What Lady Thatcher and Mr Major should be told
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The intervention of former Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major in the battle between Kenneth Clarke and Iain Duncan Smith for the leadership of the UK Conservative party has highlighted how hard it is for both candidates to escape the past. The prospects for party unity have not been improved by their intervention.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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The real winners and losers in this brutal Tory leadership battle
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The closing stages of the battle between Kenneth Clarke and Iain Duncan Smith for the leadership of the UK Conservative party are discussed. It is suggested that Duncan Smith is likely to win and that he can probably afford to be planning already who will take the top jobs.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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Bickering of the bitter old Tories threatens Hague
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4euukFormer UK Prime Minister Lady Thatcher has denied reports that she is privately undermining William Hague's leadership of the Conservative party. She has emphasized through a spokesman that she strongly supports Hague. She has also come into conflict with former Prime Minister John Major, whose memoirs are being serialized in The Sunday Times. These issues are likely to overshadow the Conservative party's 1999 annual conference.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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