Le Royaume-Uni
face à la crise 1970-79
1979 :
The night the government fell
When a
British government finds it has a healthy majority in the House of Commons – of
thirty or forty members or more – it can concentrate on its own programme,
while keeping an eye on opinion polls because of the following elections.
However, if it is a minority government, or has a majority of only two or
three, it will often have to be
negotiating with smaller parties, listening to their priorities in the hope that
they will support the government when there is a vote in the House, or at least
abstain. The Prime Minister is then
faced with the question of what kind of concessions to smaller parties are
acceptable compromises, and what concessions would be unethical (and the line
is not easy to draw). This fascinating documentary shows the situation on the
night when Margaret Thatcher, leader of the opposition in 1979, finally
defeated the government. It was very close, and so parliamentary tactics were
all used to the last possible minute.
Although in my opinion the start of the documentary repeats some worn old clichés about the "Winter of Discontent", the rest of the programme is very useful.
Although in my opinion the start of the documentary repeats some worn old clichés about the "Winter of Discontent", the rest of the programme is very useful.
If like me you are very
busy, use an online tool like clipconverter to make the videos into MP3 files
you can listen to while doing your judo.
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