Word: thatcherism
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...strike had entered a dangerous new phase of which the outcome could not be predicted. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher condemned the "violence and intimidation" at Orgreave, but her government stayed carefully on the sidelines. The National Coal Board, whose plans to close unproductive pits and trim 20,000 of 180,000 jobs in the industry had touched off the conflict, stood by its policies but left the way open for a negotiated settlement. Labor Party Leader Neil Kinnock attacked Thatcher's handling of the crisis but conspicuously avoided making the strike a party cause: the walkout is unpopular with...
...estimated 3,500 miners again turned up at the beleaguered plant, and another skirmish with police took place. Elsewhere, there were signs that the striking miners might be gathering support. Ken Livingstone, the radical leftist leader of the Greater London Council, called for a mass union uprising against Thatcher "because the government is starting to be vulnerable." He proposed "a total stoppage of every bus and tube train into London," as well as walkouts by hospital workers and teachers (who are already on selective strike). Livingstone does not control the unions, but he is a popular figure on the left...
...Britain, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher prepared for the South African's visit by emphasizing her opposition to apartheid and insisting that her government would maintain the present arms embargo against South Africa. On Saturday, as the two leaders met for lunch, 7,000 demonstrators gathered at London's Trafalgar Square, where they heard Deputy Labor Party Leader Roy Hattersley call Botha's visit "an insult to Britain's black and Asian population." Still, like the other European governments, the British recognized South Africa's importance as a trading partner and as a political power...
...airstrip will serve as visible evidence of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's determination to retain the windswept South Atlantic archipelago, which is 8,000 miles from Britain and only 400 miles from Argentina. When the base is completed next year, Royal Air Force TriStar jets will be able to reach the Falklands from Ascension Island, a British possession in the Atlantic midway between Britain and the Falklands, in 8½ hours. Now the quickest flight from Ascension is a twelve-hour trip in turboprop C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft that have to be refueled in midair. More important...
Although Britain and Argentina have cautiously begun to explore the possibility of resuming diplomatic ties and trade, the Thatcher government insists that the islands' sovereignty will never be discussed. The Falklanders, who used to be able to travel to Argentina to buy supplies or obtain health care, take their isolation in stride, even if it means a continuing decline in their living standard. For British taxpayers, however, the price remains high. Defense of the islands is now costing $874 million a year, or $467,000 an islander. -By John Kohan. Reported by Gavin Scott/Port Stanley