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Title:The Thatcher Factor: An English Woman Abroad
Date:21st April 1989
Summary:A POLITICIAN WITH LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAS BECOME THE ELDER STATE SWOMMAN OF THE WEST. THE FALKLANDS, A BOOST TO NATIONAL PRIDE, HAS BEEN FOLLOWE D BY THE STABLISHMENT OF A UNIQUE POSITION BETWEEN THE SUPER-POWERS. BUT MRS THATCHER HAS CLUNG TO UNCLE SAM AT THE EXPENSE OF LINKS WITH EUROPE, ASS ERTING THAT NATIONAL INTEREST MUST COME FIRST. WILL MRS THATCHER'S TRIMPHS PROVE TO BE SHORT LIVED? COULD BRITAIN FIND HERSELF OUT IN THE COLD AS HER CONTINENTAL COLLEAGUES RE-SHAPE EUROPE?
Description:ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF MRS THATCHER'S ACCESSION TO POWER,WHAT HAS HER PREMIERSHIP DONE FOR BRITAIN - ECONOMICALLY,SOCIALLY AND POLITICALLY?