Conservative Party: "The Troubled Ranks of Tuscany" (leader on Changing Gear ) [party in "the early stages of demoralisation"]
| Document type: | Press |
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| Source: | The Times , 9 Oct 1981 (p13) |
| Editorial comments: | The curious title of the leader refers in part to lines from Macaulay's Horatius at the Bridge , once known by every schoolboy: "All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry/And even the ranks of Tuscany/Could scarce forbear to cheer". But it is also a dig at the preferred holiday destination of the Blue Chips, and perhaps that of Ian Gilmour who owned a fine Tuscan villa just north of Lucca. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 1p |
| Themes: | Conservatism, Economic policy - theory and process, Monetary policy, Public spending & borrowing |
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