Word: thatcherism
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...Margaret Thatcher's government may deserve mild blame for allowing the impasse to arise, for it had long been aware of the potential for trouble over the Falklands. But faced with the Argentine fait accompli, the British were right to respond immediately, imposing a 200-mile blockade around the islands and demanding that Argentina withdraw its troops below the nations discuss the Falklands future sovereignty...
...some $1.5 billion, and Argentina re sponded by freezing British assets, estimated at $5.8 billion. The House of Commons held its first weekend emergency session since the Suez Canal crisis of 1956. Irate Tory and Labor members were virtually unanimous in directing the Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to recover the islands by force if intensive diplomatic efforts should fail. In a reference to Mrs. Thatcher, Ulster M.P. Enoch Powell said: "In the next week or so we will learn what metal the Iron Lady is made...
...avail. After the Argentine invasion, forward." Reagan said: "I wish it had not gone In Buenos Aires, some 5,000 ban ner-waving supporters gathered in front of the presidential palace to hear Galflies" tieri's over boast the that "the Falklands. But Argentine flag British Prime Minister Thatcher is hearing clamor of a different kind: demands that Britannia return to ruling the waves, at least in one far-off corner of the South Atlantic. - - By George George Russell. Reported by Nina Lindley/ Buenos Aires and Frank Melville/London
...BRITISH will only go so far, Margaret Thatcher's government has suffered in the Falkland crisis, receiving harsh criticism for not warning the public of the chances of an Argentine invasion. Lord Carrington, the able statesman who led the transfer of power in Rhodesia, was forced to resign along with several lower-level officials. Clearly, the British felt shamed and enraged by the Argentine take-over. Thatcher, bitterly attacked for her supply-side economic policy, is now determined to win big in the Falklands and rally support around the Tory government. In the several days since the fortilla set sail...
...experts agreed the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, already shaken by domestic political troubles stemming primarily from a slumping economy, could not afford to look weak in the international arena...