Word: thatcherism
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...Thatcher's announcement last week of new elections caught even some of her closest aides by surprise. But once she had made the decision, she wasted not a moment. By breakfast time Monday, she had informed her Cabinet. Shortly after noon, she drove to Buckingham Palace to tell Queen Elizabeth II. Within the hour, the news was out: the Prime Minister had called general elections for June 9, nearly a year before her five-year term...
...Thatcher's senior advisers had pointed out to her in a weekend meeting at Chequers, the Prime Minister's country estate, she is in a stronger position than any other British political leader since World War II. The latest MORI (Market and Opinion Research International) poll showed the Conservatives ahead with 49%, compared with 34% for the Labor Party and 15% for the Social Democratic Party/Liberal Alliance. Thatcher would have preferred to hold elections later in the fall or even next year, but her advisers urged her not to delay. Local elections a week earlier had confirmed recent...
...more time to close the rift between its radical left and moderate wings. But there was also grumbling among some Tory M.P.s, who noted that the party had not even selected its candidates in 20 constituencies. In fact, the 31-day campaign will interfere with several important international meetings. Thatcher promptly canceled talks with President Reagan in Washington on May 27. But she still planned to attend the seven-nation economic summit in Williamsburg, Va., from...
...fact that the opposition is divided is a major plus for the Tories. But both Labor and the Alliance will argue that Britain's economy is far worse as a result of Thatcher's four years in office. Unemployment now stands at 13.6%-21A times the level when she took office-and it is sure to rise during the coming year. Labor has called for a $17.5 billion reflation of the economy to create jobs, a prospect that frightens some moderate economists, while the Alliance is proposing a more restrained program of government spending to boost...
...party strategists hastily planned logistics and mapped schedules, all the political leaders decided to kick off the campaign in Scotland. Liberal Party Leader David Steel, the S.D.P.'s Roy Jenkins and Labor's Foot planned to be in Glasgow. Thatcher happened to have a speaking engagement at the Scottish Conservative Party conference in Perth. With all the polls showing the Prime Minister so far ahead, her biggest concern was complacency. As she told a gathering of Tory M.P.s last week, "Opinion polls do not win elections. Work does...