Meanwhile, at the conference, any mention of lowering interest rates received im. mediate applause. Lord Thorneycroft, party Cam a er Do ccscnc e Tory goyernment will stay 'on course'. Thatcher has had to say this at every opportunity lately; her policy is clearly not working as Despite this the Thatcher leadership had absolutely nothing positive to offer at the Tory conference. Her only reply to critics was ICICal De Gaulle's 'After me, the deluge'. Only the present Tory leadership stood between Britain and a 'marxist dictatorship' under Tony standing must have risen in serious miltants But as for Thatcher's standing, the Guardian put it rather well in their comment on the vicious beating of demonstrator who breeched SCCurILy guards: 'The Palace of Versailles seemed to have entered the souls of some Conservatives in the hall'. Marie Antoinette contemptuously dismissed the cries of the people for bread with the response, 'Let them eat cake'. Her refusal to make a U-turn cost her her head!
So, despite appearances, big divisions exist in the Tory Party. From all sides there are calls to 'change course'. Geoffrey Rippon, excabinet minister, and now both called for a U-turn. Heath, much more social consequences of the mounting anger of the working class. His sidekick in the Cabinet, Peter Walker, used his talk on 'Agriculture' to launch a thinly disguised attack on government policy.
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