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Political momentum appears to be on the side of further change: last year more than 140 nonwhite candidates were elected to local councils in Greater London. In the current campaign for Parliament, the Tories, the Labor Party and the Social Democratic-Liberal Party Alliance are fielding a total of 27 nonwhite candidates. Virtually assured of winning are Lawyer Paul Boateng, who was born in Ghana; local Council Leader Bernie Grant, a Guyanan; and former local Councilor Diane Abbott, who was born in London of West Indian parents. All are Labor candidates in London constituencies with substantial Labor majorities. More than...
...Prime Minister described her program as containing "real, radical policies for the next Parliament," with the key theme "power to the people." Said she: "We intend to spread ownership of homes, shares and pensions even more widely. We shall continue to sell industries back to the people. We want to extend greater choice in services like housing and education...
...brief time last week, it seemed as if paradise had been regained in the South Pacific archipelago of Fiji. Just ten days after Lieut. Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka marched into Parliament and arrested the recently elected government, a relaxed crowd of some 3,000 Fijians gathered outside the Civic Center in the capital city of Suva. People danced to pop tunes played by the Royal Fijian Armed Services band, which included in its program, appropriately, Bridge over Troubled Waters and Onward Christian Soldiers. When Lieut. Colonel Rabuka appeared, the band enthusiastically struck up the song...
...Governor-General then proposed a new scheme to bring the crisis to the "speediest possible conclusion." He suggested dissolving Parliament and organizing new elections. He also proposed a council of advisers to study the 1970 constitution and suggest changes. With no one clearly in command, Ganilau said he should become the temporary head of government...
...Botha is not a man given to changing his mind, so his listeners did not expect any surprises last week when the South African State President addressed the opening session of Parliament. Walking behind the sergeant at arms carrying the ceremonial mace, Botha entered the whites-only House of Assembly in Cape Town and faced the newly elected members sitting on green leather benches. In his schoolmasterish, staccato delivery, he told them that his government stood firmly on the principle of politics by segregated racial groups and that those who disapproved would not be permitted to use violence or otherwise...