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Even before the campaign began in late summer, far more was clearly at stake than one parliamentary seat. For the Tories, who had held the constituency since 1948, the election was a mini-referendum on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's hardline, rightist economic policies. Given the government's low standing in the polls, moreover, it was an election that Labor, bedeviled with internal problems of its own, could not afford to lose if the party were to retain its standing in opposition. For the recently created alliance, the race was the big chance. Victory for Pitt offered...
...revival. Out of all thos bands (Selecter, Madness, Specials, Bad Manners) they stand alone with two uncontestedly great, danceable, moody, records. The 50 plus year old saxist Saxa, vocalist Ranking Roger, et al, have great action. On their first disc, I Just Can't Stop it, they asked P.M. Thatcher, with propriety, "Please stand down, Margaret, stand down". This summer's Wha'ppen is one of the best releases of the year, discarding some of the cande-party for some somber, intricate, personal Anglo-Jamaican Salsa, all highly listenable, never dull. You can't listen passively--they shake a finger...
Heath's blast was echoed by 13 fresh men Tory M.P.s who are known as the "Blue Chips" because of their predominantly aristocratic backgrounds. They distributed a pamphlet titled Changing Gear: What the Government Should Do Next, in which they called for a watering down of Thatcher's monetarism. Far more ominous for the Prime Minister was the lineup of Establishment Tories who are now decrying her economic policies and lack of compassion. Calling monetarism "the uncontrollable in pursuit of the indefinable," Sir Ian Gilmour, who was Deputy Foreign Secretary until Thatcher purged her Cabinet of dissidents last...
...Still, Thatcher rode out the storm, firmly in control of the rank-and-file delegates, many of whom would like to see her act even tougher than she has. "I will not change just to court popularity," she declared in a stirring speech at the end of the conference, throwing down the gauntlet. "There are those who say our nation no longer has the stomach for the fight. I think I know our people. They do!" Her exhortation brought the delegates to their feet, cheering, clapping, roaring their approval...
Privately the ministers intimated that if there is no discernible economic improve ment by spring, Thatcher will have to change her tack or face several senior Cabinet resignations. That could well spell the end of her prime ministership...