Word: parliament
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...opposition parties to see if any means could be found to save the devolution bill. But the vote seemed to consign the measure either to endless debate (only three of its 116 clauses had been considered in eleven days of discussion) or eventual abandonment for this session of Parliament. It drastically undercut Labor's position with Scottish voters and, though not a vote of confidence, raised the question of the Labor Party's ability to govern. For the first time since Prime Minister Callaghan took office eleven months ago, it appeared that his government might be forced...
...with a limited home-rule bill, promising a regional ("devolved") assembly for Scotland if Labor was returned to power. Though the Tories, too, belatedly endorsed devolution, the Labor initiative wooed enough Scottish voters to cling to power in Westminster. Even so, the Scottish nationalists boosted their representation in Parliament from one seat to eleven, cutting into Labor support...
Devolution Scheme. The trouble was that while Labor had thought up the devolution scheme to keep Scotland part of the United Kingdom, the Scottish National Party shrewdly endorsed the measure as the first step toward total sovereignty. The S.N.P. endorsement troubled backbenchers on both sides of Parliament. Political leaders in economically deprived English regions began to talk of local assemblies of their own. Liberal M.P.s wondered whether a federal system for the entire U.K. might be a sensible idea. Furthermore, as parliamentary debate on the government's bill opened, the original devolution question became mired in a muddy loch...
...Palestinian state. Earlier this month, in an interview with TIME (Feb. 14), he said: "Some years ago we had the vision to suggest a federation of Palestine and Jordan. Now maybe this plan can be looked at again." The King, of course, envisages two states, each with its own Parliament, united under his Hashemite crown. The Israelis were particularly cautious in their reaction to the Sadat proposal, arguing that they could not comment until they discussed its details with U.S. officials. Vance, however, told newsmen that Sadat's plan is "constructive. There appears to be a narrowing...
...nice Valentine's-card poem," said Poet Laurie Lee. Other critics less charitably called Betjeman's work "absolutely pathetic" and "nursery-rhyme gibberish." Member of Parliament Nicholas Fairbairn vowed to write a superior poem (he could not), and the Sunday People invited schoolchildren to submit their efforts with the appeal, "Can YOU do better than Sir John...