TITLE

Britain springs a major surprise

AUTHOR(S)

Knight, R.

PUB. DATE

April 1992

SOURCE

U.S. News & World Report;4/20/92, Vol. 112 Issue 15, p47

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Discusses the meaning behind the victory of Prime Minister John Major, who led Britain's Conservative Party to its fourth-straight election triumph. The Tories were fighting against the longest recession since the 1930s; A rejection of socialism in the post-cold-war era; Room for Major to pursue the Tories' choice-oriented reforms; The lasting repercussions Major's win will have; Britain's costliest political problem; How a Tory victory was pulled off.

ACCESSION #

9204202973

 

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