend with splits within the party, attempting to satisfy both the radical faction-- led by the flamboyant Anthony Benn--and the more moderate group headed by former Exchequer Chancellor Dennis Healey. The balancing act has not produced a coherent opposition to Thatcher, but, rather, seems to have wedded Foot to the most awkward and alienating position on every recent issue, from his vocal support of striking unions this summer...
Foot has refused to leave and will probably have one more chance to redeem himself--with no Thatchell excuses possible--in another special election in Darlington on March 24. A Labour loss in that contest will indicate real dissatisfaction with Labour and with Foot, and consequently solidify the Alliance's position as the number one opposition party to Thatcher...
Even if Foot steps down--and there is no guarantee he will be convinced to--Healey could fail to pull the disjointed party together. In either case; Labour would find itself unable to provide the viable opposition to Thatcherism which--as hostile election results show--the British still want. Free of Labour's union dominance or the Conservatives' failing European supply-side economic policies, the two forces that allied in 1981--the Liberals and the Social Democrats--could offer a fresh alternative...