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...Cambridge to deliver a talk on British politics and discuss defense with experts at the Kennedy School, Browne said in an interview that the alliance restricts Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government...
...Thatcher has personal charisma, but she doesn't have the instant star ability of a Muhammad Ali," Browne said, adding, "She can't easily put senior cabinet members into the House of Lords, because that would create threatening by-elections...
Browne, a 42-year-old backbencher from Winchester who specializes in economics and defense, said Thatcher's monetary policy will have to produce positive results by Britain's next general election if her party is to retain power...
Last week the government of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher welcomed "the decision of some prisoners or their families to end this distressing protest," in the words of a British official. The hard-line position may have paid off for the moment, but the H-block crisis has further polarized Catholic and Protestant factions in Northern Ireland and revived anti-British feeling in the Irish Republic. Says Bishop Edward Daly of Derry: "Whether the hunger strike crumbles or not, a lot has been lost...
...maintained his interest in rock. His favorite contemporary musician is Ian Dury, best known in this country for his song "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick." Although Dury "is thought to be a punk rocker," Schama says he could be better titled as "the poet of Mrs. Thatcher's England. He is clearly in love with Britain and yet he is quite cynical. He sings in the accent of the blighted London suburb...