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After only four hours of sleep and a day spent thanking campaign workers and consulting with colleagues, Margaret Thatcher welcomed TIME London Bureau Chief Christopher Ogden and Reporter Frank Melville upstairs at No. 10 Downing Street to talk about her plans for a third term. Wearing a blue suit and her trademark double strand of pearls, she sat at a small table in an oak-paneled room. Behind her were congratulatory baskets of flowers. Excerpts from the interview...
...When it comes time to write the definitive analysis of Margaret Thatcher, what would you like...
Stylishly dressed, hair perfectly coiffed and wearing the inevitable pearl earrings, Margaret Thatcher had dropped by for yet another of British election organizers' much loved photo opportunities. This time it was a famous motorcycle manufacturer in Newton Abbot, Devonshire. The Prime Minister, ever the lady, would not be pushed into providing a spectacle for the press. "I think that would be a bit gimmicky, don't you?" she declared, politely declining requests to sit on a motorcycle or even grip the handlebars. But Thatcher is not one to miss such an opportunity entirely, and almost coyly she allowed her fingers...
...majority, but that possibility receded as their campaign failed to ignite. Steel and Owen added to their problems by disagreeing over possible participation in a coalition government. Steel called it "unimaginable" to support the Tories, while Owen wanted to keep all options open. They patched up the split, but Thatcher and Kinnock dismissed the coalition prospect out of hand. Said Kinnock: "There'll be no deal, no horse trading...
...Thatcher was interrupting final campaigning Monday to fly to Venice for a quick stop at the economic summit and a private meeting with Ronald Reagan. She made a similar trip four years ago to the Williamsburg, Va., summit, returning to find that her gesture of statesmanship had led to a boost in the polls, assuring her within days of her second victory. Venice may prove to be the ultimate photo opportunity. When the battlefield is imagery, that could be enough to cinch...