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...political attack from the mild, mumbling Sir Geoffrey Howe, one of his parliamentary opponents once gibed, was "like being savaged by a dead sheep." Margaret Thatcher might have wished it were so as she sat rigidly, arms folded, in the House of Commons last week, listening to Howe attack her. In a speech explaining his resignation as Deputy Prime Minister earlier this month, he sounded more like a lion, and a very live one at that...
This broadside from Howe became the catalyst for the most serious challenge to Thatcher's leadership in her 11 years as Prime Minister. Michael Heseltine, a former Minister of Defense who stalked out of the Cabinet in 1986 and had been circling Fort Thatcher ever since, finally decided to make his move. He said Howe's resignation revealed a split in the party that could not be resolved without a fight...
...persuaded," said Heseltine, "that I have a better prospect now than Mrs. Thatcher of leading the Conservative Party into a fourth election victory." The party's 372 Members of Parliament were to indicate in a secret ballot this week whether they agreed with him. Bookmakers were offering 2-to-1 odds on Thatcher to retain her position as leader of the ruling party and thus as Prime Minister. To win outright, she must receive an overall majority plus 15% more votes than any other candidate. To force a second ballot next week, Heseltine has to garner at least...
...that marked his first year in office have plummeted below 44%, according to the results of an unpublished poll taken by the newspaper Excelsior. Now the talk is of his autocratic style of rule: he is likened with varying degrees of enthusiasm to Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher...
...velocity rail lines and new highways that will speed travelers from Britain into Europe's expanding transport network. By contrast, residents of Britain's prosperous rural Kent have opposed construction and the industrialization that will follow. British road and rail systems -- which include no high-speed equipment -- remain inadequate. Thatcher's government spends only a fraction of France's commitment to improving infrastructure. Many businessmen fear that Britain's failure to take full advantage of the Chunnel link will not make it easier for them to compete in the new Europe...