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PDF 81 Oct 9 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "The Troubled Ranks of Tuscany" (leader on Changing Gear ) [party in "the early stages of demoralisation"]
PDF 81 Oct 10 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "Mrs Thatcher can't expect blind loyalty" (Chris Patten article) ["truth ... lies somewhere in the middle"]
Text 81 Oct 13 Tu Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "'Blue Chips' to aid party in Croydon" (all 14 to visit) [demonstration of loyalty]
PDF 81 Oct 15 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "Impassioned plea by Heath gets short shrift from Tories" (attacks government at party conference)
PDF 81 Oct 15 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "Chancellor launches onslaught on 'union irresponsibility'" (Howe clashes with Heath)
PDF 81 Oct 16 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "Thatcher faces growing rift in Cabinet" (Tebbit speech - father "didn't riot. He got on his bike, & looked for work")
PDF 81 Oct 16 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "Monetarists warn wets: stop playing with fire" (Lawson & Walters speeches)
PDF 81 Oct 20 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Elections: “Distant encounters of the Heath kind” (Heath campaigining for Conseravtives in Croydon by-election)
PDF 81 Oct 20 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: “A Hard winter” (Cabinet divisions over public spending plans)
PDF 81 Oct 20 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: “Rumblings of revolt among Tory dissidents” (meetings of wets to discucss how to put pressure on MT)
PDF 81 Oct 21 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Energy: "How high-speed Lawson stirred up Energy" [privatisation of energy industry]
PDF 81 Oct 21 We Press Major Commentary ( The Times ) Economy: “Cabinet fails to agree cuts in public spending” [majority resist £5,000 cuts]
PDF 81 Nov 19 Th Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: "Thatcher drops a few names" (lunchtime speech in Bonn goes wrong) [officials cause her embarrassment]
PDF 81 Nov 19 Th Press Minor Commentary (The Times) MT: "Thatcher drops a few names" (lunchtime speech in Bonn goes wrong) [officials cause her embarrassment]
Text 81 Nov 28 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) SDP: "Heath hints he might join a Tory-SDP coalition" ("There might be invitations ... which might be acceptable")
PDF 81 Dec 3 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "Heath scorns the 'pretence' of monetarism" (speech) [no intellectual basis]
Text 81 Dec 7 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) SDP-Liberal Alliance: "Steel tells of talks with troubled senior Tories" (dissident Conservatives including junior ministers) [plus Gilmour attack]
Text 81 Dec 8 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "A Tory warning from the last ditch" (Chris Patten article) [give cabinet the benefit of the doubt "one last time ... some signs of change"]
Text 81 Dec 8 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "Tory 'wets' set for rebellion on economy" (Gilmour Group) [around a dozen likely to abstain on Autumn Statement]
PDF 81 Dec 9 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "Howe attacked from all sides" (debate on Autumn Statement) [14 Conservative abstentions]

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