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...office reaches even into the protocol of the Elysée Palace. At state dinners he has been known to insist on the regal deference of being served first even when his guests include national leaders and women. One guest happened to be both: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Giscard claims that he ordered his staff to follow the same rules of protocol as in the era of Charles de Gaulle but in fact De Gaulle was always served last at table...
...Enoch Powell, a Tory turned Ulster Unionist and a longtime opponent of nonwhite immigration to Britain, warned that "you have seen nothing yet." Five M.P.s demanded "a vigorous policy" of subsidized repatriation of nonwhite immigrants. The ruckus spread as far away as New Delhi, where Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, on an official visit to India, was confronted by demonstrators protesting Britain's new immigration restrictions. A group of 23 pickets was arrested after throwing placards at her limousine...
...news of the shooting flashed around the world, many nations expressed sympathy for the President but predictably criticized the American tendency toward mayhem. "I pray your injuries are not serious," cabled Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt relayed his "deep horror," and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat his "extreme shock and sorrow." Japan's largest daily, Yomiuri Shimbun, said the attack "proves that violence is deep-rooted in U.S. soil...
...years been attempting to contain budgets dominated by social welfare outlays. Nonetheless, spending generally continues to rise at a pace faster than the growth in revenues. Governments politically pressed by inflation, are struggling to overcome special interest pressures with little visible success. The travail of Britain's Margaret Thatcher is the most publicized recent example. But in the past few weeks, President Reagan may have, partly by calculation and partly by happenstance, found the key to defusing special interest pressures and reining in spending The presumption that spending could be cut by close to $40 billion was at first...
Rising in Parliament at 3:30 p.m., the hallowed half-hour at which British Prime Ministers traditionally make important statements, Margaret Thatcher was more declarative before a hushed house. Hollis was no mole, said she, pointing out that although it was difficult to prove his innocence, government investigations did not confirm his guilt. For safety's sake and political ease, however, the Prime Minister called for a review of all public service security procedures. She also ordered one other investigation - into the contacts that Pincher had tapped to produce his story in the first place...