Word: thatcherism
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...London, the Queen meets on Tuesdays with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Last Tuesday, set aside for a presidential howdy, was the day the storms turned vicious and the schedules became a muddle. One of the intended high points of the week, the horseback ride of the President and the Queen around the ranch, was scratched. Then, with the twisting, barely paved, 1½-lane, 7-mile road up to the ranch flooded out in half a dozen spots, the visit was almost canceled altogether. No, wait, it was definitely on. But British reporters could not come. "This will...
...principal characters in last week's events remained offstage: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. It is increasingly clear that OPEC will need some cooperation from other oil-producing countries to have any hope of controlling prices. Two of the largest of these competitors, Mexico and Norway, have been yielding to the full-court press they have been getting from OPEC oil ministers in the past week or two, but apparently Thatcher has not. Said one of her aides: "OPEC is a cartel and must run its own affairs. It must stop involving the British government...
...three were mum about the talks. Some oilmen in Britain, however, believe the U.K. might reach a tacit understanding with OPEC to avoid a price war. Further price cuts could, after all, drain revenues from the sagging British economy. But any agreement to limit production would go against Thatcher's staunch free-market philosophy, and would also violate contracts that give private companies, including British Petroleum and Royal Dutch/Shell, the right to pump North Sea crude...
...bitter internecine struggle between its militant left wing and moderate centrists. In the wake of the Bermondsey result, there was rampant speculation that Michael Foot, 69, Labor's rumpled and largely ineffectual leader, would have to step down before the next general election, which Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher could call as early as June...
...Thatcher, ironically, found little to cheer in Labor's debacle. Conservative Candidate Robert Hughes, 31, received only 5.5% of the vote in Bermondsey. More important, Simon Hughes' stunning victory last week suggested that the Social Democratic/Liberal alliance, which poses a greater threat than a Labor Party veering too far to the left, may be regaining momentum. Since last summer, Thatcher, 56, has been basking in the glow of Britain's victory over Argentina in the Falklands war. In addition, she has benefited from some long-awaited improvements in the economy, and recent polls show her holding...