Word: thatcherism
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...terms of style, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and P.W. Botha have little in common. Yet through the years, the amiable U.S. President, the iron-willed British Prime Minister and the pugnacious South African State President have each demonstrated an uncanny ability to tough their way through political adversity, often using the sheer force of personality to get their way. As the international calls for economic sanctions against South Africa grow, however, all three leaders resemble conductors who are fast losing control of their orchestras...
Meanwhile, Thatcher will pursue her last-ditch diplomatic initiative in an attempt to tame insistent calls for sanctions within the 49-member Commonwealth. Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe will head to Pretoria with a two-pronged message for Botha: release imprisoned Black Leader Nelson Mandela and lift the ban on the African National Congress. Though Botha has agreed to meet with Howe, the flurry of diplomacy is not expected to change the State President's position. Warned Botha last week: "We are a strong, proud nation with the faith and ability to ensure our future. We are not a nation...
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher received a phone call from Ronald Reagan last week that she said "delighted" her. The President told Thatcher the Senate had approved a treaty with Britain that would make it easier to extradite suspected Irish Republican Army terrorists. The treaty states that suspects accused of murder, kidnaping, bombing or voluntary manslaughter can no longer avoid deportation by claiming that their actions were "politically motivated...
Britain has long been seeking such an agreement, but it was Thatcher's aid in the April bombing raid on Libya that helped push the measure through. Many U.S. diplomats and Senators felt that the U.S. ought to return a favor...
Last-minute appeals for clemency for the two Australians, which were sent to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad by Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the human rights organiza- tion Amnesty International, proved unsuccessful. Hawke subsequently condemned the hangings as "barbaric." In response to the argument that no one has the right to take another's life, Mahathir replied, "You should tell that to the drug traffickers...