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PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK.(British politics, popular culture, current events)(Brief Article)
Publication: Spectator Publication Date: 25-AUG-01 Author: CSH |
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COPYRIGHT 2001 The Spectator Ltd. (UK)
Members of the Conservative party began the postal election of a new leader; Mr Iain Duncan Smith gained the support of the former leaders Lady Thatcher and Mr William Hague, and Mr Kenneth Clarke's was backed by Mr John Major. Mr Clarke commented: `Mrs Thatcher was more disloyal to John Major than Ted Heath ever was to Mrs Thatcher.' After 26 weeks of the foot-and-mouth epidemic there had been 1,964 outbreaks with 3,763,000 livestock slaughtered. The Home Office allocated 80 [pounds sterling] million for the establishment of closed-circuit television cameras in public places in 200 areas. Both the Social Democratic...
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