Rebels subvert two-party campaign

Article Abstract:

There is in-fighting within both the UK Conservative and Labour parties and both parties are also trying to inflict damage on one another, in the run-up to the next general election, which is likely to be held within ten months of July 1996. John Redwood, right-wing Conservative, is preparing his own Conservative manifesto. Ken Livingstone, left-wing Labour member, is expected to be warned Donald Dewar, Chief Whip, to stop spreading malicious gossip about other Labour members. The Labour Party is planning anti- Conservative posters at foreign and UK holiday resorts, following the Conservatives' posters criticising Labour in the UK.

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Tory reshuffle stirs up row over Europe

Article Abstract:

There is division within the UK cabinet over policy on a single European currency, and it is feared that there may be some hostile resignations, including that of David Heathcoat-Amory, Paymaster General. John Major, Prime Minister, intends to make changes to the cabinet on July 22 1996, when some ministers will also leave because they feel they have spent enough time in their roles. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kenneth Clarke, wants Conservative Party policy to include offering a referendum should the cabinet propose becoming party to a single currency. He has the backing of senor colleagues.

Economic aspects, European Monetary System

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Major's vision woos the Tory waverers

Article Abstract:

Prime Minister John Major met backbenchers of all ages and views in a public relations exercise to stress the value of ratification of the Treaty on European Union for re-establishing business confidence. Some MPs (Members of Parliament) had had many letters from their constituents against the Maastricht treaty. Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell QC was asked to define subsidiarity when he spoke to the Conservative backbench legal committee, but he felt the existing definition in the treaty was adequate.

Public opinion, Public relations, United Kingdom. Parliament. House of Commons, Major, John

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