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...been briefed by the CIA in 1973 about its involvement in assassination plans and domestic espionage. Because of the seeming conflict of interest-the committee might have to investigate Nedzi's failure to act on the matter-five of his six Democratic colleagues insisted that he resign. Nedzi did so last week. The squabble virtually ensured that the main investigation will be left to the Church committee...
...less noisily than Benn. Education Minister Reginald Prentice, a leading pro-Marketeer, was switched to the Ministry of Overseas Development as a gesture of evenhandedness. Although the Overseas Ministry is technically sub-Cabinet, Prentice was allowed to keep his Cabinet rank when Home Secretary Roy Jenkins threatened to resign over his fellow moderate's demotion. The Prentice move displaced Leftist Judith Hart, who was offered the Ministry of Transport but turned it down in pique. "I fear we are witnessing the first dangerous stages of what could prove to be a historic catastrophe for the Labor Party," she said...
...Speaker later posed them by simply referring to the number of the question and name of the questioner. The result was frequently a totally unilluminating exchange that sounded Like: Speaker: "Mr. Smith." Minister: "No, sir, I will not." That left listeners wondering whether the question was "Will you please resign?" or, perhaps, "Will you address yourself to the price of beans in Liverpool?" Confusion was compounded by the Commons' tradition of referring to members by their constituencies rather than their surnames. Relatively few listeners, presumably, realized that a reference to "the right honorable gentleman from Bexley, Sidcup" meant former...
...present Parliament, oratory is often more tinny than golden. The only bon mot of the day came from Labor's former Industry Minister Anthony Wedgwood Benn. The embattled Benn responded to Tory taunts that he resign by taking an ungentlemanly swipe at Conservative Party Leader Margaret Thatcher: "If the opposition wants my head on a salver, the leader of the Conservative Party will have to be a lot more seductive Salome than she has been so far." Less dazzling repartee came from left-wing Labor M.P. Eric Heffer, who responded testily to a pro-Market interjection by shouting...
Despite the verdict, Mrs. Gandhi vowed that she would not resign the post she has held since 1966. Speaking to a crowd of 2,000 well-wishers in New Delhi, she said: "We have faced challenges in the past, and we will continue even now to face them with courage...