... John Major--stood in her estimation throughout these infinitely subtle, infinitely devious jugglings. To this reader the best chapter is on "Mr. Scargill's Insurrection," the year-long miners' strike of 1984-85. She can scarcely restrain herself as she describes Arthur Scargill, the president of the National Union of ... of the Labour Party, who at best was "ill-advised," equally often engaged in a "fundamentally discreditable enterprise," and often was simply obtusely foolish. This chapter, unfolding in a tone of military urgency, can scarcely be put down, however one may feel about th...

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