Word: thatcherism
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...courage stems from Labour's biggest single election disaster in recent history and to the general confusion that has plagued Her Majesty's Opposition in the four years since Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher led her Tories back into 10 Downing St. Since the Thatcher victory, Labour has experienced both intranecine warfare and wavering leadership from its standard-bearer, Michael Foot. And in a South London parliamentary election Monday, that disorder left its mark. Bermondsey, an urban working-class district held by Labour for the last 60 years, fell instead to the Alliance candidate by a whopping 38 percent...
While the full ramifications of the victory will remain hazy until Thatcher calls general elections in the summer or early fall, the infant Alliance has definitely taken a big step towards its goal of supplanting Labour as the chief opposition party. After the election returns were announced, a London Times poll found that the Alliance had moved ahead of Labour into second place behind the Conservatives in public opinion (39 to 34 to 26 percent). With the general election so close, Labour officials may well be running scared...
...years as Labour leader, Foot has had to contend with splits within the party, attempting to satisfy both the radical faction-- led by the flamboyant Anthony Benn--and the more moderate group headed by former Exchequer Chancellor Dennis Healey. The balancing act has not produced a coherent opposition to Thatcher, but, rather, seems to have wedded Foot to the most awkward and alienating position on every recent issue, from his vocal support of striking unions this summer to his wavering over the Falklands expedition. Added to the Bermondsey election debacle, these persistent problems have prompted some Labour Party leaders...
...more chance to redeem himself--with no Thatchell excuses possible--in another special election in Darlington on March 24. A Labour loss in that contest will indicate real dissatisfaction with Labour and with Foot, and consequently solidify the Alliance's position as the number one opposition party to Thatcher...
...looks are no coincidence but rather part of an elaborate send, up of what Australians love to hate-the British and the Americans. Jackie's heartless, penny-pinching pub-tending mother (Margo Lee) is a dead ringer for Margaret Thatcher. Clad in a garish polyester pants suit, she layers on the lipstick and tells Jackie, "Why don't you stop wearing those ridiculous clothes, you can't change who you are." American politicians fare no better in Armstrong's vision. One of the film's best moments features a maniacal sound booth engineer presiding over a chaotic television...